UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019
OR 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from             to             

Commission File Number: 1-7102
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NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES
COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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District of Columbia 52-0891669
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
20701 Cooperative Way, Dulles, Virginia, 20166
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 467-1800
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes x  No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    YesxNo ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ¨    Accelerated filer ¨    Non-accelerated filer☒filer x Smaller reporting company☐company¨ Emerging growth company¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transaction period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes ¨  Nox
 


TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INDEX OF MD&A TABLES
 
Table   Description Page   Description Page
1 Summary of Selected Financial Data 2
 Summary of Selected Financial Data 3
2 Average Balances, Interest Income/Interest Expense and Average Yield/Cost 8
 Average Balances, Interest Income/Interest Expense and Average Yield/Cost 10
3 Rate/Volume Analysis of Changes in Interest Income/Interest Expense 10
 Rate/Volume Analysis of Changes in Interest Income/Interest Expense 13
4 Non-Interest Income 12
 Non-Interest Income 15
5 Derivative Average Notional Amounts and Average Interest Rates 12
 Derivative Average Notional Amounts and Average Interest Rates 16
6 Derivative Gains (Losses) 13
 Derivative Gains (Losses) 17
7 Non-Interest Expense 14
 Non-Interest Expense 18
8 Loans Outstanding by Type and Member Class 15
 Loans Outstanding by Type and Member Class 19
9 Historical Retention Rate and Repricing Selection 16
 Historical Retention Rate and Repricing Selection 20
10 Total Debt Outstanding 17
 Total Debt Outstanding 21
11 Member Investments 18
 Member Investments 23
12 Collateral Pledged 19
 Collateral Pledged 24
13 Unencumbered Loans 20
 Unencumbered Loans 24
14 Guarantees Outstanding 21
 Equity 25
15 Maturities of Guarantee Obligations 22
 Guarantees Outstanding 26
16 Unadvanced Loan Commitments 22
 Maturities of Guarantee Obligations 27
17 Notional Maturities of Unadvanced Loan Commitments 22
 Unadvanced Loan Commitments 27
18 Maturities of Notional Amount of Unconditional Committed Lines of Credit 23
 Notional Maturities of Unadvanced Loan Commitments 28
19 Loan Portfolio Security Profile 25
 Maturities of Notional Amount of Unconditional Committed Lines of Credit 29
20 Credit Exposure to 20 Largest Borrowers 26
 Loan Portfolio Security Profile 30
21 Troubled Debt Restructured Loans 28
 Credit Exposure to 20 Largest Borrowers 32
22 Allowance for Loan Losses 29
 Troubled Debt Restructured Loans 33
23 Rating Triggers for Derivatives 30
 Allowance for Loan Losses 34
24 Available Liquidity 31
 Rating Triggers for Derivatives 36
25 Committed Bank Revolving Line of Credit Agreements 32
 Available Liquidity 37
26 Short-Term Borrowings—Funding Sources 33
 Committed Bank Revolving Line of Credit Agreements 38
27 Short-Term Borrowings 34
 Short-Term Borrowings—Funding Sources 39
28 Issuances and Maturities of Long-Term and Subordinated Debt 34
 Short-Term Borrowings 40
29 Principal Maturity of Long-Term and Subordinated Debt 35
 Issuances and Maturities of Long-Term and Subordinated Debt 40
30 Projected Sources and Uses of Liquidity 36
 Principal Maturity of Long-Term and Subordinated Debt 41
31 Credit Ratings 36
 Projected Sources and Uses of Liquidity 42
32 Interest Rate Gap Analysis 38
 Credit Ratings 42
33 Adjusted Financial Measures—Income Statement 39
 Interest Rate Gap Analysis 44
34 TIER and Adjusted TIER 40
 Adjusted Financial Measures—Income Statement 45
35 Adjusted Financial Measures—Balance Sheet 40
 TIER and Adjusted TIER 46
36 Debt-to-Equity Ratio 40
 Adjusted Financial Measures—Balance Sheet 46
37 Members’ Equity 41
 Debt-to-Equity Ratio 47
38 Members’ Equity 47

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A)
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains certain statements that are considered “forward-looking statements” within the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations, are generally identified by our use of words such as “intend,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “project,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “continue,” “potential,” “opportunity” and similar expressions, whether in the negative or affirmative. All statements about future expectations or projections, including statements about loan volume, the appropriateness of the allowance for loan losses, operating income and expenses, leverage and debt-to-equity ratios, borrower financial performance, impaired loans, and sources and uses of liquidity, are forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, actual results and performance may differ materially from our forward-looking statements due to several factors. Factors that could cause future results to vary from our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, general economic conditions, legislative changes including those that could affect our tax status, governmental monetary and fiscal policies, demand for our loan products, lending competition, changes in the quality or composition of our loan portfolio, changes in our ability to access external financing, changes in the credit ratings on our debt, valuation of collateral supporting impaired loans, charges associated with our operation or disposition of foreclosed assets, technological changes within the rural electric utility industry, regulatory and economic conditions in the rural electric industry, nonperformance of counterparties to our derivative agreements, the costs and effects of legal or governmental proceedings involving us or our members and the factors listed and described under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018 (“2018 Form 10-K”). Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or publicly release any revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances or changes in expectations after the date on which the statement is made.
INTRODUCTION

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (“CFC”) is a member-owned cooperative association incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia in April 1969. CFC’s principal purpose is to provide its members with financing to supplement the loan programs of the Rural Utilities Service (“RUS”) of the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”). CFC makes loans to its rural electric members so they can acquire, construct and operate electric distribution, generation and transmission (“power supply”) systems and related facilities. CFC also provides its members with credit enhancements in the form of letters of credit and guarantees of debt obligations. As a cooperative, CFC is owned by and exclusively serves its membership, which consists of not-for-profit entities or subsidiaries or affiliates of not-for-profit entities. CFC is exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. As a member-owned cooperative, CFC’s objective is not to maximize profit, but rather to offer members cost-based financial products and services. 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, we cannot issue equity securities.

Our financial statements include the consolidated accounts of CFC, National Cooperative Services Corporation (“NCSC”), Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative (“RTFC”) and subsidiaries created and controlled by CFC to hold foreclosed assets resulting from defaulted loans or bankruptcy. NCSC is a taxable member-owned cooperative that may provide financing to members of CFC, government or quasi-government entities which own electric utility systems that meet the Rural Electrification Act definition of “rural” and for-profit and nonprofit entities that are owned, operated or controlled by, or provide significant benefits to certain members of CFC. RTFC is a taxable Subchapter T cooperative association that provides financing for its rural telecommunications members and their affiliates. CFC did not hold, and did not have any subsidiaries or other entities that held, foreclosed assets as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 or May 31, 2018. See “Item 1. Business—Overview” in our 2018 Form 10-K for additional information on the business activities of each of these entities. Unless stated otherwise, references to “we,” “our” or “us” relate to CFC and its consolidated entities. All references to members within this document include members, associates and affiliates of CFC and its consolidated entities.



Our principal operations are currently organized for management reporting purposes into three business segments: CFC, NCSC and RTFC. Loans to members totaled $26,018 million as of February 28, 2019, of which 96% was attributable to CFC. Total revenue, which consists of net interest income and fee and other income, was $235 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2019, of which 99% was attributable to CFC, compared with $231 million for the same prior-year period. We provide information on the financial performance of each of our business segments in “Note 13—Business Segments.”

Management monitors a variety of key indicators to evaluate our business performance. The following MD&A is intended to provide the reader with an understanding of our consolidated results of operations, financial condition and liquidity by discussing the factors influencing changes from period to period and the key measures used by management to evaluate performance, such as net interest income, net interest yield, loan growth, debt-to-equity ratio, and credit quality metrics. We provide additional information on the financial performance of each of our business segments in “Note 13—Business Segments.” The MD&A section is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes in this Report, our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes in our 2018 Form 10-K and additional information contained in our 2018 Form 10-K, including the risk factors discussed under “Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors,” as well as any risk factors identified under “Part II—Item 1A. Risk Factors” in this Report.
SUMMARY OF SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Table 1 provides a summary of consolidated selected financial data for the three and nine months ended August 31,February 28, 2019 and 2018, and 2017, and as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. In addition to financial measures determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), management also evaluates performance based on certain non-GAAP measures and metrics, which we refer to as “adjusted” measures. Certain financial covenant provisions in our credit agreements are also based on non-GAAP financial measures. Our key non-GAAP financial measures are adjusted net income, adjusted net interest income, adjusted interest expense, adjusted net interest yield, adjusted times interest earned ratio (“adjusted TIER”) and adjusted debt-to-equity ratio. The most comparable GAAP measures are net income, net interest income, interest expense, net interest yield, TIER and debt-to-equity ratio, respectively. The primary adjustments we make to calculate these non-GAAP measures consist of (i) adjusting interest expense and net interest income to include the impact of net periodic derivative cash settlements; (ii) adjusting net income, senior debt and total equity to exclude the non-cash impact of the accounting for derivative financial instruments; (iii) adjusting senior debt to exclude the amount that funds CFC member loans guaranteed by RUS, subordinated deferrable debt and members’ subordinated certificates; and (iv) adjusting total equity to include subordinated deferrable debt and members’ subordinated certificates and exclude cumulative derivative forward value gains and losses and accumulated other comprehensive income.income (“AOCI”). We believe our non-GAAP adjusted measures, which are not a substitute for GAAP and may not be consistent with similarly titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies, provide meaningful information and are useful to investors because management evaluates performance based on these metrics, and certain financial covenants in our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements and debt indentures are based on adjusted measures. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a detailed reconciliation of these adjusted measures to the most comparable GAAP measures.



Table 1: Summary of Selected Financial Data
 Three Months Ended August 31,  Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28, 
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 Change 2019 2018 Change 2019 2018 Change
Statement of income      
Statement of operations:          
Interest income $278,491
 $265,915
    5% $285,566
 $271,468
    5% $845,310
 $803,206
    5%
Interest expense (210,231) (192,731) 9 (207,335) (198,071) 5 (621,732) (585,972) 6
Net interest income 68,260
 73,184
 (7) 78,231
 73,397
 7 223,578
 217,234
 3
Fee and other income 3,185
 3,945
 (19) 3,714
 3,935
 (6) 11,220
 13,422
 (16)
Total revenue 71,445
 77,129
 (7) 81,945
 77,332
 6 234,798
 230,656
 2
Benefit for loan losses 109
 298
 (63)
Benefit (provision) for loan losses (182) (1,105) (84) 1,715
 (503) **
Derivative gains (losses)(1)
 7,183
 (46,198) ** (132,174) 168,048
 ** (61,648) 247,443
 **
Results of operations of foreclosed assets 
 (24) ** 
 
 ** 
 (34) **
Operating expenses(2)
 (23,205) (21,636) 7 (22,998) (22,212) 4 (70,073) (65,762) 7
Other non-interest expense (7,494) (522) 1,336 1,789
 (402) ** (8,405) (1,542) 445
Income before income taxes 48,038
 9,047
 431
Income tax expense (60) (32) 88
Net income $47,978
 $9,015
 432
Income (loss) before income taxes (71,620) 221,661
 ** 96,387
 410,258
 (77)
Income tax benefit (expense) 149
 (632) ** (154) (1,491) (90)
Net income (loss) $(71,471) $221,029
 ** $96,233
 $408,767
 (76)
         
Adjusted operational financial measures         
Adjusted interest expense(3)
 $(217,134) $(216,995)  $(656,165) $(644,753) 2
Adjusted net interest income(3)
 68,432
 54,473
 26 189,145
 158,453
 19
Adjusted net income(3)
 50,904
 34,057
 49 123,448
 102,543
 20
         
Selected ratios         
Fixed-charge coverage ratio/TIER(4)
 0.66
 2.12
 (146) bps 1.15
 1.70
 (55) bps
Adjusted TIER(3)
 1.23
 1.16
 7 1.19
 1.16
 3
Net interest yield(5)
 1.19% 1.16% 3 1.14% 1.15% (1)
Adjusted net interest yield(3)(6)
 1.04
 0.86
 18 0.96
 0.84
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 Three Months Ended August 31, 
 2018
2017 Change
Adjusted operational financial measures     
Adjusted interest expense(3)
 $(223,060) $(212,953)    5%
Adjusted net interest income(3)
 55,431
 52,962
 5
Adjusted net income(3)
 27,966
 34,991
 (20)
     
Selected ratios     
Fixed-charge coverage ratio/TIER (4)
 1.23
 1.05
 18 bps
Adjusted TIER(3)
 1.13
 1.16
 (3)
Net interest yield(5)
 1.04% 1.16% (12)
Adjusted net interest yield(3)(6)
 0.85
 0.84
 1
     
 August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 Change February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018 Change
Balance sheet          
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash $274,502
 $238,824
      15% $230,628
 $238,824
      (3)%
Investment securities 642,360
 609,851
 5 650,532
 609,851
 7
Loans to members(7)
 25,182,654
 25,178,608
  26,017,679
 25,178,608
   3
Allowance for loan losses (18,692) (18,801)   (1) (17,086) (18,801)   (9)
Loans to members, net 25,163,962
 25,159,807
  26,000,593
 25,159,807
   3
Total assets 26,676,207
 26,690,204
  27,410,061
 26,690,204
   3
Short-term borrowings 3,793,136
 3,795,910
  3,651,941
 3,795,910
   (4)
Long-term debt 18,674,932
 18,714,960
  19,564,933
 18,714,960
   5
Subordinated deferrable debt 742,445
 742,410
  742,516
 742,410
 
Members’ subordinated certificates 1,378,097
 1,379,982
  1,357,419
 1,379,982
   (2)
Total debt outstanding 24,588,610
 24,633,262
  25,316,809
 24,633,262
   3
Total liabilities 25,169,631
 25,184,351
  25,857,449
 25,184,351
   3
Total equity 1,506,576
 1,505,853
  1,552,612
 1,505,853
   3
Guarantees(8)
 776,687
 805,161
   (4) 786,031
 805,161
   (2)
          
Selected ratios period end     
     
Allowance coverage ratio(9)
 0.07% 0.07%  0.07% 0.07% 
Debt-to-equity ratio(10)
 16.71
 16.72
 (1) 16.65
 16.72
 (7)
Adjusted debt-to-equity ratio(3)
 6.21
 6.18
   3 6.29
 6.18
 11
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** Calculation of percentage change is not meaningful.
(1)Consists of interest rate swap cash settlements and forward value gains (losses). Derivative cash settlement amounts represent net periodic contractual interest accruals related to derivatives not designated for hedge accounting. Derivative forward value gains (losses) represent changes in fair value during the period, excluding net periodic contractual interest accruals, related to derivatives not designated for hedge accounting and expense amounts reclassified into income related to the cumulative transition loss recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income as of June 1, 2001, as a result of the adoption of the derivative accounting guidance that required derivatives to be reported at fair value on the balance sheet.
(2)Consists of salaries and employee benefits and the other general and administrative expenses components of non-interest expense, each of which are presented separately on our condensed consolidated statements of income.operations.
(3)See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for details on the calculation of these non-GAAP adjusted measures and the reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP measures.
(4)Calculated based on net income (loss) plus interest expense for the period divided by interest expense for the period. The fixed-charge coverage ratios and TIER were the same during each period presented because we did not have any capitalized interest during these periods.
(5)Calculated based on annualized net interest income for the period divided by average interest-earning assets for the period.
(6)Calculated based on annualized adjusted net interest income for the period divided by average interest-earning assets for the period.
(7)Consists of the outstanding principal balance of member loans plus unamortized deferred loan origination costs, which totaled $11 million as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.
(8)Reflects the total amount of member obligations for which CFC has guaranteed payment to a third party as of the end of each period. This amount represents our maximum exposure to loss, which significantly exceeds the guarantee liability recorded on our consolidated balance sheets. See “Note 11—Guarantees” for additional information.  


(9)Calculated based on the allowance for loan losses at period end divided by total outstanding loans at period end.
(10)Calculated based on total liabilities at period end divided by total equity at period end.


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Our primary objective as a member-owned cooperative lender is to provide cost-based financial products to our rural electric members while maintaining a sound financial position required for investment-grade credit ratings on our debt instruments. Our objective is not to maximize net income; therefore, the rates we charge our member-borrowers reflect our adjusted interest expensefunding costs plus a spread to cover our operating expenses, a provision for loan losses and earnings sufficient to achieve interest coverage to meet our financial objectives. Our goal is to earn an annual minimum adjusted TIER of 1.10 and to maintain an adjusted debt-to-equity ratio at approximately or below 6.00-to-1.

We are subject to period-to-period volatility in our reported GAAP results due to changes in market conditions and differences in the way our financial assets and liabilities are accounted for under GAAP. Our financial assets and liabilities expose us to interest-rate risk. We use derivatives, primarily interest rate swaps, as part of our strategy in managing this risk. Our derivatives are intended to economically hedge and manage the interest-rate sensitivity mismatch between our financial assets and liabilities. We are required under GAAP to carry derivatives at fair value on our consolidated balance sheet; however, the financial assets and liabilities for which we use derivatives to economically hedge are carried at amortized cost. Changes in interest rates and spreadsthe shape of the yield curve result in periodic fluctuations in the fair value of our derivatives, which may cause volatility in our earnings because we do not apply hedge accounting for our interest rate swaps. As a result, the mark-to-market changes in our interest rate swaps are recorded in earnings. Based on the compositionBecause our derivative portfolio consists of our interest ratea higher proportion of pay-fixed swaps than receive-fixed swaps, we generally record derivative losses in earnings when interest rates decline and derivative gains when interest rates rise. This earnings volatility generally is not indicative of the underlying economics of our business, as the derivative forward fair value gains or losses recorded each period may or may not be realized over time, depending on the terms of our derivative instruments and future changes in market conditions that impact the periodic cash settlement amounts of our interest rate swaps. As such, management uses our adjusted non-GAAP results to evaluate our operating performance. Our adjusted results include realized net periodic interest rate swap settlement amounts but exclude the impact of unrealized forward fair value gains and losses. Our financial debt covenants are also based on our non-GAAP adjusted results, as the forward fair value gains and losses related to our interest rate swaps do not affect our cash flows, liquidity or ability to service our debt.

Financial Performance

Reported Results

We reported a net incomeloss of $48$71 million and a TIER of 1.230.66 for the quarter ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 (“current quarter”), compared with net income of $9$221 million and a TIER of 1.052.12 for the same prior-year quarter. We reported net income of $96 million and a TIER of 1.15 for the nine months ended February 28, 2019, compared with net income of $409 million and a TIER of 1.70 for the same prior-year period. The significant variance between our reported results for the current year periods and the same prior-year periods was primarily attributable to mark-to-market changes in the fair value of our derivatives. Our debt-to-equity ratio decreased slightly to 16.7116.65 as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, from 16.72 as of May 31, 2018, primarily due to a decline in liabilities as equity remained relatively unchanged. In July 2018, the CFC Board of Directors authorized the allocation of patronage capital of $95 million for fiscal year 2018 and the retirement of 50% of this amount, or $48 million, which was returned to members in August 2018. Thean increase in equity resulting from our reported net income of $48$96 million for the current quarternine months ended February 28, 2019, which was partially offset by thepatronage capital retirement of patronage capital.$48 million in August 2018.

The variance of $39$293 million between our reported net incomeloss of $48$71 million for the current quarter and our reported net income of $9$221 million for the same prior-year quarter was primarily driven by a favorable shift in the mark-to-market changes in thederivative fair value changes of our derivatives.$300 million. We recognizedrecorded derivative gainslosses of $7$132 million induring the current quarter due to a net increasedecreases in the fair value of our pay-fixed swaps, resulting fromas interest rates decreased across the swap yield curve. In comparison, we reported derivative gains of $168 million during the same prior-year quarter due to a rise in interest rates across the swap yield curve. Net interest income, which represented 95% of total revenue for both the current quarter and same prior-year quarter, increased $5 million, or 7%, attributable to the combined impact of an increase in the net interest yield of 3 basis points, or 3%, to 1.19%, and an increase in our average interest-earning assets of $963 million, or 4%. On July 12, 2018, we early redeemed $300 million of the $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 10.375% collateral trust bonds, due November 1, 2018, and repaid the remaining $700 million principal amount of these bonds at maturity. We replaced this high-cost debt with lower-cost funding. While we experienced a slight riseincrease in medium-our average cost of funds during the current quarter, the cost savings from the 10.375% collateral trust bonds in the current quarter mitigated the increase.



The variance of $313 million between our reported net income of $96 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2019 and long-term interest rates. In contrast, we recognizedour reported net income of $409 million was driven by a shift in derivative fair value changes of $309 million. We recorded derivative losses of $46$62 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2019, due to a decline in medium and longer-term interest rates as of the end of the period. We recorded derivative gains of $247 million during the comparable prior-year quarter, mainlyperiod due to a modest flattening of the swap curve as interest rates on the shorter end of the curve rose while medium- and long-term interest rates declined slightly. The favorable shift of $53 million in the fair value of our derivatives was offset in part by the recognition of losses of $7 million on the early extinguishment of debt, a decrease in net interest income of $5 million and an increase in operating expenses of $2 million. The decrease in netinterest rates across the yield curve. Net interest income, resulted from compression inwhich represented 95% and 94% of total revenue for the net interest yield, whichnine months ended February 28, 2019 and 2018, respectively, increased $6 million, or 3%. The increase was partially offset byattributable to an increase in average interest-earning assets of $1,068$933 million, or 4%. Net, which was partially offset by a decline in the net interest yield declined by 12of 1 basis pointspoint, or 1%, to 1.04%, primarily driven by1.14%. In addition, we experienced an increase in our overall average costoperating expenses of funds due to$4 million and recorded a higher average cost for our short-term and variable-rate borrowings resulting fromloss on the rise in short-term interest rates.

early extinguishment of debt of $7 million during the nine months ended February 28, 2019.

Adjusted Non-GAAP Results

Our adjusted net income totaled $28$51 million and our adjusted TIER was 1.131.23 for the current quarter, compared with adjusted net income of $35$34 million and adjusted TIER of 1.16 for the same prior-year quarter. Our adjusted net income totaled $123 million and our adjusted TIER was 1.19 for the nine months ended February 28, 2019, compared with adjusted net income of $103 million and adjusted TIER of 1.16 for the same prior-year period. Our adjusted debt-to-equity ratio increased to 6.216.29 as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, from 6.18 as of May 31, 2018, primarily attributable to a decreasean increase in adjusted equity duedebt outstanding to the patronage capital retirement of $48 million, which more than offset our adjusted net income of $28 million.fund loan growth.

The decreaseincrease in adjusted net income of $7$17 million in the current quarter from the comparablesame prior-year quarter was primarily driven by lossesan increase in adjusted net interest income of $14 million, or 26%, attributable to an increase in the adjusted net interest yield of 18 basis points, or 21%, to 1.04%, coupled with the increase in average interest-earning assets of 4%. The increase in the adjusted net interest yield was largely attributable to a reduction in our adjusted average cost of funds of 13 basis points to 3.49%. This reduction was primarily due to the interest expense savings resulting from the early redemption and maturity of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 10.375% collateral trust bonds due November 1, 2018, which we replaced with lower-cost funding, and a decrease in net periodic derivative cash settlement amounts due to higher short-term interest rates relative to the same prior-year quarter.

The increase in adjusted net income of $21 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2019, from the comparable prior-year period was attributable to an increase in adjusted net interest income of $31 million, or 19%, which was partially offset by a loss on the early extinguishment of debt of $7 million and an increase in operating expenses of $2 million, offset in part by an increase in adjusted net interest income of $2$4 million. The increase in adjusted net interest income was attributabledriven by an increase in the adjusted net interest yield of 12 basis points, or 14%, to 0.96% and the increase in average interest-earning assets $1,068 million and a slightof 4%. The increase in the adjusted net interest yield was primarily due to a reduction in our adjusted average cost of 1funds of 7 basis pointpoints to 0.85%3.54%. This reduction was also largely attributable to the interest savings from the early redemption and maturity of the $1 billion aggregate principal amount of the 10.375% collateral trust bonds that we replaced with lower-cost funding and a decrease in net periodic derivative settlement amounts due to higher short-term interest rates during the nine months ended February 28, 2019, relative to the same prior-year period.

See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for additional information on our adjusted measures, including a reconciliation of these measures to the most comparable GAAP measures.

Lending Activity and Credit Performance

Loans to members totaled $25,183$26,018 million as of August 31, 2018, relatively unchangedFebruary 28, 2019, an increase of $839 million, or 3%, from May 31, 2018. CFC distribution loans and power supply loans increased by $87$724 million and $123 million, respectively, which was partially offset by decreases in CFC power supply loans, NCSC loans and RTFC loans of $76 million, $6$15 million and $5$10 million, respectively.

Long-term loan advances totaled $468$1,441 million during the current quarter,nine months ended February 28, 2019, with approximately 71%85% of those advances for capital expenditures by members and 25%13% for the refinancing of loans made by other lenders. In comparison, long-term loan advances totaled $1,864 million during the nine months ended February 28, 2018, with approximately 64% of those advances for capital expenditures and 25% for refinancing of loans made by other lenders. The decrease in long-term loan advances from the same prior-year period reflects weaker demand from borrowers, due to more limited refinancings by our members of loans made by other lenders.


CFC had long-term fixed-rate loans totaling $193$676 million that were scheduled to reprice during the current quarter.nine months ended February 28, 2019. Of this total, $96$490 million repriced to a new long-term fixed rate; $48$119 million repriced to a long-term variable rate; and $49$67 million was repaid in full.

Credit Quality

The overall credit quality of our loan portfolio remained high as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, as evidenced by our strong credit performance metrics. We had no delinquent or nonperforming loans as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, and no loan defaults or charge-offs during the current quarter.nine months ended February 28, 2019. Outstanding loans to electric utility organizations represented approximately 99% of total outstanding loan portfolio as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, unchanged from May 31, 2018. We historically have had limited defaults and losses on loans in our electric utility loan portfolio. We generally lend to members on a senior secured basis, which reduces the risk of loss in the event of a borrower default. Of our total loans outstanding, 93%91% were secured and 7%9% were unsecured as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019, compared to 93% secured and 7% unsecured as of May 31, 2018.

Financing Activity

We issue debt primarily to fund growth in our loan portfolio. As such, our outstanding debt volume generally increases and decreases in response to member loan demand. Total debt outstanding was $24,589increased by $684 million, or 3%, to $25,317 million as of August 31, 2018, relatively unchangedFebruary 28, 2019, from May 31, 2018, asdue to an increase in borrowings to fund the increase in loans to members also remained flat. Decreasesmembers. The increase was primarily attributable to a net increase in collateral trust bonds, dealer commercial paper andborrowings under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program of the USDA (“Guaranteed Underwriter Program”) of $578 million, a net increase in Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (“Farmer Mac”) notes payable of $296 million, $135$281 million and $114 million, respectively, were largely offset by increasesa net increase in dealer medium-term notes of $291$278 million. These increases were partially offset by net decreases in collateral trust bonds outstanding of $259 million and in member commercial paper, select notes and daily liquidity fund notes of $238$142 million. Outstanding dealer commercial paper of $929 million and $1,064$1,069 million as of August 31, 2018 and May 31, 2018, respectively,February 28, 2019 was below our maximum thresholdtargeted limit of $1,250 million.

We provide additional information on our financing activities below under “Consolidated Balance Sheet Analysis—Debt” and “Liquidity Risk.”

Outlook for the Next 12 Months

We currently expect that our net interest income, adjusted net interest income, net income, adjusted net income, tier, adjusted tier, net interest yield and adjusted net interest yield will increase over the next 12 months, as a resultlargely due to the cost savings from the early redemption and maturity of a projected decrease in our average costthe $1 billion aggregate principal amount of funds. 10.375% collateral trust bonds due November 1, 2018, which we replaced with lower-cost funding.

Long-term debt scheduled to mature over the next 12 months totaled $2,820$2,216 million as of August 31, 2018. Included in this amount is $880 million aggregate principal amount of higher-cost collateral trust bonds with a weighted average coupon rate of 9.60%, scheduled to mature on November 1, 2018. On July 12, 2018, we redeemed $300 million of our 10.375% collateral trust bonds due November 1, 2018, leaving a remaining outstanding principal


amount of $700 million. We expect that we will be able to replace this higher-cost debt with lower-cost funding, which will reduce our aggregate weighted average cost of funds.

February 28, 2019. We believe we have sufficient liquidity from the combination of existing cash and cash equivalents, member loan repayments, committed bank revolving lines of credit, committed loan facilities from the Federal Financing Bank guaranteed by RUS under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program, (“Guaranteed Underwriter Program”), revolving note purchase agreements with Farmer Mac and our ability to issue debt in the capital markets, to our members and in private placements, to meet the demand for member loan advances and satisfy our obligations to repay long-term debt maturing over the next 12 months. As of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, sources of liquidity readily available for access totaled $7,295$6,873 million, consisting of (i) $266$223 million in cash and cash equivalents; (ii) up to $1,225$1,350 million available under committed loan facilities under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program; (iii) up to $3,082$2,972 million available for access under committed bank revolving line of credit agreements; (iv) up to $300$200 million available under a committed revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac; and (v) up to $2,422$2,128 million available under a revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac, subject to market conditions. On August 17, 2018, we executed a commitment letter for a $750 million loan facility under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program. The amount available for access under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program, based on amounts advanced to us as of August 31, 2018, will increase to $1,975 million upon closing of the facility.

We believe we can continue to roll over the outstanding member short-term debt of $2,864$2,483 million as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, based on our expectation that our members will continue to reinvest their excess cash in our commercial paper, daily liquidity fund notes, select notes and medium-term notes. Although weWe expect to continue accessing the dealer commercial paper market to help meet our liquidity needs,needs. Although the intra-period amount of outstanding dealer commercial paper may fluctuate based on our liquidity requirements, we intend to manage our short-term wholesale funding risk by maintaining outstanding dealer commercial paper at an amount near or below $1,250 million for the foreseeable future. We expect to


continue to be in compliance with the covenants under our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements, which will allow us to mitigate roll-over risk, as we can draw on these facilities to repay dealer or member commercial paper that cannot be refinanced with similar debt.

While we are not subject to bank regulatory capital rules, we generally aim to maintain an adjusted debt-to-equity ratio at approximately or below 6.00-to-1. Our adjusted debt-to-equity ratio was 6.216.29 as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, above our targeted threshold due to the decrease inthreshold. Based on our forecast of loan advances and adjusted equity resulting fromover the patronage capital retirement of $48 million during the quarter. We expectnext 12 months, we anticipate that our adjusted debt-to-equity ratio will decrease during the remainder of the fiscal year due to an increase in equity from earnings. As a result, we believe our adjusted debt-to equity ratio will decreasebe closer to or below our target ratio of 6.00-to-1 over the next 12 months.6.00-to-1.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make a number of judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the amount of assets, liabilities, income and expenses in the consolidated financial statements. Understanding our accounting policies and the extent to which we use management’s judgment and estimates in applying these policies is integral to understanding our financial statements. We provide a discussion of our significant accounting policies under “Note 1—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in our 2018 Form 10-K.

We have identified certain accounting policies as critical because they involve significant judgments and assumptions about highly complex and inherently uncertain matters, and the use of reasonably different estimates and assumptions could have a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition. Our most critical accounting policies and estimates involve the determination of the allowance for loan losses and fair value. We evaluate our critical accounting estimates and judgments required by our policies on an ongoing basis and update them as necessary based on changing conditions. There were no material changes in the key inputs and assumptions used in our critical accounting policies during the current quarter.nine months ended February 28, 2019. Management has discussed significant judgments and assumptions in applying our critical accounting policies with the Audit Committee of our board of directors. We provide additional information on our critical accounting policies and estimates under “MD&A—Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in our 2018 Form 10-K. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2018 Form 10-K for a discussion of the risks associated with management’s judgments and estimates in applying our accounting policies and methods.


RECENT ACCOUNTING CHANGES AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS

See “Note 1—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” for information on accounting standards adopted during the current quarter, as well as recently issued accounting standards not yet required to be adopted and the expected impact of the adoption of these accounting standards. To the extent we believe the adoption of new accounting standards has had or will have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations, financial condition or liquidity, we also discuss the impact in the applicable section(s) of this MD&A.


CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The section below provides a comparative discussion of our condensed consolidated results of operations between the three months ended August 31,February 28, 2019 and 2018 and 2017.the nine months ended February 28, 2019 and 2018. Following this section, we provide a comparative analysis of our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. You should read these sections together with our “Executive Summary—Outlook for the Next 12 Months” where we discuss trends and other factors that we expect will affect our future results of operations.

Net Interest Income

Net interest income represents the difference between the interest income earned on our interest-earning assets, which includes loans and investment securities, and the interest expense on our interest-bearing liabilities. Our net interest yield represents the difference between the yield on our interest-earning assets and the cost of our interest-bearing liabilities plus the impact from non-interest bearing funding. We expect net interest income and our net interest yield to fluctuate based on changes in interest rates and changes in the amount and composition of our interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. We do not fund each individual loan with specific debt. Rather, we attempt to minimize costs and maximize efficiency by proportionately funding large aggregated amounts of loans.

