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UNITED STATES
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
Washington, D.C.  20549
 
 

 

 
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
 
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 5, 2009
 
 
 
FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
 

Federally chartered instrumentality
of the United States
  
001-14951
  
52-1578738
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  
(Commission
File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
         
1133 Twenty-First Street, N.W., Suite 600, Washington D.C.
  
20036
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (202) 872-7700
 
 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
 
 
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Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On June 11, 2009, the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (“Farmer Mac”) entered into an amendment to the existing Amended and Restated Master Central Servicing Agreement between Farmer Mac and Zions First National Bank (“Zions”).  The amendment revised the definition of “servicing fee rate” in the agreement to specify the negotiated fee payable to Zions with respect to the servicing of a separate pool of agricultural mortgage loans whose servicing rights were transferred to Zions from a different Farmer Mac servicer.  Zions is the largest owner of Farmer Mac’s Class A voting common stock, holding 322,100 shares or 31.25 percent of that class of stock, and is also a major holder of Farmer Mac’s Class C non-voting common stock.  The amendment was entered into at an arms length basis in the ordinary course of business, with terms and conditions comparable to those applicable to entities unaffiliated with Farmer Mac.

 
Item 3.02  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
 

On June 5, 2009, Farmer Mac sold 3,800 shares of its Series C non-voting cumulative preferred stock (“Series C”) to National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (“National Rural”).  The terms and conditions of Series C are described in more detail in Farmer Mac’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 30, 2008.  Farmer Mac sold the 3,800 shares of Series C to National Rural without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reliance upon the exemption provided by Section 3(a)(2) for an aggregate purchase price of $3.8 million, or $1,000 per share.  The 3,800 shares sold to National Rural resulted in there being 35,800 shares of Series C outstanding as of the date of this report.

In conjunction with the issuance and sale of the 3,800 shares of Series C to National Rural, Farmer Mac guaranteed, and Farmer Mac Mortgage Securities Corporation (Farmer Mac’s wholly-owned subsidiary) purchased, an aggregate of $95 million of floating-rate notes representing general obligations of National Rural and secured by eligible rural utilities loans in an amount at least equal to the total principal amount of notes outstanding.  The $95 million of notes were advances under a $500 million borrowing facility with National Rural entered into in February 2009 that is similar to the $500 million facility described in Farmer Mac’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 19, 2008.  In connection with each advance made under the February 2009 facility, National Rural is required to purchase shares of Series C in an amount sufficient to maintain a balance at all times that is at least equal to 4% of the principal amount of the notes outstanding under the facility ($395 million as of the date of this report).  This feature is part of a program Farmer Mac has developed under which a participant utilizing Farmer Mac for guarantee and purchase transactions involving portfolios of qualified loans will be required to purchase an equity interest in Farmer Mac in the form of shares of Series C, thereby enabling Farmer Mac to raise additional capital to support its mission of providing liquidity and lending capacity to agricultural and rural utilities lenders.

 

 


 
 
 


 
SIGNATURE
 
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 

     
FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
       
       
Date:
June 11, 2009
  
        /s/ Jerome G. Oslick
     
Name: Jerome G. Oslick
     
Title: Vice President – General Counsel