Hunton Andrews Kurth Advises on National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation’s $1 Billion SEC Registered Medium-Term Notes Offerings

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September 16, 2024
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Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP advised the agents in SEC-registered offerings by National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (“CFC”) of (i) $300 million aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Medium-Term Notes due 2027, (ii) $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.12% Medium-Term Notes due 2027 and (iii) $150 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.15% Medium-Term Notes due 2029. The offering of $150 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.15% Medium Term Notes due 2029 constituted a reopening of CFC’s 5.15% Medium Term Notes due 2029 originally issued in May 2024.

CFC is a member-owned, nonprofit finance cooperative association. Its principal purpose is to provide its members and associates with financing to supplement the loan programs of the Rural Utilities Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. CFC extends loans to its rural electric members for construction, acquisitions, system and facility repairs and maintenance, enhancements and ongoing operations to support the goal of electric distribution and generation and transmission systems of providing reliable, affordable power to the customers they serve. CFC also provides its members and associates with credit enhancements in the form of letters of credit and guarantees of debt obligations. CFC funds its activities primarily through a combination of public and private issuances of debt securities, member investments and retained equity. As a Section 501(c)(4) tax-exempt, member-owned cooperative, CFC cannot issue equity securities.

The Hunton Andrews Kurth team included Michael F. FitzpatrickAdam R. O’BrianPatrick C. JamiesonReuben H. Pearlman and Monika M. Dziewa. Robert McNamara, William Freeman, Caitlin A. Scipioni and Katherine Gallagher provided tax advice.

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