Table 2 presents average balances for the three and nine months ended August 31,February 28, 2019 and 2018, and 2017, and for each major category of our interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, the interest income earned or interest expense incurred, and the average yield or cost. Table 2 also presents non-GAAP adjusted interest expense, adjusted net interest income and adjusted net interest yield, which reflect the inclusion of net accrued periodic derivative cash settlements in interest expense. We provide reconciliations of our non-GAAP adjusted measures to the most comparable GAAP measures under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”



Table 2: Average Balances, Interest Income/Interest Expense and Average Yield/Cost
  Three Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2019 2018
Assets: Average Balance Interest Income/Expense Average Yield/Cost Average Balance Interest Income/Expense Average Yield/Cost
Long-term fixed-rate loans(1)
 $22,821,326
 $251,149
 4.46% $22,706,134
 $250,201
 4.47%
Long-term variable-rate loans 1,107,669
 10,711
 3.92
 972,399
 7,020
 2.93
Line of credit loans 1,861,104
 17,178
 3.74
 1,512,664
 10,367
 2.78
TDR loans(2)
 12,060
 209
 7.03
 12,808
 221
 7.00
Other income, net(3)
 
 (291) 
 
 (314) 
Total loans 25,802,159
 278,956
 4.38
 25,204,005
 267,495
 4.30
Cash, time deposits and investment securities 904,775
 6,610
 2.96
 539,728
 3,973
 2.99
Total interest-earning assets $26,706,934
 $285,566
 4.34% $25,743,733
 $271,468
 4.28%
Other assets, less allowance for loan losses 1,141,344
     853,563
    
Total assets $27,848,278
     $26,597,296
    
             
Liabilities:            
Short-term borrowings $4,105,330
 $27,070
 2.67% $3,777,158
 $14,593
 1.57%
Medium-term notes 3,888,915
 34,329
 3.58
 3,392,554
 28,051
 3.35
Collateral trust bonds 7,215,271
 61,405
 3.45
 7,590,459
 83,730
 4.47
Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable 5,074,697
 36,911
 2.95
 4,899,496
 34,233
 2.83
Farmer Mac notes payable 2,808,774
 23,691
 3.42
 2,507,350
 13,316
 2.15
Other notes payable 27,592
 302
 4.44
 32,970
 369
 4.54
Subordinated deferrable debt 742,491

9,416
 5.14
 742,351

9,414
 5.14
Subordinated certificates 1,363,731
 14,211
 4.23
 1,372,508
 14,365
 4.24
Total interest-bearing liabilities $25,226,801
 $207,335
 3.33% $24,314,846
 $198,071
 3.30%
Other liabilities 1,002,547
     954,482
    
Total liabilities 26,229,348
     25,269,328
    
Total equity 1,618,930
     1,327,968
    
Total liabilities and equity $27,848,278
     $26,597,296
    
             
Net interest spread(4)
     1.01%     0.98%
Impact of non-interest bearing funding(5)
     0.18
     0.18
Net interest income/net interest yield(6)
   $78,231
 1.19%   $73,397
 1.16%
             
Adjusted net interest income/adjusted net interest yield:            
Interest income   $285,566
 4.34%   $271,468
 4.28%
Interest expense   207,335
 3.33
   198,071
 3.30
Add: Net accrued periodic derivative cash settlements(7)
   9,799
 0.36
   18,924
 0.71
Adjusted interest expense/adjusted average cost(8)
   $217,134
 3.49%   $216,995
 3.62%
             
Adjusted net interest spread(4)
     0.85%     0.66%
Impact of non-interest bearing funding(5)
     0.19
     0.20
Adjusted net interest income/adjusted net interest yield(9)
   $68,432
 1.04%   $54,473
 0.86%
             


 Three Months Ended August 31, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2019 2018
Assets: Average Balance Interest Income/Expense Average Yield/Cost Average Balance Interest Income/Expense Average Yield/Cost Average Balance Interest Income/Expense Average Yield/Cost Average Balance Interest Income/Expense Average Yield/Cost
Long-term fixed-rate loans(1)
 $22,695,516
 $251,801
 4.40% $22,371,291
 $249,364
 4.42% $22,734,570
 $756,290
 4.45% $22,510,725
 $748,491
 4.45%
Long-term variable-rate loans 1,071,550
 9,381
 3.47
 842,968
 5,863
 2.76
 1,091,929
 30,158
 3.69
 900,067
 18,980
 2.82
Line of credit loans 1,422,853
 11,633
 3.24
 1,353,349
 8,707
 2.55
 1,543,686
 40,563
 3.51
 1,398,346
 27,662
 2.64
TDR loans(2)
 12,552
 218
 6.89
 13,122
 226
 6.83
 12,267
 638
 6.95
 12,954
 669
 6.90
Other income, net(3)
 
 (325) 
 
 (232) 
 
 (867) 
 
 (852) 
Total loans 25,202,471
 272,708
 4.29
 24,580,730
 263,928
 4.26
 25,382,452
 826,782
 4.35
 24,822,092
 794,950
 4.28
Cash, time deposits and investment securities 809,409
 5,783
 2.83
 363,645
 1,987
 2.17
 848,767
 18,528
 2.92
 476,532
 8,256
 2.32
Total interest-earning assets $26,011,880
 $278,491
 4.25% $24,944,375
 $265,915
 4.23% $26,231,219
 $845,310
 4.31% $25,298,624
 $803,206
 4.24%
Other assets, less allowance for loan losses 726,260
     560,169
     984,554
     645,712
    
Total assets $26,738,140
 

   $25,504,544
 

 

 $27,215,773
 

   $25,944,336
 

 

                        
Liabilities:   

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Short-term borrowings $3,519,995
 $19,419
 2.19% $3,223,476
 $10,539
 1.30% $3,811,774
 $69,108
 2.42% $3,330,949
 $35,248
 1.41%
Medium-term notes 3,757,196
 32,410
 3.42
 3,010,730
 25,116
 3.31
 3,851,758
 100,555
 3.49
 3,258,159
 80,711
 3.31
Collateral trust bonds 7,474,361
 77,705
 4.12
 7,635,433
 85,277
 4.43
 7,319,359
 208,044
 3.80
 7,621,435
 254,328
 4.46
Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable 4,848,435
 35,334
 2.89
 4,995,723
 35,602
 2.83
 4,918,616
 107,259
 2.92
 4,987,617
 105,523
 2.83
Farmer Mac notes payable 2,790,527
 21,111
 3.00
 2,507,545
 11,490
 1.82
 2,718,697
 64,499
 3.17
 2,503,828
 36,753
 1.96
Other notes payable 29,877
 322
 4.28
 35,243
 390
 4.39
 29,139
 946
 4.34
 34,511
 1,150
 4.46
Subordinated deferrable debt 742,422
 9,417
 5.03
 742,285
 9,416
 5.03
 742,456
 28,250
 5.09
 742,318
 28,247
 5.09
Subordinated certificates 1,377,954
 14,513
 4.18
 1,417,872
 14,901
 4.17
 1,372,977
 43,071
 4.19
 1,402,077
 44,012
 4.20
Total interest-bearing liabilities $24,540,767
 $210,231
 3.40% $23,568,307
 $192,731
 3.24% $24,764,776
 $621,732
 3.36% $23,880,894
 $585,972
 3.28%
Other liabilities 697,954
   
 853,196
 
   891,089
   
 882,937
 
  
Total liabilities 25,238,721
   
 24,421,503
 
   25,655,865
   
 24,763,831
 
  
Total equity 1,499,419
     1,083,041
 
   1,559,908
     1,180,505
 
  
Total liabilities and equity $26,738,140
 

   $25,504,544
 

   $27,215,773
 

   $25,944,336
 

  
                        
Net interest spread(4)
   

 0.85% 

 

 0.99%   

 0.95% 

 

 0.96%
Benefit from non-interest bearing funding(5)
     0.19
     0.17
Impact of non-interest bearing funding(5)
     0.19
     0.19
Net interest income/net interest yield(6)
   $68,260
 1.04%   $73,184
 1.16%   $223,578
 1.14%   $217,234
 1.15%
                        
Adjusted net interest income/adjusted net interest yield:     

           

      
Interest income   $278,491
 4.25%   $265,915
 4.23%   $845,310
 4.31%   $803,206
 4.24%
Interest expense   210,231
 3.40
   192,731
 3.24
   621,732
 3.36
   585,972
 3.28
Add: Net accrued periodic derivative cash settlements(7)
   12,829
 0.46
   20,222
 0.75
   34,433
 0.42
   58,781
 0.73
Adjusted interest expense/adjusted average cost(8)
   $223,060
 3.61% 

 $212,953
 3.58%   $656,165
 3.54% 

 $644,753
 3.61%
                        
Adjusted net interest spread(4)
     0.64% 
   0.65%     0.77% 
   0.63%
Benefit from non-interest bearing funding(5)
     0.21
     0.19
Impact of non-interest bearing funding(5)
     0.19
     0.21
Adjusted net interest income/adjusted net interest yield(9)
   $55,431
 0.85% 
 $52,962

0.84%   $189,145
 0.96% 
 $158,453

0.84%
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(1)Interest income on long-term, fixed-rate loans includes loan conversion fees, which are generally deferred and recognized as interest income using the effective interest method.
(2)Troubled debt restructuring (“TDR”) loans.


(3)Consists of late payment fees and net amortization of deferred loan fees and loan origination costs.


(4)Net interest spread represents the difference between the average yield on total average interest-earning assets and the average cost of total average interest-bearing liabilities. Adjusted net interest spread represents the difference between the average yield on total average interest-earning assets and the adjusted average cost of total average interest-bearing liabilities.
(5)Includes other liabilities and equity.
(6)Net interest yield is calculated based on annualized net interest income for the period divided by total average interest-earning assets for the period.
(7)Represents the impact of net accrued periodic interest rate swap settlements during the period. This amount is added to interest expense to derive non-GAAP adjusted interest expense. The average (benefit)/cost associated with derivatives is calculated based on annualized net accrued periodic interest rate swap settlements during the period divided by the average outstanding notional amount of derivatives during the period. The average outstanding notional amount of interest rate swaps was $10,955$10,980 million and $10,682$10,841 million for the three months ended August 31,February 28, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The average outstanding notional amount of interest rate swaps was $11,019 million and 2017,$10,808 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
(8)Adjusted interest expense represents interest expense plus net accrued periodic interest rate swap cash settlements during the period. Net accrued periodic derivative cash settlements are reported on our condensed consolidated statements of incomeoperations as a component of derivative gains (losses). Adjusted average cost is calculated based on annualized adjusted interest expense for the period divided by total average interest-bearing liabilities during the period.
(9)Adjusted net interest yield is calculated based on annualized adjusted net interest income for the period divided by total average interest-earning assets for the period.


Table 3 displays the change in net interest income between periods and the extent to which the variance is attributable to: (i) changes in the volume of our interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities or (ii) changes in the interest rates of these assets and liabilities. The table also presents the change in adjusted net interest income between periods. Changes that are not solely due to either volume or rate are allocated to these categories on a pro-rata basis based on the absolute value of the change due to average volume and average rate.
 


Table 3: Rate/Volume Analysis of Changes in Interest Income/Interest Expense
 Three Months Ended August 31, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
 2018 versus 2017 2019 versus 2018 2019 versus 2018
 Total 
Variance due to:(1)
 Total 
Variance due to:(1)
 Total 
Variance due to:(1)
(Dollars in thousands) Variance Volume Rate Variance Volume Rate Variance Volume Rate
Interest income:                  
Long-term fixed-rate loans $2,437
 $3,614
 $(1,177) $948
 $1,269
 $(321) $7,799
 $7,443
 $356
Long-term variable-rate loans 3,518
 1,590
 1,928
 3,691
 977
 2,714
 11,178
 4,046
 7,132
Line of credit loans 2,926
 447
 2,479
 6,811
 2,388
 4,423
 12,901
 2,875
 10,026
Restructured loans (8) (10) 2
 (12) (13) 1
 (31) (35) 4
Other income, net (93) 
 (93) 23
 
 23
 (15) 
 (15)
Total loans 8,780
 5,641
 3,139
 11,461
 4,621
 6,840
 31,832
 14,329
 17,503
Cash, time deposits and investment securities 3,796
 2,436
 1,360
 2,637
 2,687
 (50) 10,272
 6,449
 3,823
Interest income 12,576
 8,077
 4,499
 14,098
 7,308
 6,790
 42,104
 20,778
 21,326
                  
Interest expense:                  
Short-term borrowings 8,880
 969
 7,911
 12,477
 1,268
 11,209
 33,860
 5,088
 28,772
Medium-term notes 7,294
 6,227
 1,067
 6,278
 4,104
 2,174
 19,844
 14,705
 5,139
Collateral trust bonds (7,572) (1,799) (5,773) (22,325) (4,139) (18,186) (46,284) (10,080) (36,204)
Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable (268) (1,050) 782
 2,678
 1,224
 1,454
 1,736
 (1,460) 3,196
Farmer Mac notes payable 9,621
 1,297
 8,324
 10,375
 1,601
 8,774
 27,746
 3,154
 24,592
Other notes payable (68) (59) (9) (67) (60) (7) (204) (179) (25)
Subordinated deferrable debt 1
 2
 (1) 2
 2
 
 3
 5
 (2)
Subordinated certificates (388) (420) 32
 (154) (92) (62) (941) (913) (28)
Interest expense 17,500
 5,167
 12,333
 9,264
 3,908
 5,356
 35,760
 10,320
 25,440
Net interest income $(4,924) $2,910
 $(7,834) $4,834
 $3,400
 $1,434
 $6,344
 $10,458
 $(4,114)
                  
Adjusted net interest income:                  
Interest income $12,576
 $8,077
 $4,499
 $14,098
 $7,308
 $6,790
 $42,104
 $20,778
 $21,326
Interest expense 17,500
 5,167
 12,333
 9,264
 3,908
 5,356
 35,760
 10,320
 25,440
Net accrued periodic derivative cash settlements(2)
 (7,393) 516
 (7,909) (9,125) 242
 (9,367) (24,348) 1,149
 (25,497)
Adjusted interest expense(3)
 10,107
 5,683
 4,424
 139
 4,150
 (4,011) 11,412
 11,469
 (57)
Adjusted net interest income $2,469
 $2,394
 $75
 $13,959
 $3,158
 $10,801
 $30,692
 $9,309
 $21,383
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(1)The changes for each category of interest income and interest expense are divided between the portion of change attributable to the variance in volume and the portion of change attributable to the variance in rate for that category. The amount attributable to the combined impact of volume and rate has been allocated to each category based on the proportionate absolute dollar amount of change for that category.
(2)For net accrued periodic derivative cash settlements, the variance due to average volume represents the change in derivative cash settlements resulting from the change in the average notional amount of derivative contracts outstanding. The variance due to average rate represents the change in derivative cash settlements resulting from the net difference between the average rate paid and the average rate received for interest rate swaps during the period.
(3) See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for additional information on our adjusted non-GAAP measures.

Reported Net Interest Income
Reported net interest income of $68$78 million for the current quarter decreased bywas up $5 million, or 7%, from the comparable prior-year quarter, driven by a decreasean increase in the net interest yield of 10% (123% (3 basis points) to 1.04%1.19% and an increase in average interest-earning assets of 4%.


Net Interest Yield: The increase of 3 basis points in the net interest yield for the current quarter reflected the combined impact of an increase in the average yield on interest-earning assets of 6 basis points to 4.34%, which was partially offset by an increase in the average cost of funds of 3 basis points to 3.33%. The increase in the average yield on interest-earning assets was attributable to higher rates for our line of 4%.
Net Interest Yield: The decrease in the net interest yield for the current quarter was primarilycredit and variable-rate loans due to ana rise in short-term interest rates. On July 12, 2018, we early redeemed $300 million aggregate principal amount of our 10.375% collateral trust bonds due November 1, 2018, and repaid the remaining $700 million principal amounts of these bonds at maturity. We replaced this high-cost debt with lower-cost funding. Although we experienced a slight increase in our average cost of funds. Ourfunds for the current quarter due to higher interest rates on our shorter and medium-term borrowings, the cost savings associated with the redemption and maturity of the $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 10.375% collateral trust bonds mitigated the increase in interest expense and our average cost of funds increased by 16 basis points duringresulting from the current quarter to 3.40%, largely due to increasesoverall increase in our average borrowings and the increased cost of our short-termshort- and variable-rate debt resulting from the rise in short-term interest rates.medium-term borrowings.


The 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) was 2.32% as of August 31, 2018, an increase of 100 basis points from August 31, 2017, while the federal funds target rate was 2.00% as of August 31, 2018, up 75 basis points from August 31, 2017.

Average Interest-Earning Assets: The increase of $1,068 million, or 4%, in average interest-earning assets duringof 4% for the current quarter was attributable to growth in average total loans of $622$598 million, as members obtained advances to fund capital investments and refinanced with us loans made by other lenders,or 2%, and an increase in averageour investment securities of $543 million.portfolio.

AdjustedReported net interest income of $55$224 million for the current quarter increased by $2nine months ended February 28, 2019 was up $6 million, or 5%3%, from the comparable prior-year quarter, due to the combined impact ofperiod, driven by an increase in average interest-earning assets of 4% and, which was partially offset by a slight increasedecrease in the adjusted net interest yield of 1% (1 basis point) to 0.85%1.14%.

Net Interest Yield: The decrease of 1 basis point in the net interest yield reflected the impact of an 8 basis point increase in the average cost of funds to 3.36%, which was largely offset by a 7 basis point increase in the average yield on interest-earning assets to 4.31%. The increase in the average yield on interest-earning assets and the increase in the average cost of funds were both largely due to an increase in rates on short-term and variable-rate loans and borrowings as a result of a rise in short-term interest rates. The 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) was 2.62% as of February 28, 2019, an increase of 60 basis points from February 28, 2018, while the federal funds target rate was 2.50% as of February 28, 2019, up 100 basis points from February 28, 2018.

Average Interest-Earning Assets: The increase in average interest-earning assets of 4% for the nine months ended February 28, 2019 was attributable to growth in average total loans of $560 million, or 2%, and an expansion of our investment securities portfolio.

Adjusted Net Interest Income

Adjusted net interest income of $68 million for the current quarter was up $14 million, or 26%, from the comparable prior-year quarter, driven by an increase in the adjusted net interest yield of 18 basis points, or 21%, to 1.04% and the increase in average interest-earning assets of 4%. The increase in the adjusted net interest yield reflected the combined impact of increases in the average yield on interest-earning assets and the benefit from non-interest bearing funding,a reduction in our adjusted average cost of funds of 13 basis points to 3.49%. This reduction was primarily due to the cost savings from the early redemption and maturity of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 10.375% collateral trust bonds due November 1, 2018, which were partiallywe replaced with lower-cost funding. The cost savings from the collateral trust bonds largely offset the increase in interest expense on our short-term, variable-rate borrowings resulting from the increase in short-term interest rates. The increase in short-term interest rates resulted in a decrease in our periodic derivative cash settlement expense amounts, which also had a favorable impact on the adjusted average cost of funds and adjusted net interest yield.
Adjusted net interest income of $189 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2019 was up $31 million, or 19%, from the comparable prior-year period, driven by an increase in the adjusted net interest yield of 12 basis points, or 14%, to 0.96% and the increase in average interest-earning assets of 4%. The increase in the adjusted net interest yield was primarily due to a reduction in our adjusted average cost of debt.funds of 7 basis points to 3.54%, attributable to the early redemption and maturity of the $1 billion aggregate principal amount of the 10.375% collateral trust bonds, which offset the increase in the average cost associated with our short-term, variable rate borrowing due to higher short-term interest rates. In addition, the net periodic derivative settlement expense declined as a result of higher short-term interest rates during the period.

OurNet periodic derivative cash settlement expense of $10 million for the current quarter decreased by $9 million, or 48%, from $19 million for the same prior-year quarter. Net periodic derivative cash settlement expense of $34 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2019 decreased by $24 million, or 41%, from $59 million for the same prior-year period. The reduction in net periodic derivative cash settlements was attributable to the rise in short-term interest rates, which resulted in


an increase in the periodic floating interest rate amounts due to us on our pay-fixed swaps. The floating rate payments on our interest rate swaps are typically determined based on the 3-month LIBOR.

We include net accrued periodic derivative cash settlements during the period in the calculation of our adjusted average cost of funds, which, as a result, also impacts the calculation of adjusted net interest income and adjusted net interest yield include the impact of net accrued periodic derivative cash settlements during the period. We recorded net periodic derivative cash settlement expense of $13 million and $20 million for the three months ended August 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.yield. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for additional information on our adjusted measures, including a reconciliation of these measures to the most comparable GAAP measures.

Provision for Loan Losses

Our provision for loan losses in each period is primarily driven by the level of allowance that we determine is necessary for probable incurred loan losses inherent in our loan portfolio as of each balance sheet date.

We recorded a benefitprovision for loan losses of less than $1 million for both the current quarterthree months ended February 28, 2019 and comparablea benefit for loan losses of $2 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2019. In comparison, we recorded a provision for loan losses of $1 million for the same prior-year quarter.periods. The credit quality and performance statistics of our loan portfolio continued to remain strong. We had no payment defaults or charge-offs during the nine months ended February 28, 2019, and no delinquent loans or nonperforming loans in our loan portfolio during the current quarteras of February 28, 2019 or the comparable prior-year quarter.May 31, 2018.

We provide additional information on our allowance for loan losses under “Credit Risk—Allowance for Loan Losses” and “Note 5—Allowance for Loan Losses” of this report. For additional information on our allowance methodology, see “MD&A—Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” and “Note 1—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in our 2018 Form 10-K.

Non-Interest Income

Non-interest income consists of fee and other income, gains and losses on derivatives not accounted for in hedge accounting relationships and results of operations of foreclosed assets.
 
Table 4 presents the components of non-interest income recorded in results of operations for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and 2017.

2018.

Table 4: Non-Interest Income
 Three Months Ended August 31, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018
2017 2019 2018 2019
2018
Non-interest income:            
Fee and other income $3,185
 $3,945
 $3,714
 $3,935
 $11,220
 $13,422
Derivative gains (losses) 7,183
 (46,198) (132,174) 168,048
 (61,648) 247,443
Results of operations of foreclosed assets 
 (24) 
 
 
 (34)
Total non-interest income $10,368
 $(42,277) $(128,460) $171,983
 $(50,428) $260,831

The significant variances in non-interest income between periods were primarily attributable to changes in net derivative gains (losses) recognized in our condensed consolidated statements of income.operations.

Derivative Gains (Losses)

Our derivative instruments are an integral part of our interest rate risk management strategy. Our principal purpose in using derivatives is to manage our aggregate interest rate risk profile within prescribed risk parameters. The derivative instruments we use primarily include interest rate swaps, which we typically hold to maturity. In addition, we may on occasion use treasury locks to manage the interest rate risk associated with debt that is scheduled to reprice in the future. The primary factors affecting the fair value of our derivatives and derivative gains (losses) recorded in our results of operations include changes in interest rates, the shape of the swap curve and the composition of our derivative portfolio. We generally do not designate our interest rate swaps, which currently account for the substantial majority of our derivatives, for hedge


accounting. Accordingly, changes in the fair value of interest rate swaps are reported in our condensed consolidated statements of incomeoperations under derivative gains (losses). However, we typically designate treasury locks as cash flow hedges. We entered into one treasury lock agreement, which wasdid not have any derivatives designated as a cash flow hedgeaccounting hedges as of a forecasted transaction as of
August 31, 2018 and May 31, 2018.February 28, 2019.

We currently use two types of interest rate swap agreements: (i) we pay a fixed rate of interest and receive a variable rate of interest (“pay-fixed swaps”); and (ii) we pay a variable rate of interest and receive a fixed rate of interest (“receive-fixed swaps”). The interest amounts are based on a specified notional balance, which is used for calculation purposes only.
The benchmark variable rate for the substantial majority of the floating rate payments under our swap agreements is 3-month LIBOR.

Table 5 displays the average notional amount outstanding, by swap agreement type, and the weighted-average interest rate paid and received for interest rate swap settlements during the three and nine months ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and 2017. As indicated in Table 5, our interest rate swap portfolio currently consists of a higher proportion of pay-fixed swaps than receive-fixed swaps. The profile of our interest rate swap portfolio, however, may change as a result of changes in market conditions and actions taken to manage exposure to interest rate risk.2018.

Table 5: Derivative Average Notional Amounts and Average Interest Rates
  Three Months Ended February 28,
  2019 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Average
Notional
Balance
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
 
Average
Notional
Balance
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
Pay-fixed swaps $7,373,993
 2.76% 2.66% $7,004,710
 2.84% 1.65%
Receive-fixed swaps 3,605,666
 3.22
 2.49
 3,836,499
 2.18
 2.61
Total $10,979,659
 2.91% 2.60% $10,841,209
 2.60% 2.00%
             
 Three Months Ended August 31, Nine Months Ended February 28,
 2018 2017 2019 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Average
Notional
Balance
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
 
Average
Notional
Balance
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
 
Average
Notional
Balance
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
 
Average
Notional
Balance
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
Pay-fixed swaps $7,194,857
 2.69% 2.24% $6,955,697
 2.84% 1.27% $7,330,332
 2.72% 2.42% $7,004,166
 2.84% 1.42%
Receive-fixed swaps 3,760,141
 2.96
 2.52
 3,726,717
 1.83
 2.64
 3,688,835
 3.08
 2.51
 3,803,670
 1.98
 2.63
Total $10,954,998
 2.78% 2.34% $10,682,414
 2.49% 1.75% $11,019,167
 2.84% 2.45% $10,807,836
 2.53% 1.85%

The average remaining maturity of our pay-fixed and receive-fixed swaps was 19 years and four years, respectively, as of both AugustFebruary 28, 2019. In comparison, the average remaining maturity of our pay-fixed and receive-fixed swaps was 19 years and five years, respectively, as of February 28, 2018.

As indicated in Table 5, our derivative portfolio consists of a higher proportion of pay-fixed swaps than receive-fixed swaps, with pay-fixed swaps representing approximately 69% and 65% of the outstanding notional amount of our derivative portfolio as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, and 2017.

Pay-fixedrespectively. As interest rates decline, pay-fixed swaps generally decrease in value and result in the recognition of derivative losses, as the amount of interest we pay remains fixed, while the amount of interest we receive declines. In contrast, as interest rates decline and increase in value as interest rates rise. In contrast, receive-fixedrise, pay-fixed swaps generally increase in value and result in the recognition of derivative gains, as the amount of interest we pay remains fixed, but the amount we receive decreases. With a receive-fixed swap, the opposite results occur as interest rates decline and decrease in value as interest ratesor rise. Because


our pay-fixed and receive-fixed swaps are referenced to different maturity terms along the swap curve, different changes in the swap curve—parallel, flattening or steepening—will result in differences inalso impact the fair value of our derivatives. The chart below provides comparative swap curves as of the end of August 31,February 28, 2019, November 30, 2018, May 31, 2018, August 31, 2017February 28, 2018 and May 31, 2017.

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Benchmark rates obtained from Bloomberg.

Table 6 presents the components of net derivative gains (losses) recorded in results of operations for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and 2017.2018. Derivative cash settlements represent the net periodic contractual interest amount for our interest-rate swaps for the reporting period. Derivative forward value gains (losses) represent the change in fair value of our interest rate swaps during the reporting period due to changes in expected future interest rates over the remaining life of our derivative contracts.

Table 6: Derivative Gains (Losses)
 Three Months Ended August 31, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2019 2018 2019 2018
Derivative gains (losses) attributable to:            
Derivative cash settlements $(12,829) $(20,222) $(9,799) $(18,924) $(34,433) $(58,781)
Derivative forward value gains (losses) 20,012
 (25,976) (122,375) 186,972
 (27,215) 306,224
Derivative gains (losses) $7,183
 $(46,198) $(132,174) $168,048
 $(61,648) $247,443

The net derivative gainslosses of $7$132 million inand $62 million for the current quarterthree and nine months ended February 28, 2019, were attributable to a decrease net increase in the fair value of our pay-fixed swaps resulting from a slight increasedecrease in medium- and long-term longer-term


interest rates, as depicted by the August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 swap curve presented in the above chart. As discussed above, pay-fixed swaps, which represent a higher proportion of our derivative portfolio, typically decrease in fair value and result in derivative losses when interest rates decline.



The net derivative lossesgains of $46$168 million inand $247 million for the same prior-year quarterthree and nine months ended February 28, 2018, respectively, were dueattributable to a net decreasean increase in the fair value of our interest ratepay-fixed swaps, resulting from a modest flattening of the swap curve, as interest rates increased across the yield curve during each period.

The reduction in net periodic derivative cash settlements was attributable to higher short-term interest rates relative to the comparable prior-year periods, which resulted in an increase in the periodic floating interest rate amounts due to us on our pay-fixed swaps, as the floating interest rate payment amounts are typically determined based on the shorter end of the curve rose while medium and longer-term interest rates declined slightly, as depicted by the May 31, 2017 and August 31, 2017 swap curves presented in the above chart.3-month LIBOR.

See “Note 9—Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” for additional information on our derivative instruments.

Non-Interest Expense

Non-interest expense consists of salaries and employee benefit expense, general and administrative expenses, losses on early extinguishment of debt and other miscellaneous expenses.

Table 7 presents the components of non-interest expense recorded in results of operations for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and 2017.2018.

Table 7: Non-Interest Expense
 Three Months Ended August 31, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2019 2018 2019 2018
Non-interest expense:            
Salaries and employee benefits $(12,682) $(11,823) $(13,020) $(13,011) $(38,094) $(36,843)
Other general and administrative expenses (10,523) (9,813) (9,978) (9,201) (31,979) (28,919)
Losses on early extinguishment of debt (7,100) 
 
 
 (7,100) 
Other non-interest expense (394) (522) 1,789
 (402) (1,305) (1,542)
Total non-interest expense $(30,699) $(22,158) $(21,209) $(22,614) $(78,478) $(67,304)

Non-interest expense of $31$21 million for the current quarter decreased by $1 million, or 6%, from the comparable prior-year quarter, primarily due to decreases in other non-interest expense.

Non-interest expense of $78 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2019 increased by $9$11 million, or 39%17%, from the comparable prior-year quarter. The increase was largely due to the loss on early extinguishment of debt of $7 million, attributable to the premium paid for the early redemption of $300 million of the $1 billion collateral trust bonds, with a coupon rate of 10.375%, that maturematured on November 1, 2018.

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests

Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests represents 100% of the results of operations of NCSC and RTFC, as the members of NCSC and RTFC own or control 100% of the interest in their respective companies. The fluctuations in net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests are primarily due to changes in the fair value of NCSC’s derivative instruments recognized in NCSC's earnings.

We recorded net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of less than $1 million for the current quarter. In comparison we recorded a net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests of $1 million and less than $1 million for the same prior-year quarter.three and nine months ended February 28, 2019, respectively. We recorded net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of $2 million and $3 million for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2018, respectively.


CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET ANALYSIS

Total assets of $26,676$27,410 million as of August 31, 2018 decreased slightlyFebruary 28, 2019 increased by $14$720 million, from May 31, 2018. Total liabilities of $25,170 million as of August 31, 2018 decreased slightly by $15 million from May 31, 2018. Total equity of $1,507 million as of August 31, 2018 remained relatively unchangedor 3%, from May 31, 2018, primarily due to growth in our loan portfolio. Total liabilities of $25,857 million as of February 28, 2019 increased by $673 million, or 3%, from May 31, 2018, largely due to debt issuances to fund loan growth. Total equity increased by $47 million to $1,553 million as of February 28, 2019, attributable to our reported net income of $48$96 million during the current quarternine months ended February 28, 2019, which was partially offset by patronage capital retirement of $48 million in August 2018.

Following is a discussion of changes in the major components of our assets and liabilities during the threenine months ended August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. Period-end balance sheet amounts may vary from average balance sheet amounts due to liquidity and balance sheet management activities that are intended to manage liquidity requirements for the company and our customers and our market risk exposure in accordance with our risk appetite.



Loan Portfolio

We offer long-term fixed- and variable-rate loans and line of credit variable-rate loans. The substantial majority of loans in our portfolio represent advances under secured long-term facilities with terms up to 35 years. Borrowers have the option of selecting a fixed or variable interest rate for each advance for periods ranging from one year to the final maturity of the facility. Line of credit loans are typically revolving facilities and are generally unsecured.
 
Loans Outstanding

Table 8 summarizes loans to members, by loan type and by member class, as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. As indicated in Table 8, long-term fixed-rate loans accounted for 88% and 90% of loans to members as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.2018, respectively.

Table 8: Loans Outstanding by Type and Member Class
 August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 
 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018 
(Dollars in thousands) Amount % of Total Amount % of Total Change Amount % of Total Amount % of Total Change
Loans by type:                    
Long-term loans:                    
Fixed-rate $22,682,597
 90% $22,696,185
 90% $(13,588) $22,960,860
 88% $22,696,185
 90% $264,675
Variable-rate 1,111,679
 5
 1,039,491
 4
 72,188
 1,125,471
 5
 1,039,491
 4
 85,980
Total long-term loans 23,794,276
 95
 23,735,676
 94
 58,600
 24,086,331
 93
 23,735,676
 94
 350,655
Lines of credit 1,377,160
 5
 1,431,818
 6
 (54,658) 1,920,104
 7
 1,431,818
 6
 488,286
Total loans outstanding 25,171,436
 100
 25,167,494
 100
 3,942
 26,006,435
 100
 25,167,494
 100
 838,941
Deferred loan origination costs
11,218



11,114



104

11,244



11,114



130
Loans to members
$25,182,654

100%
$25,178,608

100%
$4,046

$26,017,679

100%
$25,178,608

100%
$839,071
                    
Loans by member class:                    
CFC:                    
Distribution $19,638,104
 78% $19,551,511
 78% $86,593
 $20,275,130
 79% $19,551,511
 78% $723,619
Power supply 4,320,866
 18
 4,397,353
 18
 (76,487) 4,520,699
 17
 4,397,353
 18
 123,346
Statewide and associate 72,959
 
 69,055
 
 3,904
 85,305
 
 69,055
 
 16,250
CFC total 24,031,929
 96
 24,017,919
 96
 14,010
 24,881,134
 96
 24,017,919
 96
 863,215
NCSC 780,892
 3
 786,457
 3
 (5,565) 771,930
 3
 786,457
 3
 (14,527)
RTFC 358,615
 1
 363,118
 1
 (4,503) 353,371
 1
 363,118
 1
 (9,747)
Total loans outstanding 25,171,436
 100
 25,167,494
 100
 3,942
 26,006,435
 100
 25,167,494
 100
 838,941
Deferred loan origination costs 11,218
 
 11,114
 
 104
 11,244
 
 11,114
 
 130
Loans to members $25,182,654
 100% $25,178,608
 100% $4,046
 $26,017,679
 100% $25,178,608
 100% $839,071



Loans to members totaled $25,183$26,018 million as of August 31, 2018, relatively unchangedFebruary 28, 2019, an increase of $839 million, or 3%, from May 31, 2018. The increase was primarily due to an increase in CFC distribution loans increased by $87of $724 million which was offset by decreasesand an increase in CFC power supply loans of $123 million, which was partially offset by decreases in NCSC loans and RTFC loans of $76 million, $6$15 million and $5$10 million, respectively.

Long-term loan advances totaled $468$1,441 million during the current quarter,nine months ended February 28, 2019, with approximately 71%85% of those advances for capital expenditures by members and 25%13% for the refinancing of loans made by other lenders. In comparison, long-term loan advances totaled $1,864 million during the prior year nine months ended February 28, 2018, with approximately 64% of those advances for capital expenditures and 25% for refinancing of loans made by other lenders. The decrease in long-term loan advances from the same prior-year period reflects weaker demand from borrowers, due to more limited refinancings by our members of loans made by other lenders.

We provide additional information on our loan product types in “Item 1. Business—Loan Programs” and “Note 4—Loans” in our 2018 Form 10-K. See “Debt—Collateral Pledged” below for information on encumbered and unencumbered loans and “Credit Risk Management” for information on the credit risk profile of our loan portfolio.



Loan Retention Rate

Table 9 presents a comparison between the historical retention rate of CFC’s long-term fixed-rate loans that repriced, in accordance with our standard loan provisions, during the threenine months ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and loans that repriced during fiscal year 2018, and provides information on the percentage of loans that repriced to either another fixed-rate term or a variable rate. The retention rate is calculated based on the election made by the borrower at the repricing date. The average annual retention rate of CFC’s repriced loans has been 98% over the last three fiscal years.

Table 9: Historical Retention Rate and Repricing Selection(1) 
 Three Months Ended Fiscal Year Ended Nine Months Ended Fiscal Year Ended
 August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Amount % of Total Amount % of Total Amount % of Total Amount % of Total
Loans retained:                
Long-term fixed rate selected $95,963
 50% $741,792
 82% $489,457
 72% $741,792
 82%
Long-term variable rate selected 48,082
 25
 157,539
 17
 119,357
 18
 157,539
 17
Total loans retained by CFC 144,045
 75
 899,331
 99
 608,814
 90
 899,331
 99
Loans repaid(2)
 48,858
 25
 4,637
 1
 66,693
 10
 4,637
 1
Total $192,903
 100% $903,968
 100% $675,507
 100% $903,968
 100%
____________________________ 
(1)Does not include NCSC and RTFC loans.
(2)Includes loans totaling $1 million as of May 31, 2018 that were converted to new loans at the repricing date and transferred to a third party as part of our direct loan sale program. See “Note 4—Loans” for information on our sale of loans.

Debt

We utilize both short-term borrowings and long-term debt as part of our funding strategy and asset/liability interest rate risk management. We seek to maintain diversified funding sources across products, programs and markets to manage funding concentrations and reduce our liquidity or debt rollover risk. Our funding sources include a variety of secured and unsecured debt securities in a wide range of maturities to our members and affiliates and in the capital markets.

Debt Outstanding

Table 10 displays the composition, by product type, of our outstanding debt as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. Table 10 also displays the composition of our debt based on several additional selected attributes.


