Fannie Mae Files Form 12b-25 with the SEC

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fannie Mae today filed a Form 12b-25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to report that it will not timely file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006.

The Form 12b-25 includes a discussion of certain key business and market issues that have affected the company, as well as updates on certain other matters.

The full text of Fannie Mae's Form 12b-25 may be found on the company's Web site at http://www.fanniemae.com/, or the SEC's EDGAR site at http://www.sec.gov/.

Fannie Mae is a New York Stock Exchange Company. It operates pursuant to a federal charter. Fannie Mae has pledged through its American Dream Commitment to expand access to homeownership for millions of first-time home buyers; help raise the minority homeownership rate to 55 percent; make homeownership and rental housing a success for millions of families at risk of losing their homes; and expand the supply of affordable housing where it is needed most. More information about Fannie Mae can be found on the Internet at http://www.fanniemae.com/.