Material Agreement (Form 8-K)

On January 29, 2026, National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation ("CFC") closed on a $450 million Series W committed loan facility from the U.S. Treasury Department's Federal Financing Bank ("FFB") guaranteed by the United States of America, acting through the Rural Utilities Service. Under this Series W facility, CFC is able to borrow any time before July 15, 2030, with each advance having a final maturity not longer than 30 years from the advance date. Interest rates, including all fees (30 basis points of which are used to support the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program), will be at a spread over comparable maturity Treasury Bonds as follows:

10 years or less 42.5 basis points

Greater than 10 years 55 basis points

This new commitment increases total funding available to CFC under committed loan facilities from the FFB to $1,800 million. The proceeds of the guaranteed loans are to be used by CFC to make loans for any utility infrastructure purpose eligible under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended, or to refinance bonds or notes issued for such purposes.

The foregoing description is a summary and is qualified in its entirely by reference to the agreements themselves, which will be filed as exhibits to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2026.

On January 28, 2026, National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (the "Company") entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Agency Agreement, dated as of October 27, 2023 (the "Agency Agreement"), by and among the Company and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., FNB America Securities LLC, Huntington Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Mizuho Securities USA LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., M&T Securities Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC, Regions Securities LLC, Truist Securities, Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as agents (the "Amendment"), relating to the offer and sale by the Company, from time to time, of an unlimited aggregate principal amount of its Medium-Term Notes, Series D. The Amendment removes Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. as an agent and adds BMO Capital Markets Corp., FNB America Securities LLC, Huntington Securities, Inc. and M&T Securities Inc. as agents under the Agency Agreement.

A copy of the Amendment is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and the description of the material terms of the Amendment in this Item 8.01 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, which is incorporated herein by reference.