Table 10: Total Debt Outstanding
(Dollars in thousands) August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 Change February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018 Change
Debt product type:            
Commercial paper:            
Members, at par $1,286,441
 $1,202,105
 $84,336
 $1,105,060
 $1,202,105
 $(97,045)
Dealer, net of discounts 929,380
 1,064,266
 (134,886) 1,069,295
 1,064,266
 5,029
Total commercial paper 2,215,821
 2,266,371
 (50,550) 2,174,355
 2,266,371
 (92,016)
Select notes to members 799,240
 780,472
 18,768
 836,688
 780,472
 56,216
Daily liquidity fund notes to members 535,090
 400,635
 134,455
 299,505
 400,635
 (101,130)
Medium-term notes:     

     

Members, at par 631,733
 643,821
 (12,088) 613,002
 643,821
 (30,819)
Dealer, net of discounts 3,294,200
 3,002,979
 291,221
 3,280,826
 3,002,979
 277,847
Total medium-term notes 3,925,933
 3,646,800
 279,133
 3,893,828
 3,646,800
 247,028
Collateral trust bonds 7,343,569
 7,639,093
 (295,524) 7,379,953
 7,639,093
 (259,140)
Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable 4,840,976
 4,856,143
 (15,167) 5,433,855
 4,856,143
 577,712
Farmer Mac notes payable 2,777,532
 2,891,496
 (113,964) 3,172,262
 2,891,496
 280,766
Other notes payable 29,907
 29,860
 47
 26,428
 29,860
 (3,432)
Subordinated deferrable debt 742,445
 742,410
 35
 742,516
 742,410
 106
Members’ subordinated certificates:            
Membership subordinated certificates 630,448
 630,448
 
 630,467
 630,448
 19
Loan and guarantee subordinated certificates 526,479
 528,386
 (1,907) 505,782
 528,386
 (22,604)
Member capital securities 221,170
 221,148
 22
 221,170
 221,148
 22
Total members’ subordinated certificates 1,378,097
 1,379,982
 (1,885) 1,357,419
 1,379,982
 (22,563)
Total debt outstanding $24,588,610
 $24,633,262

$(44,652) $25,316,809
 $24,633,262

$683,547
            
Security type:            
Unsecured debt 39% 37%   37% 37%  
Secured debt 61
 63
   63
 63
  
Total 100% 100%   100% 100%  
            
Funding source:            
Members 19% 18%   17% 18%  
Private placement:            
Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable 20
 20
   21
 20
  
Farmer Mac notes payable 11
 12
   13
 12
  
Total private placement 31
 32
   34
 32
  
Capital markets 50
 50
   49
 50
  
Total 100% 100%   100% 100%  
            
Interest rate type:            
Fixed-rate debt 73% 74%   75% 74%  
Variable-rate debt 27
 26
   25
 26
  
Total 100% 100%   100% 100%  
Interest rate type, including the impact of swaps:            
Fixed-rate debt(1)
 88% 87%   91% 87%  
Variable-rate debt(2)
 12
 13
   9
 13
  
Total 100% 100%   100% 100%  
            
Maturity classification:(3)
            
Short-term borrowings 15% 15%   14% 15%  
Long-term and subordinated debt(4)
 85
 85
   86
 85
  
Total 100% 100%   100% 100%  



____________________________ 


(1) Includes variable-rate debt that has been swapped to a fixed rate, net of any fixed-rate debt that has been swapped to a variable rate.
(2) Includes fixed-rate debt that has been swapped to a variable rate, net of any variable-rate debt that has been swapped to a fixed rate. Also includes commercial paper notes, which generally have maturities of less than 90 days. The interest rate on commercial paper notes does not change once the note has been issued; however, the interest rate for new commercial paper issuances changes daily.
(3) Borrowings with an original contractual maturity of one year or less are classified as short-term borrowings. Borrowings with an original contractual maturity of greater than one year are classified as long-term debt.
(4) Consists of long-term debt, subordinated deferrable debt and total members’ subordinated debt reported on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Maturity classification is based on the original contractual maturity as of the date of issuance of the debt.

Our outstanding debt volume generally increases and decreases in response to member loan demand. As our loan balances increased during the nine months ended February 28, 2019, our debt volume also increased. Total debt outstanding was $24,589increased $684 million, or 3%, to $25,317 million as of August 31, 2018, relatively unchangedFebruary 28, 2019, from May 31, 2018, asdue to an increase in borrowings to fund the increase in loans to members also remained relatively flat. Decreasesmembers. The increase was primarily attributable to a net increase in collateral trust bonds, dealer commercial paper andborrowings under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program of $578 million, a net increase in Farmer Mac notes payable of $296 million, $135$281 million and $114 million, respectively, were largely offset by ana net increase in dealer medium-term notes of $291$278 million. These increases were partially offset by net decreases in collateral trust bonds of $259 million and a combined increase in member commercial paper, select notes and daily liquidity fund notes of $238$142 million.

We had outstanding collateral trust bondsBelow is a summary of $1 billion aggregate principal amount with a coupon rate of 10.375% due November 1, 2018. significant financing activities during the nine months ended February 28, 2019.

On July 12, 2018, we redeemed $300 million of the $1 billion 10.375% collateral trust bonds due November 1, 2018, at a premium of $7 million. We repaid the remaining $700 million of these bonds leaving a remaining outstandingon the maturity date.

On July 26, 2018, we issued $300 million aggregate principal amount of $700dealer medium-term notes at a variable rate of 3-month LIBOR plus 37.5 basis points due 2021.

On October 31, 2018, we issued $325 million asaggregate principal amount of August3.90% collateral trust bonds due 2028 and $300 million aggregate principal amount of 4.40% collateral trust bonds due 2048.

On November 15, 2018, we closed on a $750 million committed loan facility (“Series N”) from the Federal Financing Bank under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program.

On November 28, 2018, we amended the three-year and five-year committed bank revolving line of credit agreements to extend the maturity dates to November 28, 2021 and November 28, 2023, respectively, and to terminate certain third-party bank commitments.

On January 31, 2018.2019, we issued $450 million aggregate principal amount of 3.70% collateral trust bonds due 2029 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.30% collateral trust bonds due 2049.

Member Investments

Debt securities issued to our members represent an important, stable source of funding. Table 11 displays outstanding member debt, by debt product type, as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.



Table 11: Member Investments
 August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 Change February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018 Change
(Dollars in thousands) Amount 
% of Total (1)
 Amount 
% of Total (1)
  Amount 
% of Total (1)
 Amount 
% of Total (1)
 
Commercial paper $1,286,441
 58% $1,202,105
 53% $84,336
 $1,105,060
 51% $1,202,105
 53% $(97,045)
Select notes 799,240
 100
 780,472
 100
 18,768
 836,688
 100
 780,472
 100
 56,216
Daily liquidity fund notes 535,090
 100
 400,635
 100
 134,455
 299,505
 100
 400,635
 100
 (101,130)
Medium-term notes 631,733
 16
 643,821
 18
 (12,088) 613,002
 16
 643,821
 18
 (30,819)
Members’ subordinated certificates 1,378,097
 100
 1,379,982
 100
 (1,885) 1,357,419
 100
 1,379,982
 100
 (22,563)
Total outstanding member debt $4,630,601
   $4,407,015
   $223,586
 $4,211,674
   $4,407,015
   $(195,341)
                    
Percentage of total debt outstanding 19%   18%    
 17%   18%    
____________________________ 
(1) Represents outstanding debt attributable to members for each debt product type as a percentage of the total outstanding debt for each debt product type.

Member investments accounted for 19%17% and 18% of total debt outstanding as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively. Over the last three fiscal years, outstanding member investments have averaged $4,366$4,406 million on a quarterly basis.

Short-Term Borrowings

Short-term borrowings consist of borrowings with an original contractual maturity of one year or less and do not include the current portion of long-term debt. Short-term borrowings totaled $3,793$3,652 million and accounted for 15%14% of total debt outstanding as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, compared with $3,796 million, or 15%, of total debt outstanding as of May 31, 2018. See “Liquidity Risk” below and for “Note 6—Short-Term Borrowings” for information on the composition of our short-term borrowings.

Long-Term and Subordinated Debt

Long-term debt, defined as debt with an original contractual maturity term of greater than one year, primarily consists of medium-term notes, collateral trust bonds, notes payable under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program and notes payable


under our note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac. Subordinated debt consists of subordinated deferrable debt and members’ subordinated certificates. Our subordinated deferrable debt and members’ subordinated certificates have original contractual maturity terms of greater than one year.

Long-term and subordinated debt totaled $20,795$21,665 million and accounted for 85%86% of total debt outstanding as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, compared with $20,837 million, or 85%, of total debt outstanding as of May 31, 2018. We provide additional information on our long-term debt below under “Liquidity Risk” and in “Note 7—Long-Term Debt” and “Note 8—Subordinated Deferrable Debt.”

Collateral Pledged

We are required to pledge loans or other collateral in borrowing transactions under our collateral trust bond indentures, note purchase agreements with Farmer Mac and bond agreements under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program. We are required to maintain pledged collateral equal to at least 100% of the face amount of outstanding borrowings. However, we typically maintain pledged collateral in excess of the required percentage to ensure that required collateral levels are maintained and to facilitate the timely execution of debt issuances by reducing or eliminating the lead time to pledge additional collateral. Under the provisions of our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements, the excess collateral that we are allowed to pledge cannot exceed 150% of the outstanding borrowings under our collateral trust bond indentures, Farmer Mac note purchase agreements or the Guaranteed Underwriter Program. In certain cases, provided that all conditions of eligibility under the different programs are satisfied, we may withdraw excess pledged collateral or transfer collateral from one borrowing program to another to facilitate a new debt issuance.



Table 12 displays the collateral coverage ratios as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018 for the debt agreements noted above that require us to pledge collateral.

Table 12: Collateral Pledged
 Requirement/Limit   Requirement/Limit  
 
Debt Indenture
Minimum
 
Committed Bank Revolving Line of Credit Agreements
Maximum
 
Actual(1)
 
Debt Indenture
Minimum
 
Committed Bank Revolving Line of Credit Agreements
Maximum
 
Actual(1)
Debt Agreement August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Collateral trust bonds 1994 indenture 100% 150% 109% 111% 100% 150% 120% 111%
Collateral trust bonds 2007 indenture 100
 150
 115
 114
 100
 150
 120
 114
Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable 100
 150
 115
 119
 100
 150
 115
 119
Farmer Mac notes payable 100
 150
 115
 115
 100
 150
 119
 115
Clean Renewable Energy Bonds Series 2009A 100
 150
 105
 109
 100
 150
 132
 109
____________________________ 
(1) Calculated based on the amount of collateral pledged divided by the face amount of outstanding secured debt.

Of our total debt outstanding of $24,589$25,317 million as of August 31, 2018, $14,973February 28, 2019, $15,996 million, or 61%63%, was secured by pledged loans totaling $17,550$19,215 million. In comparison, of our total debt outstanding of $24,633 million as of May 31, 2018, $15,398 million, or 63%, was secured by pledged loans totaling $18,145 million. Total debt outstanding on our condensed consolidated balance sheet is presented net of unamortized discounts and issuance costs. However, our collateral pledging requirements are based on the face amount of secured outstanding debt, which does not take into consideration the impact of net unamortized discounts and issuance costs.

Table 13 displays the unpaid principal balance of loans pledged for secured debt, the excess collateral pledged and unencumbered loans as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.


Table 13: Unencumbered Loans
(Dollars in thousands) August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Total loans outstanding(1)
 $25,171,436
 $25,167,494
 $26,006,435
 $25,167,494
Less: Loans required to be pledged for secured debt (2)
 (15,247,775) (15,677,138) (16,278,726) (15,677,138)
Loans pledged in excess of requirement (2)(3)
 (2,302,414) (2,467,444) (2,936,516) (2,467,444)
Total pledged loans (17,550,189) (18,144,582) (19,215,242) (18,144,582)
Unencumbered loans $7,621,247
 $7,022,912
 $6,791,193
 $7,022,912
Unencumbered loans as a percentage of total loans 30% 28% 26% 28%
____________________________ 
(1) Represents the unpaid principal amount of loans as of the end of each period presented and excludes unamortized deferred loan origination costs of $11 million as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.
(2) Reflects unpaid principal balance of pledged loans.
(3) Excludes cash collateral pledged to secure debt. If there is an event of default under most of our indentures, we can only withdraw the excess collateral if we substitute cash or permitted investments of equal value.

As displayed above in Table 13, we had excess loans pledged as collateral totaling $2,302$2,937 million and $2,467 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively. We typically pledge loans in excess of the required amount for the following reasons: (i) our distribution and power supply loans are typically amortizing loans that require scheduled principal payments over the life of the loan, whereas the debt securities issued under secured indentures and agreements typically have bullet maturities; (ii) distribution and power supply borrowers have the option to prepay their loans; and (iii) individual loans may become ineligible for various reasons, some of which may be temporary.

We provide additional information on our borrowings, including the maturity profile, below in “Liquidity Risk.” Refer to “Note 4—Loans—Pledging of Loans” for additional information related to pledged collateral. Also refer to “Note 5—Short-TermShort-


Term Borrowings,” “Note 6—Long-Term Debt,” “Note 7—Subordinated Deferrable Debt” and “Note 8—Members’ Subordinated Certificates” in our 2018 Form 10-K for a more detailed description of each of our debt product types.

Equity

Table 14 presents the components of total CFC equity and total equity as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. We provide the detail of our total members’ equity, which is a non-GAAP measure, in Table 38 under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”.

Table 14: Equity
(Dollars in thousands) February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018 Change
Membership fees and educational fund:      
Membership fees $969
 $969
 $
Educational fund 1,303
 1,976
 (673)
Total membership fees and educational fund 2,272
 2,945
 (673)
Patronage capital allocated 763,986
 811,493
 (47,507)
Members’ capital reserve 687,785
 687,785
 
Total allocated equity 1,454,043
 1,502,223
 (48,180)
Unallocated net income (loss):     

Prior year-end cumulative derivative forward value losses(1)
 (30,831) (332,525) 301,694
Current year derivative forward value gains (losses)(1)
 (27,312) 301,694
 (329,006)
Current period-end cumulative derivative forward value gains (losses)(1)
 (58,143) (30,831) (27,312)
Other unallocated net income (loss) 126,796
 (5,603) 132,399
Unallocated net income (loss) 68,653
 (36,434) 105,087
CFC retained equity 1,522,696
 1,465,789
 56,907
Accumulated other comprehensive income 847
 8,544
 (7,697)
Total CFC equity 1,523,543
 1,474,333
 49,210
Noncontrolling interests 29,069
 31,520
 (2,451)
Total equity $1,552,612
 $1,505,853
 $46,759
____________________________
(1)Represents derivative forward value gains (losses) for CFC only, as total CFC equity does not include the noncontrolling interests of the variable interest entities NCSC and RTFC, which we are required to consolidate. See “Note 13—Business Segments” for the statements of operations for CFC.

Total equity of $1,507increased by $47 million to $1,553 million as of August 31, 2018 remained relatively unchanged from May 31, 2018, asFebruary 28, 2019. The increase was primarily attributable to our reported net income of $48$96 million for the current quarternine months ended February 28, 2019, which was partially offset by the patronage capital retirement of $48 million in August 2018.

In July 2018, the CFC Board of Directors authorized the allocation of fiscal year 2018 adjusted net income as follows: $95 million to members in the form of patronage capital; $57 million to the members’ capital reserve; and $1 million to the cooperative educational fund. The amount of patronage capital allocated each year by CFC’s Board of Directors is based on adjusted non-GAAP net income, which excludes the impact of derivative forward value gains (losses). See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for information on adjusted net income.

In July 2018, the CFC Board of Directors also authorized the retirement of patronage capital totaling $48 million, which represented 50% of the patronage capital allocation for fiscal year 2018. This amount was returned to members in cash in August 2018. The remaining portion of the allocated amount will be retained by CFC for 25 years under guidelines adopted by the CFC Board of Directors in June 2009.



The CFC Board of Directors is required to make annual allocations of adjusted net income, if any. CFC has made annual retirements of allocated net earnings in 39 of the last 40 fiscal years; however, future retirements of allocated amounts are determined based on CFC’s financial condition. The CFC Board of Directors has the authority to change the current practice for allocating and retiring net earnings at any time, subject to applicable laws. See “Item 1. Business—Allocation and Retirement of Patronage Capital” of our 2018 Form 10-K for additional information.


OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

In the ordinary course of business, we engage in financial transactions that are not presented on our condensed consolidated balance sheets, or may be recorded on our condensed consolidated balance sheets in amounts that are different from the full contract or notional amount of the transaction. Our off-balance sheet arrangements consist primarily of guarantees of member obligations and unadvanced loan commitments intended to meet the financial needs of our members.

Guarantees

We provide guarantees for certain contractual obligations of our members to assist them in obtaining various forms of financing. We use the same credit policies and monitoring procedures in providing guarantees as we do for loans and commitments. If a member defaults on its obligation, we are obligated to pay required amounts pursuant to our guarantees. Meeting our guarantee obligations satisfies the underlying obligation of our member systems and prevents the exercise of remedies by the guarantee beneficiary based upon a payment default by a member. In general, the member is required to repay any amount advanced by us with accrued interest, pursuant to the documents evidencing the member’s reimbursement obligation. Table 1415 displays the notional amount of our outstanding guarantee obligations, by guarantee type and by company, as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

Table 14:15: Guarantees Outstanding
(Dollars in thousands) August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 Change February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018 Change
Guarantee type:            
Long-term tax-exempt bonds $316,385
 $316,985
 $(600) $313,205
 $316,985
 $(3,780)
Letters of credit 316,731
 343,970
 (27,239) 327,314
 343,970
 (16,656)
Other guarantees 143,571
 144,206
 (635) 145,512
 144,206
 1,306
Total $776,687
 $805,161
 $(28,474) $786,031
 $805,161
 $(19,130)
            
Company:  
      
    
CFC $762,908
 $793,156
 $(30,248) $769,472
 $793,156
 $(23,684)
NCSC 12,205
 10,431
 1,774
 14,493
 10,431
 4,062
RTFC 1,574
 1,574
 
 2,066
 1,574
 492
Total $776,687
 $805,161
 $(28,474) $786,031
 $805,161
 $(19,130)

Of the total notional amount of our outstanding guarantee obligations of $777$786 million and $805 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, 59% and 57%, respectively, were secured by a mortgage lien on substantially all of the assets and future revenue of our member cooperatives for which we provide guarantees.

In addition to providing a guarantee on long-term tax-exempt bonds issued by member cooperatives totaling $316$313 million as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, we also were the liquidity provider on $249$248 million of those tax-exempt bonds. As liquidity provider, we may be required to purchase bonds that are tendered or put by investors. Investors provide notice to the remarketing agent that they will tender or put a certain amount of bonds at the next interest rate reset date. If the remarketing agent is unable to sell such bonds to other investors by the next interest rate reset date, we have unconditionally agreed to purchase such bonds. We were not required to perform as liquidity provider pursuant to these obligations during the threenine months ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 or the prior fiscal year.



We had outstanding letters of credit for the benefit of our members totaling $317$327 million as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. These letters of credit relate to obligations for which we may be required to advance funds based on various trigger events specified in the letter of credit agreements. If we are required to advance funds, the member is obligated to repay the advance amount and accrued interest to us. In addition to these letters of credit, we had master letter of credit facilities in place as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, under which we may be required to issue letters of credit to third parties for the benefit of our members up to an additional $67$59 million as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. All of our master letter of credit facilities as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 were subject to material adverse change clauses at the time of issuance. Prior to issuing a letter of credit under these


facilities, we confirm that there has been no material adverse change in the business or condition, financial or otherwise, of the borrower since the time the loan was approved and that the borrower is currently in compliance with the letter of credit terms and conditions.

Table 1516 presents the maturities for each of the next five fiscal years and thereafter of the notional amount of our outstanding guarantee obligations as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019.

Table 15:16: Maturities of Guarantee Obligations
  Outstanding
Amount
 Maturities of Guarantee Obligations  Outstanding
Amount
 Maturities of Guarantee Obligations
(Dollars in thousands) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Thereafter 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Thereafter
Guarantees $776,687
 $187,100
 $113,103
 $121,756
 $27,650
 $162,499
 $164,579
 $786,031
 $114,730
 $191,819
 $121,850
 $31,017
 $159,041
 $167,574

We recorded a guarantee liability of $10$9 million and $11 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, for our guarantee and liquidity obligations associated with our members’ debt. We provide additional information about our guarantee obligations in “Note 11—Guarantees.”

Unadvanced Loan Commitments

Unadvanced loan commitments represent approved and executed loan contracts for which funds have not been advanced to borrowers. Our line of credit commitments include both contracts that are subject to material adverse change clauses and contracts that are not subject to material adverse change clauses, while our long-term loan commitments are typically subject to material adverse change clauses.

Table 1617 displays the amount of unadvanced loan commitments, which consist of line of credit and long-term loan commitments, as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

Table 16:17: Unadvanced Loan Commitments
 August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018   February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018  
(Dollars in thousands) Amount % of Total Amount % of Total Change Amount % of Total Amount % of Total Change
Line of credit commitments:                    
Conditional(1)
 $4,858,370
 37% $4,835,434
 38% $22,936
 $4,618,323
 36% $4,835,434
 38% $(217,111)
Unconditional(2)
 2,946,596
 23
 2,857,350
 23
 89,246
 2,905,836
 22
 2,857,350
 23
 48,486
Total line of credit unadvanced commitments 7,804,966

60
 7,692,784
 61
 112,182
 7,524,159

58
 7,692,784
 61
 (168,625)
Total long-term loan unadvanced commitments(1)
 5,103,629

40
 4,952,834
 39
 150,795
 5,387,440

42
 4,952,834
 39
 434,606
Total unadvanced loan commitments $12,908,595

100% $12,645,618
 100% $262,977
 $12,911,599

100% $12,645,618
 100% $265,981
____________________________ 
(1)Represents amount related to facilities that are subject to material adverse change clauses.
(2)Represents amount related to facilities that are not subject to material adverse change clauses.

Table 1718 presents the amount of unadvanced loan commitments, by loan type, as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and the maturities of the commitment amounts for each of the next five fiscal years and thereafter.



Table 17:18: Notional Maturities of Unadvanced Loan Commitments
 
Available
Balance
 Notional Maturities of Unadvanced Loan Commitments 
Available
Balance
 Notional Maturities of Unadvanced Loan Commitments
(Dollars in thousands) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Thereafter 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Thereafter
Line of credit loans $7,804,966
 $504,426
 $4,144,522
 $889,426
 $860,833
 $1,304,869
 $100,890
 $7,524,159
 $65,818
 $3,835,418
 $889,301
 $695,602
 $1,254,289
 $783,731
Long-term loans 5,103,629
 732,028
 556,221
 620,100
 1,652,454
 1,224,865
 317,961
 5,387,440
 190,742
 450,208
 737,648
 1,506,127
 1,159,886
 1,342,829
Total $12,908,595
 $1,236,454
 $4,700,743
 $1,509,526
 $2,513,287
 $2,529,734
 $418,851
 $12,911,599
 $256,560
 $4,285,626
 $1,626,949
 $2,201,729
 $2,414,175
 $2,126,560

Unadvanced line of credit commitments accounted for 60%58% of total unadvanced loan commitments as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, while unadvanced long-term loan commitments accounted for 40%42% of total unadvanced loan commitments. Unadvanced line of credit commitments are typically revolving facilities for periods not to exceed five years. Unadvanced line of credit commitmentsyears and generally serve as supplemental back-up liquidity to our borrowers. Historically, borrowers have not drawn the full commitment amount for line of credit facilities, and we have experienced a very low utilization rate on line of credit loan facilities regardless of whether or not we are obligated to fund the facility where a material adverse change exists. Our unadvanced long-term loan commitments have a five-year draw period under which a borrower may advance funds prior to the expiration of the commitment. We expect that the majority of the long-term unadvanced loan commitments of $5,104$5,387 million will be advanced prior to the expiration of the commitment.

Because we historically have experienced a very low utilization rate on line of credit loan facilities, which account for the majority of our total unadvanced loan commitments, we believe the unadvanced loan commitment total of $12,909$12,912 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 is not necessarily representative of our future funding requirements.

Unadvanced Loan Commitments—Conditional

The substantial majority of our line of credit commitments and all our unadvanced long-term loan commitments include material adverse change clauses. Unadvanced loan commitments subject to material adverse change clauses totaled $9,962$10,006 million and $9,789 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, and accounted for 77% of the combined total of unadvanced line of credit and long-term loan commitments as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. Prior to making advances on these facilities, we confirm that there has been no material adverse change in the borrower’s business or condition, financial or otherwise, since the time the loan was approved and confirm that the borrower is currently in compliance with loan terms and conditions. In some cases, the borrower’s access to the full amount of the facility is further constrained by use of proceeds restrictions, imposition of borrower-specific restrictions, or by additional conditions that must be met prior to advancing funds. Since we generally do not charge a fee for the borrower to have an unadvanced amount on a loan facility that is subject to a material adverse change clause, our borrowers tend to request amounts in excess of their immediate estimated loan requirements.

Unadvanced Loan Commitments—Unconditional

Unadvanced loan commitments not subject to material adverse change clauses at the time of each advance consisted of unadvanced committed lines of credit totaling $2,947$2,906 million and $2,857 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively. For contracts not subject to a material adverse change clause, we are generally required to advance amounts on the committed facilities as long as the borrower is in compliance with the terms and conditions of the facility.

Syndicated loan facilities, where the pricing is set at a spread over a market index rate as agreed upon by all of the participating financial institutions based on market conditions at the time of syndication, accounted for 86%90% of unconditional line of credit commitments as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. The remaining 14%10% represented unconditional committed line of credit loans, which under any new advance would be made at rates determined by us.

Table 1819 presents the maturities for each of the next five fiscal years and thereafter of the notional amount of unconditional committed lines of credit not subject to a material adverse change clause as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019.



Table 18:19: Maturities of Notional Amount of Unconditional Committed Lines of Credit
 
Available
Balance
 Notional Maturities of Unconditional Committed Lines of Credit 
Available
Balance
 Notional Maturities of Unconditional Committed Lines of Credit
(Dollars in thousands) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Thereafter 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Thereafter
Committed lines of credit $2,946,596
 $218,571
 $458,236
 $454,348
 $609,513
 $1,147,488
 $58,440
 $2,905,836
 $
 $323,082
 $466,030
 $403,716
 $1,028,019
 $684,989

See “MD&A—Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements” in our 2018 Form 10-K for additional information on our off-balance sheet arrangements.


RISK MANAGEMENT

Overview

We face a variety of risks that can significantly affect our financial performance, liquidity, reputation and ability to meet the expectations of our members, investors and other stakeholders. As a financial services company, the major categories of risk exposures inherent in our business activities include credit risk, liquidity risk, market risk and operational risk. These risk categories are summarized below.

Credit risk is the risk that a borrower or other counterparty will be unable to meet its obligations in accordance with agreed-upon terms.

Liquidity risk is the risk that we will be unable to fund our operations and meet our contractual obligations or that we will be unable to fund new loans to borrowers at a reasonable cost and tenor in a timely manner.

Market risk is the risk that changes in market variables, such as movements in interest rates, may adversely affect the match between the timing of the contractual maturities, re-pricing and prepayments of our financial assets and the related financial liabilities funding those assets.

Operational risk is the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal controls, processes, systems, human error or external events. Operational risk also includes compliance risk, fiduciary risk, reputational risk and litigation risk.

Effective risk management is critical to our overall operations and to achieving our primary objective of providing cost-based financial products to our rural electric members while maintaining the sound financial results required for investment-grade credit ratings on our rated debt instruments. Accordingly, we have a risk-management framework that is intended to govern the principal risks we face in conducting our business and the aggregate amount of risk we are willing to accept, referred to as risk appetite, in the context of CFC’s mission and strategic objectives and initiatives. We provide information on our risk management framework in our 2018 Form 10-K under “Item 7. MD&A—Risk Management—Risk Management Framework.”
CREDIT RISK

Our loan portfolio, which represents the largest component of assets on our balance sheet, and guarantees account for the substantial majority of our credit risk exposure. We also engage in certain non-lending activities that may give rise to credit and counterparty settlement risk, including the purchase of investment securities and entering into derivative transactions to manage interest rate risk. Our primary credit exposure is to rural electric cooperatives that provide essential electric services to end-users, the majority of which are residential customers. We also have a limited portfolio of loans to not-for-profit and for-profit telecommunication companies. We provide a discussion of our credit risk management processes and activities in our 2018 Form 10-K under “Item 7. MD&A—Credit Risk—Credit Risk Management.”







Loan and Guarantee Portfolio Credit Risk

Below we provide information on the credit risk profile of our loan portfolio and guarantees, including security provisions, loan concentration, credit performance and our allowance for loan losses.

Security Provisions

Except when providing line of credit loans, we generally lend to our members on a senior secured basis. Long-term loans are generally secured on parity with other secured lenders (primarily RUS), if any, by all assets and revenue of the borrower with exceptions typical in utility mortgages. Line of credit loans are generally unsecured. In addition to the collateral pledged to secure our loans, distribution and power supply borrowers also are required to set rates charged to customers to achieve certain specified financial ratios.



Table 1920 presents, by loan type and by company, the amount and percentage of secured and unsecured loans in our loan portfolio as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. Of our total loans outstanding, 91% were secured and 9% were unsecured as of February 28, 2019. In comparison, of our total loans outstanding, 93% were secured and 7% were unsecured as of both August 31, 2018 and May 31, 2018.

Table 19:20: Loan Portfolio Security Profile
 August 31, 2018 February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) Secured % of Total Unsecured % of Total Total Secured % of Total Unsecured % of Total Total
Loan type:                    
Long-term loans:                    
Long-term fixed-rate loans $22,226,067
 98% $456,530
 2% $22,682,597
 $22,505,861
 98% $454,999
 2% $22,960,860
Long-term variable-rate loans 1,100,584
 99
 11,095
 1
 1,111,679
 1,116,406
 99
 9,065
 1
 1,125,471
Total long-term loans 23,326,651
 98
 467,625
 2
 23,794,276
 23,622,267
 98
 464,064
 2
 24,086,331
Line of credit loans 80,510
 6
 1,296,650
 94
 1,377,160
 113,561
 6
 1,806,543
 94
 1,920,104
Total loans outstanding(1)
 $23,407,161
 93
 $1,764,275
 7
 $25,171,436
 $23,735,828
 91
 $2,270,607
 9
 $26,006,435
                    
Company:                    
CFC $22,363,216
 93% $1,668,713
 7% $24,031,929
 $22,712,959
 91% $2,168,175
 9% $24,881,134
NCSC 700,593
 90
 80,299
 10
 780,892
 688,466
 89
 83,464
 11
 771,930
RTFC 343,352
 96
 15,263
 4
 358,615
 334,403
 95
 18,968
 5
 353,371
Total loans outstanding(1)
 $23,407,161
 93
 $1,764,275
 7
 $25,171,436
 $23,735,828
 91
 $2,270,607
 9
 $26,006,435



  May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Secured % of Total Unsecured % of Total Total
Loan type:          
Long-term loans:          
Long-term fixed-rate loans $22,220,087
 98% $476,098
 2% $22,696,185
Long-term variable-rate loans 996,970
 96
 42,521
 4
 1,039,491
Total long-term loans 23,217,057
 98
 518,619
 2
 23,735,676
Line of credit loans 69,097
 5
 1,362,721
 95
 1,431,818
Total loans outstanding(1)
 $23,286,154
 93
 $1,881,340
 7
 $25,167,494
           
Company:          
CFC $22,233,592
 93% $1,784,327
 7% $24,017,919
NCSC 703,396
 89
 83,061
 11
 786,457
RTFC 349,166
 96
 13,952
 4
 363,118
Total loans outstanding(1)
 $23,286,154
 93
 $1,881,340
 7
 $25,167,494
____________________________ 
(1) Represents the unpaid principal amount of loans as of the end of each period presented and excludes deferred loan origination costs of $11 million as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

As part of our strategy in managing our credit risk exposure, we entered into a long-term standby purchase commitment agreement with Farmer Mac in fiscal year 2016. Under this agreement, we may designate certain loans to be covered under the commitment, as approved by Farmer Mac, and in the event any such loan later goes into payment default for at least 90 days, upon request by us, Farmer Mac must purchase such loan at par value. The outstanding principal balance of loans covered under this agreement totaled $651$628 million as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, compared with $660 million as of May 31, 2018. No loans have been put to Farmer Mac for purchase pursuant to this agreement. Our credit exposure is also mitigated by long-term loans guaranteed by RUS. Guaranteed RUS loans totaled $159$156 million and $161 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively.


Credit Concentration

Concentrations may exist when there are amounts loaned to borrowers engaged in similar activities or in geographic areas that would cause them to be similarly impacted by economic or other conditions or when there are large exposures to single borrowers. As a tax-exempt, member-owned finance cooperative, CFC’s principal focus is to provide funding to its rural electric utility cooperative members to assist them in acquiring, constructing and operating electric distribution, power supply systems and related facilities. Because we lend primarily to our rural electric utility cooperative members, we have a loan portfolio subject to single-industry and single-obligor concentrations. Outstanding loans to electric utility organizations represented approximately 99% of our total outstanding loan portfolio as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, unchanged from May 31, 2018. Although our organizational structure and mission results in single-industry concentration, we serve a geographically diverse group of electric and telecommunications borrowersmembers throughout the United States and its territories, including all 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa and Guam. Our consolidated membership totaled 1,449 members and 216215 associates as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. Texas hadhas the largest number of member cooperatives and the largest concentration of outstanding loans to borrowers in any one state, with approximately 15% of total loans outstanding as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

Single-Obligor Concentration

Table 2021 displays the combined exposure of loans and guarantees of the 20 largest borrowers, by exposure type and by company, as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. The 20 borrowers with the largest exposure consisted of 10 distribution systems, nine power supply systems and one NCSC associate as of February 28, 2019. The 20 borrowers with the largest exposure consisted of nine distribution systems, 10 power supply systems and one NCSC associate member as of both August 31, 2018 and May 31, 2018. The largest total outstanding exposure to a single borrower or controlled group represented approximately 2% of total loans and guarantees outstanding as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.


Table 20:21: Credit Exposure to 20 Largest Borrowers
 August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 Change February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018 Change
(Dollars in thousands) Amount % of Total Amount % of Total  Amount % of Total Amount % of Total 
By exposure type:                    
Loans $5,541,193
 22 % $5,613,991
 22 % $(72,798) $5,712,256
 21 % $5,613,991
 22 % $98,265
Guarantees 343,229
 1
 347,138
 1
 (3,909) 139,405
 1
 347,138
 1
 (207,733)
Total exposure to 20 largest borrowers 5,884,422
 23
 5,961,129
 23
 (76,707) 5,851,661
 22
 5,961,129
 23
 (109,468)
Less: Loans covered under Farmer Mac standby purchase commitment (351,325) (1) (354,694) (1) 3,369
 (363,963) (1) (354,694) (1) (9,269)
Net exposure to 20 largest borrowers $5,533,097
 22 % $5,606,435
 22 % $(73,338) $5,487,698
 21 % $5,606,435
 22 % $(118,737)
                    
By company:                    
CFC $5,628,880
 22 % $5,703,723
 22 % $(74,843) $5,599,657
 21 % $5,703,723
 22 % $(104,066)
NCSC 255,542
 1
 257,406
 1
 (1,864) 252,004
 1
 257,406
 1
 (5,402)
Total exposure to 20 largest borrowers 5,884,422
 23
 5,961,129
 23
 (76,707) 5,851,661
 22
 5,961,129
 23
 (109,468)
Less: Loans covered under Farmer Mac standby purchase commitment (351,325) (1) (354,694) (1) 3,369
 (363,963) (1) (354,694) (1) (9,269)
Net exposure to 20 largest borrowers $5,533,097
 22 % $5,606,435
 22 % $(73,338) $5,487,698
 21 % $5,606,435
 22 % $(118,737)

Although CFC has been exposed to single-industry and single-obligor concentrations since inception in 1969, we historically have experienced limited defaults and very low credit losses in our electric loan portfolio. The likelihood of default and loss for our electric cooperative borrowers, which account for the substantial majority99% of our outstanding loans as of February 28, 2019, has been low due to several factors. First, as discussed above, we generally lend to our members on a senior secured basis. Second, electric cooperatives typically are consumer-owned, not-for-profit entities that provide an essential service to end-users, the majority of which are residential customers. Third, electric cooperatives face limited competition, as they tend to operate in exclusive territories not serviced by public investor-owned utilities. Fourth, the majority operate in states where electric cooperatives are not subject to rate regulation. Thus, they are able to make rate adjustments to pass along increased costs to the end customer without first obtaining state regulatory approval, allowing them to cover operating costs and generate sufficient earnings and cash flows to service their debt obligations. Finally, they tend to adhere to a conservative


business strategy model that has historically resulted in a relatively stable, resilient operating environment and overall strong financial performance and credit strength for the electric cooperative network.

