Freddie Prices Preferred Stock

Freddie Mac has announced the pricing of 20 million shares of fixed-rate noncumulative perpetual preferred stock at $25 per share.The shares (CUSIP: 313400640) are being offered to investors with a dividend rate of 6.55%, the government-sponsored enterprise said. Freddie Mac said it will have the option to redeem all or part of the shares on or after Sept. 30, 2017, at $25 per share plus accrued dividends. Banc of America Securities LLC was the underwriter of the offering.