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UNITED\ue000 STATES
SECURITIES\ue000 AND\ue000 EXCHANGE\ue000 COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,\ue000 D.C.\ue000 20549
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FORM\ue000 8-K
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CURRENT\ue000 REPORT
Pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Section\ue000 13\ue000 or\ue000 15(d)\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1934
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Date\ue000 of\ue000 Report\ue000 (Date\ue000 of\ue000 earliest\ue000 event\ue000 reported):\ue000 February\ue000 18,\ue000 2009
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FEDERAL\ue000 HOME\ue000 LOAN\ue000 MORTGAGE\ue000 CORPORATION
(Exact\ue000 name\ue000 of\ue000 registrant\ue000 as\ue000 specified\ue000 in\ue000 its\ue000 charter)
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Freddie\ue000 Mac
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Federally\ue000 chartered
corporation
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000-53330
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52-0904874
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(State\ue000 or\ue000 other\ue000 jurisdiction\ue000 of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File\ue000 Number)
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(IRS\ue000 Employer
Identification\ue000 No.)
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8200\ue000 Jones\ue000 Branch\ue000 Drive
McLean,\ue000 Virginia
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22102
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(Address\ue000 of\ue000 principal\ue000 executive\ue000 offices)
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(Zip\ue000 Code)
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Registrant\u2019s\ue000 telephone\ue000 number,\ue000 including\ue000 area\ue000 code:\ue000(703)\ue000 903-2000
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Not\ue000 applicable
(Former\ue000 name\ue000 or\ue000 former\ue000 address,\ue000 if\ue000 changed\ue000 since\ue000 last\ue000 report)
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Check\ue000 the\ue000 appropriate\ue000 box\ue000 below\ue000 if\ue000 the\ue000 Form\ue000 8-K\ue000 filing\ue000 is\ue000 intended\ue000 to\ue000 simultaneously\ue000 satisfy\ue000 the\ue000 filing\ue000 obligation\ue000 of\ue000 the
registrant\ue000 under\ue000 any\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 following\ue000 provisions\ue000(see\ue000 General\ue000 Instruction\ue000 A.2.\ue000 below):
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o\ue000 \ue000 Written\ue000 communications\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 425\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 230.425)
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o\ue000 \ue000 Soliciting\ue000 material\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 14a-12\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 240.14a-12)
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o\ue000 \ue000 Pre-commencement\ue000 communications\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 14d-2(b)\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 240.14d-2(b))
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o\ue000 \ue000 Pre-commencement\ue000 communications\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 13e-4(c)\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 240.13e-4(c))
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Item\ue000 8.01.\ue000 \ue000 Other\ue000 Events
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On\ue000 September\ue000 7,\ue000 2008,\ue000 Freddie\ue000 Mac\ue000 (formally\ue000 known\ue000 as\ue000 the\ue000 Federal\ue000 Home\ue000 Loan\ue000 Mortgage\ue000 Corporation),\ue000 through\ue000 the\ue000 Federal
Housing\ue000 Finance\ue000 Agency\ue000 (FHFA),\ue000 in\ue000 its\ue000 capacity\ue000 as\ue000 Conservator\ue000 of\ue000 Freddie\ue000 Mac,\ue000 entered\ue000 into\ue000 a\ue000 Senior\ue000 Preferred\ue000 Stock
Purchase\ue000 Agreement\ue000 (Purchase\ue000 Agreement)\ue000 with\ue000 the\ue000 U.S.\ue000 Department\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Treasury\ue000 (Treasury).\ue000 Under\ue000 the\ue000 Purchase
Agreement,\ue000 Treasury\ue000 provided\ue000 us\ue000 with\ue000 its\ue000 commitment\ue000 to\ue000 provide\ue000 up\ue000 to\ue000 $100\ue000 billion\ue000 in\ue000 funding\ue000 under\ue000 specified\ue000 conditions.
The\ue000 Purchase\ue000 Agreement\ue000 was\ue000 subsequently\ue000 amended\ue000 and\ue000 restated\ue000 on\ue000 September\ue000 26,\ue000 2008.\ue000 A\ue000 copy\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Purchase
Agreement,\ue000 as\ue000 amended\ue000 and\ue000 restated\ue000 on\ue000 September\ue000 26,\ue000 2008,\ue000 was\ue000 attached\ue000 as\ue000 Exhibit\ue000 10.1\ue000 to\ue000 our\ue000 report\ue000 on\ue000 Form\ue000 8-K\ue000 filed\ue000 on