Credit Quality

Assessing the overall credit quality of our loan portfolio and measuring our credit risk is an ongoing process that involves tracking payment status, the internal risk ratings of our borrowers, troubled debt restructurings, nonperforming and impaired loans, charge-offs and other indicators of credit risk. We monitor and subject each borrower and loan facility in our loan portfolio to an individual risk assessment based on quantitative and qualitative factors. Internal risk ratings and payment status trends are indicators, among others, of the probability of borrower default and level of credit risk in our loan portfolio.

The overall credit quality of our loan portfolio remained high, as evidenced by our strong asset performance metrics, including low levels of criticized exposure. We generally lend to members on a senior secured basis, which reduces the risk of loss in the event of a borrower default. As displayed in Table 1920 above, 91% and 93% of our total outstanding loans were secured as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.2018, respectively. We had no delinquent or nonperforming loans as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. In addition, we had no loan defaults or charge-offs during the current quarter.nine months ended February 28, 2019.

Borrower Risk Ratings

Our borrower risk ratings are intended to align with banking regulatory agency credit risk rating definitions of pass and criticized classifications, with loans classified as criticized further classified as special mention, substandard or doubtful. Pass ratings reflect relatively low probability of default, while criticized ratings have a higher probability of default. Loans with borrowers classified as criticized totaled $186$185 million, or 0.7%0.71%, of total loans outstanding as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. Of


this amount, $179$178 million, was classified as substandard. In comparison, loans with borrowers classified as criticized totaled $178 million, or 0.7%0.71%, of total loans outstanding as of May 31, 2018. Of this amount, $171 million was classified as substandard. We did not have any loans classified as doubtful as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 or May 31, 2018. See “Note 4—Loans” for a description of each of the risk rating classifications.

Troubled Debt Restructurings

We actively monitor problem loans and, from time to time, attempt to work with borrowers to manage such exposures through loan workouts or modifications that better align with the borrower’s current ability to pay. A loan restructuring or modification of terms is accounted for as a troubled debt restructuring (“TDR”) if, for economic or legal reasons related to the borrower’s financial difficulties, a concession is granted to the borrower that we would not otherwise consider. TDR loans generally are initially placed on nonaccrual status, although in many cases such loans were already on nonaccrual status prior to modification. Interest accrued but not collected at the date a loan is placed on nonaccrual status is reversed against earnings. These loans may be returned to performing status and the accrual of interest resumed if the borrower performs under the modified terms for an extended period of time, and we expect the borrower to continue to perform in accordance with the modified terms. In certain limited circumstances in which a TDR loan is current at the modification date, the loan may remain on accrual status at the time of modification.

Table 2122 presents the carrying value of loans modified as TDRs and the performance status as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. Our last modification of a loan that met the definition of a TDR occurred in fiscal year 2017. Although TDR loans may be returned to performing status if the borrower performs under the modified terms of the loan for an extended period of time, TDR loans are considered individually impaired.



Table 21:22: Troubled Debt Restructured Loans
 August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Carrying Amount % of Total Loans Outstanding Carrying Amount % of Total Loans Outstanding Carrying Amount % of Total Loans Outstanding Carrying Amount % of Total Loans Outstanding
TDR loans:                
CFC $6,261
 0.03% $6,507
 0.03% $6,261
 0.03% $6,507
 0.03%
RTFC 5,967
 0.02
 6,092
 0.02
 5,717
 0.02
 6,092
 0.02
Total TDR loans $12,228
 0.05% $12,599
 0.05% $11,978
 0.05% $12,599
 0.05%
                
Performance status of TDR loans:                
Performing TDR loans $12,228
 0.05% $12,599
 0.05% $11,978
 0.05% $12,599
 0.05%
 
As indicated in Table 2122 above, we did not have any TDR loans classified as nonperforming as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 or May 31, 2018.

Nonperforming Loans

In addition to TDR loans that may be classified as nonperforming, we also may have nonperforming loans that have not been modified as a TDR loan. We classify such loans as nonperforming at the earlier of the date when we determine: (i) interest or principal payments on the loan is past due 90 days or more; (ii) as a result of court proceedings, the collection of interest or principal payments based on the original contractual terms is not expected; or (iii) the full and timely collection of interest or principal is otherwise uncertain. Once a loan is classified as nonperforming, we generally place the loan on nonaccrual status. Interest accrued but not collected at the date a loan is placed on nonaccrual status is reversed against earnings. We had no loans classified as nonperforming as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 or May 31, 2018.

Net Charge-Offs

Charge-offs represent the amount of a loan that has been removed from our consolidated balance sheet when the loan is deemed uncollectible. Generally the amount of a charge-off is the recorded investment in excess of the fair value of the


expected cash flows from the loan, or, if the loan is collateral dependent, the fair value of the underlying collateral securing the loan. We report charge-offs net of amounts recovered on previously charged off loans. We had no loan defaults or charge-offs during the threenine months ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and 2017.2018.

Historical Loan Losses

In its 49-year history, CFC has experienced only 16 defaults, of which 10 resulted in no loss and six resulted in the cumulative historical net charge-offs totalingof $86 million for theour electric utility loan portfolio. Of this amount, $67 million was attributable to electric utility power supply cooperatives and $19 million was attributable to electric distribution cooperatives. We discuss the reasons loans to electric utility cooperatives, our principal lending market, typically have a relatively low risk of default above under “Credit Concentration.”

In comparison, since RTFC’s inception in 1987, we have had 15 defaults and cumulative net charge-offs attributable to telecommunication borrowers totaling $427 million, the most significant of which was a charge-off of $354 million in fiscal year 2011. This charge-off related to outstanding loans to Innovative Communications Corporation (“ICC”), a former RTFC member, and the transfer of ICC’s assets in foreclosure to Caribbean Asset Holdings, LLC.

Outstanding loans to electric utility organizations totaled $24,813$25,653 million and accounted for 99% of our total outstanding loan portfolio as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, while outstanding RTFC telecommunications loans totaled $359$353 million and accounted for 1% of our total outstanding loan portfolio as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019.

We provide additional information on the credit quality of our loan portfolio in “Note 4—Loans.”



Allowance for Loan Losses
 
The allowance for loan losses represents management’s estimate of probable losses inherent in our loan portfolio as of each balance sheet date. We determine the allowance based on borrower risk ratings, historical loss experience, specific problem loans, economic conditions and other pertinent factors that, in management’s judgment, may affect the risk of loss in our loan portfolio.

Table 2223 summarizes changes in the allowance for loan losses for the three and nine months ended August 31,February 28, 2019 and 2018, and 2017, and provides a comparison of the allowance by company as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

Table 22:23: Allowance for Loan Losses
 Three Months Ended August 31, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2019 2018 2019 2018
Beginning balance $18,801
 $37,376
 $16,904
 $36,774
 $18,801
 $37,376
Benefit for loan losses (109) (298)
Provision (benefit) for loan losses 182
 1,105
 (1,715) 503
Ending balance $18,692
 $37,078
 $17,086
 $37,879
 $17,086
 $37,879
            
 August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018     February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Allowance for loan losses by company:            
CFC $12,508
 $12,300
     $12,320
 $12,300
NCSC 2,012
 2,082
     2,085
 2,082
RTFC 4,172
 4,419
     2,681
 4,419
Total $18,692
 $18,801
     $17,086
 $18,801
            
Allowance coverage ratios:            
Total loans outstanding(1)
 $25,171,436
 $25,167,494
     $26,006,435
 $25,167,494
Percentage of total loans outstanding 0.07% 0.07%     0.07% 0.07%
____________________________ 


(1) Represents the unpaid principal amount of loans as of the end of each period presented and excludes unamortized deferred loan origination costs of $11 million as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

Our allowance for loan losses was $19decreased by $2 million to $17 million as of August 31, 2018, relatively unchangedFebruary 28, 2019 from May 31, 2018, with an2018. The allowance coverage ratio ofwas 0.07% as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. We had no loans classified as nonperforming as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 or May 31, 2018. We experienced no charge-offs during the three and nine months ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and 2017.2018. Loans designated as individually impaired totaled $12 million and $13 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, and the specific allowance related to those loans totaled $1 million as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

See “MD&A—Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates—Allowance for Loan Losses” and “Note 1—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in our 2018 Form 10-K for additional information on the methodology for determining our allowance for loan losses and the key assumptions. See “Note 4—Loans” of this report for additional information on the credit quality of our loan portfolio.

Counterparty Credit Risk

We are exposed to counterparty credit risk related to the performance of the parties with which we enter into financial transactions, primarily for derivative instruments, cash and time deposit accounts and our investment security holdings. To mitigate this risk, we only enter into these transactions with financial institutions with investment-grade ratings. Our cash and time deposits with financial institutions generally have an original maturity of less than one year.



We manage our derivative counterparty credit risk by requiring that derivative counterparties participate in one of our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements; monitoring the overall credit worthiness of each counterparty based on our internal counterparty credit risk scoring model; using counterparty-specific credit risk limits; executing master netting arrangements; and diversifying our derivative transactions among multiple counterparties. We also require that our derivative counterparties be a participant in one of our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements. Our derivative counterparties had credit ratings ranging from Aa2 to Baa2 by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) and from AA- to BBB+ by S&P Global Inc. (“S&P”) as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. Our largest counterparty exposure, based on the outstanding notional amount, represented approximately 23% and 24% of the total outstanding notional amount of derivatives as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.2018, respectively.

Credit Risk-Related Contingent Features

Our derivative contracts typically contain mutual early-termination provisions, generally in the form of a credit rating trigger. Under the mutual credit rating trigger provisions, either counterparty may, but is not obligated to, terminate and settle the agreement if the credit rating of the other counterparty falls below a level specified in the agreement. If a derivative contract is terminated, the amount to be received or paid by us would be equal to the prevailing fair value, as defined in the agreement, as of the termination date.

Our senior unsecured credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P were A2 and A, respectively, as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. Both Moody’s and S&P had our ratings on stable outlook as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. Table 2324 displays the notional amounts of our derivative contracts with rating triggers as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, and the payments that would be required if the contracts were terminated as of that date because of a downgrade of our unsecured credit ratings or the counterparty’s unsecured credit ratings below A3/A-, below Baa1/BBB+, to or below Baa2/BBB, below Baa3/BBB-, or to or below Ba2/BB+ by Moody’s or S&P, respectively. In calculating the payment amounts that would be required upon termination of the derivative contracts, we assumed that the amounts for each counterparty would be netted in accordance with the provisions of the counterparty's master netting agreements. The net payment amounts are based on the fair value of the underlying derivative instrument, excluding the credit risk valuation adjustment, plus any unpaid accrued interest amounts.










Table 23:24: Rating Triggers for Derivatives
(Dollars in thousands) 
Notional
 Amount
 Payable Due From CFC Receivable Due to CFC Net (Payable)/Receivable 
Notional
 Amount
 Payable Due From CFC Receivable Due to CFC Net (Payable)/Receivable
Impact of rating downgrade trigger:                
Falls below A3/A-(1)
 $54,890
 $(8,767) $
 $(8,767) $50,460
 $(8,374) $
 $(8,374)
Falls below Baa1/BBB+ 7,355,092
 (53,994) 44,183
 (9,811) 7,069,507
 (60,970) 24,211
 (36,759)
Falls to or below Baa2/BBB (2)
 528,919
 
 5,012
 5,012
 561,720
 
 3,388
 3,388
Falls below Baa3/BBB- 255,641
 (10,523) 
 (10,523) 222,255
 (9,937) 
 (9,937)
Total $8,194,542
 $(73,284) $49,195
 $(24,089) $7,903,942
 $(79,281) $27,599
 $(51,682)
____________________________ 
(1) Rating trigger for CFC falls below A3/A-, while rating trigger for counterparty falls below Baa1/BBB+ by Moody’s or S&P, respectively.  
(2) Rating trigger for CFC falls to or below Baa2/BBB, while rating trigger for counterparty falls to or below Ba2/BB+ by Moody’s or S&P, respectively.

We have outstanding notional amount of derivatives with one counterparty subject to a ratings trigger and early termination provision in the event of a downgrade of CFC’s senior unsecured credit ratings below Baa3, BBB- or BBB- by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch Ratings Inc. (“Fitch”), respectively, which is not included in the above table, totaling $265$165 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019. These contracts were in an unrealized loss position of $3$4 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019.

The aggregate fair value amount, including the credit valuation adjustment, of all interest rate swaps with rating triggers that were in a net liability position was $75$85 million as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. There were no counterparties that fell below the rating trigger levels in our interest swap contracts as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. If a counterparty has a credit rating that falls below the rating trigger level specified in the interest swap contract, we have the option to terminate all derivatives with the counterparty. However, we generally do not terminate such agreements prematurely because our interest rate swaps are critical to our matched funding strategy to mitigate interest rate risk.
 
See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2018 Form 10-K for additional information about credit risk related to our business.


LIQUIDITY RISK

We define liquidity as the ability to convert assets to cash quickly and efficiently, maintain access to readily available funding and rollover or issue new debt, under both normal operating conditions and periods of CFC-specific and/or market stress, to ensure that we can meet borrower loan requests, pay current and future obligations and fund our operations on a cost-effective basis. Our primary sources of liquidity include cash flows from operations, member loan repayments, committed bank revolving lines of credit, committed loan facilities under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program, revolving note purchase agreements with Farmer Mac and our ability to issue debt in the capital markets, to our members and in private placements. We provide a discussion of our liquidity risk-management framework and activities undertaken to manage liquidity risk in our 2018 Form 10-K under “Item 7. MD&A—Liquidity Risk—Liquidity Risk Management.”

Available Liquidity

As part of our strategy in managing liquidity risk and meeting our liquidity objectives, we seek to maintain a substantial level of on-balance sheet and off-balance sheet sources of liquidity that are readily available for access to meet our near-term liquidity needs. Table 2425 presents the sources of our available liquidity as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, compared with May 31, 2018 .2018.



Table 24:25: Available Liquidity
 August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in millions) Total Accessed Available Total Accessed Available Total Accessed Available Total Accessed Available
Cash and cash equivalents $266
 $
 $266
 $231
 $
 $231
 $223
 $
 $223
 $231
 $
 $231
Committed bank revolving line of credit agreements—unsecured(1)
 3,085
 3
 3,082
 3,085
 3
 3,082
 2,975
 3
 2,972
 3,085
 3
 3,082
Guaranteed Underwriter Program committed facilities—secured(2)
 6,548
 5,323
 1,225
 6,548
 5,323
 1,225
 7,298
 5,948
 1,350
 6,548
 5,323
 1,225
Farmer Mac revolving note purchase agreement, dated March 24, 2011, as amended—secured(3)
 5,200
 2,778
 2,422
 5,200
 2,791
 2,409
 5,200
 3,072
 2,128
 5,200
 2,791
 2,409
Farmer Mac revolving note purchase agreement, dated July 31, 2015, as amended—secured 300
 
 300
 300
 100
 200
 300
 100
 200
 300
 100
 200
Total $15,399
 $8,104
 $7,295
 $15,364
 $8,217
 $7,147
 $15,996
 $9,123
 $6,873
 $15,364
 $8,217
 $7,147
____________________________ 
(1) The committed bank revolving line of credit agreements consist of a three-year and a five-year line of credit agreement. The accessed amount of $3 million as of August 31, 2018both February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, relates to letters of credit issued pursuant to the five-year line of credit agreement.
(2) The committed facilities under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program are not revolving.
(3) Availability subject to market conditions.

We believe we have sufficient liquidity from the available on- and off-balance sheet liquidity sources presented above in Table 2425 and our ability to issue debt to meet demand for member loan advances and satisfy our obligations to repay long-term debt maturing over the next 12 months.

Borrowing Capacity Under Current Facilities

Following is a discussion of our borrowing capacity and key terms and conditions under our revolving line of credit agreements with banks and committed loan facilities under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program and our revolving note purchase agreements with Farmer Mac.

Committed Bank Revolving Line of Credit Agreements—Unsecured

Our committed bank revolving lines of credit may be used for general corporate purposes; however, we generally rely on them as a backup source of liquidity for our member and dealer commercial paper. We had $3,085$2,975 million of commitments under committed bank revolving line of credit agreements as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. Under our current committed bank


revolving line of credit agreements, we have the ability to request up to $300 million of letters of credit, which would result in a reduction in the remaining available amount under the facilities.

On November 28, 2018, we amended the three-year and five-year committed bank revolving line of credit agreements to extend the maturity dates to November 28, 2021 and November 28, 2023, respectively, and to terminate certain third-party bank commitments totaling $53 million under the three-year agreement and $57 million under the five- year agreement. As a result, the total commitment amount from third-parties under the three-year facility and the five-year facility is $1,440 million and $1,535 million, respectively, resulting in a combined total commitment amount under the two facilities of $2,975 million.

Table 2526 presents the total commitment, the net amount available for use and the outstanding letters of credit under our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. We did not have any outstanding borrowings under our bank revolving line of credit agreements as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019.


Table 25:26: Committed Bank Revolving Line of Credit Agreements
 August 31, 2018     February 28, 2019    
(Dollars in millions) Total Commitment Letters of Credit Outstanding Net Available for Advance Maturity 
Annual Facility Fee (1)
 Total Commitment Letters of Credit Outstanding Net Available for Advance Maturity 
Annual Facility Fee (1)
3-year agreement $1,492
 $
 $1,492
 November 20, 2020 7.5 bps $1,440
 $
 $1,440
 November 28, 2021 7.5 bps
5-year agreement 1,593
 3
 1,590
 November 20, 2022 10 bps 1,535
 3
 1,532
 November 28, 2023 10 bps
Total $3,085
 $3
 $3,082
     $2,975
 $3
 $2,972
    
____________________________ 
(1)Facility fee based on CFC’s senior unsecured credit ratings in accordance with the established pricing schedules at the inception of the related agreement.

Our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements do not contain a material adverse change clause or rating triggers that would limit the banks’ obligations to provide funding under the terms of the agreements; however, we must be in compliance with the covenants to draw on the facilities. We have been and expect to continue to be in compliance with the covenants under our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements. As such, we could draw on these facilities to repay dealer or member commercial paper that cannot be rolled over. See “Financial Ratios and Debt Covenants” below for additional information, including the specific financial ratio requirements under our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements.

Guaranteed Underwriter Program Committed Facilities—Secured

Under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program, we can borrow from the Federal Financing Bank and use the proceeds to make new loans and refinance existing indebtedness. As part of the program, we pay fees, based on outstanding borrowings that supportsupporting the USDA Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant program. The borrowings under this program are guaranteed by RUS.

The amount available for access under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program was $1,225 million as of August 31, 2018. Of this amount, $100 million is available for advance through JanuaryOn November 15, 2019, $375 million is available for advance through October 15, 2019 and $750 million is available through July 15, 2022. On August 17, 2018, we executed a commitment letter for the guarantee by RUS ofclosed on a $750 million committed loan facility (“Series N”) from the Federal Financing Bank under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program. The amountPursuant to this facility, we may borrow any time before July 15, 2023. Each advance is subject to quarterly amortization and a final maturity not longer than 20 years from the advance date. During the nine months ended February 28, 2019, we borrowed $625 million under our committed loan facilities with the Federal Financing Bank. We had up to $1,350 million available for access under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program based on amounts advanced to us as of August 31, 2018, will increase to $1,975February 28, 2019. Of this amount, $600 million upon closing of the facility.is available for advance through July 15, 2022 and $750 million is available for advance through July 15, 2023.

We are required to pledge eligible distribution system loans or power supply system loans as collateral in an amount at least equal to the total outstanding borrowings under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program. See “Consolidated Balance Sheet Analysis—Debt—Collateral Pledged” and “Note 4—Loans” for additional information on pledged collateral.

Farmer Mac Revolving Note Purchase Agreements—Secured

As indicated in Table 24,25, we have two revolving note purchase agreements with Farmer Mac, which together allow us to borrow up to $5,500 million from Farmer Mac. On February 26, 2018, we amendedUnder our first revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac, dated March 24, 2011. Under the2011, as amended, agreement, we can borrow, subject to market conditions, up to $5,200 million at any time through January 11, 2022, and such date shall automatically extend on each anniversary date of the closing for an additional year, unless prior to any such anniversary date, Farmer Mac provides us with a notice that the draw period will not be extended beyond the remaining term. This revolving note purchase agreement allows us to borrow, repay and re-borrow funds at any time through maturity, as market conditions permit, provided that the outstanding principal amount at any time does not exceed the total available under the agreement. Each borrowing under the note purchase agreement is evidenced by a pricing agreement setting forth the interest rate, maturity date and other related


terms as we may negotiate with Farmer Mac at the time of each such borrowing. We may select a fixed rate or variable rate at the time of each advance with a maturity as determined in the applicable pricing agreement. We had outstanding secured notes payable totaling $2,778$3,072 million and $2,791 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, under the Farmer Mac revolving note purchase agreement of $5,200 million. We borrowed $575 million under this note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac during the nine months ended February 28, 2019. The available borrowing amount totaled $2,422$2,128 million as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019.

Our
Under our second revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac, dated July 31, 2015, wasas amended, effective July 31, 2018,we can borrow up to extend the maturity to$300 million at any time through December 20, 2023.2023 at a fixed spread over LIBOR. This agreement also allows us to borrow, repay and re-borrow funds at any time through maturity, provided that the outstanding principal amount at any time does not exceed the total available under the agreement. Prior to the maturity date, Farmer Mac may terminate the agreement upon 30 days written notice to us on periodic facility renewal dates, the first of which iswas January 31, 2019. Subsequent facility renewal dates are on each June 20 or December 20 thereafter until the maturity date. We may terminate the agreement upon 30 days written notice at any time. Under the terms of the first revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac described above, the $5,200 million commitment will increase to $5,500 million in the event the second revolving note purchase agreement is terminated. Under the terms of the amended second revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac, we can borrow up to $300 million at any time through December 20, 2023 at a fixed spread over LIBOR. This agreement also allows us to borrow, repay and re-borrow funds at any time through maturity, provided that the outstanding principal amount at any time does not exceed the total available under the agreement. We had no outstanding secured notes payable under this agreementprogram totaling $100 million as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019, and an available borrowing amount of $200 million. The secured notes payable of $100 million were repaid in full subsequent to February 28, 2019. We had outstanding borrowings of $100 million as of May 31, 2018 under this revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac.

Pursuant to both Farmer Mac revolving note purchase agreements, we are required to pledge eligible distribution system or power supply system loans as collateral in an amount at least equal to the total principal amount of notes outstanding. See “Consolidated Balance Sheet Analysis—Debt—Collateral Pledged” and “Note 4—Loans” for additional information on pledged collateral.

Short-Term Borrowings and Long-Term and Subordinated Debt

Additional funding is provided by short-term borrowings and issuances of long-term and subordinated debt. We rely on short-term borrowings as a source to meet our daily, near-term funding needs. Long-term and subordinated debt represents the most significant component of our funding. The issuance of long-term debt allows us to reduce our reliance on short-term borrowings and effectively manage our refinancing and interest rate risk.

Short-Term Borrowings

Our short-term borrowings consist of commercial paper, which we offer to members and dealers, select notes and daily liquidity fund notes offered to members, and bank-bid notes and medium-term notes offered to members and dealers.

Table 2627 displays the composition, by funding source, of our short-term borrowings as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. Member borrowings accounted for 75%68% of total short-term borrowings as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, compared with 69% of total short-term borrowings as of May 31, 2018.

Table 26:27: Short-Term BorrowingsFunding Sources

 August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Amount
 Outstanding
 % of Total Short-Term Borrowings Amount
Outstanding
 % of Total Short-Term Borrowings 
Amount
 Outstanding
 % of Total Short-Term Borrowings Amount
Outstanding
 % of Total Short-Term Borrowings
Funding source:                
Members $2,863,756
 75% $2,631,644
 69% $2,482,646
 68% $2,631,644
 69%
Private placement—Farmer Mac notes payable 100,000
 3
 100,000
 3
Capital markets 929,380
 25
 1,164,266
 31
 1,069,295
 29
 1,064,266
 28
Total $3,793,136
 100% $3,795,910
 100% $3,651,941
 100% $3,795,910
 100%



Table 2728 displays the composition, by product type, of our short-term borrowings as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

Table 27:28: Short-Term Borrowings
 August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Amount
 Outstanding
 % of Total Debt Outstanding Amount
Outstanding
 % of Total Debt Outstanding 
Amount
 Outstanding
 % of Total Debt Outstanding Amount
Outstanding
 % of Total Debt Outstanding
Short-term borrowings:                
Commercial paper:                
Commercial paper to dealers, net of discounts $929,380
 4% $1,064,266
 4% $1,069,295
 4% $1,064,266
 4%
Commercial paper to members, at par 1,286,441
 5
 1,202,105
 5
 1,105,060
 5
 1,202,105
 5
Total commercial paper 2,215,821
 9
 2,266,371
 9
 2,174,355
 9
 2,266,371
 9
Select notes to members 799,240
 3
 780,472
 3
 836,688
 3
 780,472
 3
Daily liquidity fund notes to members 535,090
 2
 400,635
 2
 299,505
 1
 400,635
 2
Medium-term notes to members 242,985
 1
 248,432
 1
 241,393
 1
 248,432
 1
Farmer Mac revolving facility 
 
 100,000
 
 100,000
 
 100,000
 
Total short-term borrowings $3,793,136
 15% $3,795,910
 15% $3,651,941
 14% $3,795,910
 15%

Our short-term borrowings of $3,793decreased by $144 million to $3,652 million as of August 31, 2018 remained at a level consistent with short-term borrowings as ofFebruary 28, 2019 from May 31, 2018. Our intent is to manage our short-term wholesale funding risk by maintaining outstanding dealer commercial paper at an amount below $1,250 million for the foreseeable future. Outstanding dealer commercial paper of $929$1,069 million and $1,064 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, was below our maximum thresholdtarget limit of $1,250 million.

Long-Term and Subordinated Debt

In addition to access to private debt facilities, we also issue debt in the public capital markets. Pursuant to Rule 405 of the Securities Act, we are classified as a “well-known seasoned issuer.” See “Item 7. MD&A—Liquidity Risk” in our 2018 Form 10-K for additional information on our shelf registration statements with the SEC.

As discussed in Consolidated Balance Sheet Analysis—Debt, long-term and subordinated debt totaled $20,795$21,665 million and accounted for 85%86% of total debt outstanding as of August 31, 2018, almost unchangedFebruary 28, 2019, from $20,837 million, or 85%, of total debt outstanding as of May 31, 2018. Table 2829 summarizes long-term and subordinated debt issuances and repayments during the threenine months ended August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019.

Table 28:29: Issuances and Repayments of Long-Term and Subordinated Debt(1) 
 Three Months Ended August 31, 2018 Nine Months Ended February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) Issuances 
Repayments(2)
 Change Issuances 
Repayments(2)
 Change
Long-term and subordinated debt activity:            
Collateral trust bonds $
 $300,000
 $(300,000) $1,575,000
 $1,830,000
 $(255,000)
Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable 
 15,399
 (15,399) 625,000
 47,520
 577,480
Farmer Mac notes payable 
 13,965
 (13,965) 575,000
 294,234
 280,766
Medium-term notes sold to members 48,388
 55,029
 (6,641) 108,243
 132,023
 (23,780)
Medium-term notes sold to dealers 301,639
 10,892
 290,747
 312,325
 36,856
 275,469
Other notes payable 
 3,566
 (3,566)
Members’ subordinated certificates 471
 2,378
 (1,907) 1,781
 24,366
 (22,585)
Total $350,498
 $397,663
 $(47,165) $3,197,349
 $2,368,565
 $828,784
____________________________ 
(1)Amounts exclude unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts.


(2)Repayments include principal maturities, scheduled amortization payments, repurchases and redemptions.


Table 2930 summarizes the scheduled amortization of the principal amount of long-term debt, subordinated deferrable debt and members’ subordinated certificates as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019.

Table 29:30: Principal Maturity of Long-Term and Subordinated Debt
(Dollars in thousands) 
Amount
     Maturing (1)
 % of Total 
Amount
     Maturing (1)
 % of Total
Fiscal year ending:        
May 31, 2019 $2,369,725
 12% $448,769
 2%
May 31, 2020 1,518,406
 7
 1,595,107
 7
May 31, 2021 1,793,683
 9
 1,840,028
 8
May 31, 2022 1,891,835
 9
 1,936,684
 9
May 31, 2023 1,148,293
 5
 1,193,525
 6
Thereafter 12,073,212
 58
 14,650,509
 68
Total $20,795,154
 100% $21,664,622
 100%
____________________________ 
(1)Excludes $0.3$0.2 million in subscribed and unissued member subordinated certificates for which a payment has been received. Member loan subordinated certificates totaling $273$254 million amortize annually based on the unpaid principal balance of the related loan.

We provide additional information on our financing activities above under “Consolidated Balance Sheet Analysis—Debt.”

Investment Portfolio

In addition to our primary sources of liquidity discussed above, we have an investment portfolio composed of equity securities and held-to-maturity debt securities. We intend for our investment portfolio, which totaled $642$651 million and $710 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, to remain adequately liquid to serve as a contingent supplemental source of liquidity for unanticipated liquidity needs.

Pursuant to our investment policy and guidelines, all fixed-income debt securities, at the time of purchase, must be rated at least investment grade and on stable outlook based on external credit ratings from at least two of the leading global credit rating agencies, when available, or the corresponding equivalent, when not available. Securities rated investment grade, that is those rated Baa3 or higher by Moody’s or BBB- or higher by S&P or BBB- or higher by Fitch, are generally considered by the rating agencies to be of lower credit risk than non-investment grade securities. We have the positive intent and ability to hold these securities to maturity. As such, we have classified them as held to maturity on our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Our investment portfolio is unencumbered and structured so that securities have active secondary or resale markets under normal market conditions. The objective of the portfolio is to achieve returns commensurate with the level of risk assumed subject to CFC’s investment policy and guidelines and liquidity requirements.

We provide additional information on our investment securities in “Note 3—Investment Securities.”

Projected Near-Term Sources and Uses of Liquidity

As discussed above, our primary sources of liquidity include cash flows from operations, member loan repayments, committed bank revolving lines of credit, committed loan facilities, short-term borrowings and funds from the issuance of long-term and subordinated debt. Our primary uses of liquidity include loan advances to members, principal and interest payments on borrowings, periodic settlement payments related to derivative contracts, and operating expenses.

Table 3031 below displays our projected sources and uses of cash, by quarter, over the next six quarters through the quarter ending February 29,August 31, 2020. Our projected liquidity position reflects our current plan to expand our investment portfolio. Our assumptions also include the following: (i) the estimated issuance of long-term debt, including collateral trust bonds and private placement of term debt, is based on maintaining a matched funding position within our loan portfolio with our bank revolving lines of credit serving as a backup liquidity facility for commercial paper and on maintaining outstanding dealer


commercial paper at an amount below $1,250 million; (ii) long-term loan scheduled amortization payments represent the


scheduled long-term loan payments for loans outstanding as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, and our current estimate of long-term loan prepayments, which the amount and timing of are subject to change; (iii) other loan repayments and other loan advances primarily relate to line of credit repayments and advances; (iv) long-term debt maturities reflect scheduled maturities of outstanding term debt for the periods presented; and (v) long-term loan advances reflect our current estimate of member demand for loans, the amount and timing of which are subject to change.

Table 30:31: Projected Sources and Uses of Liquidity(1) 
 Projected Sources of Liquidity Projected Uses of Liquidity   Projected Sources of Liquidity Projected Uses of Liquidity  
(Dollars in millions) Long-Term Debt Issuance 
Anticipated Long-Term
Loan Repayments
(2)
 
Other Loan Repayments(3)
 Total Projected
Sources of
Liquidity
 
Long-Term Debt Maturities(4)
 Long-Term
 Loan Advances
 Total Projected
Uses of
Liquidity
 
Other Sources/ (Uses) of Liquidity(5)
 Long-Term Debt Issuance 
Anticipated Long-Term
Loan Repayments
(2)
 
Other Loan Repayments(3)
 Total Projected
Sources of
Liquidity
 
Long-Term Debt Maturities(4)
 Long-Term
 Loan Advances
 Total Projected
Uses of
Liquidity
 
Other Sources/ (Uses) of Liquidity(5)
                                
2Q FY 2019 $1,000
 $340
 $
 $1,340
 $1,299
 $403
 $1,702
 $277
3Q FY 2019 1,050
 300
 55
 1,405
 777
 585
 1,362
 (48)
4Q FY 2019 650
 284
 
 934
 506
 296
 802
 (228) $440
 $310
 $271
 $1,021
 $516
 $635
 $1,151
 $138
1Q FY 2020 270
 328
 
 598
 238
 305
 543
 (40) 515
 328
 
 843
 302
 359
 661
 (177)
2Q FY 2020 670
 340
 
 1,010
 685
 438
 1,123
 68
 790
 301
 
 1,091
 773
 345
 1,118
 (16)
3Q FY 2020 620
 308
 
 928
 566
 438
 1,004
 55
 690
 324
 
 1,014
 625
 435
 1,060
 29
4Q FY 2020 90
 305
 
 395
 83
 258
 341
 (137)
1Q FY 2021 520
 313
 
 833
 483
 405
 888
 71
Total $4,260
 $1,900
 $55
 $6,215
 $4,071
 $2,465
 $6,536
 $84
 $3,045
 $1,881
 $271
 $5,197
 $2,782
 $2,437
 $5,219
 $(92)
____________________________ 
(1) The dates presented represent the end of each quarterly period through the quarter ending February 29,August 31, 2020.
(2) Anticipated long-term loan repayments include scheduled long-term loan amortizations, anticipated cash repayments at repricing date and sales.
(3) Other loan repayments include anticipated short-term loan repayments.
(4) Long-term debt maturities also include medium-term notes with an original maturity of one year or less and expected early redemptions of debt.
(5) Includes net increase or decrease to dealer commercial paper, and purchases and maturity of investments.

As displayed in Table 30,31, we currently project long-term advances of $1,589$1,774 million over the next 12 months, which we anticipate will exceed anticipated loan repayments over the same period of $1,252$1,263 million by approximately $337$511 million. The estimates presented above are developed at a particular point in time based on our expected future business growth and funding. Our actual results and future estimates may vary, perhaps significantly, from the current projections, as a result of changes in market conditions, management actions or other factors.

