Replay of National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation Conference Call on First Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Financial Results Available

Business Wire, Oct 16, 2008

HERNDON, Va. -- National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (National Rural) held a conference call today with investors to review its first quarter FY 2009 results. The call, which features an opening presentation by Chief Financial Officer Steven Lilly and an extended question-and-answer session, is available for replay. The replay will be available through January 17, 2009. The replay may be accessed using the following telephone numbers:

U.S. Replay:           >
877-919-4059
International Replay:  >
334-323-7226
Replay Access Code:    >
43901051

In addition, the slides used during the presentation portion of the call are now available on the National Rural Web site. Investors and other interested parties can access the slides by going to the following link: http://www.nrucfc.org/investors/index.htm

National Rural's Form 10-Q for the period ended August 31, 2008, was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). A copy is available through the National Rural Web site at www.nrucfc.coop or via the SEC's EDGAR database at www.sec.gov.

National Rural is a not-for-profit finance cooperative that serves the nation's rural utility systems, the majority of which are electric cooperatives and their subsidiaries. With more than $19 billion in assets, National Rural provides its member-owners with an assured source of low-cost capital and state-of-the-art financial products and services.