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Fannie Mae Announces 2010 Benchmark Securities(R) Issuance Calendar
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) today announced its 2010 Benchmark Securities(R) issuance calendar 2010
Benchmark Securities Calendar (PDF)
investors and other market participants in incorporating issuances of Fannie Mae Benchmark Securities into their
ongoing investing, trading, hedging and financing strategies.
On a weekly basis, Fannie Mae has the option to auction three-, six-month, and one-year Benchmark Bills. The
size and types of weekly Benchmark Bills offerings, if any, will be announced on a Monday morning, or
if Monday is a holiday, the previous business day. Auctions of Benchmark Bills generally will be open for bidding on
Wednesdays between 9:00 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. eastern time.
The 2010 Benchmark Securities Calendar also identifies at least one calendar date per month for a Benchmark
Notes announcement. On each scheduled announcement date Fannie Mae will either announce the maturity date
of the Benchmark Notes offering and the dealer syndicate or announce that it will not be making a Benchmark
notes offering. Benchmark Notes offerings are expected to price within a few business days of the announcement
date.
Fannie Mae may forego any scheduled Benchmark Bills or Benchmark Notes issuance. If Fannie Mae elects not
to issue any Benchmark Securities, a notice of this election will be provided.
Fannie Mae exists to expand affordable housing and bring global capital to local communities in order to serve
the U.S. housing market. Fannie Mae has a federal charter and operates in America's secondary mortgage market
to enhance the liquidity of the mortgage market by providing funds to mortgage bankers and other lenders so that
they may lend to home buyers. Our job is to help those who house America.
SOURCE: Fannie Mae
CONTACT: Gordon Runte of Fannie Mae,
+1-202-752-8128
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