Credit Ratings

Our funding and liquidity, borrowing capacity, ability to access capital markets and other sources of funds and the cost of these funds are partially dependent on our credit ratings. Rating agencies base their ratings on numerous factors, including liquidity, capital adequacy, industry position, member support, management, asset quality, quality of earnings and the probability of systemic support. Significant changes in these factors could result in different ratings. Table 3132 displays our credit ratings as of AugustFebruary 28, 2019. Moody’s, S&P and Fitch affirmed our ratings and outlook during the current quarter. Our credit ratings as of February 28, 2019 are unchanged from May 31, 2018, which were unchangedand as of the date of the filing of this Report.

Table 31:32: Credit Ratings
  August 31, 2018February 28, 2019
  Moody’s S&P Fitch
Long-term issuer credit rating(1)
 A2 A A
Senior secured debt(2)
 A1 A   A+
Senior unsecured debt(3)
 A2 A A
Subordinated debt A3 BBB+ BBB+
Commercial paper P-1 A-1 F1
Outlook Stable Stable Stable
___________________________ 


(1) Based on our senior unsecured debt rating.
(2)Applies to our collateral trust bonds.


(3)Applies to our medium-term notes.

During fiscal year 2018, Moody’s and S&P affirmed our ratings and outlook. On October 1, 2018, Fitch affirmed our ratings and outlook. In order to access the commercial paper markets at attractive rates, we believe we need to maintain our current commercial paper credit ratings of P-1 by Moody’s, A-1 by S&P and F1 by Fitch. In addition, the notes payable to the Federal Financing Bank and guaranteed by RUS under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program contain a provision that if during any portion of the fiscal year, our senior secured credit ratings do not have at least two of the following ratings: (i) A3 or higher from Moody’s, (ii) A- or higher from S&P, (iii) A- or higher from Fitch or (iv) an equivalent rating from a successor rating agency to any of the above rating agencies, we may not make cash patronage capital distributions in excess of 5% of total patronage capital. See “Credit Risk—Counterparty Credit Risk—Credit Risk-Related Contingent Features” above for information on credit rating provisions related to our derivative contracts.

Financial Ratios

Our debt-to-equity ratio decreased slightly to 16.71-to-116.65-to-1 as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, from 16.72-to-1 as of May 31, 2018, primarily due to a decline in liabilities as equity remained relatively unchanged. In July 2018, the CFC Board of Directors authorized the allocation of patronage capital of $95 million for fiscal year 2018 and the retirement of 50% of this amount, or $48 million, which was returned to members in August 2018. Thean increase in equity resulting from our reported net income of $48$96 million for the current quarternine months ended February 28, 2019, which was partially offset by the patronage capital retirement of patronage capital.$48 million in August 2018.

Our adjusted debt-to-equity ratio increased to 6.21-to-16.29-to-1 as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, from 6.18-to-1 as of May 31, 2018, dueprimarily attributable to the decreasean increase in adjusted equity resulting from the CFC Board of Directors authorization in the current quarterdebt outstanding to retire patronage capital of $48 million.fund loan growth. We provide a reconciliation of our adjusted debt-to-equity ratio to the most comparable GAAP measure and an explanation of the adjustments below in “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

Debt Covenants

As part of our short-term and long-term borrowing arrangements, we are subject to various financial and operational covenants. If we fail to maintain specified financial ratios, such failure could constitute a default by CFC of certain debt covenants under our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements and senior debt indentures. We were in compliance with all covenants and conditions under our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements and senior debt indentures as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019.

As discussed above in “Summary of Selected Financial Data,” the financial covenants set forth in our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements and senior debt indentures are based on adjusted financial measures, including adjusted TIER. We provide a reconciliation of adjusted TIER and other non-GAAP measures disclosed in this report to the most comparable GAAP measures and an explanation of the adjustments below in “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”
MARKET RISK

Interest rate risk represents our primary source of market risk. Interest rate risk is the risk to current or anticipated earnings or equity arising primarily from movements in interest rates. This risk results from differences between the timing of cash flows on our assets and the liabilities funding those assets. The timing of cash flows of our assets is impacted by re-pricing characteristics, prepayments and contractual maturities. Our interest rate risk exposure is primarily related to the funding of the fixed-rate loan portfolio. We provide a discussion of how we manage interest rate risk in our 2018 Form 10-K under “Item 7. MD&A—Market Risk—Market Risk Management.”

Matched Funding Objective

Our funding objective is to manage the matched funding of asset and liability repricing terms within a range of adjusted total assets (calculated by excluding derivative assets from total assets) deemed appropriate by the Asset Liability Committee based on the current environment and extended outlook for interest rates. We refer to the difference between fixed-rate loans scheduled for amortization or repricing and the fixed-rate liabilities and equity funding those loans as our interest rate gap. Our primary strategies for managing our interest rate risk include the use of derivatives and limiting the amount of fixed-rate assets that can be funded by variable-rate debt to a specified percentage of adjusted total assets based on market conditions.


We provide our members with many options on loans with regard to interest rates, the term for which the selected interest


rate is in effect and the ability to convert or prepay the loan. Long-term loans generally have maturities of up to 35 years. Borrowers may select fixed interest rates for periods of one year through the life of the loan. We do not match fund the majority of our fixed-rate loans with a specific debt issuance at the time the loans are advanced. We fund the amount of fixed-rate assets that exceed fixed-rate debt and members’ equity with short-term debt, primarily commercial paper.

Interest Rate Gap Analysis

To monitor and mitigate interest rate risk in the fundingAs part of fixed-rate loans,our asset-liability management, we perform a monthly interest rate gap analysis that provides a comparison between the timing of cash flows, by year, for fixed-rate assets scheduled for amortization and repricing or maturing by year and for fixed-rate liabilities and members’ equity maturing by year.

We maintain an unmatched position on ourmaturing. This gap analysis is a useful tool in measuring, monitoring and mitigating the interest rate risk inherent in the funding of fixed-rate assets within a targeted range of adjusted total assets. The limited unmatched position is intended to provide flexibility to ensure that we are able to match the current maturing portion of long-term fixed-rate loans based on maturity datewith variable-rate debt and the opportunityalso helpful in the current low interest rate environment to increase the gross yield on our fixed rate assets without taking what we would consider to be excessiveassessing liquidity risk.

Table 3233 displays the scheduled amortization and repricing of fixed-rate assets and outstanding fixed-rate liabilities outstandingand equity as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. We exclude variable-rate loans from our interest rate gap analysis, as we do not consider the interest rate risk on these loans to be significant because they are subject to repricing at least monthly. Loans with variable interest rates accounted for 12% and 10% of our total loan portfolio as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.2018, respectively. Fixed-rate liabilities include debt issued at a fixed rate, as well as variable-rate debt swapped to a fixed rate using interest rate swaps. Fixed-rate debt swapped to a variable rate using interest rate swaps is excluded from the analysis sincebecause it is used to match fund theour variable-rate loan pool.loans. With the exception of members’ subordinated certificates, which are generally issued with extended maturities, and commercial paper, our liabilities have average maturities that closely match the repricing terms (but not the maturities) of our fixed-rate loans.

Table 32:33: Interest Rate Gap Analysis
(Dollars in millions) Prior to 5/31/19 Two Years 6/1/19 to 5/31/21 Two Years 6/1/21 to
5/31/23
 Five Years 6/1/23 to
5/31/28
 10 Years 6/1/28 to 5/31/38 6/1/38 and Thereafter Total Prior to 5/31/19 Two Years 6/1/19 to 5/31/21 Two Years 6/1/21 to
5/31/23
 Five Years 6/1/23 to
5/31/28
 10 Years 6/1/28 to 5/31/38 6/1/38 and Thereafter Total
Asset amortization and repricing $1,396
 $3,292
 $2,965
 $5,636
 $6,705
 $3,102
 $23,096
 $370
 $3,303
 $3,050
 $5,913
 $7,288
 $3,456
 $23,380
Liabilities and members’ equity:  
              
            
Long-term debt (1)(2)
 $2,064
 $3,308
 $2,988
 $5,746
 $4,288
 $1,192
 $19,586
 $233
 $3,475
 $3,108
 $6,160
 $5,632
 $2,405
 $21,013
Subordinated certificates 12
 43
 57
 972
 154
 576
 1,814
Subordinated deferrable debt and subordinated certificates(2)(3)
 3
 38
 405
 601
 148
 564
 1,759
Members’ equity (2)(4)
 
 23
 24
 105
 293
 919
 1,364
 
 22
 23
 102
 282
 932
 1,361
Total liabilities and members’ equity(3)
 $2,076
 $3,374
 $3,069
 $6,823
 $4,735
 $2,687
 $22,764
 $236
 $3,535
 $3,536
 $6,863
 $6,062
 $3,901
 $24,133
Gap (4)(5)
 $(680) $(82) $(104) $(1,187) $1,970
 $415
 $332
 $134
 $(232) $(486) $(950) $1,226
 $(445) $(753)
                            
Cumulative gap (680) (762) (866) (2,053) (83) 332
   134
 (98) (584) (1,534) (308) (753)  
Cumulative gap as a % of total assets (2.55)% (2.86)% (3.25)% (7.70)% (0.31)% 1.24%   0.49% (0.36)% (2.13)% (5.60)% (1.12)% (2.75)%  
Cumulative gap as a % of adjusted total assets(5)(6)
 (2.57) (2.88) (3.28) (7.77) (0.31) 1.26
   0.49
 (0.36) (2.15) (5.63) (1.13) (2.77)  
____________________________ 
(1)Includes long-term fixed-rate debt and the net fixed-rateimpact of our interest rate swaps.
(2)IncludesThe maturity presented for debt is based on the portioncall date.
(3)Represents the amount of the allowance for loan lossessubordinated deferrable debt and subordinated deferrable debtcertificates allocated to fund fixed-rate assets and excludes noncash adjustments from the accounting for derivative financial instruments.
(3)Debt is presented based on call date.assets.
(4)Represents the portion of members’ equity and loan loss allowance allocated to fund fixed-rate assets. See Table 38: Members’ Equity below under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a reconciliation of total CFC equity to members’ equity.
(5)Calculated based on the amount of assets amortizingscheduled for amortization and repricing less total liabilities and members’ equity.equity funding those assets.
(5)(6)Adjusted total assets represents total assets reported in our condensed consolidated balance sheets less derivative assets.

The difference, or interest rate gap,When the amount of $332 million between the cash flows related to fixed-rate loansassets scheduled for amortization orand repricing exceeds the amount of $23,096 million andcash flows related to the fixed-rate liabilitiesdebt and equity funding those assets, we refer to the loans of $22,764 million presented in Table 32 reflectsdifference, or gap, as “warehousing.” When the amount of the cash flows related to fixed-rate assets that are funded with short-termscheduled for amortization and variable-raterepricing is less than the amount of the cash flows related to the fixed-rate debt as of August 31, 2018. Theand equity funding those assets, we refer to the gap ofas


$332 million represented 1.24%“prefunding.” The amount of totalthe gap is an indication of our interest rate and liquidity risk exposure. Our goal is to maintain an unmatched position related to the cash flows for fixed-rate financial assets and 1.26%within a targeted range of adjusted total assets.

Because the substantial majority of our financial assets (total assets excluding derivative assets) asare fixed-rate, amortizing loans and these loans are primarily funded with bullet debt and equity, our interest rate gap analysis typically reflects a warehouse position. When we are in a warehouse position, we utilize some short-term borrowings to fund the scheduled amortization and repricing of August 31, 2018. As discussed above,our financial assets. However, we manage this gap within a prescribed range because fundinglimit the extent to which we fund our long-term, fixed-rate loans with short-term, and variable-rate debt may exposebecause it exposes us to higher interest rate and liquidity risk.

As indicated above in Table 33, we were in a prefunded position of $753 million as of February 28, 2019, rather than a typical warehouse position. The primary factors that resulted in this prefunded position included a reduced level of member investments and our expectation that the yield curve will remain flat or inverted in the near term, which provided an opportunity for us to issue longer-term debt at an attractive coupon rate. We do not expect to maintain a prefunded position as we expect to continue to fund long-term fixed rate loans in the future.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

In addition to financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP, management evaluates performance based on certain non-GAAP measures, which we refer to as “adjusted” measures. We provide a discussion of each of these non-GAAP measures in our 2018 Form 10-K under “Item 7. MD&A—Non-GAAP Measures.” Below we provide a reconciliation of our adjusted measures to the most comparable GAAP measures in this section. We believe our non-GAAP adjusted metrics, which are not a substitute for GAAP and may not be consistent with similarly titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies, provide meaningful information and are useful to investors because management uses these metrics to compare operating results across financial reporting periods, for internal budgeting and forecasting purposes, for compensation decisions and for short- and long-term strategic planning decisions. In addition, certain of the financial covenants in our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements and debt indentures are based on our adjusted measures.

Statements of Operations Non-GAAP Adjustments

Table 3334 provides a reconciliation of adjusted interest expense, adjusted net interest income and adjusted net income to the comparable GAAP measures for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and 2017.2018. The adjusted amounts are used in the calculation of our adjusted net interest yield and adjusted TIER.

Table 33:34: Adjusted Financial Measures — Measures—Income Statement
 Three Months Ended August 31, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2019 2018 2019 2018
Interest expense $(210,231) $(192,731) $(207,335) $(198,071) $(621,732) $(585,972)
Include: Derivative cash settlements (12,829) (20,222) (9,799) (18,924) (34,433) (58,781)
Adjusted interest expense $(223,060) $(212,953) $(217,134) $(216,995) $(656,165) $(644,753)
            
Net interest income $68,260
 $73,184
 $78,231
 $73,397
 $223,578
 $217,234
Include: Derivative cash settlements (12,829) (20,222) (9,799) (18,924) (34,433) (58,781)
Adjusted net interest income $55,431
 $52,962
 $68,432
 $54,473
 $189,145
 $158,453
            
Net income $47,978
 $9,015
Net income (loss) $(71,471) $221,029
 $96,233
 $408,767
Exclude: Derivative forward value gains (losses) 20,012
 (25,976) (122,375) 186,972
 (27,215) 306,224
Adjusted net income $27,966
 $34,991
 $50,904
 $34,057
 $123,448
 $102,543

We consider the cost of derivatives to be an inherent cost of funding and hedging our loan portfolio and, therefore, economically similar to the interest expense that we recognize on debt issued for funding. We therefore include derivative


cash settlements in our adjusted interest expense and exclude the unrealized forward value of derivatives from our adjusted net income.

TIER and Adjusted TIER

Table 3435 presents our TIER and adjusted TIER for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and 2017.2018.








Table 34:35: TIER and Adjusted TIER
 Three Months Ended August 31, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
 2018 2017 2019 2018 2019 2018
TIER (1)
 1.23
 1.05
 0.66
 2.12
 1.15
 1.70
            
Adjusted TIER (2)
 1.13
 1.16
 1.23
 1.16
 1.19
 1.16
____________________________ 
(1) TIER is calculated based on net income plus interest expense for the period divided by interest expense for the period.
(2) Adjusted TIER is calculated based on adjusted net income plus adjusted interest expense for the period divided by adjusted interest expense for the period.
 
Debt-to-Equity and Adjusted Debt-to-Equity

Table 3536 provides a reconciliation between thetotal liabilities and total equity used to calculatein calculating the debt-to-equity ratio and adjusted total liabilities and adjusted equity used in calculating the adjusted debt-to-equity ratio as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. As indicated in the table below, subordinated debt is treated in the same manner as equity in calculating our adjusted-debt-to-equity ratio.

Table 35:36: Adjusted Financial Measures — Measures—Balance Sheet
(Dollars in thousands) August 31, 2018
May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019
May 31, 2018
Total liabilities $25,169,631
 $25,184,351
 $25,857,449
 $25,184,351
Exclude:        
Derivative liabilities 267,675
 275,932
 243,365
 275,932
Debt used to fund loans guaranteed by RUS 159,179
 160,865
 155,743
 160,865
Subordinated deferrable debt 742,445
 742,410
 742,516
 742,410
Subordinated certificates 1,378,097
 1,379,982
 1,357,419
 1,379,982
Adjusted total liabilities $22,622,235
 $22,625,162
 $23,358,406
 $22,625,162
        
Total equity $1,506,576
 $1,505,853
 $1,552,612
 $1,505,853
Exclude: 
      
Prior year-end cumulative derivative forward value losses (34,974) (340,976) (34,974) (340,976)
Current year cumulative derivative forward value gains 20,012
 306,002
Current year derivative forward value gains (losses) (27,215) 306,002
Accumulated other comprehensive income (1)
 1,885
 1,980
 2,685
 1,980
Include:        
Subordinated deferrable debt 742,516
 742,410
Subordinated certificates 1,378,097
 1,379,982
 1,357,419
 1,379,982
Subordinated deferrable debt 742,445
 742,410
Adjusted total equity $3,640,195
 $3,661,239
 $3,712,051
 $3,661,239
____________________________ 
(1) Represents the AOCI related to derivatives. See “Note 10—Equity” for a breakoutthe components of our AOCI components.AOCI.



Table 3637 displays the calculations of our debt-to-equity and adjusted debt-to-equity ratios as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

Table 36:37: Debt-to-Equity Ratio
 August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Debt-to-equity ratio (1)
 16.71
 16.72
 16.65
 16.72
Adjusted debt-to-equity ratio (2)
 6.21
 6.18
 6.29
 6.18
____________________________ 
(1) Calculated based on total liabilities as of the end of the period divided by total equity as of the end of the period.
(2) Calculated based on adjusted total liabilities at period end divided by adjusted total equity at period end.



MembersEquity

Members’ equity represents equity attributable to CFC members. Table 3738 provides a reconciliation of members’ equity to total CFC equity to members’ equity as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

Table 37:38: Members’ Equity
(Dollars in thousands) August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Members’ equity:        
Total CFC equity $1,474,491
 $1,474,333
 $1,523,543
 $1,474,333
Excludes:        
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (214) 8,544
Current year-end cumulative derivative forward value losses (11,160) (30,831)
Accumulated other comprehensive income 847
 8,544
Current period-end cumulative derivative forward value losses (58,143) (30,831)
Subtotal (11,374) (22,287) (57,296) (22,287)
Members’ equity $1,485,865
 $1,496,620
 $1,580,839
 $1,496,620



Item 1.Financial Statements

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NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
        CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOMEOPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)

 Three Months Ended August 31, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018
2017 2019 2018 2019
2018
Interest income $278,491
 $265,915
 $285,566
 $271,468
 $845,310
 $803,206
Interest expense (210,231) (192,731) (207,335) (198,071) (621,732) (585,972)
Net interest income 68,260
 73,184
 78,231
 73,397
 223,578
 217,234
Benefit for loan losses 109
 298
Net interest income after benefit for loan losses 68,369
 73,482
Benefit (provision) for loan losses (182) (1,105) 1,715
 (503)
Net interest income after benefit (provision) for loan losses 78,049
 72,292
 225,293
 216,731
Non-interest income:  
  
  
  
  
  
Fee and other income 3,185
 3,945
 3,714
 3,935
 11,220
 13,422
Derivative gains (losses) 7,183
 (46,198) (132,174) 168,048
 (61,648) 247,443
Results of operations of foreclosed assets 
 (24) 
 
 
 (34)
Total non-interest income 10,368
 (42,277) (128,460) 171,983
 (50,428) 260,831
Non-interest expense:  
  
  
  
  
  
Salaries and employee benefits (12,682) (11,823) (13,020) (13,011) (38,094) (36,843)
Other general and administrative expenses (10,523) (9,813) (9,978) (9,201) (31,979) (28,919)
Losses on early extinguishment of debt (7,100) 
 
 
 (7,100) 
Other non-interest expense (394) (522) 1,789
 (402) (1,305) (1,542)
Total non-interest expense (30,699) (22,158) (21,209) (22,614) (78,478) (67,304)
Income before income taxes 48,038
 9,047
Income tax expense (60) (32)
Net income 47,978
 9,015
Income (loss) before income taxes (71,620) 221,661
 96,387
 410,258
Income tax benefit (expense) 149
 (632) (154) (1,491)
Net income (loss) (71,471) 221,029
 96,233
 408,767
Less: Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests (13) 118
 539
 (1,614) 60
 (2,646)
Net income attributable to CFC $47,965
 $9,133
Net income (loss) attributable to CFC $(70,932) $219,415
 $96,293
 $406,121
            
            
            
            
            
            
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.




NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
        CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(UNAUDITED)

 Three Months Ended August 31, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2019 2018 2019 2018
Net income $47,978
 $9,015
Net income (loss) $(71,471) $221,029
 $96,233
 $408,767
Other comprehensive income (loss):  
  
  
  
  
  
Unrealized losses on equity securities 
 (1,151) 
 (1,763) 
 (2,906)
Unrealized gains on cash flow hedge 24
 
Unrealized gain on cash flow hedge 
 
 1,059
 
Reclassification of derivative gains to net income (119) (192) (115) (157) (354) (543)
Defined benefit plan adjustments 131
 127
 130
 128
 392
 381
Other comprehensive income (loss) 36
 (1,216) 15
 (1,792) 1,097
 (3,068)
Total comprehensive income 48,014
 7,799
Total comprehensive income (loss) (71,456) 219,237
 97,330
 405,699
Less: Total comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests (13) 118
 539
 (1,614) 60
 (2,646)
Total comprehensive income attributable to CFC $48,001
 $7,917
Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to CFC $(70,917) $217,623
 $97,390
 $403,053
            
            
            
            
            
            
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
 


NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
       CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)
 
(Dollars in thousands) August 31, 2018
May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019
May 31, 2018
Assets:        
Cash and cash equivalents $265,905
 $230,999
 $223,358
 $230,999
Restricted cash 8,597
 7,825
 7,270
 7,825
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 274,502
 238,824
 230,628
 238,824
Time deposits 
 100,000
 
 100,000
Investment securities:        
Equity securities 88,606
 89,332
 89,132
 89,332
Debt securities held to maturity, at amortized cost 553,754
 520,519
 561,400
 520,519
Total investment securities 642,360
 609,851
 650,532
 609,851
Loans to members 25,182,654
 25,178,608
 26,017,679
 25,178,608
Less: Allowance for loan losses (18,692) (18,801) (17,086) (18,801)
Loans to members, net 25,163,962
 25,159,807
 26,000,593
 25,159,807
Accrued interest receivable 124,343
 127,442
 130,670
 127,442
Other receivables 38,299
 39,220
 36,103
 39,220
Fixed assets, net 117,549
 116,031
 118,999
 116,031
Derivative assets 256,186
 244,526
 185,449
 244,526
Other assets 59,006
 54,503
 57,087
 54,503
Total assets $26,676,207
 $26,690,204
 $27,410,061
 $26,690,204
        
Liabilities: 

   

  
Accrued interest payable $205,898
 $149,284
 $190,511
 $149,284
Debt outstanding:        
Short-term borrowings 3,793,136
 3,795,910
 3,651,941
 3,795,910
Long-term debt 18,674,932
 18,714,960
 19,564,933
 18,714,960
Subordinated deferrable debt 742,445
 742,410
 742,516
 742,410
Members’ subordinated certificates:  
  
  
  
Membership subordinated certificates 630,448
 630,448
 630,467
 630,448
Loan and guarantee subordinated certificates 526,479
 528,386
 505,782
 528,386
Member capital securities 221,170
 221,148
 221,170
 221,148
Total members’ subordinated certificates 1,378,097
 1,379,982
 1,357,419
 1,379,982
Total debt outstanding 24,588,610
 24,633,262
 25,316,809
 24,633,262
Deferred income 63,711
 65,922
 60,623
 65,922
Derivative liabilities 267,675
 275,932
 243,365
 275,932
Other liabilities 43,737
 59,951
 46,141
 59,951
Total liabilities 25,169,631
 25,184,351
 25,857,449
 25,184,351
        
Equity:        
CFC equity:  
  
  
  
Retained equity 1,474,705
 1,465,789
 1,522,696
 1,465,789
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (214) 8,544
Accumulated other comprehensive income 847
 8,544
Total CFC equity 1,474,491
 1,474,333
 1,523,543
 1,474,333
Noncontrolling interests 32,085
 31,520
 29,069
 31,520
Total equity 1,506,576
 1,505,853
 1,552,612
 1,505,853
Total liabilities and equity $26,676,207
 $26,690,204
 $27,410,061
 $26,690,204
        
        
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.


NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
(UNAUDITED)

 Three Months Ended February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) Membership
Fees and
Educational
Fund
 Patronage
Capital
Allocated
 Members’
Capital
Reserve
 Unallocated
Net Income
(Loss)
 CFC
Retained
Equity
 Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 Total
CFC
Equity
 Non-controlling
Interests
 Total
Equity
 Membership
Fees and
Educational
Fund
 Patronage
Capital
Allocated
 Members’
Capital
Reserve
 Unallocated
Net Income
(Loss)
 CFC
Retained
Equity
 Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 Total
CFC
Equity
 Non-controlling
Interests
 Total
Equity
Balance as of November 30, 2018 $2,400
 $763,986
 $687,785
 $139,585
 $1,593,756
 $832
 $1,594,588
 $32,550
 $1,627,138
Net income 
 
 
 (70,932) (70,932) 
 (70,932) (539) (71,471)
Other comprehensive income 
 
 
 
 
 15
 15
 
 15
Patronage capital retirement 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (2,908) (2,908)
Other (128) 
 
 
 (128) 
 (128) (34) (162)
Balance as of February 28, 2019 $2,272
 $763,986
 $687,785
 $68,653
 $1,522,696
 $847
 $1,523,543
 $29,069
 $1,552,612
                  
 Nine Months Ended February 28, 2019
Balance as of May 31, 2018 $2,945
 $811,493
 $687,785
 $(36,434) $1,465,789
 $8,544
 $1,474,333
 $31,520
 $1,505,853
 $2,945
 $811,493
 $687,785
 $(36,434) $1,465,789
 $8,544
 $1,474,333
 $31,520
 $1,505,853
Cumulative effect from adoption of new accounting standard 
 
 
 8,794
 8,794
 (8,794) 
 
 
 
 
 
 8,794
 8,794
 (8,794) 
 
 
Balance as of June 1, 2018 2,945
 811,493
 687,785
 (27,640) 1,474,583
 (250) 1,474,333
 31,520
 1,505,853
 2,945
 811,493
 687,785
 (27,640) 1,474,583
 (250) 1,474,333
 31,520
 1,505,853
Net income 
 
 
 47,965
 47,965
 
 47,965
 13
 47,978
 
 
 
 96,293
 96,293
 
 96,293
 (60) 96,233
Other comprehensive income 
 
 
 
 
 36
 36
 
 36
 
 
 
 
 
 1,097
 1,097
 
 1,097
Patronage capital retirement 
 (47,507) 
 
 (47,507) 
 (47,507) 
 (47,507) 
 (47,507) 
 
 (47,507) 
 (47,507) (2,908) (50,415)
Other (336) 
 
 
 (336) 
 (336) 552
 216
 (673) 
 
 
 (673) 
 (673) 517
 (156)
Balance as of August 31, 2018 $2,609
 $763,986
 $687,785
 $20,325
 $1,474,705
 $(214) $1,474,491
 $32,085
 $1,506,576
Balance as of February 28, 2019 $2,272
 $763,986
 $687,785
 $68,653
 $1,522,696
 $847
 $1,523,543
 $29,069
 $1,552,612
                  
 Three Months Ended February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Membership
Fees and
Educational
Fund
 Patronage
Capital
Allocated
 Members’
Capital
Reserve
 Unallocated
Net Income
(Loss)
 CFC
Retained
Equity
 Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 Total
CFC
Equity
 Non-controlling
Interests
 Total
Equity
Balance as of November 30, 2017 $2,366
 $716,481
 $630,305
 $(151,422) $1,197,730
 $11,899
 $1,209,629
 $30,419
 $1,240,048
Net income 
 
 
 219,415
 219,415
 
 219,415
 1,614
 221,029
Other comprehensive loss 
 
 
 
 
 (1,792) (1,792) 
 (1,792)
Other (170) 
 
 
 (170) 
 (170) (11) (181)
Balance as of February 28, 2018 $2,196
 $716,481
 $630,305
 $67,993
 $1,416,975
 $10,107
 $1,427,082
 $32,022
 $1,459,104
                                    
                   Nine Months Ended February 28, 2018
Balance as of May 31, 2017 $2,900
 $761,701
 $630,305
 $(338,128) $1,056,778
 $13,175
 $1,069,953
 $28,852
 $1,098,805
 $2,900
 $761,701
 $630,305
 $(338,128) $1,056,778
 $13,175
 $1,069,953
 $28,852
 $1,098,805
Net income 
 
 
 9,133
 9,133
 
 9,133
 (118) 9,015
 
 
 
 406,121
 406,121
 
 406,121
 2,646
 408,767
Other comprehensive loss 
 
 
 
 
 (1,216) (1,216) 
 (1,216) 
 
 
 
 
 (3,068) (3,068) 
 (3,068)
Patronage capital retirement 
 (45,220) 
 
 (45,220) 
 (45,220) 
 (45,220) 
 (45,220) 
 
 (45,220) 
 (45,220) 
 (45,220)
Other (356) 
 
 
 (356) 
 (356) 552
 196
 (704) 
 
 
 (704) 
 (704) 524
 (180)
Balance as of August 31, 2017 $2,544
 $716,481
 $630,305
 $(328,995) $1,020,335
 $11,959
 $1,032,294
 $29,286
 $1,061,580
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
Balance as of February 28, 2018 $2,196
 $716,481
 $630,305
 $67,993
 $1,416,975
 $10,107
 $1,427,082
 $32,022
 $1,459,104
                                    
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.



NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
 Three Months Ended August 31, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2019 2018
Cash flows from operating activities:        
Net income $47,978
 $9,015
 $96,233
 $408,767
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Amortization of deferred loan fees (2,609) (3,229) (7,650) (8,760)
Amortization of debt issuance costs and deferred charges 3,003
 2,478
 8,067
 7,787
Amortization of discount on long-term debt 2,802
 2,473
 8,036
 7,488
Amortization of issuance costs for bank revolving lines of credit 1,328
 1,317
 4,056
 4,043
Depreciation and amortization 2,230
 1,862
 6,693
 5,967
Benefit for loan losses (109) (298)
Provision (benefit) for loan losses (1,715) 503
Loss on early extinguishment of debt 7,100
 
 7,100
 
Derivative forward value (gains) losses (20,012) 25,976
 27,215
 (306,224)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Accrued interest receivable 3,099
 (422) (3,228) (3,501)
Accrued interest payable 56,614
 57,996
 41,227
 60,840
Deferred income 398
 (57) 2,351
 743
Other (20,092) (9,156) (14,699) (5,680)
Net cash provided by operating activities 81,730
 87,955
 173,686
 171,973
        
Cash flows from investing activities:        
Advances on loans, net (3,942) (274,696) (838,942) (975,505)
Investment in fixed assets (4,253) (3,410) (10,254) (10,571)
Net proceeds from time deposits 100,000
 100,000
 100,000
 225,000
Purchases of held-to-maturity investments (40,684) 
 (66,039) (249,198)
Proceeds from maturities of held-to-maturity investments 7,339
 
 25,252
 777
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities 58,460
 (178,106)
Net cash used in investing activities (789,983) (1,009,497)
        
Cash flows from financing activities:        
Proceeds from (repayments of) short-term borrowings, net 29,246
 (301,261) (176,885) 131,109
Proceeds from short-term borrowings with original maturity greater than 90 days 296,242
 273,436
 1,028,749
 828,625
Repayments of short term-debt with original maturity greater than 90 days (328,262) (240,415) (995,833) (808,898)
Payments for issuance costs for revolving bank lines of credit (2,382) (2,441)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net of discount and issuance costs 349,509
 580,008
 3,178,198
 2,153,842
Payments for retirement of long-term debt (395,284) (111,700) (2,344,199) (1,311,473)
Payments made on early extinguishment of debt (7,100) 
Payments made for early extinguishment of debt (7,100) 
Proceeds from issuance of members’ subordinated certificates 471
 1,627
 1,781
 4,802
Payments for retirement of members’ subordinated certificates (2,378) (2,445) (24,366) (44,135)
Payments for retirement of patronage capital (46,956) (4,859) (49,860) (44,667)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities (104,512) 194,391
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 35,678
 104,240
Repayments for membership fees, net (2) (13)
Net cash provided by financing activities 608,101
 906,751
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash (8,196) 69,227
Beginning cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 238,824
 188,421
 238,824
 188,421
Ending cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash $274,502
 $292,661
 $230,628
 $257,648
        
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:        
Cash paid for interest $148,063
 $129,785
 $562,714
 $513,300
Cash paid for income taxes 
 25
 93
 252
        
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.




NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)


NOTE 1—SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Company

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (“CFC”) is a member-owned cooperative association incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia in April 1969. CFC’s principal purpose is to provide its members with financing to supplement the loan programs of the Rural Utilities Service (“RUS”) of the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”). CFC makes loans to its rural electric members so they can acquire, construct and operate electric distribution systems, generation and transmission (“power supply”) systems and related facilities. CFC also provides its members with credit enhancements in the form of letters of credit and guarantees of debt obligations. As a cooperative, CFC is owned by and exclusively serves its membership, which consists of not-for-profit entities or subsidiaries or affiliates of not-for-profit entities. CFC is exempt from federal income taxes.

Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and related disclosures during the period. Management’s most significant estimates and assumptions involve determining the allowance for loan losses and the fair value of financial assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from these estimates. We believe these financial statements reflect all adjustments of a normal, recurring nature that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for the fair presentation of the results for the interim period. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the entire fiscal year. Certain reclassifications have been made to prior periods to conform to the current presentation.

The accompanying financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements, and related notes thereto, included in CFC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018 (“2018 Form 10-K”). Refer to “Note 1—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in our 2018 Form 10-K for a discussion of our significant accounting policies.

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CFC, variable interest entities (“VIEs”) where CFC is the primary beneficiary and subsidiary entities created and controlled by CFC to hold foreclosed assets. CFC did not have any entities that held foreclosed assets as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 or May 31, 2018. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. National Cooperative Services Corporation (“NCSC”) and Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative (“RTFC”) are VIEs which are required to be consolidated by CFC. NCSC is a taxable member-owned cooperative that may provide financing to members of CFC, government or quasi-government entities which own electric utility systems that meet the Rural Electrification Act definition of “rural,” and for-profit and nonprofit entities that are owned, operated or controlled by, or provide significant benefits to certain members of CFC. RTFC is a taxable Subchapter T cooperative association that provides financing for its rural telecommunications members and their affiliates. Unless stated otherwise, references to “we,” “our” or “us” relate to CFC and its consolidated entities.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash, totaled $9$7 million and $8 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, and consists primarily of member funds held in escrow for certain specifically designated cooperative programs.






NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

Assets Held for Sale

On March 14, 2018, CFC entered into a purchase and sale agreement (“the agreement”), subsequently amended on April 23, 2018, for the sale of a parcel of land, consisting of approximately 28 acres, located in Loudoun County, Virginia. In the third quarter of fiscal year 2018, we designated the property, which has a carrying value of $14 million, as held for sale and reclassified it from fixed assets, net to other assets on our consolidated balance sheet. On March 6, 2019, we amended the agreement to extend the closing date to no later than July 25, 2019. Based on the estimated sale proceeds less selling costs, we expect to record a gain on the sale of this property.
Interest Income

The following table presents interest income, by interest-earning asset category, for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and 2017.2018.

