Hunton Andrews Kurth Advises on National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation’s Medium-Term Notes and InterNotes® Programs

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October 27, 2023
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Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP advised the agents for the renewal of National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation’s (“CFC”) SEC-registered Medium-Term Notes program and InterNotes® program.

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. DziewaRobert McNamara, William Freeman and Drew Hermiller provided tax advice.

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