8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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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): July 31, 2013

FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its 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.)
1999 K Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington D.C.		20006
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (202) 872-7700

No change

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

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 8.01    Other Events.

On July 31, 2013, the board of directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (“Farmer Mac”) declared a quarterly dividend on each of Farmer Mac’s three classes of common stock – Class A Voting Common Stock, Class B Voting Common Stock, and Class C Voting Common Stock. The quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share of common stock will be payable on September 30, 2013 to holders of record of Farmer Mac’s common stock as of September 16, 2013.

Also on July 31, 2013, the board of directors of Farmer Mac declared a quarterly dividend on Farmer Mac’s 5.875% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A (the “Series A Preferred Stock”). The quarterly dividend of $0.3672 per share is for the period from but not including July 17, 2013 to and including October 17, 2013 and will be payable on October 17, 2013 to holders of record of the Series A Preferred Stock as of October 2, 2013. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock has a par value and liquidation preference of $25.00 per share.

Information about the dividends is also included in the press release attached to this report as Exhibit 99.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits

99.1    Press Release, dated August 1, 2013

SIGNATURES

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 hereto duly authorized.

FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION                    

By: /s/ Stephen P. Mullery            

Name: Stephen P. Mullery

Title: Senior Vice President – General Counsel

Dated: August 1, 2013

EX-99

NEWS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT

August 1, 2013                                Richard Eisenberg

(Investor Inquiries)

Christopher Bohanon

(Media Inquiries)

(202) 872-7700

Farmer Mac Declares Quarterly Dividends onCommon and Preferred Stock

Washington, D.C. — The board of directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) has declared a quarterly dividend on each of the Corporation’s three classes of common stock – Class A Voting Common Stock (NYSE: AGM.A), Class B Voting Common Stock (not listed on any exchange), and Class C Non-Voting Common Stock (NYSE: AGM). The quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share of common stock will be payable on September 30, 2013 to holders of record of common stock as of September 16, 2013.

Farmer Mac’s board of directors has also declared a quarterly dividend on the Corporation’s Series A Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock (NYSE: AGM.PR.A). The quarterly dividend of $0.3672 per share of Series A Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock is for the period from but not including July 17, 2013 to and including October 17, 2013, and shall be payable on October 17, 2013 to holders of record of preferred stock as of October 2, 2013. Each share of Series A Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock has a par value and liquidation preference of $25.00 per share.

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Farmer Mac is a stockholder-owned instrumentality of the United States chartered by Congress to help increase the availability of credit in rural America through the operation of a secondary market for eligible loans to agricultural and rural borrowers. Additional information about Farmer Mac is available on Farmer Mac’s website at www.farmermac.com.

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