 Three Months Ended August 31, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018
2017 2019 2018 2019
2018
Interest income by interest-earning asset type:            
Long-term fixed-rate loans(1)
 $251,801
 $249,364
 $251,149
 $250,201
 $756,290
 $748,491
Long-term variable-rate loans 9,381
 5,863
 10,711
 7,020
 30,158
 18,980
Line of credit loans 11,633
 8,707
 17,178
 10,367
 40,563
 27,662
TDR loans(2)
 218
 226
 209
 221
 638
 669
Other income, net(3)
 (325) (232) (291) (314) (867) (852)
Total loans 272,708
 263,928
 278,956
 267,495
 826,782
 794,950
Cash, time deposits and investment securities 5,783
 1,987
 6,610
 3,973
 18,528
 8,256
Total interest income $278,491
 $265,915
 $285,566
 $271,468
 $845,310
 $803,206
____________________________ 
(1)Includes loan conversion fees, which are generally deferred and recognized as interest income using the effective interest method.
(2)Troubled debt restructured (“TDR”) loans.
(3)Consists of late payment fees, commitment fees and net amortization of deferred loan fees and loan origination costs.

Deferred income of $64$61 million and $66 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, consists primarily of deferred loan conversion fees totaling $58$54 million and $60 million, respectively. Deferred loan conversion fees are recognized in interest income using the effective interest method.

Interest Expense

The following table presents interest expense, by debt product type, for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and 2017.2018.




NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

 Three Months Ended August 31, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2019 2018 2019 2018
Interest expense by debt product type:(1)(2)
            
Short-term borrowings $19,419
 $10,539
 $27,070
 $14,593
 $69,108
 $35,248
Medium-term notes 32,410
 25,116
 34,329
 28,051
 100,555
 80,711
Collateral trust bonds 77,705
 85,277
 61,405
 83,730
 208,044
 254,328
Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable 35,334
 35,602
 36,911
 34,233
 107,259
 105,523
Farmer Mac notes payable 21,111
 11,490
 23,691
 13,316
 64,499
 36,753
Other notes payable 322
 390
 302
 369
 946
 1,150
Subordinated deferrable debt 9,417
 9,416
 9,416
 9,414
 28,250
 28,247
Subordinated certificates 14,513
 14,901
 14,211
 14,365
 43,071
 44,012
Total interest expense $210,231
 $192,731
 $207,335
 $198,071
 $621,732
 $585,972
____________________________ 
(1) Includes amortization of debt discounts and debt issuance costs, which are generally deferred and recognized as interest expense using the effective interest method. Issuance costs related to dealer commercial paper, however, are recognized as interest expense immediately as incurred.




NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

(2) Includes fees related to funding arrangements, such as up-front fees paid to banks participating in our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements. Depending on the nature of the fee, amounts may be deferred and recognized as interest expense ratably over the term of the arrangement or recognized immediately as incurred. 

Recent Accounting Changes and Other Developments

Accounting Standards Adopted in Fiscal Year 2019

Statement of Cash Flows—Restricted Cash

In November 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows—Restricted Cash, which addresses the presentation of restricted cash in the statement of cash flows. The guidance requires that the statement of cash flows explain the change in the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash. Under previous guidance, we were required to explain the total change in cash and cash equivalents during the period. We adopted this guidance on June 1, 2018 on a retrospective basis. We made corresponding changes on our consolidated balance sheet to present a total for cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash.

Financial Instruments-Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments-Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, which amends certain aspects of the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of certain financial instruments, including equity investments and liabilities measured at fair value under the fair value option. Under this guidance, investments in equity securities must be measured at fair value through earnings, with certain exceptions, and entities can no longer classify investments in equity securities as available for sale or trading. We adopted this guidance on June 1, 2018 on a modified retrospective basis and recorded a cumulative-effect adjustment that increased retained earnings by $9 million as a result of the transition adjustment to reclassify unrealized gains related to our equity securities from accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) to retained earnings. As a result of adopting this guidance, our investments in equity securities are no longer classified as available for sale and unrealized holding gains and losses are recorded in earnings. Previously, our equity securities were classified as available for sale and unrealized holding gains and losses were recorded in other comprehensive income.






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Revenue from Contracts with Customers

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which modifies the guidance used to recognize revenue from contracts with customers for transfers of goods or services and transfers of nonfinancial assets. This guidance applies to all contracts with customers to provide goods or services in the ordinary course of business, except for certain contracts specifically excluded from the scope, including financial instruments, guarantees, insurance contracts and leases. As a financial institution, substantially all of our revenue is in the form of interest income derived from financial instruments, primarily our investments in loans and securities. We adopted this guidance on June 1, 2018. Given the scope exception for financial instruments, the adoption of the guidance did not have an impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements and does not affect our accounting.

Accounting Standards Issued But Not Yet Adopted

Fair Value Measurement—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement, which eliminates, adds and modifies certain disclosure requirements for fair value measurements as part of its disclosure framework project. The guidance is effective for public entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those years. Early adoption is permitted in any interim period or fiscal




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year before the effective date. The guidance is effective for us beginning June 1, 2020. We do not expect that the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Derivatives and Hedging—Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging—Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities, which expands the types of risk management strategies that qualify for hedge accounting treatment to more closely align the results of hedge accounting with the economics of certain risk management activities and simplifies certain hedge documentation and assessment requirement. It also eliminates the concept of separately recording hedge ineffectiveness and expands disclosure requirements. The guidance is effective for public entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those years. Early adoption is permitted in any interim period or fiscal year before the effective date. The guidance is effective for us beginning June 1, 2019. Hedge accounting is elective, and we currently apply hedge accounting on a limited basis, specifically when we enter into treasury rate lock agreements. If we continue to elect not to apply hedge accounting to our interest rate swaps, the adoption of the new guidance will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
 
Receivables—Nonrefundable Fees and Other Cost

In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-08, Receivables—Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs, which shortens the amortization period for the premium on certain callable debt securities to the earliest call date rather the maturity date. The guidance is applicable to any individual debt security, purchased at a premium, with an explicit and noncontingent call feature with a fixed price on a preset date. The guidance does not impact the accounting for purchased callable debt securities held at a discount; the discount will continue to amortize to the maturity date. The guidance is effective for public entities in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. This update is effective for us beginning June 1, 2019. Adoption of the guidance requires modified retrospection transition as of the beginning of the period of adoption through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings. We do not expect that the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.





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Financial Instruments—Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which replaces the existing incurred credit loss impairment model and establishes a single allowancecredit loss framework based on a current expected credit loss model for financial assets carried at amortized cost, including loans and held-to-maturity debt securities. The current expected loss model requires an entity to estimate the credit losses expected over the life of the credit exposure upon initial recognition of that exposure when the financial asset is originated or acquired, which will generally result in earlier recognition of credit losses. The guidance also amends the other-than-temporary model for available-for-sale debt securities by requiring the use of an allowance, rather than directly reducing the carrying value of the security. The new guidance also requires expanded credit quality disclosures. The new standard is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early application will be permitted for all entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. This update is effective for us beginning June 1, 2020. While early adoption is permitted, we do not expect to elect that option. We are continuing to evaluate the impact of the guidance on our consolidated financial statements, including assessing and evaluating assumptions and models to estimate losses.We do not expect to early adopt this guidance. Upon adoption, we will be required to record a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings. The impact on our consolidated financial statements from the adoption of this new guidance will depend on theour portfolio composition and risk profile of our loan portfolio as ofcredit quality at the date of adoption.adoption as well as forecasts at that time.
NOTE 2—VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES

NCSC and RTFC meet the definition of a VIE because they do not have sufficient equity investment at risk to finance their activities without financial support. CFC is the primary source of funding for NCSC and the sole source of funding for RTFC. Under the terms of management agreements with each company, CFC manages the business operations of NCSC and RTFC. CFC also




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unconditionally guarantees full indemnification for any loan losses of NCSC and RTFC pursuant to guarantee agreements with each company. CFC earns management and guarantee fees from its agreements with NCSC and RTFC.

NCSC and RTFC creditors have no recourse against CFC in the event of a default by NCSC and RTFC, unless there is a guarantee agreement under which CFC has guaranteed NCSC or RTFC debt obligations to a third party. The following table provides information on incremental consolidated assets and liabilities of VIEs included in CFC’s condensed consolidated financial statements, after intercompany eliminations, as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

(Dollars in thousands) August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Total loans outstanding $1,139,508
 $1,149,574
 $1,125,302
 $1,149,574
Other assets 10,897
 10,280
 11,197
 10,280
Total assets $1,150,405
 $1,159,854
 $1,136,499
 $1,159,854
        
Long-term debt $8,000
 $8,000
 $8,000
 $8,000
Other liabilities 33,943
 33,923
 32,001
 33,923
Total liabilities $41,943
 $41,923
 $40,001
 $41,923

The following table provides information on CFC’s credit commitments to NCSC and RTFC, and its potential exposure to loss as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.





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(Dollars in thousands) August 31, 2018
May 31, 2018
CFC credit commitments $5,500,000
 $5,500,000
Outstanding commitments:    
Borrowings payable to CFC(1)
 1,106,813
 1,116,465
 Credit enhancements:    
CFC third-party guarantees 13,779
 12,005
Other credit enhancements 14,314
 14,655
Total credit enhancements(2)
 28,093
 26,660
Total outstanding commitments 1,134,906
 1,143,125
CFC available credit commitments $4,365,094
 $4,356,875

(Dollars in thousands) February 28, 2019
May 31, 2018
CFC credit commitments $5,500,000
 $5,500,000
Outstanding commitments:    
Borrowings payable to CFC(1)
 1,094,446
 1,116,465
 Credit enhancements:    
CFC third-party guarantees 16,559
 12,005
Other credit enhancements 14,558
 14,655
Total credit enhancements(2)
 31,117
 26,660
Total outstanding commitments 1,125,563
 1,143,125
CFC available credit commitments $4,374,437
 $4,356,875
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(1) Borrowings payable to CFC are eliminated in consolidation.
(2) Excludes interest due on these instruments.

CFC loans to NCSC and RTFC are secured by all assets and revenue of NCSC and RTFC. CFC’s maximum potential exposure, including interest due, for the credit enhancements totaled $30 million.$33 million as of February 28, 2019. The maturities for obligations guaranteed by CFC extend through 2031.




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NOTE 3—INVESTMENT SECURITIES

We currently hold investments in equity and debt securities. We record purchases and sales of our investment securities on a trade-date basis. The accounting and measurement framework for investment securities differs depending on the security type and the classification.

Equity Securities

We previously had investments in equity securities that were classified as available for sale as of May 31, 2018. The unrealized gains and losses on these securities were recorded in other comprehensive income. Effective with our
June 1, 2018 adoption of the financial instrument accounting standard on the recognition and measurement of financial assets and financial liabilities, unrealized gains and losses on equity securities are required to be recorded in earnings. The following table presents the fair value of our equity securities, all of which had readily determinable fair values, as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

(Dollars in thousands) August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Equity securities at fair value:        
Farmer Mac—series A non-cumulative preferred stock $30,372
 $30,480
Farmer Mac—series B non-cumulative preferred stock 25,880
 26,000
Farmer Mac—series C non-cumulative preferred stock 26,440
 25,872
Farmer Mac—non-cumulative preferred stock $83,081
 $82,352
Farmer Mac—class A common stock 5,914
 6,980
 6,051
 6,980
Total equity securities at fair value $88,606
 $89,332
 $89,132
 $89,332

We recognized net unrealized gains on our investments in equity securities of $2 million for the three months ended February 28, 2019 and net unrealized losses of less than $1 million during the nine months ended February 28, 2019. These unrealized amounts are reported as a component of other expenses on our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

We recorded unrealized losses on our investments in equity securities of $1$2 million in earnings during the three months ended August 31, 2018. These unrealized losses are presented in fee and other income on our condensed consolidated statements of income. We recorded unrealized losses on our investments in equity securities of $1$3 million in other comprehensive income during the three and nine months ended August 31, 2017.February 28, 2018,




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respectively. For additional information on our investments in equity securities, see “Note 1—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” and “Note 10—Equity—Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.”

Debt Securities

We currently classify and account for our investments in debt securities as held to maturity (“HTM”) because we have the positive intent and ability to hold these securities to maturity. If we acquire debt securities that we may sell prior to maturity in response to changes in our investment strategy, liquidity needs, credit risk mitigating considerations, market risk profile or for other reasons, we would classify such securities as available for sale. We report debt securities classified as HTM on our condensed consolidated balance sheets at amortized cost. Interest income, including amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts, is generally recognized over the contractual life of the securities based on the effective yield method.

Pursuant to our investment policy guidelines, all fixed-income debt securities, at the time of purchase, must be rated at least investment grade and on stable outlook based on external credit ratings from at least two of the leading global credit rating agencies, when available, or the corresponding equivalent, when not available. Securities rated investment grade, that is those rated Baa3 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) or BBB- or higher by S&P or BBB- or higher by Fitch Ratings Inc. (“Fitch”), are generally considered by the rating agencies to be of lower credit risk than non-investment grade securities.





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Amortized Cost and Fair Value of Debt Securities

The following tables present the amortized cost and fair value of our investment securities and the corresponding gross unrealized gains and losses, by classification category and major security type, as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.


August 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands)
Amortized Cost
Gross Unrealized Gains
Gross Unrealized Losses
Fair Value
Debt securities held to maturity:        
Certificates of deposit $3,650
 $
 $
 $3,650
Commercial paper 9,037
 
 
 9,037
U.S. agency debt securities 2,431
 12
 
 2,443
Corporate debt securities 468,059
 737
 (4,430) 464,366
Commercial MBS:        
Agency 7,342
 50
 (1) 7,391
Non-agency 3,453
 2
 (4) 3,451
Total commercial MBS 10,795
 52
 (5) 10,842
U.S. state and municipality debt securities 9,617
 37
 
 9,654
Foreign government debt securities 1,241
 5
 
 1,246
Other ABS(1)
 48,924
 14
 (202) 48,736
Total debt securities held to maturity $553,754
 $857
 $(4,637) $549,974



May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands)
Amortized Cost
Gross Unrealized Gains
Gross Unrealized Losses
Fair Value
Debt securities held to maturity:        
Certificates of deposit $5,148
 $
 $
 $5,148
Commercial paper 9,134
 
 
 9,134
U.S. agency debt securities 2,000
 16
 
 2,016
Corporate debt securities 455,721
 714
 (4,595) 451,840
Commercial MBS:        
Agency 7,024
 63
 
 7,087
Non-agency 3,453
 3
 (3) 3,453
Total commercial MBS 10,477
 66
 (3) 10,540
U.S. state and municipality debt securities 2,147
 24
 
 2,171
Foreign government debt securities 1,241
 9
 
 1,250
Other ABS(1)
 34,651
 11
 (215) 34,447
Total debt securities held to maturity $520,519
 $840
 $(4,813) $516,546
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(1)Consists primarily of securities backed by auto lease loans, equipment-backed loans, auto loans and credit card loans.


February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands)
Amortized Cost
Gross Unrealized Gains
Gross Unrealized Losses
Fair Value
Debt securities held to maturity:        
Certificates of deposit $1,000
 $
 $
 $1,000
Commercial paper 13,965
 
 (1) 13,964
U.S. agency debt securities 2,980
 39
 
 3,019
Corporate debt securities 474,062
 1,675
 (3,629) 472,108
Commercial MBS:        
Agency 7,309
 107
 
 7,416
Non-agency 3,453
 1
 (13) 3,441
Total commercial MBS 10,762
 108
 (13) 10,857
U.S. state and municipality debt securities 9,610
 97
 
 9,707
Foreign government debt securities 1,251
 17
 
 1,268
Other ABS(1)
 47,770
 84
 (102) 47,752
Total debt securities held to maturity $561,400
 $2,020
 $(3,745) $559,675





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May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands)
Amortized Cost
Gross Unrealized Gains
Gross Unrealized Losses
Fair Value
Debt securities held to maturity:        
Certificates of deposit $5,148
 $
 $
 $5,148
Commercial paper 9,134
 
 
 9,134
U.S. agency debt securities 2,000
 16
 
 2,016
Corporate debt securities 455,721
 714
 (4,595) 451,840
Commercial MBS:        
Agency 7,024
 63
 
 7,087
Non-agency 3,453
 3
 (3) 3,453
Total commercial MBS 10,477
 66
 (3) 10,540
U.S. state and municipality debt securities 2,147
 24
 
 2,171
Foreign government debt securities 1,241
 9
 
 1,250
Other ABS(1)
 34,651
 11
 (215) 34,447
Total debt securities held to maturity $520,519
 $840
 $(4,813) $516,546
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(1) Consists primarily of securities backed by auto lease loans, equipment-backed loans, auto loans and credit card loans.

Debt Securities in Gross Unrealized Loss Position

An unrealized loss exists when the fair value of an individual security is less than its amortized cost basis. The following table presents the fair value and gross unrealized losses for debt securities in a gross loss position, aggregated by security type, and the length of time the securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. The securities are segregated between investments that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for less than 12 months and 12 months or more based on the point in time that the fair value declined below the amortized cost basis.

  August 31, 2018
  Unrealized Loss Position Less than 12 Months Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months or Longer Total
(Dollars in thousands) Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses
Debt securities held to maturity:            
Corporate bonds $274,163
 $(4,430) $
 $
 $274,163
 $(4,430)
Commercial MBS:            
Agency 341
 (1) 
 
 341
 (1)
Non-agency 1,450
 (4) 
 
 1,450
 (4)
Total commercial MBS 1,791
 (5) 
 
 1,791
 (5)
Other ABS(1)
 33,674
 (202) 
 
 33,674
 (202)
Total investment securities $309,628
 $(4,637)
$

$

$309,628

$(4,637)
  February 28, 2019
  Unrealized Loss Position Less than 12 Months Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months or Longer Total
(Dollars in thousands) Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses
Debt securities held to maturity:            
Commercial paper $2,669
 $(1) $
 $
 $2,669
 $(1)
Corporate debt securities 126,964
 (867) 174,196
 (2,762) 301,160
 (3,629)
Commercial MBS, non-agency 1,440
 (13) 
 
 1,440
 (13)
Other ABS(1)
 1,975
 (12) 16,298
 (90) 18,273
 (102)
Total investment securities $133,048
 $(893)
$190,494

$(2,852)
$323,542

$(3,745)




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  May 31, 2018
  Unrealized Loss Position Less than 12 Months Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months or Longer Total
(Dollars in thousands) Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses Fair Value Gross Unrealized Losses
Held to maturity:            
Corporate debt securities $280,139
 $(4,595) $
 $
 $280,139
 $(4,595)
Commercial MBS, non-agency 1,451
 (3) 
 
 1,451
 (3)
Other ABS(1)
 27,012
 (215) 
 
 27,012
 (215)
Total investment securities $308,602
 $(4,813) $
 $
 $308,602
 $(4,813)
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Other-Than-Temporary Impairment

We conduct periodic reviews of all securities with unrealized losses to evaluate whether the impairment is other than temporary. The number of individual securities in an unrealized loss position was 271272 as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. We have assessed each security with gross unrealized losses included in the above table for credit impairment. As part of that assessment, we concluded that the unrealized losses are driven by changes in market interest rates rather than by adverse changes in the credit quality of these securities. Based on our assessment, we expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis of these securities, as we do not intend to sell any of the securities and have concluded that it is more likely than not that we will not be required to sell prior to recovery of the amortized cost basis. Accordingly, we currently consider the impairment of these securities to be temporary.

Contractual Maturity and Yield

The following table presents, by major security type, the remaining contractual maturity based on amortized cost and fair value of our HTM investment securities as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. Because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay certain obligations, the expected maturities of our investments may differ from the scheduled contractual maturities presented below. 




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 August 31, 2018 February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) Due in 1 Year or Less Due > 1 Year through 5 Years Due > 5 Years through 10 Years Due >10 Years Total Due in 1 Year or Less Due > 1 Year through 5 Years Due > 5 Years through 10 Years Due >10 Years Total
Amortized cost:                    
Certificates of deposit $3,650
 $
 $
 $
 $3,650
 $1,000
 $
 $
 $
 $1,000
Commercial paper 9,037
 
 
 
 9,037
 13,965
 
 
 
 13,965
U.S. agency debt securities 
 2,431
 
 
 2,431
 
 2,675
 305
 
 2,980
Corporate debt securities 14,347
 382,249
 71,463
 
 468,059
 33,319
 421,403
 19,340
 
 474,062
Commercial MBS:                    
Agency 
 342
 7,000
 
 7,342
 
 343
 6,966
 
 7,309
Non-agency 
 
 
 3,453
 3,453
 
 
 
 3,453
 3,453
Total commercial MBS 
 342
 7,000
 3,453
 10,795
 
 343
 6,966
 3,453
 10,762
U.S. state and municipality debt securities 
 5,484
 4,133
 
 9,617
 
 7,617
 1,993
 
 9,610
Foreign government debt securities 
 1,241
 
 
 1,241
 
 1,251
 
 
 1,251
Other ABS(1)
 
 46,483
 2,441
 
 48,924
 33
 45,288
 2,449
 
 47,770
Total $27,034
 $438,230
 $85,037
 $3,453
 $553,754
 $48,317
 $478,577
 $31,053
 $3,453
 $561,400
                    
Fair value:                    
Certificates of deposit $3,650
 $
 $
 $
 $3,650
 $1,000
 $
 $
 $
 $1,000
Commercial paper 9,037
 
 
 
 9,037
 13,964
 
 
 
 13,964
U.S. agency debt securities 
 2,443
 
 
 2,443
 
 2,710
 309
 
 3,019
Corporate debt securities 14,283
 378,300
 71,783
 
 464,366
 33,159
 419,332
 19,617
 
 472,108
Commercial MBS:                    
Agency 
 341
 7,050
 
 7,391
 
 345
 7,071
 
 7,416
Non-Agency 
 
 
 3,451
 3,451
 
 
 
 3,441
 3,441
Total Commercial MBS 
 341
 7,050
 3,451
 10,842
 
 345
 7,071
 3,441
 10,857
U.S. State and Municipality Debt Securities 
 5,492
 4,162
 
 9,654
 
 7,705
 2,002
 
 9,707
Foreign Government Debt Securities 
 1,246
 
 
 1,246
 
 1,268
 
 
 1,268
Other ABS(1)
 
 46,290
 2,446
 
 48,736
 33
 45,255
 2,464
 
 47,752
Total $26,970
 $434,112
 $85,441
 $3,451
 $549,974
 $48,156
 $476,615
 $31,463
 $3,441
 $559,675
                    
Weighted average coupon(2)
 2.00% 2.85% 3.56% 2.89% 2.92% 1.75% 3.09% 3.39% 3.31% 2.99%









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  May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Due in 1 Year or Less Due > 1 Year through 5 Years Due > 5 Years through 10 Years Due >10 Years Total
Amortized cost:          
Certificates of deposit $5,148
 $
 $
 $
 $5,148
Commercial paper 9,134
 
 
 
 9,134
U.S. agency debt securities 
 2,000
 
 
 2,000
Corporate debt securities 9,111
 377,384
 69,226
 
 455,721
Commercial MBS:          
Agency 
 
 7,024
 
 7,024
Non-Agency 
 
 
 3,453
 3,453
Total Commercial MBS 
 
 7,024
 3,453
 10,477
U.S. State and Municipality Debt Securities 
 
 2,147
 
 2,147
Foreign Government Debt Securities 
 1,241
 
 
 1,241
Other ABS(1)
 
 33,357
 1,294
 
 34,651
Total $23,393
 $413,982
 $79,691
 $3,453
 $520,519
           
Fair value:          
Certificates of deposit $5,148
 $
 $
 $
 $5,148
Commercial paper 9,134
 
 
 
 9,134
U.S. agency debt securities 
 2,016
 
 
 2,016
Corporate debt securities 9,056
 373,284
 69,500
 
 451,840
Commercial MBS:          
Agency 
 
 7,087
 
 7,087
Non-Agency 
 
 
 3,453
 3,453
Total Commercial MBS 
 
 7,087
 3,453
 10,540
U.S. State and Municipality Debt Securities 
 
 2,171
 
 2,171
Foreign Government Debt Securities 
 1,250
 
 
 1,250
Other ABS(1)
 
 33,157
 1,290
 
 34,447
Total $23,338
 $409,707
 $80,048
 $3,453
 $516,546
           
Weighted average coupon(2)
 1.81% 2.84% 3.60% 2.74% 2.91%
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(1)Consists primarily of securities backed by auto lease loans, equipment-backed loans, auto loans and credit card loans.
(2)Calculated based on the weighted average coupon rate, which excludes the impact of amortization of premium and accretion of discount.

The average contractual maturity and weighted average coupon of our HTM investment securities was fourthree years and 2.92%2.99%, respectively, as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. The average credit rating of these securities, based on the equivalent lowest credit rating by Moody’s, S&P and Fitch was A2, A and A, respectively, as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019.

Realized Gains and Losses

We did not sell any of our investment securities during the three and nine months ended August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, and therefore have not recorded any realized gains or losses.




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NOTE 4—LOANS
        
Loans, which are classified as held for investment, are carried at the outstanding unpaid principal balance net of unamortized loan origination costs. The following table presents the outstanding principal balance of loans to members, including deferred loan origination costs, and unadvanced loan commitments by loan type and member class, as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

 August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Loans
Outstanding
 
Unadvanced
Commitments(1)
 
Loans
Outstanding
 
Unadvanced
Commitments(1)
 
Loans
Outstanding
 
Unadvanced
Commitments(1)
 
Loans
Outstanding
 
Unadvanced
Commitments(1)
Loan type:                
Long-term loans:                
Fixed rate $22,682,597
 $
 $22,696,185
 $
 $22,960,860
 $
 $22,696,185
 $
Variable rate 1,111,679
 5,103,629
 1,039,491
 4,952,834
 1,125,471
 5,387,440
 1,039,491
 4,952,834
Total long-term loans 23,794,276
 5,103,629
 23,735,676
 4,952,834
 24,086,331
 5,387,440
 23,735,676
 4,952,834
Lines of credit 1,377,160
 7,804,966
 1,431,818
 7,692,784
 1,920,104
 7,524,159
 1,431,818
 7,692,784
Total loans outstanding 25,171,436
 12,908,595
 25,167,494
 12,645,618
 26,006,435
 12,911,599
 25,167,494
 12,645,618
Deferred loan origination costs
11,218



11,114



11,244



11,114


Loans to members
$25,182,654

$12,908,595

$25,178,608

$12,645,618

$26,017,679

$12,911,599

$25,178,608

$12,645,618
                
Member class:                
CFC:                
Distribution $19,638,104
 $8,384,392
 $19,551,511
 $8,188,376
 $20,275,130
 $8,499,857
 $19,551,511
 $8,188,376
Power supply 4,320,866
 3,463,774
 4,397,353
 3,407,095
 4,520,699
 3,444,821
 4,397,353
 3,407,095
Statewide and associate 72,959
 140,227
 69,055
 128,025
 85,305
 151,390
 69,055
 128,025
Total CFC 24,031,929
 11,988,393
 24,017,919
 11,723,496
 24,881,134
 12,096,068
 24,017,919
 11,723,496
NCSC 780,892
 614,200
 786,457
 624,663
 771,930
 539,002
 786,457
 624,663
RTFC 358,615
 306,002
 363,118
 297,459
 353,371
 276,529
 363,118
 297,459
Total loans outstanding 25,171,436
 12,908,595
 25,167,494
 12,645,618
 26,006,435
 12,911,599
 25,167,494
 12,645,618
Deferred loan origination costs 11,218
 
 11,114
 
 11,244
 
 11,114
 
Loans to members $25,182,654
 $12,908,595
 $25,178,608
 $12,645,618
 $26,017,679
 $12,911,599
 $25,178,608
 $12,645,618
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(1)The interest rate on unadvanced loan commitments is not set until an advance is made; therefore, all long-term unadvanced loan commitments are reported as variable-rate. However, the borrower may select either a fixed or a variable rate when an advance on a commitment is made.

Unadvanced Loan Commitments

Unadvanced loan commitments represent approved and executed loan contracts for which funds have not been advanced to borrowers. The following table summarizes the available balance under unadvanced loan commitments as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and the related maturities by fiscal year and thereafter by loan type:




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Available
Balance
 Notional Maturities of Unadvanced Loan Commitments 
Available
Balance
 Notional Maturities of Unadvanced Loan Commitments
(Dollars in thousands) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Thereafter 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Thereafter
Line of credit loans $7,804,966

$504,426

$4,144,522

$889,426

$860,833

$1,304,869

$100,890
 $7,524,159

$65,818

$3,835,418

$889,301

$695,602

$1,254,289

$783,731
Long-term loans 5,103,629

732,028

556,221

620,100

1,652,454

1,224,865

317,961
 5,387,440

190,742

450,208

737,648

1,506,127

1,159,886

1,342,829
Total $12,908,595

$1,236,454

$4,700,743

$1,509,526

$2,513,287

$2,529,734

$418,851
 $12,911,599

$256,560

$4,285,626

$1,626,949

$2,201,729

$2,414,175

$2,126,560

Unadvanced line of credit commitments accounted for 60%58% of total unadvanced loan commitments as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, while unadvanced long-term loan commitments accounted for 40%42% of total unadvanced loan commitments. Unadvanced line of credit commitments are typically revolving facilities for periods not to exceed five years. Unadvanced line of credit commitments generally serve as supplemental back-up liquidity to our borrowers. Historically, borrowers have not drawn the full commitment amount for line of credit facilities, and we have experienced a very low utilization rate on line of credit loan facilities regardless of whether or not we are obligated to fund the facility where a material adverse change exists.

Our unadvanced long-term loan commitments have a five-year draw period under which a borrower may advance funds prior to the expiration of the commitment. We expect that the majority of the long-term unadvanced loan commitments of $5,104$5,387 million will be advanced prior to the expiration of the commitment.

Because we historically have experienced a very low utilization rate on line of credit loan facilities, which account for the majority of our total unadvanced loan commitments, we believe the unadvanced loan commitment total of $12,909$12,912 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 is not necessarily representative of our future funding cash requirements.

Unadvanced Loan Commitments—Conditional

The substantial majority of our line of credit commitments and all of our unadvanced long-term loan commitments include material adverse change clauses. Unadvanced loan commitments subject to material adverse change clauses totaled $9,962$10,006 million and $9,789 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively. Prior to making an advance on these facilities, we confirm that there has been no material adverse change in the business or condition, financial or otherwise, of the borrower since the time the loan was approved and confirm that the borrower is currently in compliance with loan terms and conditions. In some cases, the borrower’s access to the full amount of the facility is further constrained by the designated purpose, imposition of borrower-specific restrictions or by additional conditions that must be met prior to advancing funds.

Unadvanced Loan Commitments—Unconditional

Unadvanced loan commitments not subject to material adverse change clauses at the time of each advance consisted of unadvanced committed lines of credit totaling $2,947$2,906 million and $2,857 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively. As such, we are required to advance amounts on these committed facilities as long as the borrower is in compliance with the terms and conditions of the facility.

The following table summarizes the available balance under unconditional committed lines of credit, and the related maturities by fiscal year and thereafter, as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019.
 
Available
Balance
 Notional Maturities of Unconditional Committed Lines of Credit 
Available
Balance
 Notional Maturities of Unconditional Committed Lines of Credit
(Dollars in thousands) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Thereafter 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Thereafter
Committed lines of credit $2,946,596 $218,571 $458,236 $454,348 $609,513 $1,147,488 $58,440 $2,905,836 $— $323,082 $466,030 $403,716 $1,028,019 $684,989








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Loan Sales

We transfer, from time to time, loans to third parties under our direct loan sale program. We did not have any loan sales during the threenine months ended August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. We sold CFC loans with outstanding balances totaling $70$118 million, at par for cash, during the threenine months ended August 31, 2017.February 28, 2018. We recorded immaterial losses upon the sale of these loans, attributable to the unamortized deferred loan origination costs associated with the transferred loans.

Pledging of Loans

We are required to pledge eligible mortgage notes in an amount at least equal to the outstanding balance of our secured debt. The following table summarizes our loans outstanding as collateral pledged to secure our collateral trust bonds, Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, notes payable to Farmer Mac and notes payable under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program of the USDA (“Guaranteed Underwriter Program”) and the amount of the corresponding debt outstanding as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. See “Note 6—Short-Term Borrowings” and “Note 7—Long-Term Debt” for information on our borrowings.
(Dollars in thousands) August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Collateral trust bonds:        
2007 indenture:        
Distribution system mortgage notes $8,393,917
 $8,643,344
 $9,005,984
 $8,643,344
RUS-guaranteed loans qualifying as permitted investments 139,208
 140,680
 136,207
 140,680
Total pledged collateral $8,533,125
 $8,784,024
 $9,142,191
 $8,784,024
Collateral trust bonds outstanding 7,397,711
 7,697,711
 7,622,711
 7,697,711
        
1994 indenture:        
Distribution system mortgage notes $239,509
 $243,418
 $48,131
 $243,418
Collateral trust bonds outstanding 220,000
 220,000
 40,000
 220,000
        
Farmer Mac:        
Distribution and power supply system mortgage notes $3,204,521
 $3,331,775
 $3,787,069
 $3,331,775
Notes payable outstanding 2,777,532
 2,891,496
 3,172,262
 2,891,496
        
Clean Renewable Energy Bonds Series 2009A:        
Distribution and power supply system mortgage notes $12,178
 $12,615
 $13,029
 $12,615
Cash 671
 415
 
 415
Total pledged collateral $12,849
 $13,030
 $13,029
 $13,030
Notes payable outstanding 11,556
 11,556
 9,898
 11,556
        
Federal Financing Bank:        
Distribution and power supply system mortgage notes $5,560,856
 $5,772,750
 $6,224,822
 $5,772,750
Notes payable outstanding 4,840,976
 4,856,375
 5,433,855
 4,856,375

Credit Concentration

As a tax-exempt, member-owned finance cooperative, CFC’s principal focus is to provide funding to its rural electric utility cooperative members to assist them in acquiring, constructing and operating electric distribution systems, power supply systems and related facilities. We serve electric and telecommunications members throughout the United States and its territories,




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(UNAUDITED)

territories, including 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa and Guam. Our consolidated membership totaled 1,449 members and 216215 associates as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. Texas hadhas the largest number of member cooperatives and the largest concentration of outstanding loans to borrowers in any one state, with approximately 15% of total loans outstanding as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. Because we lend primarily to our rural electric utility cooperative members, we have a loan portfolio subject to single-industry and single-obligor concentration risks.

Loans outstanding to electric utility organizations represented approximately 99% of total loans outstanding as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, unchanged from May 31, 2018. The remaining loans outstanding in our portfolio were to RTFC members, affiliates and associates in the telecommunications industry. The combined exposure of loans and guarantees outstanding for our 20 largest borrowers was 22% and 23% as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.2018, respectively. The 20 largest borrowers consisted of 10 distribution systems, nine power supply systems and one NCSC associate as of February 28, 2019. The 20 largest borrowers consisted of nine distribution systems, 10 power supply systems and one NCSC associate member as of both August 31, 2018 and May 31, 2018. The largest total outstanding exposure to a single borrower or controlled group represented approximately 2% of total loans and guarantees outstanding as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

As part of our strategy in managing our credit exposure, we entered into a long-term standby purchase commitment agreement with Farmer Mac during fiscal year 2016. Under this agreement, we may designate certain long-term loans to be covered under the commitment, subject to approval by Farmer Mac, and in the event any such loan later goes into payment default for at least 90 days, upon request by us, Farmer Mac must purchase such loan at par value. The aggregate unpaid principal balance of designated and Farmer Mac approved loans was $651$628 million and $660 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively. Under the agreement, we are required to pay Farmer Mac a monthly fee based on the unpaid principal balance of loans covered under the purchase commitment. No loans had been put to Farmer Mac for purchase, pursuant to this agreement, as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. Also, we had long-term loans totaling $159$156 million and $161 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, guaranteed by RUS.

Credit Quality

Assessing the overall credit quality of our loan portfolio and measuring our credit risk is an ongoing process that involves tracking payment status, charge-offs, troubled debt restructurings, nonperforming and impaired loans, the internal risk ratings of our borrowers and other indicators of credit risk. We monitor and subject each borrower and loan facility in our loan portfolio to an individual risk assessment based on quantitative and qualitative factors. Internal risk ratings and payment status trends are indicators, among others, of the probability of borrower default and level of credit risk in our loan portfolio.

