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): May 23, 2018

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Freddie Mac

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 903-2000

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Donald Kish has been appointed Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller & Principal Accounting Officer of Freddie Mac (formally known as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation), effective May 23, 2018.

Mr. Kish succeeds Robert Mailloux, who was appointed to this position in April 2010. This transition reflects Freddie Mac’s ongoing efforts to rotate responsibilities and provide development opportunities for its officers. Mr. Mailloux will remain with Freddie Mac in a senior capacity, assisting Mr. Kish with the transition and assuming responsibility for the leadership of several important Finance Division initiatives.

Mr. Kish, 49, has served as Vice President, Single-Family Controller since August 2014. Previously, he served as Vice President with responsibility for various accounting and control matters, in support of both the Single-Family Business Division and the Investments and Capital Markets Division, from 2004 to 2014. He joined Freddie Mac in April 2002.

Mr. Kish is eligible to participate in Freddie Mac’s Executive Management Compensation Program, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Freddie Mac’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 4, 2015 and is incorporated herein by reference. For a description of this program, see Freddie Mac’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 15, 2018 (the “2017 Annual Report”).

Under the Executive Management Compensation Program, Mr. Kish’s approved Target Total Direct Compensation for 2018 will be $775,000, consisting of Base Salary of $400,000, Fixed Deferred Salary of $142,500, and At-Risk Deferred Salary of $232,500.

Mr. Kish is subject to non-competition as well as non-solicitation and non-recruitment restrictions for a period of one year following any termination of his employment, and he is also subject to certain restrictions concerning treatment of confidential information obtained during the course of his employment. A copy of his Restrictive Covenant and Confidentiality Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.2 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Freddie Mac has entered into a Recapture and Forfeiture Agreement (the “Recapture Agreement”) with Mr. Kish, dated May 22, 2018. The form of the Recapture Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.18 to Freddie Mac’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 16, 2017, which is incorporated herein by reference. For a description of this Recapture Agreement, see the 2017 Annual Report.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index below are being filed as part of this Report on Form 8-K.

† This exhibit is a management or compensatory plan or arrangement.

Freddie Mac Form 8-K

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.

Date: May 23, 2018

Freddie Mac Form 8-K