WASHINGTON, July 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Fannie Mae today issued the market's first-ever Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) securities. The three-tranche $6 billion SOFR debt transaction is scheduled to settle on July 30, 2018.

"We are proud to lead the market in issuing this landmark transaction. With this milestone, our objective is to accelerate the development of the SOFR market and we encourage other issuers in the debt markets to follow," said Nadine Bates, Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Fannie Mae. "As a member of the Federal Reserve's Alternative Reference Rate Committee, we are honored to demonstrate our support to the ARRC in its tremendous efforts to help develop an alternative to USD LIBOR."

The floating rate notes, offered in three maturities, were met with strong investor demand from a broad and diverse investor base.

Barclays Capital Inc., Nomura Securities International, Inc., and TD Securities USA are the lead managers on this inaugural transaction.

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