September\ue000 30,\ue000 2008.
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On\ue000 February\ue000 18,\ue000 2009,\ue000 Secretary\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Treasury\ue000 Geithner\ue000 issued\ue000 a\ue000 statement\ue000 regarding\ue000 Treasury\u2019s\ue000 commitment\ue000 to\ue000 Freddie Mac\ue000 and\ue000 the\ue000 Federal\ue000 National\ue000 Mortgage\ue000 Association\ue000 (Fannie\ue000 Mae).\ue000 The\ue000 statement\ue000 indicated\ue000 that\ue000 Treasury\ue000 is\ue000 amending\ue000 the Purchase\ue000 Agreement\ue000 to\ue000 increase\ue000 Treasury\u2019s\ue000 funding\ue000 commitment\ue000 to\ue000 us\ue000 to\ue000 up\ue000 to\ue000 $200\ue000 billion,\ue000 increase\ue000 the\ue000 size\ue000 of\ue000 our\ue000 retained mortgage\ue000 portfolio\ue000 allowed\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Purchase\ue000 Agreement\ue000 by\ue000 $50\ue000 billion\ue000 to\ue000 $900\ue000 billion\ue000 and\ue000 correspondingly\ue000 increase\ue000 our allowable\ue000 debt\ue000 outstanding.\ue000 The\ue000 statement\ue000 also\ue000 said\ue000 that\ue000 Treasury\ue000 will\ue000 continue\ue000 to\ue000 purchase\ue000 Fannie\ue000 Mae\ue000 and\ue000 Freddie\ue000 Mac mortgage-backed\ue000 securities\ue000 to\ue000 promote\ue000 stability\ue000 and\ue000 liquidity\ue000 in\ue000 the\ue000 marketplace.

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Secretary\ue000 Geithner\ue000 stated\ue000 that\ue000 \u201cFannie\ue000 Mae\ue000 and\ue000 Freddie\ue000 Mac\ue000 are\ue000 critical\ue000 to\ue000 the\ue000 functioning\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 housing\ue000 finance\ue000 system\ue000 in
this\ue000 country\ue000 and\ue000 play\ue000 a\ue000 key\ue000 role\ue000 in\ue000 making\ue000 mortgage\ue000 rates\ue000 affordable\ue000 and\ue000 maintaining\ue000 the\ue000 stability\ue000 and\ue000 liquidity\ue000 of\ue000 our
mortgage\ue000 market\u201d\ue000 and\ue000 that\ue000 \u201c[t]he\ue000 increased\ue000 funding\ue000 will\ue000 provide\ue000 forward-looking\ue000 confidence\ue000 in\ue000 the\ue000 mortgage\ue000 market\ue000 and
enable\ue000 Fannie\ue000 Mae\ue000 and\ue000 Freddie\ue000 Mac\ue000 to\ue000 carry\ue000 out\ue000 ambitious\ue000 efforts\ue000 to\ue000 ensure\ue000 mortgage\ue000 affordability\ue000 for\ue000 responsible

homeowners.\u201d
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A\ue000 copy\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 statement\ue000 by\ue000 Secretary\ue000 Geithner\ue000 is\ue000 attached\ue000 as\ue000 Exhibit\ue000 99.1\ue000 to\ue000 this\ue000 report\ue000 and\ue000 is\ue000 incorporated\ue000 herein\ue000 by
reference.
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Item\ue000 9.01.\ue000 \ue000 Financial\ue000 Statements\ue000 and\ue000 Exhibits
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\ue000 \ue000 (d)\ue000 \ue000 Exhibits
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The\ue000 following\ue000 exhibit\ue000 is\ue000 being\ue000 filed\ue000 as\ue000 part\ue000 of\ue000 this\ue000 Report\ue000 on\ue000 Form\ue000 8-K:
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Exhibit\ue000 Number \ue000 Description\ue000 of\ue000 Exhibit
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99.1
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Statement\ue000 by\ue000 Secretary\ue000 Tim\ue000 Geithner\ue000 on\ue000 Strengthening\ue000 Treasury\u2019s\ue000 Commitment\ue000 to\ue000 Fannie\ue000 Mae\ue000 and
Freddie\ue000 Mac\ue000 dated\ue000 February\ue000 18,\ue000 2009
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SIGNATURE
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Pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 the\ue000 requirements\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1934,\ue000 the\ue000 registrant\ue000 has\ue000 duly\ue000 caused\ue000 this\ue000 report\ue000 to\ue000 be\ue000 signed
on\ue000 its\ue000 behalf\ue000 by\ue000 the\ue000 undersigned\ue000 hereunto\ue000 duly\ue000 authorized.
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\ue000FEDERAL\ue000 HOME\ue000 LOAN\ue000 MORTGAGE\ue000 CORPORATION
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\ue000By:\ue000 /s/\ue000 \ue000 John\ue000 R.\ue000 Dye
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\ue000John\ue000 R.\ue000 Dye
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SVP\ue000 \u2014\ue000 Principal\ue000 Deputy\ue000 General\ue000 Counsel,
Corporate\ue000 Affairs
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Date:\ue000 February\ue000 24,\ue000 2009
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