Payment Status of Loans

The tables below present the payment status of loans outstanding by member class as of August 31, 2018 and May 31, 2018. As indicated in the table, we did not have any past due loans as of either August 31, 2018 or May 31, 2018.




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  August 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Current 30-89 Days Past Due 
90 Days or More
Past Due (1)
 
Total
Past Due
 
Total Financing
Receivables
 Nonaccrual Loans
CFC:            
Distribution $19,638,104
 $
 $
 $
 $19,638,104
 $
Power supply 4,320,866
 
 
 
 4,320,866
 
Statewide and associate 72,959
 
 
 
 72,959
 
CFC total 24,031,929
 
 
 
 24,031,929
 
NCSC 780,892
 
 
 
 780,892
 
RTFC 358,615
 
 
 
 358,615
 
Total loans outstanding $25,171,436
 $
 $
 $
 $25,171,436
 $
             
Percentage of total loans 100.00% % % % 100.00% %

  May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Current 30-89 Days Past Due 
90 Days or More
Past Due (1)
 Total
Past Due
 Total Financing
Receivables
 Nonaccrual Loans
CFC:            
Distribution $19,551,511
 $
 $
 $
 $19,551,511
 $
Power supply 4,397,353
 
 
 
 4,397,353
 
Statewide and associate 69,055
 
 
 
 69,055
 
CFC total 24,017,919
 
 
 
 24,017,919
 
NCSC 786,457
 
 
 
 786,457
 
RTFC 363,118
 
 
 
 363,118
 
Total loans outstanding $25,167,494
 $
 $
 $
 $25,167,494
 $
             
Percentage of total loans 100.00% % % % 100.00% %
____________________________
(1) All loans 90 days or more past due are on nonaccrual status.

Troubled Debt Restructurings

We did not have any loans modified as TDRs during the three months ended August 31, 2018. The following table provides a summary of loans modified as TDRs in prior periods, the performance status of these loans and the unadvanced loan commitments related to the TDR loans, by member class, as of August 31, 2018 and May 31, 2018.




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  August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Loans
Outstanding
 % of Total Loans 
Unadvanced
Commitments
 
Loans
Outstanding
 % of Total Loans 
Unadvanced
Commitments
TDR loans:            
Performing TDR loans:            
CFC/Distribution $6,261
 0.03% $
 $6,507
 0.03% $
RTFC 5,967
 0.02
 
 6,092
 0.02
 
Total performing TDR loans 12,228
 0.05
 
 12,599
 0.05
 
Total TDR loans $12,228
 0.05% $
 $12,599
 0.05% $

We did not have any TDR loans classified as nonperforming as of August 31, 2018 or May 31, 2018. TDR loans classified as performing as of August 31, 2018 and May 31, 2018 were performing in accordance with the terms of their respective restructured loan agreement and on accrual status as of the respective reported dates. One borrower with a TDR loan also had a line of credit facility, restricted for fuel purchases only, totaling $6 million as of both August 31, 2018 and May 31, 2018. The outstanding amount under this facility totaled less than $1 million as of both August 31, 2018 and May 31, 2018, and was classified as performing as of each respective date.

Nonperforming Loans

In addition to TDR loans that may be classified as nonperforming, we also may have nonperforming loans that have not been modified as a TDR. We did not have any loans classified as nonperforming as of either August 31, 2018 or May 31, 2018.

We had no foregone interest income for loans on nonaccrual status during the three months ended August 31, 2018 and 2017.

Impaired Loans

The following table provides information on loans classified as individually impaired loans as of August 31, 2018 and May 31, 2018.

  August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Recorded
Investment
 
Related
Allowance
 
Recorded
Investment
 
Related
Allowance
With no specific allowance recorded:        
CFC $6,261
 $
 $6,507
 $
         
With a specific allowance recorded:        
RTFC 5,967
 1,175
 6,092
 1,198
Total impaired loans $12,228
 $1,175
 $12,599
 $1,198

The following table presents, by company, the average recorded investment for individually impaired loans and the interest income recognized on these loans for the three months ended August 31, 2018 and 2017.




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  Three Months Ended August 31,
  2018 2017 2018 2017
(Dollars in thousands) Average Recorded Investment  Interest Income Recognized 
CFC $6,504
 $6,574
 $142
 $144
RTFC 6,048
 6,548
 76
 82
Total impaired loans $12,552
 $13,122
 $218
 $226

Net Charge-Offs

Charge-offs represent the amount of a loan that has been removed from our consolidated balance sheet when the loan is deemed uncollectible. Generally the amount of a charge-off is the recorded investment in excess of the fair value of the expected cash flows from the loan, or, if the loan is collateral dependent, the fair value of the underlying collateral securing the loan. We report charge-offs net of amounts recovered on previously charged off loans. We had no loan defaults or charge-offs during the three months ended August 31, 2018 or 2017.

InternalBorrower Risk Ratings of Loans

As part of our credit risk management process, we monitor and evaluate each borrower and loan in our loan portfolio and assign internal borrower and loan facility risk ratings based on quantitative and qualitative assessments. Our borrower risk ratings are intended to assess probability of default. Each risk rating is reassessed annually following the receipt of the borrower’s audited financial statements; however, interim risk-rating downgrades or upgrades may occur as a result of significant developments or trends. Our borrower risk ratings are intended to align with banking regulatory agency credit risk rating definitions of pass and criticized classifications, with criticized divided between special mention, substandard and doubtful. Pass ratings reflect relatively low probability of default, while criticized ratings have a higher probability of default. Following is a description of each rating category.

Pass:  Borrowers that are not experiencing difficulty and/or not showing a potential or well-defined credit weakness.
Special Mention:  Borrowers that may be characterized by a potential credit weakness or deteriorating financial condition that is not sufficiently serious to warrant a classification of substandard or doubtful.




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Substandard:  Borrowers that display a well-defined credit weakness that may jeopardize the full collection of principal and interest.
Doubtful:  Borrowers that have a well-defined credit weakness or weaknesses that make full collection of principal and interest, on the basis of currently known facts, conditions and collateral values, highly questionable and improbable.

Loans to borrowers in the pass, special mention and substandard categories are generally considered not to be individually impaired and are included in the loan pools for determining the collective reserve component of the allowance for loan losses. Loans to borrowers in the doubtful category are considered to be impaired and are therefore individually assessed for impairment in determining the specific reserve component of the allowance for loan losses.





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The following tables present total loans outstanding, by member class and borrower risk rating category, based on the risk ratings used in the estimation of our allowance for loan losses as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.
 August 31, 2018 February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) Pass Special Mention Substandard Doubtful Total Pass Special Mention Substandard Doubtful Total
CFC:                    
Distribution $19,507,777
 $6,358
 $123,969
 $
 $19,638,104
 $20,143,884
 $7,447
 $123,799
 $
 $20,275,130
Power supply 4,272,061
 
 48,805
 
 4,320,866
 4,472,340
 
 48,359
 
 4,520,699
Statewide and associate 72,959
 
 
 
 72,959
 85,305
 
 
 
 85,305
CFC total 23,852,797
 6,358
 172,774
 
 24,031,929
 24,701,529
 7,447
 172,158
 
 24,881,134
NCSC 780,892
 
 
 
 780,892
 771,930
 
 
 
 771,930
RTFC 352,202
 446
 5,967
 
 358,615
 347,654
 
 5,717
 
 353,371
Total loans outstanding $24,985,891
 $6,804
 $178,741
 $
 $25,171,436
 $25,821,113
 $7,447
 $177,875
 $
 $26,006,435

  May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Pass Special Mention Substandard Doubtful Total
CFC:          
Distribution $19,429,121
 $6,853
 $115,537
 $
 $19,551,511
Power supply 4,348,328
 
 49,025
 
 4,397,353
Statewide and associate 69,055
 
 
 
 69,055
CFC total 23,846,504
 6,853
 164,562
 
 24,017,919
NCSC 786,457
 
 
 
 786,457
RTFC 356,503
 523
 6,092
 
 363,118
Total loans outstanding $24,989,464
 $7,376
 $170,654
 $
 $25,167,494

We had loans to one electric distribution cooperative borrower and its subsidiary totaling $173$172 million and $165 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, that were classified as substandard. The electric distribution cooperative owns and operates a distribution and transmission system and is in the early stages of deploying retail broadband service. The borrower is currently experiencing financial difficulties due to recent net losses and weak cash flows. The borrower and its subsidiary are current with regard to all principal and interest payments and have never been delinquent. The borrower operates in a territory that is not rate-regulated and has the ability to adjust its electric rates to cover operating costs and service debt. Of the outstanding amount, all but $17$19 million and $7 million was secured under our typical collateral requirements for long-term loan advances as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively. We currently expect to collect all principal and interest amounts due from the borrower and its subsidiary. Accordingly, the loans




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outstanding to this borrower and its subsidiary were not deemed to be impaired as of either AugustFebruary 28, 2019 or May 31, 2018.

Payment Status of Loans

The tables below present the payment status of loans outstanding by member class as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. As indicated in the table, we did not have any past due loans as of either February 28, 2019 or May 31, 2018.
  February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) Current 30-89 Days Past Due 
90 Days or More
Past Due (1)
 
Total
Past Due
 
Total Financing
Receivables
 Nonaccrual Loans
CFC:            
Distribution $20,275,130
 $
 $
 $
 $20,275,130
 $
Power supply 4,520,699
 
 
 
 4,520,699
 
Statewide and associate 85,305
 
 
 
 85,305
 
CFC total 24,881,134
 
 
 
 24,881,134
 
NCSC 771,930
 
 
 
 771,930
 
RTFC 353,371
 
 
 
 353,371
 
Total loans outstanding $26,006,435
 $
 $
 $
 $26,006,435
 $
             
Percentage of total loans 100.00% % % % 100.00% %

  May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Current 30-89 Days Past Due 
90 Days or More
Past Due (1)
 Total
Past Due
 Total Financing
Receivables
 Nonaccrual Loans
CFC:            
Distribution $19,551,511
 $
 $
 $
 $19,551,511
 $
Power supply 4,397,353
 
 
 
 4,397,353
 
Statewide and associate 69,055
 
 
 
 69,055
 
CFC total 24,017,919
 
 
 
 24,017,919
 
NCSC 786,457
 
 
 
 786,457
 
RTFC 363,118
 
 
 
 363,118
 
Total loans outstanding $25,167,494
 $
 $
 $
 $25,167,494
 $
             
Percentage of total loans 100.00% % % % 100.00% %
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(1) All loans 90 days or more past due are on nonaccrual status.

Troubled Debt Restructurings

We did not have any loans modified as TDRs during the nine months ended February 28, 2019. The following table provides a summary of loans modified as TDRs in prior periods, the performance status of these loans and the unadvanced loan commitments related to the TDR loans, by member class, as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.




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  February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Loans
Outstanding
 % of Total Loans 
Unadvanced
Commitments
 
Loans
Outstanding
 % of Total Loans 
Unadvanced
Commitments
TDR loans:            
Performing TDR loans:            
CFC/Distribution $6,261
 0.03% $
 $6,507
 0.03% $
RTFC 5,717
 0.02
 
 6,092
 0.02
 
Total performing TDR loans 11,978
 0.05
 
 12,599
 0.05
 
Total TDR loans $11,978
 0.05% $
 $12,599
 0.05% $

We did not have any TDR loans classified as nonperforming as of February 28, 2019 or May 31, 2018. TDR loans classified as performing as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018 were performing in accordance with the terms of their respective restructured loan agreement and on accrual status as of the respective reported dates. One borrower with a TDR loan also had a line of credit facility, restricted for fuel purchases only, totaling $6 million as of both February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. The outstanding amount under this facility totaled $1 million as of February 28, 2019 and less than $1 million as of May 31, 2018, and was classified as performing as of each respective date.

Nonperforming Loans

In addition to TDR loans that may be classified as nonperforming, we also may have nonperforming loans that have not been modified as a TDR. We did not have any loans classified as nonperforming as of either February 28, 2019 or May 31, 2018.

We had no foregone interest income for loans on nonaccrual status during the three and nine months ended February 28, 2019 and 2018.

Impaired Loans

The following table provides information on loans classified as individually impaired loans as of February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

  February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Recorded
Investment
 
Related
Allowance
 
Recorded
Investment
 
Related
Allowance
With no specific allowance recorded:        
CFC $6,261
 $
 $6,507
 $
         
With a specific allowance recorded:        
RTFC 5,717
 1,135
 6,092
 1,198
Total impaired loans $11,978
 $1,135
 $12,599
 $1,198

The following table presents, by company, the average recorded investment for individually impaired loans and the interest income recognized on these loans for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2019 and 2018.




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  Three Months Ended February 28,
  2019 2018 2019 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Average Recorded Investment  Interest Income Recognized 
CFC $6,261
 $6,507
 $137
 $142
RTFC 5,800
 6,299
 72
 79
Total impaired loans $12,061
 $12,806
 $209
 $221
  Nine Months Ended February 28,
  2019 2018 2019 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Average Recorded Investment  Interest Income Recognized 
CFC $6,343
 $6,529
 $416
 $428
RTFC 5,924
 6,425
 222
 241
Total impaired loans $12,267
 $12,954
 $638
 $669

Net Charge-Offs

Charge-offs represent the amount of a loan that has been removed from our consolidated balance sheet when the loan is deemed uncollectible. Generally the amount of a charge-off is the recorded investment in excess of the fair value of the expected cash flows from the loan, or, if the loan is collateral dependent, the fair value of the underlying collateral securing the loan. We report charge-offs net of amounts recovered on previously charged off loans. We had no loan defaults or charge-offs during the three and nine months ended February 28, 2019 and 2018.
NOTE 5—ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES

We maintain an allowance for loan losses that represents management’s estimate of probable losses inherent in our loan portfolio as of each balance sheet date. Our allowance for loan losses consists of a collective allowance for loans in our portfolio that are not individually impaired and a specific allowance for loans identified as individually impaired. The allowance for loan losses is reported separately on the consolidated balance sheet, and the provision for loan losses is separately reported on our condensed consolidated statementstatements of income.operations.

The following tables summarize changes, by company, in the allowance for loan losses as of and for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2019 and 2018.
  Three Months Ended February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) CFC NCSC RTFC Total
Balance as of November 30, 2018 $12,174
 $1,969
 $2,761
 $16,904
Provision (benefit) for loan losses 146
 116
 (80) 182
Balance as of February 28, 2019 $12,320
 $2,085
 $2,681
 $17,086
         
  Three Months Ended February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) CFC NCSC RTFC Total
Balance as of November 30, 2017 $28,799
 $3,117
 $4,858
 $36,774
Provision (benefit) for loan losses 506
 731
 (132) 1,105
Balance as of February 28, 2018 $29,305
 $3,848
 $4,726
 $37,879
         




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The following tables summarize changes, by company, in the allowance for loan losses as of and for the three months ended August 31, 2018 and 2017.
  Nine Months Ended February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) CFC NCSC RTFC Total
Balance as of May 31, 2018 $12,300
 $2,082
 $4,419
 $18,801
Provision (benefit) for loan losses 20
 3
 (1,738) (1,715)
Balance as of February 28, 2019 $12,320
 $2,085
 $2,681
 $17,086
  Three Months Ended August 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) CFC NCSC RTFC Total
Balance as of May 31, 2018 $12,300
 $2,082
 $4,419
 $18,801
Provision (benefit) for loan losses 208
 (70) (247) (109)
Balance as of August 31, 2018 $12,508
 $2,012
 $4,172
 $18,692
 Three Months Ended August 31, 2017 Nine Months Ended February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) CFC NCSC RTFC Total CFC NCSC RTFC Total
Balance as of May 31, 2017 $29,499
 $2,910
 $4,967
 $37,376
 $29,499
 $2,910
 $4,967
 $37,376
Provision (benefit) for loan losses 22
 (174) (146) (298) (194) 938
 (241) 503
Balance as of August 31, 2017 $29,521
 $2,736
 $4,821
 $37,078
Balance as of February 28, 2018 $29,305
 $3,848
 $4,726
 $37,879

The tables below present, by company, the components of our allowance for loan losses and the recorded investment of the related loans as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.
  August 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) CFC NCSC RTFC Total
Ending balance of the allowance:        
Collective allowance $12,508
 $2,012
 $2,997
 $17,517
Specific allowance 
 
 1,175
 1,175
Total ending balance of the allowance $12,508
 $2,012
 $4,172
 $18,692
         
Recorded investment in loans:        
Collectively evaluated loans $24,025,668
 $780,892
 $352,648
 $25,159,208
Individually evaluated loans 6,261
 
 5,967
 12,228
Total recorded investment in loans $24,031,929
 $780,892
 $358,615
 $25,171,436
         
Total recorded investment in loans, net(1)
 $24,019,421
 $778,880
 $354,443
 $25,152,744





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  February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) CFC NCSC RTFC Total
Ending balance of the allowance:        
Collective allowance $12,320
 $2,085
 $1,546
 $15,951
Specific allowance 
 
 1,135
 1,135
Total ending balance of the allowance $12,320
 $2,085
 $2,681
 $17,086
         
Recorded investment in loans:        
Collectively evaluated loans $24,874,873
 $771,930
 $347,654
 $25,994,457
Individually evaluated loans 6,261
 
 5,717
 11,978
Total recorded investment in loans $24,881,134
 $771,930
 $353,371
 $26,006,435
         
Total recorded investment in loans, net(1)
 $24,868,814
 $769,845
 $350,690
 $25,989,349

  May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) CFC NCSC RTFC Total
Ending balance of the allowance:        
Collective allowance $12,300
 $2,082
 $3,221
 $17,603
Specific allowance 
 
 1,198
 1,198
Total ending balance of the allowance $12,300
 $2,082
 $4,419
 $18,801
         
Recorded investment in loans:        
Collectively evaluated loans $24,011,412
 $786,457
 $357,026
 $25,154,895
Individually evaluated loans 6,507
 
 6,092
 12,599
Total recorded investment in loans $24,017,919
 $786,457
 $363,118
 $25,167,494
         
Total recorded investment in loans, net(1)
 $24,005,619
 $784,375
 $358,699
 $25,148,693
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(1) Excludes unamortized deferred loan origination costs of $11 million as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.




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In addition to the allowance for loan losses, we also maintain a reserve for unadvanced loan commitments at a level estimated by management to provide for probable losses under these commitments as of each balance sheet date, which was less than $1 million as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.
NOTE 6—SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS

Short-term borrowings consist of borrowings with an original contractual maturity of one year or less and do not include the current portion of long-term debt. Our short-term borrowings totaled $3,793$3,652 million and accounted for 15%14% of total debt outstanding as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, compared with $3,796 million, or 15%, of total debt outstanding as of May 31, 2018. The following table displays short-term borrowings outstanding as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

(Dollars in thousands) August 31, 2018
May 31, 2018
Short-term borrowings:    
Commercial paper sold through dealers, net of discounts $929,380
 $1,064,266
Commercial paper sold directly to members, at par 1,286,441
 1,202,105
Select notes 799,240
 780,472
Daily liquidity fund notes 535,090
 400,635
Farmer Mac revolving facility 
 100,000
Medium-term notes sold to members 242,985
 248,432
Total short-term borrowings $3,793,136
 $3,795,910
(Dollars in thousands) February 28, 2019
May 31, 2018
Short-term borrowings:    
Commercial paper:    
Commercial paper to dealers, net of discounts $1,069,295
 $1,064,266
Commercial paper to members, at par 1,105,060
 1,202,105
Total commercial paper 2,174,355
 2,266,371
Select notes to members 836,688
 780,472
Daily liquidity fund notes to members 299,505
 400,635
Medium-term notes to members 241,393
 248,432
Farmer Mac revolving facility 100,000
 100,000
Total short-term borrowings $3,651,941
 $3,795,910

Committed Bank Revolving Line of Credit Agreements

We had $2,975 million and $3,085 million of commitments under committed bank revolving line of credit agreements as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.2018, respectively. Under our current committed bank revolving line of credit agreements, we have the ability to request up to $300 million of letters of credit, which would result in a reduction in the remaining available amount under the facilities.





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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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On November 28, 2018, we amended the three-year and five-year committed bank revolving line of credit agreements to extend the maturity dates to November 28, 2021 and November 28, 2023, respectively, and to terminate certain third-party bank commitments totaling $53 million under the three-year agreement and $57 million under the five- year agreement. As a result, the total commitment amount from third-parties under the three-year facility and the five-year facility is $1,440 million and $1,535 million, respectively, resulting in a combined total commitment amount under the two facilities of $2,975 million.

The following table presents the total commitment, the net amount available for use and the outstanding letters of credit under our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.




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  August 31, 2018
May 31, 2018
 
 
(Dollars in millions) Total Commitment
Letters of Credit Outstanding
Net Available for Use
Total Commitment
Letters of Credit Outstanding
Net Available for Use
Maturity
Annual Facility Fee (1)
3-year agreement $1,492
 $
 $1,492
 $1,492
 $
 $1,492
 November 20, 2020 7.5 bps
5-year agreement 1,593
 3
 1,590
 1,593
 3
 1,590
 November 20, 2022 10 bps
Total $3,085
 $3
 $3,082
 $3,085
 $3
 $3,082
    

  February 28, 2019
May 31, 2018
 
 
(Dollars in millions) Total Commitment
Letters of Credit Outstanding
Net Available for Use
Total Commitment
Letters of Credit Outstanding
Net Available for Use
Maturity
Annual Facility Fee (1)
3-year agreement $
 $
 $
 $1,492
 $
 $1,492
 November 20, 2020 7.5 bps
3-year agreement 1,440
 
 1,440
 
 
 
 November 28, 2021 7.5 bps
Total 3-year agreement 1,440
 
 1,440
 1,492
 
 1,492
    
5-year agreement 
 
 
 1,593
 3
 1,590
 November 20, 2022 10 bps
5-year agreement 1,535
 3
 1,532
 
 
 
 November 28, 2023 10 bps
Total 5-year agreement 1,535

3

1,532

1,593

3

1,590

 
 
Total $2,975
 $3
 $2,972
 $3,085
 $3
 $3,082
    
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(1) Facility fee determined by CFC’s senior unsecured credit ratings based on the pricing schedules put in place at the inception of the related agreement.

We had no borrowings outstanding under our committed bank revolving line of credit agreements as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 or May 31, 2018, and we were in compliance with all covenants and conditions under the agreements as of each date.




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NOTE 7—LONG-TERM DEBT

The following table displays long-term debt outstanding, by debt type, as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.
(Dollars in thousands) August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Unsecured long-term debt:        
Medium-term notes sold through dealers $3,317,219
 $3,026,472
 $3,301,941
 $3,026,472
Medium-term notes sold to members 388,748
 395,389
 371,609
 395,389
Subtotal medium-term notes 3,705,967
 3,421,861
 3,673,550
 3,421,861
Unamortized discount (1,175) (1,256) (1,013) (1,256)
Debt issuance costs (21,844) (22,237) (20,102) (22,237)
Total unsecured medium-term notes 3,682,948
 3,398,368
 3,652,435
 3,398,368
Unsecured notes payable 18,892
 18,892
 16,984
 18,892
Unamortized discount (253) (277) (209) (277)
Debt issuance costs (62) (68) (52) (68)
Total unsecured notes payable 18,577
 18,547
 16,723
 18,547
Total unsecured long-term debt 3,701,525
 3,416,915
 3,669,158
 3,416,915
Secured long-term debt:  
  
  
  
Collateral trust bonds 7,617,711
 7,917,711
 7,662,711
 7,917,711
Unamortized discount (247,723) (250,421) (247,108) (250,421)
Debt issuance costs (26,419) (28,197) (35,650) (28,197)
Total collateral trust bonds 7,343,569
 7,639,093
 7,379,953
 7,639,093
Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable 4,840,976
 4,856,375
 5,433,855
 4,856,375
Debt issuance costs 
 (232) 
 (232)
Total Guaranteed Underwriter Program notes payable 4,840,976
 4,856,143
 5,433,855
 4,856,143
Farmer Mac notes payable 2,777,532
 2,791,496
 3,072,262
 2,791,496
Other secured notes payable 11,556
 11,556
 9,898
 11,556
Debt issuance costs (226) (243) (193) (243)
Total other secured notes payable 11,330
 11,313
 9,705
 11,313
Total secured notes payable 7,629,838
 7,658,952
 8,515,822
 7,658,952
Total secured long-term debt 14,973,407
 15,298,045
 15,895,775
 15,298,045
Total long-term debt $18,674,932
 $18,714,960
 $19,564,933
 $18,714,960

Collateral Trust Bonds

Collateral trust bonds represent secured obligations sold to investors in the capital markets. Collateral trust bonds are secured by the pledge of mortgage notes or eligible securities in an amount at least equal to the principal balance of the bonds outstanding.

On July 12, 2018, we redeemed $300 million of the $1 billion 10.375% collateral trust bonds due November 1, 2018, at a premium of $7 million. We repaid the remaining $700 million of these bonds on the maturity date.





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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

On October 31, 2018, we issued $325 million aggregate principal amount of 3.90% collateral trust bonds due 2028 and $300 million aggregate principal amount of 4.40% collateral trust bonds due 2048.

On January 31, 2019, we issued $450 million aggregate principal amount of 3.70% collateral trust bonds due 2029 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.30% collateral trust bonds due 2049.

Secured Notes Payable

We had outstanding secured notes payable totaling $4,841$5,434 million and $4,856 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, under bond purchase agreements with the Federal Financing Bank and a bond guarantee agreement with RUS issued under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program, which provides guarantees to the Federal Financing Bank. We pay RUS a fee of 30 basis points per year on the total amount outstanding. On November 15, 2018, we closed on a $750 million committed loan facility (“Series N”) from the Federal Financing Bank under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program. Pursuant to this facility, we may borrow any time before July 15, 2023. Each advance is subject to quarterly amortization and a final maturity not longer than 20 years from the advance date. During the nine months ended February 28, 2019, we borrowed $625 million under our committed loan facilities with the Federal Financing Bank. We had up to $1,225$1,350 million available for access under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019.

We are required to pledge eligible distribution system or power supply system loans as collateral in an amount at least equal to the total principal amount of notes outstanding under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program. See “Note 4—Loans” for additional information on the collateral pledged to secure notes payable under this program.

We have two revolving note purchase agreements with Farmer Mac, which together allow us to borrow up to $5,500 million from Farmer Mac. On February 26, 2018, we amendedUnder our first revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac, dated March 24, 2011. Under the2011, as amended, agreement, we can currently borrow, subject to market conditions, up to $5,200 million at any time through January 11, 2022, and such date shall automatically extend on each anniversary date of the closing for an additional year, unless prior to any such anniversary date, Farmer Mac provides us with a notice that the draw period will not be extended beyond the remaining term. This revolving note purchase agreement allows us to borrow, repay and re-borrow funds at any time through maturity, as market conditions permit, provided that the outstanding principal amount at any time does not exceed the total available under the agreement. Each borrowing under the revolving note purchase agreement is evidenced by a pricing agreement setting forth the interest rate, maturity date and other related terms as we may negotiate with Farmer Mac at the time of each such borrowing. We may select a fixed rate or variable rate at the time of each advance with a maturity as determined in the applicable pricing agreement. Under this note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac, we had outstanding secured notes payable totaling $2,778$3,072 million and $2,791 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively. We borrowed $575 million under this note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac during the nine months ended February 28, 2019.

OurUnder our second revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac, dated July 31, 2015, wasas amended, effective July 31, 2018 to extend the maturity to December 20, 2023. Prior to the maturity date, Farmer Mac may terminate the agreement upon 30 days written notice to us on periodic facility renewal dates, the first of which is January 31, 2019. Subsequent facility renewal dates are on each June 20 or December 20 thereafter until the maturity date. We may terminate the agreement upon 30 days written notice at any time. Under the terms of the first revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac described above, the $5,200 million commitment will increase to $5,500 million in the event the second revolving note purchase agreement is terminated. Under the terms of the amended second revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac, we can borrow up to $300 million at any time through December 20, 2023 at a fixed spread over LIBOR. This agreement also allows us to borrow, repay and re-borrow funds at any time through maturity, provided that the outstanding principal amount at any time does not exceed the total available under the agreement. Prior to the maturity date, Farmer Mac may terminate the agreement upon 30 days written notice to us on periodic facility renewal dates, the first of which was January 31, 2019. Subsequent facility renewal dates are on each June 20 or December 20 thereafter until the maturity date. We may terminate the agreement upon 30 days written notice at any time. On February 28, 2019, we received an advance of $100 million under this committed note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac, resulting in outstanding secured notes payable under this note purchase agreement of $100 million as of February 28, 2019. This advance was repaid in full subsequent to February 28, 2019. Under the terms of the first revolving note purchase agreement with Farmer Mac described above, the $5,200 million commitment will increase to $5,500 million in the event the second revolving note purchase agreement is terminated. 





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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

We are required to pledge eligible distribution system or power supply system loans as collateral in an amount at least equal to the total principal amount of notes outstanding under each of our Farmer Mac revolving note purchase agreements. See “Note 4—Loans” for additional information on the collateral pledged to secure notes payable under these programs.

We were in compliance with all covenants and conditions under our senior debt indentures as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.




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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 8—SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE DEBT

The following table presents subordinated deferrable debt outstanding as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.
(Dollars in thousands) August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
4.75% due 2043 with a call date of April 30, 2023 $400,000
 $400,000
 $400,000
 $400,000
5.25% due 2046 with a call date of April 20, 2026 350,000
 350,000
 350,000
 350,000
Debt issuance costs (7,555) (7,590) (7,484) (7,590)
Total subordinated deferrable debt $742,445
 $742,410
 $742,516
 $742,410

NOTE 9—DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

We are an end user of derivative financial instruments and do not engage in derivative trading. We use derivatives, primarily interest rate swaps and Treasury rate locks, to manage interest rate risk. Derivatives may be privately negotiated contracts, which are often referred to as over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives, or they may be listed and traded on an exchange. We generally engage in OTC derivative transactions.

Accounting for Derivatives

In accordance with the accounting standards for derivatives and hedging activities, we record derivative instruments at fair value as either a derivative asset or derivative liability on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. We report derivative asset and liability amounts on a gross basis based on individual contracts, which does not take into consideration the effects of master netting agreements or collateral netting. Derivatives in a gain position are reported as derivative assets on our condensed consolidated balance sheets, while derivatives in a loss position are reported as derivative liabilities. Accrued interest related to derivatives is reported on our condensed consolidated balance sheets as a component of either accrued interest and other receivables or accrued interest payable.

If we do not elect hedge accounting treatment, changes in the fair value of derivative instruments, which consist of net accrued periodic derivative cash settlements and derivative forward value amounts, are recognized in our condensed consolidated statements of incomeoperations under derivative gains (losses). If we elect hedge accounting treatment for derivatives, we formally document, designate and assess the effectiveness of the hedge relationship. Changes in the fair value of derivatives designated as qualifying fair value hedges are recorded in earnings together with offsetting changes in the fair value of the hedged item and any related ineffectiveness. Changes in the fair value of derivatives designated as qualifying cash flow hedges are recorded as a component of OCI, to the extent that the hedge relationships are effective, and reclassified AOCI to earnings using the effective interest method over the term of the forecasted transaction. Any ineffectiveness in the hedging relationship is recognized as a component of derivative gains (losses) in our condensed consolidated statementstatements of income.operations.

We generally do not designate interest rate swaps, which currently representrepresented all of our outstanding derivatives as of February 28, 2019, for hedge accounting. Accordingly, changes in the fair value of interest rate swaps are reported in our condensed




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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

consolidated statements of incomeoperations under derivative gains (losses). Net periodic cash settlements related to interest rate swaps are classified as an operating activity in our consolidated statements of cash flows.

Outstanding Notional Amount of Derivatives not Designated as Accounting Hedges

The notional amount provides an indication of the volume of our derivatives activity, but this amount is not recorded on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. The notional amount is used only as the basis on which interest payments are determined and is not the amount exchanged. The following table shows the outstanding notional amounts and the weighted-average rate paid and received for our interest rate swaps, by type, as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. The






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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

substantial majority of our interest rate swaps use an index based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) for either the pay or receive variable leg of the swap agreement.
 August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Notional
   Amount
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
 Notional
Amount
 Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
 
Notional
   Amount
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 
Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
 Notional
Amount
 Weighted-
Average
Rate Paid
 Weighted-
Average
Rate Received
Pay-fixed swaps $7,474,762
 2.82% 2.34% $6,987,999
 2.83% 2.30% $7,447,850
 2.84% 2.75% $6,987,999
 2.83% 2.30%
Receive-fixed swaps 3,699,000
 2.96
 2.52
 3,824,000
 2.93
 2.50
 3,399,000
 3.40
 2.56
 3,824,000
 2.93
 2.50
Total interest rate swaps 11,173,762
 2.87
 2.40
 10,811,999
 2.86
 2.37
 10,846,850
 3.01
 2.69
 10,811,999
 2.86
 2.37
Forward pay-fixed swaps 65,000
     256,154
     65,000
     256,154
    
Total $11,238,762
     $11,068,153
     $10,911,850
     $11,068,153
    

Cash Flow Hedge

In anticipation of the repricing of $100 million in notes payable outstanding under the Guaranteed Underwriter Program, we entered into a treasury rate lock agreement with a notional amount of $100 million on May 25, 2018. The agreement, which matureswas scheduled to mature on October 12, 2018, was designated as a cash flow hedge of the forecasted transaction. ThisWe recorded an unrealized loss in AOCI of $1 million as of May 31, 2018 related to this cash flow hedge. On September 25, 2018, we terminated this cash flow hedge as the forecasted transaction was recorded atno longer expected to occur. Upon termination, the fair value of the derivative had shifted to a gain of $1 million from a loss of $1 million as of May 31, 2018. We reversed the loss recorded in AOCI and recognized the gain in earnings as a component of derivative gains on our condensed consolidated balance sheets asstatements of August 31, 2018, and the related unrealized loss of $1 million was recorded in AOCI.operations.

Impact of Derivatives on Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

The following table displays the fair value of the derivative assets and derivative liabilities recorded on our condensed consolidated balance sheets and the related outstanding notional amount of our interest rate swaps by derivatives type, as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.
 




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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
  August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Fair Value Notional Balance Fair Value Notional Balance
Derivative assets:        
Interest rate swaps $256,186
 $5,391,495
 $244,526
 $5,264,971
         
Derivative liabilities:        
Treasury rate lock—cash flow hedge $1,036
 $100,000
 $1,059
 $100,000
Interest rate swaps 266,639
 5,847,267
 274,873
 5,803,182
Total derivative liabilities $267,675
 $5,947,267
 $275,932
 $5,903,182

  February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Fair Value Notional Balance Fair Value Notional Balance
Derivative assets:        
Interest rate swaps $185,449
 $4,700,528
 $244,526
 $5,264,971
         
Derivative liabilities:        
Treasury rate lock—cash flow hedge $
 $
 $1,059
 $100,000
Interest rate swaps 243,365
 6,211,322
 274,873
 5,803,182
Total derivative liabilities $243,365
 $6,211,322
 $275,932
 $5,903,182

All of our master swap agreements include netting provisions that allow for offsetting of all contracts with a given counterparty in the event of default by one of the two parties. However, as indicated above, we report derivative asset and liability amounts on a gross basis by individual contracts. The following table presents the gross fair value of derivative assets and liabilities reported on our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, and provides information on the impact of netting provisions and collateral pledged.

