Freddie Mac Prices $685 Million Multifamily When-Issued K-Deal®, WI-K140

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MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) recently priced a new offering of Multifamily WI K-Deal Certificates (WI Certificates), which are initially backed by cash assets that will be used to purchase the A-2 and A-M classes of a to-be-issued reference K-Deal. Once the reference K-Deal classes are issued and purchased by the WI trust, the WI Certificates will be indirectly backed by a pool of fixed-rate multifamily mortgages with predominantly 10-year terms. The company expects to issue approximately $685 million in WI Certificates (Series WI-K140), which are expected to settle on or about January 31, 2022.

WI-K140 Pricing

Class

Principal/Notional
Amount (mm)

Weighted Average
Life (Years)

Spread
(bps)

Coupon

Yield

Dollar Price

A-2

$500.000

10.24

S+61

2.25000%

2.19586%

$100.4313

A-M

$185.000

10.24

S+70

2.25000%

2.28586%

$99.6152

Details

  • Co-Lead Managers and Joint Bookrunners: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

  • Co-Managers: BofA Securities, Inc., CastleOak Securities, L.P., Performance Trust Capital Partners, LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

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WI Certificates are funded investments, which settle shortly after the offering period. The WI Certificates are tradeable shortly after pricing and are public securities backed by the Freddie Mac guarantee. The WI Certificates’ fixed-rate coupons are expected to be identical to that of the reference K-Deal classes.

Freddie Mac has published an investor presentation and FAQ providing additional details on the WI K-Deal program.

Freddie Mac Multifamily is a leading issuer of agency-guaranteed structured multifamily securities. K-Deals are part of the company’s business strategy to transfer a portion of the risk of losses away from taxpayers and to private investors who purchase the unguaranteed subordinate bonds. K Certificates typically feature a wide range of investor options with stable cash flows and structured credit enhancement.

This announcement is not an offer to sell any Freddie Mac securities. Offers for any given security are made only through applicable offering circulars and related supplements, which incorporate Freddie Mac’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 11, 2021; all other reports Freddie Mac filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) since December 31, 2020, excluding any information "furnished" to the SEC on Form 8-K; and all documents that Freddie Mac files with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c) or 14 of the Exchange Act, excluding any information “furnished” to the SEC on Form 8-K.