Freddie Mac's board of directors has announced a dividend of $0.25 per share on the corporation's voting common stock for the first quarter. The board also declared the following preferred stock dividends per share: $0.53 on 1996 and 1998 variable-rate stock; $0.72625 on 1997, 2001, and 2002 5.81% stock; $0.625 on 5% stock; $0.6375 on 1998 and 1999 5.1% stock; $0.6625 on 5.3% stock; $0.72375 on 5.79% stock; $0.4475 on 1999 variable-rate stock; $0.585 on January 2001 variable-rate stock; $0.63194 on March 2001 variable-rate stock; $0.645 on May 2001 variable-rate stock; $0.66 on 2006 variable-rate stock; $0.75 on 6% stock; $0.7125 on 5.7% stock; $0.8025 on 6.42% stock; $0.36875 on 5.9% stock; $0.348125 on 5.57% stock; $0.35375 on 5.66% stock; $0.37625 on 6.02% stock; $0.409375 on 6.55% stock; and $0.67465 on 2007 fixed- to floating-rate stock. The dividends will be payable on March 31 to stockholders of record as of March 17. Freddie Mac can be found online at http://www.freddiemac.com.
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