  February 28, 2019
  
Gross Amount
of Recognized
Assets/ Liabilities
 
Gross Amount
Offset in the
Balance Sheet
 
Net Amount of Assets/ Liabilities
Presented
in the
Balance Sheet
 
Gross Amount
Not Offset in the
Balance Sheet
  
(Dollars in thousands)    
Financial
Instruments
 
Cash
Collateral
Pledged
 
Net
Amount
Derivative assets:            
Interest rate swaps $185,449
 $
 $185,449
 $153,474
 $
 $31,975
Derivative liabilities:            
Interest rate swaps 243,365
 
 243,365
 153,474
 
 89,891

  May 31, 2018
  
Gross Amount
of Recognized
Assets/ Liabilities
 
Gross Amount
Offset in the
Balance Sheet
 
Net Amount of Assets/ Liabilities
Presented
in the
Balance Sheet
 
Gross Amount
Not Offset in the
Balance Sheet
  
(Dollars in thousands)    
Financial
Instruments
 
Cash
Collateral
Pledged
 
Net
Amount
Derivative assets:            
Interest rate swaps $244,526
 $
 $244,526
 $196,633
 $
 $47,893
Derivative liabilities:            
Treasury rate lock—cash flow hedge 1,059
 
 1,059
 
 
 1,059
Interest rate swaps 274,873
 
 274,873
 196,633
 
 78,240





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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

  August 31, 2018
  
Gross Amount
of Recognized
Assets/ Liabilities
 
Gross Amount
Offset in the
Balance Sheet
 
Net Amount of Assets/ Liabilities
Presented
in the
Balance Sheet
 
Gross Amount
Not Offset in the
Balance Sheet
  
(Dollars in thousands)    
Financial
Instruments
 
Cash
Collateral
Pledged
 
Net
Amount
Derivative assets:            
Interest rate swaps $256,186
 $
 $256,186
 $196,187
 $
 $59,999
Derivative liabilities:            
Treasury rate lock—cash flow hedge 1,036
 
 1,036
 
 
 1,036
Interest rate swaps 266,639
 
 266,639
 196,187
 
 70,452

  May 31, 2018
  
Gross Amount
of Recognized
Assets/ Liabilities
 
Gross Amount
Offset in the
Balance Sheet
 
Net Amount of Assets/ Liabilities
Presented
in the
Balance Sheet
 
Gross Amount
Not Offset in the
Balance Sheet
  
(Dollars in thousands)    
Financial
Instruments
 
Cash
Collateral
Pledged
 
Net
Amount
Derivative assets:            
Interest rate swaps $244,526
 $
 $244,526
 $196,633
 $
 $47,893
Derivative liabilities:            
Treasury rate lock—cash flow hedge 1,059
 
 1,059
 
 
 1,059
Interest rate swaps 274,873
 
 274,873
 196,633
 
 78,240

Impact of Derivatives on Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and AOCIOperations

Derivative gains (losses) reported in our condensed consolidated statements of incomeoperations consist of derivative cash settlements and derivative forward value gains (losses). Derivative cash settlements represent net contractual interest expense accruals on interest rate swaps during the period. The derivative forward value gains (losses) represent the change in fair value of our interest rate swaps during the reporting period due to changes in the estimate of future interest rates over the remaining life of our derivative contracts.

The following table presents the components of the derivative gains (losses) reported in our condensed consolidated statements of incomeoperations for our interest rate swaps for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and 2017.2018.

 Three Months Ended August 31, Three Months Ended February 28, Nine Months Ended February 28,
(Dollars in thousands) 2018 2017 2019 2018 2019 2018
Derivative cash settlements $(12,829) $(20,222) $(9,799) $(18,924) $(34,433) $(58,781)
Derivative forward value gains (losses) 20,012
 (25,976) (122,375) 186,972
 (27,215) 306,224
Derivative gains (losses) $7,183
 $(46,198) $(132,174) $168,048
 $(61,648) $247,443

As describednoted above, during fiscal year 2018, we entered into a treasury rate lock agreement that was designated as a cash flow hedge of a forecasted transaction. A related unrealizedThis cash flow hedge was terminated on September 25, 2018 and a gain of less than $1 million was recorded upon termination as a component of derivative cash settlements in AOCI for the three months ended August 31, 2018.





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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
on our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Credit Risk-Related Contingent Features

Our derivative contracts typically contain mutual early termination provisions, generally in the form of a credit rating trigger. Under the mutual credit rating trigger provisions, either counterparty may, but is not obligated to, terminate and settle the agreement if the credit rating of the other counterparty falls below a level specified in the agreement. If a derivative contract is terminated, the amount to be received or paid by us would be equal to the prevailing fair value, as defined in the agreement, as of the termination date.

Our senior unsecured credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P were A2 and A, respectively, as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. Both Moody’s and S&P had our ratings on stable outlook as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. The following table displays the notional amounts of our derivative contracts with rating triggers as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, and the payments that would be required if the contracts were terminated as of that date because of a downgrade of our unsecured credit ratings or the counterparty’s unsecured credit ratings below A3/A-, below Baa1/BBB+, to or below Baa2/BBB, below Baa3/BBB-, or to or below Ba2/BB+ by Moody’s or S&P, respectively. In calculating the payment amounts that would be required upon termination of the derivative contracts, we assumed that the amounts for each counterparty would be netted in accordance with the provisions of the master netting agreements for each counterparty. The net payment amounts are based on the fair value of the underlying derivative instrument, excluding the credit risk valuation adjustment, plus any unpaid accrued interest amounts.




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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
(Dollars in thousands) 
Notional
 Amount
 Payable Due from CFC 
Receivable
Due to CFC
 Net (Payable)/Receivable
Impact of rating downgrade trigger:        
Falls below A3/A-(1)

$54,890

$(8,767)
$

$(8,767)
Falls below Baa1/BBB+ 7,355,092

(53,994)
44,183

(9,811)
Falls to or below Baa2/BBB (2)
 528,919



5,012

5,012
Falls below Baa3/BBB- 255,641
 (10,523) 
 (10,523)
Total $8,194,542

$(73,284)
$49,195

$(24,089)

(Dollars in thousands) 
Notional
 Amount
 Payable Due from CFC 
Receivable
Due to CFC
 Net (Payable)/Receivable
Impact of rating downgrade trigger:        
Falls below A3/A-(1)

$50,460

$(8,374)
$

$(8,374)
Falls below Baa1/BBB+ 7,069,507

(60,970)
24,211

(36,759)
Falls to or below Baa2/BBB (2)
 561,720



3,388

3,388
Falls below Baa3/BBB- 222,255
 (9,937) 
 (9,937)
Total $7,903,942

$(79,281)
$27,599

$(51,682)
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(1) Rating trigger for CFC falls below A3/A-, while rating trigger for counterparty falls below Baa1/BBB+ by Moody’s or S&P, respectively.  
(2) Rating trigger for CFC falls to or below Baa2/BBB, while rating trigger for counterparty falls to or below Ba2/BB+ by Moody’s or S&P, respectively.

We have outstanding notional amount of derivatives with one counterparty subject to a ratings trigger and early termination provision in the event of a downgrade of CFC’s senior unsecured credit ratings below Baa3, BBB- or BBB- by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, respectively, which is not included in the above table, totaling $265$165 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019. These contracts were in an unrealized loss position of $3$4 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019.

Our largest counterparty exposure, based on the outstanding notional amount, accounted for approximately 23% and 24% of the total outstanding notional amount of derivatives as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.2018, respectively. The aggregate fair value amount, including the credit risk valuation adjustment, of all interest rate swaps with rating triggers that were in a net liability position was $75$85 million as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019.
NOTE 10—EQUITY

Total equity of $1,507increased by $47 million to $1,553 million as of August 31, 2018 remained relatively unchanged comparedFebruary 28, 2019. The increase was primarily attributable to May 31, 2018, as our reported net income of $48$96 million for the threenine months ended August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, which was partially offset by the patronage capital retirement of $48 million in August 2018. The following table presents the components of equity as of August 31, 2018 and May 31, 2018.




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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

(Dollars in thousands) August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018
Membership fees $969
 $969
Educational fund 1,640
 1,976
Total membership fees and educational fund 2,609
 2,945
Patronage capital allocated 763,986
 811,493
Members’ capital reserve 687,785
 687,785
Unallocated net income (loss):    
Prior year-end cumulative derivative forward value losses(1)
 (30,831) (332,525)
Current year derivative forward value gains (1)
 19,671
 301,694
Current period-end cumulative derivative forward value losses(1)
 (11,160) (30,831)
Other unallocated net income (loss) 31,485
 (5,603)
Unallocated net income (loss) 20,325
 (36,434)
CFC retained equity 1,474,705
 1,465,789
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (214) 8,544
Total CFC equity 1,474,491
 1,474,333
Noncontrolling interests 32,085
 31,520
Total equity $1,506,576
 $1,505,853
____________________________
(1)Represents derivative forward value gains (losses) for CFC only, as total CFC equity does not include the noncontrolling interests of the consolidated variable interest entities NCSC and RTFC. See “Note 13—Business Segments” for the separate statements of income for CFC .

In July 2018, the CFC Board of Directors authorized the allocation of the fiscal year 2018 net earnings as follows: $95 million to members in the form of patronage, $57 million to the members’ capital reserve and $1 million to the cooperative educational fund. The amount of patronage capital allocated each year by CFC’s Board of Directors is based on adjusted net income, which excludes the impact of derivative forward value gains (losses). See “MD&A—Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for information on adjusted net income.

In July 2018, the CFC Board of Directors authorized the retirement of allocated net earnings totaling $48 million, representing 50% of the fiscal year 2018 allocation. This amount was returned to members in cash in August 2018. The remaining portion of the allocated amount will be retained by CFC for 25 years under guidelines adopted by the CFC Board of Directors in June 2009.

The CFC Board of Directors is required to make annual allocations of adjusted net income, if any. CFC has made annual retirements of allocated net earnings in 39 of the last 40 fiscal years; however, future retirements of allocated amounts are determined based on CFC’s financial condition. The CFC Board of Directors has the authority to change the current practice for allocating and retiring net earnings at any time, subject to applicable laws. See “Item 1. Business—Allocation and Retirement of Patronage Capital” of our 2018 Form 10-K for additional information.













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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following tables summarize, by component, the activity in AOCI as of and for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and 2017.2018.
  Three Months Ended February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) 
Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Equity Securities
 Unrealized Gains
Derivatives
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) Cash Flow Hedges Unrealized Losses Defined Benefit Plan Total
Beginning balance $
 $2,800
 $
 $(1,968) $832
(Gains) losses reclassified into earnings 
 (115) 
 130
 15
Other comprehensive income (loss) 
 (115) 
 130
 15
Ending balance $
 $2,685
 $
 $(1,838) $847
           
  Three Months Ended February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Equity Securities
 
Unrealized Gains
Derivatives
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) Cash Flow Hedges Unrealized Losses Defined Benefit Plan Total
Beginning balance $10,873
 $3,316
 $
 $(2,290) $11,899
Unrealized losses (1,763) 
 
 
 (1,763)
(Gains) losses reclassified into earnings 
 (157) 
 128
 (29)
Other comprehensive income (loss) (1,763) (157) 
 128
 (1,792)
Ending balance $9,110
 $3,159
 $
 $(2,162) $10,107
           
 Three Months Ended August 31, 2018 Nine Months Ended February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) 
Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Equity Securities
 
Unrealized Gains
Derivatives
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) Cash Flow Hedges Unrealized Losses Defined Benefit Plan Total 
Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Equity Securities
 
Unrealized Gains
Derivatives
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) Cash Flow Hedges Unrealized Losses Defined Benefit Plan Total
Beginning balance $8,794
 $3,039
 $(1,059) $(2,230) $8,544
 $8,794
 $3,039
 $(1,059) $(2,230) $8,544
Cumulative effect of changes from adoption of new accounting standards(1)
 (8,794) 
 
 
 (8,794)
Cumulative effect from adoption of new accounting standard(1)
 (8,794) 
 
 
 (8,794)
Unrealized gains 
 
 24
 
 24
 
 
 1,059
 
 1,059
(Gains) losses reclassified into earnings 
 (119) 
 131
 12
 
 (354) 
 392
 38
Other comprehensive income (loss) 
 (119) 24
 131
 36
 
 (354) 1,059
 392
 1,097
Ending balance $
 $2,920
 $(1,035) $(2,099) $(214) $
 $2,685
 $
 $(1,838) $847
 Three Months Ended August 31, 2017 Nine Months Ended February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) 
Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Equity Securities
 
Unrealized Gains
Derivatives
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) Cash Flow Hedges Unrealized Losses Defined Benefit Plan Total 
Unrealized Gains (Losses)
Equity Securities
 
Unrealized Gains
Derivatives
 Unrealized Gains (Losses) Cash Flow Hedges Unrealized Losses Defined Benefit Plan Total
Beginning balance $12,016
 $3,531
 $171
 $(2,543) $13,175
 $12,016
 $3,702
 $
 $(2,543) $13,175
Unrealized losses (1,151) 
 
 
 (1,151) (2,906) 
 
 
 (2,906)
Gains (losses) reclassified into earnings 
 (124) (68) 127
 (65)
(Gains) losses reclassified into earnings 
 (543) 
 381
 (162)
Other comprehensive income (loss) (1,151) (124) (68) 127
 (1,216) (2,906) (543) 
 381
 (3,068)
Ending balance $10,865
 $3,407
 $103
 $(2,416) $11,959
 $9,110
 $3,159
 $
 $(2,162) $10,107
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

(1) Represents the adjustment to AOCI as a result of the new accounting standards adopted during the threenine months ended August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, see “Note 1—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.


We expect to reclassify less than $1 million of amounts in AOCI related to unrealized derivative gains into earnings over the next 12 months.




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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 11—GUARANTEES

The following table summarizes total guarantees, by type of guarantee and by member class, as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018.

(Dollars in thousands) August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
Total by type:        
Long-term tax-exempt bonds(1)
 $316,385
 $316,985
 $313,205
 $316,985
Letters of credit(2)
 316,731
 343,970
 327,314
 343,970
Other guarantees 143,571
 144,206
 145,512
 144,206
Total $776,687
 $805,161
 $786,031
 $805,161
        
Total by member class:        
CFC:        
Distribution $197,527
 $201,993
 $209,648
 $201,993
Power supply 561,999
 587,837
 556,472
 587,837
Statewide and associate 3,382
 3,326
 3,352
 3,326
CFC total 762,908
 793,156
 769,472
 793,156
NCSC 12,205
 10,431
 14,493
 10,431
RTFC 1,574
 1,574
 2,066
 1,574
Total $776,687
 $805,161
 $786,031
 $805,161
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(1)Represents the outstanding principal amount of long-term fixed-rate and variable-rate guaranteed bonds.
(2)Reflects our maximum potential exposure for letters of credit.

Long-term tax-exempt bonds of $316$313 million and $317 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, included $249$248 million and $250 million, respectively, of adjustable or variable-rate bonds that may be converted to a fixed rate as specified in the applicable indenture for each bond offering. We are unable to determine the maximum amount of interest that we may be required to pay related to the remaining adjustable and variable-rate bonds. Many of these bonds have a call provision that allows us to call the bond in the event of a default, which would limit our exposure to future interest payments on these bonds. Our maximum potential exposure generally is secured by mortgage liens on the members’ assets and future revenue. If a member’s debt is accelerated because of a determination that the interest thereon is not tax-exempt, the member’s obligation to reimburse us for any guarantee payments will be treated as a long-term loan. The remaining long-term tax-exempt bonds of $67$65 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 are fixed-rate. The maximum potential exposure for these bonds, including the outstanding principal of $67$65 million and related interest through maturity, totaled $94$91 million as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. The maturities for long-term tax-exempt bonds and the related guarantees extend through calendar year 2042.

Of the outstanding letters of credit of $317$327 million and $344 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, $119$129 million and $120 million, respectively, were secured. We did not have any letters of credit outstanding




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(UNAUDITED)

that provided for standby liquidity for adjustable and floating-rate tax-exempt bonds issued for the benefit of our members as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. The maturities for the outstanding letters of credit as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 extend through calendar year 2028.

In addition to the letters of credit listed in the table above, under master letter of credit facilities in place as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, we may be required to issue up to an additional $67$59 million in letters of credit to third parties for the benefit of our




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members. All of our master letter of credit facilities were subject to material adverse change clauses at the time of issuance as of August 31, 2018.February 28, 2019. Prior to issuing a letter of credit, we would confirm that there has been no material adverse change in the business or condition, financial or otherwise, of the borrower since the time the loan was approved and confirm that the borrower is currently in compliance with the letter of credit terms and conditions.

The maximum potential exposure for other guarantees was $144$146 million and $145 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, all of which were unsecured. The maturities for these other guarantees listed in the table above extend through calendar year 2025.

Guarantees under which our right of recovery from our members was not secured totaled $316$318 million and $344 million and represented 41% and 43% of total guarantees as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively.

In addition to the guarantees described above, we were also the liquidity provider for $249$248 million of variable-rate tax-exempt bonds as of August 31, 2018,February 28, 2019, issued for our member cooperatives. While the bonds are in variable-rate mode, in return for a fee, we have unconditionally agreed to purchase bonds tendered or put for redemption if the remarketing agents are unable to sell such bonds to other investors. We were not required to perform as liquidity provider pursuant to these obligations during the threenine months ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 or the prior fiscal year.

Guarantee Liability

As of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, we recorded a guarantee liability of $10$9 million and $11 million respectively, which represents the contingent and noncontingent exposures related to guarantees and liquidity obligations. The contingent guarantee liability was $1 million as of both August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, based on management’s estimate of exposure to losses within the guarantee portfolio. The remaining balance of the total guarantee liability of $9$8 million and $10 million as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, respectively, relates to our noncontingent obligation to stand ready to perform over the term of our guarantees and liquidity obligations that we have entered into or modified since January 1, 2003.
NOTE 12—FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

We use fair value measurements for the initial recording of certain assets and liabilities and periodic remeasurement of certain assets and liabilities on a recurring or nonrecurring basis. The accounting guidance for fair value measurements and disclosures establishes a three-level fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs into the valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The levels of the fair value hierarchy, in priority order, include Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3. For additional information regarding the fair value hierarchy and a description of the methodologies we use to measure fair value, see “Note 13—Fair Value Measurement” to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2018 Form 10-K.

The following tables present the carrying value and fair value for all of our financial instruments, including those carried at amortized cost, as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018. The tables also display the classification within the fair value hierarchy of the valuation technique used in estimating fair value.





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(UNAUDITED)

 August 31, 2018 Fair Value Measurement Level February 28, 2019 Fair Value Measurement Level
(Dollars in thousands) Carrying Value Fair Value Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Carrying Value Fair Value Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Assets:                    
Cash and cash equivalents $265,905
 $265,905
 $265,905
 $
 $
 $223,358
 $223,358
 $223,358
 $
 $
Restricted cash 8,597
 8,597
 8,597
 
 
 7,270
 7,270
 7,270
 
 
Equity securities 88,606
 88,606
 88,606
 
 
 89,132
 89,132
 89,132
 
 
Debt securities held-to-maturity 553,754
 549,974
 
 549,974
 
 561,400
 559,675
 
 559,675
 
Deferred compensation investments 5,626
 5,626
 5,626
 
 
 4,998
 4,998
 4,998
 
 
Loans to members, net 25,163,962
 24,071,721
 
 
 24,071,721
 26,000,593
 24,880,315
 
 
 24,880,315
Accrued interest receivable 124,343
 124,343
 
 124,343
 
 130,670
 130,670
 
 130,670
 
Debt service reserve funds 17,151
 17,151
 17,151
 
 
 17,151
 17,151
 17,151
 
 
Derivative assets 256,186
 256,186
 
 256,186
 
 185,449
 185,449
 
 185,449
 
                    
Liabilities:                    
Short-term borrowings $3,793,136
 $3,793,280
 $
 $3,793,280
 $
 $3,651,941
 $3,652,416
 $
 $3,552,416
 $100,000
Long-term debt 18,674,932
 18,842,450
 
 11,345,230
 7,497,220
 19,564,933
 19,901,773
 
 11,448,208
 8,453,565
Accrued interest payable 205,898
 205,898
 
 205,898
 
 190,511
 190,511
 
 190,511
 
Guarantee liability 9,858
 9,630
 
 
 9,630
 9,226
 8,794
 
 
 8,794
Derivative liabilities 267,675
 267,675
 
 267,675
 
 243,365
 243,365
 
 243,365
 
Subordinated deferrable debt 742,445
 762,678
 
 762,678
 
 742,516
 731,380
 
 731,380
 
Members’ subordinated certificates 1,378,097
 1,378,097
 
 
 1,378,097
 1,357,419
 1,357,419
 
 
 1,357,419

  May 31, 2018 Fair Value Measurement Level
(Dollars in thousands) Carrying Value Fair Value Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Assets:          
Cash and cash equivalents $230,999
 $230,999
 $230,999
 $
 $
Restricted cash 7,825
 7,825
 7,825
 
 
Time deposits 100,000
 100,000
 
 100,000
 
Equity securities 89,332
 89,332
 89,332
 
 
Debt securities held to maturity 520,519
 516,546
 
 516,546
 
Deferred compensation investments 5,194
 5,194
 5,194
 
 
Loans to members, net 25,159,807
 24,167,886
 
 
 24,167,886
Accrued interest receivable 127,442
 127,442
 
 127,442
 
Debt service reserve funds 17,151
 17,151
 17,151
 
 
Derivative assets 244,526
 244,526
 
 244,526
 
           
Liabilities:          
Short-term borrowings $3,795,910
 $3,795,799
 $
 $3,695,799
 $100,000
Long-term debt 18,714,960
 18,909,276
 
 11,373,216
 7,536,060
Accrued interest payable 149,284
 149,284
 
 149,284
 
Guarantee liability 10,589
 10,454
 
 
 10,454
Derivative liabilities 275,932
 275,932
 
 275,932
 
Subordinated deferrable debt 742,410
 766,088
 
 766,088
 
Members’ subordinated certificates 1,379,982
 1,380,004
 
 
 1,380,004






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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

Transfers Between Levels

We monitor the availability of observable market data to assess the appropriate classification of financial instruments within the fair value hierarchy and transfer between Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 accordingly. Observable market data includes but is not limited to quoted prices and market transactions. Changes in economic conditions or market liquidity generally will drive changes in availability of observable market data. Changes in availability of observable market data, which also may result in changes in the valuation technique used, are generally the cause of transfers between levels. We did not have any transfers between levels for financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the threenine months ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and 2017.2018.

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

The following table presents the carrying value and fair value of financial instruments reported in our condensed consolidated financial statements at fair value on a recurring basis as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, and the classification of the valuation technique within the fair value hierarchy.
 August 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 February 28, 2019 May 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) Level 1 Level 2 Total Level 1 Level 2 Total Level 1 Level 2 Total Level 1 Level 2 Total
Equity securities $88,606
 $
 $88,606
 $89,332
 $
 $89,332
 $89,132
 $
 $89,132
 $89,332
 $
 $89,332
Deferred compensation investments 5,626
 
 5,626
 5,194
 
 5,194
 4,998
 
 4,998
 5,194
 
 5,194
Derivative assets 
 256,186
 256,186
 
 244,526
 244,526
 
 185,449
 185,449
 
 244,526
 244,526
Derivative liabilities 
 267,675
 267,675
 
 275,932
 275,932
 
 243,365
 243,365
 
 275,932
 275,932

Nonrecurring Fair Value
             
We did not have any assets or liabilities reported in our condensed consolidated financial statements at fair value on a nonrecurring basis during the three and nine months ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and 2017.2018.

Significant Unobservable Level 3 Inputs

Impaired Loans

We utilize the fair value of estimated cash flows or the collateral underlying the loan to determine the fair value and specific allowance for impaired loans. The valuation technique used to determine fair value of the impaired loans provided by both our internal staff and third-party specialists includes market multiples (i.e., comparable companies). The significant unobservable inputs used in the determination of fair value for individually impaired loans is a multiple of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization based on various factors (i.e., financial condition of the borrower). In estimating the fair value of the collateral, we may use third-party valuation specialists, internal estimates or a combination of both. The significant unobservable inputs for estimating the fair value of impaired collateral-dependent loans are reviewed by our Credit Risk Management group to assess the reasonableness of the assumptions used and the accuracy of the work performed. In cases where we rely on third-party inputs, we use the final unadjusted third-party valuation analysis as support for any adjustments to our consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

Because of the limited amount of impaired loans as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and May 31, 2018, we do not believe that potential changes in the significant unobservable inputs used in the determination of the fair value for impaired loans will have a material impact on the fair value measurement of these assets or our results of operations.




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NOTE 13—BUSINESS SEGMENTS

The following tables display segment results for the three and nine months ended August 31,February 28, 2019 and 2018, and 2017, and assets attributable to each segment as of August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 and August 31, 2017.February 28, 2018.
  Three Months Ended August 31, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total
Statement of income:        
Interest income $276,243
 $12,984
 $(10,736) $278,491
Interest expense (210,050) (10,917) 10,736
 (210,231)
Net interest income 66,193
 2,067
 
 68,260
Benefit for loan losses 109
 
 
 109
Net interest income after benefit for loan losses 66,302
 2,067
 
 68,369
Non-interest income:        
Fee and other income 4,473
 564
 (1,852) 3,185
Derivative gains (losses):        
Derivative cash settlements (12,562) (267) 
 (12,829)
Derivative forward value gains 19,671
 341
 
 20,012
Derivative gains 7,109
 74
 
 7,183
Total non-interest income 11,582
 638
 (1,852) 10,368
Non-interest expense:        
General and administrative expenses (22,425) (2,374) 1,594
 (23,205)
  Losses on early extinguishment of debt (7,100) 
 
 (7,100)
Other non-interest expense (394) (258) 258
 (394)
Total non-interest expense (29,919) (2,632) 1,852
 (30,699)
Income before income taxes 47,965
 73
 
 48,038
Income tax expense 
 (60) 
 (60)
Net income $47,965
 $13
 $
 $47,978
         
  August 31, 2018
  CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total
Assets:        
Total loans outstanding $25,138,742
 $1,139,507
 $(1,106,813) $25,171,436
Deferred loan origination costs 11,218
 
 
 11,218
Loans to members 25,149,960
 1,139,507
 (1,106,813) 25,182,654
Less: Allowance for loan losses (18,692) 
 
 (18,692)
Loans to members, net 25,131,268
 1,139,507
 (1,106,813) 25,163,962
Other assets 1,501,315
 106,902
 (95,972) 1,512,245
Total assets $26,632,583
 $1,246,409
 $(1,202,785) $26,676,207
  Three Months Ended February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total
Statement of operations:        
Interest income $283,372
 $12,951
 $(10,757) $285,566
Interest expense (207,153) (10,939) 10,757
 (207,335)
Net interest income 76,219
 2,012
 
 78,231
Provision for loan losses (182) 
 
 (182)
Net interest income after provision for loan losses 76,037
 2,012
 
 78,049
Non-interest income:        
Fee and other income 4,943
 632
 (1,861) 3,714
Derivative losses:        
Derivative cash settlements (9,559) (240) 
 (9,799)
Derivative forward value losses (121,574) (801) 
 (122,375)
Derivative losses (131,133) (1,041) 
 (132,174)
Total non-interest income (126,190) (409) (1,861) (128,460)
Non-interest expense:        
General and administrative expenses (22,568) (2,023) 1,593
 (22,998)
Other non-interest expense 1,789
 (268) 268
 1,789
Total non-interest expense (20,779) (2,291) 1,861
 (21,209)
Loss before income taxes (70,932) (688) 
 (71,620)
Income tax benefit 
 149
 
 149
Net loss $(70,932) $(539) $
 $(71,471)
         




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  Three Months Ended August 31, 2017
(Dollars in thousands) CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total
Statement of income:        
Interest income $263,411
 $10,949
 $(8,445) $265,915
Interest expense (192,505) (8,671) 8,445
 (192,731)
Net interest income 70,906
 2,278
 
 73,184
Benefit for loan losses 298
 
 
 298
Net interest income after benefit for loan losses 71,204
 2,278
 
 73,482
Non-interest income:        
Fee and other income 3,888
 400
 (343) 3,945
Derivative gains (losses): 

 

 

 

Derivative cash settlements (19,564) (658)   (20,222)
Derivative forward value gains (losses) (26,111) 135
 
 (25,976)
Derivative losses (45,675) (523) 
 (46,198)
Results of operations of foreclosed assets (24) 
 
 (24)
Total non-interest income (41,811) (123) (343) (42,277)
Non-interest expense:        
General and administrative expenses (19,738) (1,898) 
 (21,636)
Other non-interest expense (522) (343) 343
 (522)
Total non-interest expense (20,260) (2,241) 343
 (22,158)
Income (loss) before income taxes 9,133
 (86) 
 9,047
Income tax expense 
 (32) 
 (32)
Net income (loss) $9,133
 $(118) $
 $9,015
         
  August 31, 2017
  CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total
Assets:        
Total loans outstanding $24,595,584
 $1,011,420
 $(975,978) $24,631,026
Deferred loan origination costs 11,051
 
 
 11,051
Loans to members 24,606,635
 1,011,420
 (975,978) 24,642,077
Less: Allowance for loan losses (37,078) 
 
 (37,078)
Loans to members, net 24,569,557
 1,011,420
 (975,978) 24,604,999
Other assets 864,334
 107,146
 (95,953) 875,527
Total assets $25,433,891
 $1,118,566
 $(1,071,931) $25,480,526
  Three Months Ended February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total
Statement of operations:        
Interest income $268,753
 $12,921
 $(10,206) $271,468
Interest expense (197,844) (10,433) 10,206
 (198,071)
Net interest income 70,909
 2,488
 
 73,397
Provision for loan losses (1,105) 
 
 (1,105)
Net interest income after provision for loan losses 69,804
 2,488
 
 72,292
Non-interest income:       
Fee and other income 3,882
 300
 (247) 3,935
Derivative gains (losses):       

Derivative cash settlements (18,317) (607) 
 (18,924)
Derivative forward value gains 184,967
 2,005
 
 186,972
Derivative gains 166,650
 1,398
 
 168,048
Total non-interest income 170,532
 1,698
 (247) 171,983
Non-interest expense:       
General and administrative expenses (20,519) (1,693) 
 (22,212)
Other non-interest expense (402) (247) 247
 (402)
Total non-interest expense (20,921) (1,940) 247
 (22,614)
Income before income taxes 219,415
 2,246
 
 221,661
Income tax expense 
 (632) 
 (632)
Net income $219,415
 $1,614
 $
 $221,029
         




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  Nine Months Ended February 28, 2019
(Dollars in thousands) CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total
Statement of operations:        
Interest income $838,648
 $38,880
 $(32,218) $845,310
Interest expense (621,188) (32,762) 32,218
 (621,732)
Net interest income 217,460
 6,118
 
 223,578
Benefit for loan losses 1,715
 
 
 1,715
Net interest income after benefit for loan losses 219,175
 6,118
 
 225,293
Non-interest income:        
Fee and other income 15,039
 1,686
 (5,505) 11,220
Derivative gains (losses):        
Derivative cash settlements (33,667) (766) 
 (34,433)
Derivative forward value gains (losses) (27,312) 97
 
 (27,215)
Derivative losses (60,979) (669) 
 (61,648)
Total non-interest income (45,940) 1,017
 (5,505) (50,428)
Non-interest expense:        
General and administrative expenses (68,537) (6,316) 4,780
 (70,073)
  Losses on early extinguishment of debt (7,100) 
 
 (7,100)
Other non-interest expense (1,305) (725) 725
 (1,305)
Total non-interest expense (76,942) (7,041) 5,505
 (78,478)
Income before income taxes 96,293
 94
 
 96,387
Income tax expense 
 (154) 
 (154)
Net income (loss) $96,293
 $(60) $
 $96,233
         
  February 28, 2019
  CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total
Assets:        
Total loans outstanding $25,975,580
 $1,125,301
 $(1,094,446) $26,006,435
Deferred loan origination costs 11,244
 
 
 11,244
Loans to members 25,986,824
 1,125,301
 (1,094,446) 26,017,679
Less: Allowance for loan losses (17,086) 
 
 (17,086)
Loans to members, net 25,969,738
 1,125,301
 (1,094,446) 26,000,593
Other assets 1,398,270
 103,783
 (92,585) 1,409,468
Total assets $27,368,008
 $1,229,084
 $(1,187,031) $27,410,061




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  Nine Months Ended February 28, 2018
(Dollars in thousands) CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total
Statement of operations:        
Interest income $795,344
 $36,127
 $(28,265) $803,206
Interest expense (585,292) (28,945) 28,265
 (585,972)
Net interest income 210,052
 7,182
 
 217,234
Provision for loan losses (503) 
 
 (503)
Net interest income after provision for loan losses 209,549
 7,182
 
 216,731
Non-interest income:        
Fee and other income 13,260
 1,001
 (839) 13,422
Derivative gains (losses): 

 

 

 

Derivative cash settlements (56,871) (1,910) 
 (58,781)
Derivative forward value gains 302,308
 3,916
 
 306,224
Derivative gains 245,437
 2,006
 
 247,443
Results of operations of foreclosed assets (34) 
 
 (34)
Total non-interest income 258,663
 3,007
 (839) 260,831
Non-interest expense:        
General and administrative expenses (60,549) (5,213) 
 (65,762)
Other non-interest expense (1,542) (839) 839
 (1,542)
Total non-interest expense (62,091) (6,052) 839
 (67,304)
Income before income taxes 406,121
 4,137
 
 410,258
Income tax expense 
 (1,491) 
 (1,491)
Net income $406,121
 $2,646
 $
 $408,767
         
  February 28, 2018
  CFC Other Elimination Consolidated Total
Assets:        
Total loans outstanding $25,296,907
 $1,164,279
 $(1,129,351) $25,331,835
Deferred loan origination costs 11,087
 
 
 11,087
Loans to members 25,307,994
 1,164,279
 (1,129,351) 25,342,922
Less: Allowance for loan losses (37,879) 
 
 (37,879)
Loans to members, net 25,270,115
 1,164,279
 (1,129,351) 25,305,043
Other assets 1,159,806
 105,728
 (94,170) 1,171,364
Total assets $26,429,921
 $1,270,007
 $(1,223,521) $26,476,407



Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

For quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk, see “Part I—Item 2. MD&A—Market Risk” and “Note 9—Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.”

Item 4.Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, senior management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based on this evaluation process, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective. There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the three months ended August 31, 2018February 28, 2019 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.Legal Proceedings

From time to time, CFC is subject to certain legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business, including litigation with borrowers related to enforcement or collection actions. Management presently believes that the ultimate outcome of these proceedings, individually and in the aggregate, will not materially harm our financial position, liquidity or results of operations. CFC establishes reserves for specific legal matters when it determines that the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome is probable and the loss is reasonably estimable. Accordingly, no reserve has been recorded with respect to any legal proceedings at this time.

Item 1A.Risk Factors

Refer to “Part I— Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2018 Form 10-K for information regarding factors that could affect our results of operations, financial condition and liquidity. We are not aware of any material changes in the risk factors set forth under “Part I— Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2018 Form 10-K.

Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Not applicable.

Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Not applicable.

Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5.Other Information

None.


Item 6. Exhibits

The following exhibits are incorporated by reference or filed as part of this Report.


EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
12*
31.1*
31.2*
32.1†
32.2†
101.INS*XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document
101.LAB*XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE*XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document
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*Indicates a document being filed with this Report.
Indicates a document that is furnished with this Report, which shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that Section.


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 thereunto duly authorized.


NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES
COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION
 
Date: October 10, 2018April 11, 2019                     
By:/s/ J. ANDREW DON
 J. Andrew Don
 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                                
    
By: /s/ ROBERT E. GEIER
 Robert E. Geier
 Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)    
        






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