Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston

03/26/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/26/2024 12:09

New Financial Obligation - Form 8-K

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (the Bank) obtains most of its funds from the sale of debt securities, known as consolidated obligations, in the capital markets. Consolidated obligations, which consist of bonds and discount notes, are by regulation the joint and several obligations of the 11 Federal Home Loan Banks (the FHLBanks). Consolidated obligations are sold to the public through the FHLBanks' Office of Finance using authorized securities dealers.

The FHLBanks are regulated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (the Finance Agency) and the Finance Agency regulations authorize the Finance Agency to require any FHLBank also to repay all or any portion of the principal of or interest on any or all consolidated obligations for which any other FHLBank is the primary obligor. In other words, the Bank is jointly and severally liable with the other FHLBanks for any and all payments due on all of the consolidated obligations issued by the FHLBanks, regardless of whether the Bank receives all or any portion of the proceeds from any particular issuance. Information regarding historical, current, and future issuances of consolidated obligations by the FHLBanks may be obtained from the Office of Finance (http://www.fhlb-of.com). Further, consolidated obligations are backed only by the financial resources of the FHLBanks and are not guaranteed by the United States government.

Schedule Asets forth all consolidated obligation bonds and discount notes committed to be issued by the FHLBanks, for which the Bank is the primary obligor, on the trade dates indicated, other than discount notes with a maturity of one year or less that are issued in the ordinary course of business. [Schedule Aalso includes any consolidated obligations with a remaining maturity in excess of one year, if any, for which we have assumed the primary repayment obligation from another FHLBank.]

We may elect to change our method of reporting information on the issuance or assumption of consolidated obligations at any time. In reviewing the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, please note:

•although certain aggregated issuances of consolidated obligations are material to the Bank, we have not made a judgment as to the materiality of any particular consolidated obligation or obligations;
•Schedule Adoes not address any interest-rate-exchange agreements (or other derivative instruments) that we may enter into as a result of our asset and liability-management strategies and that may be associated, directly or indirectly, with one or more of the reported consolidated obligations;
•Schedule Awill not enable a reader to track changes in the total consolidated obligations outstanding for which we are the primary obligor because Schedule Agenerally excludes consolidated obligation discount notes with a maturity of one year or less and does not reflect whether the proceeds from the issuance of the reported consolidated obligations will be used to, among other things, replace called or maturing consolidated obligations. We will report the total consolidated obligations outstanding for which we are the primary obligor in our periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and
•the principal amounts reported on Schedule Arepresent the principal amount of the reported consolidated obligations at par, which may not correspond to the amounts reported in our financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles contained in our


periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, because the par amount does not account for, among other things, any discounts, premiums, or concessions.

Schedule A
TRADE DATE CUSIP SETTLEMENT DATE MATURITY DATE NEXT PAY DATE CALL TYPE (1) CALL STYLE (2) RATE TYPE/RATE SUB-TYPE (3)(4) NEXT CALL DATE COUPON PCT BANK PAR
($)
3/20/2024 3130B0LF4 3/22/2024 9/21/2026 9/21/2024 Optional Principal Redemption Bermudan Fixed Constant 6/21/2024 5.500 15,000,000
3/20/2024 3130B0LM9 3/21/2024 3/21/2025 9/21/2024 Optional Principal Redemption Bermudan Fixed Constant 6/21/2024 5.375 15,000,000
3/21/2024 3130AVBC5 3/25/2024 3/12/2027 9/12/2024 Non-Callable N/A Fixed Constant N/A 4.500 5,000,000
3/21/2024 3130AVBD3 3/25/2024 3/9/2029 9/9/2024 Non-Callable N/A Fixed Constant N/A 4.500 8,600,000
3/21/2024 3130AXB31 3/25/2024 3/13/2026 9/13/2024 Non-Callable N/A Fixed Constant N/A 4.875 3,850,000
3/21/2024 3130B0LW7 4/1/2024 4/1/2027 10/1/2024 Optional Principal Redemption American Fixed Constant 4/1/2025 5.150 25,000,000
3/21/2024 3130B0M63 3/25/2024 3/24/2027 9/24/2024 Optional Principal Redemption Bermudan Fixed Constant 12/24/2024 5.300 15,000,000

1) Call Type Description:

•Optional Principal Redemptionbonds (callable bonds) may be redeemed by the Bank in whole or in part at its discretion on predetermined call dates, according to the terms of the bond.
•Indexed Amortizing Notes(indexed principal redemption bonds) repay principal based on a predetermined amortization schedule or formula that is linked to the level of a certain index, according to the terms of the bond.
•Scheduled Amortizing Notesrepay principal based on a predetermined amortization schedule, according to the terms of the bond.

(2) Call Style Description: Indicates whether the consolidated obligation is redeemable at the option of the Bank, and if so redeemable, the type of redemption provision. The types of redemption provisions are:

•American- redeemable continuously on and after the first redemption date and until maturity.
•Bermudan- redeemable on specified recurring dates on and after the first redemption date, until maturity.
•European - redeemable on a particular date only.


•Canary - redeemable on specified recurring dates on and after the first redemption date until a specified date prior to maturity.
•Multi-European- redeemable on particular dates only.

(3) Rate Type Description:

•Conversionbonds have coupons that convert from fixed to variable, or variable to fixed, or a mix of capped coupons and non-capped coupons, or from one variable type to another, or from one U.S. or other currency index to another, according to the terms of the bond.
•Fixedbonds generally pay interest at constant or stepped fixed rates over the life of the bond, according to the terms of the bond.
•Variablebonds may pay interest at different rates over the life of the bond, according to the terms of the bond.

(4) Rate Sub-Type Description:

•Constantbonds generally pay interest at fixed rates over the life of the bond, according to the terms of the bond.
•Step Downbonds generally pay interest at decreasing fixed rates for specified intervals over the life of the bond, according to the terms of the bond.
•Step Upbonds generally pay interest at increasing fixed rates for specified intervals over the life of the bond, according to the terms of the bond.
•Step Up/Downbonds generally pay interest at various fixed rates for specified intervals over the life of the bond, according to the terms of the bond.
•Zero Couponbonds earn a fixed yield to maturity or the optional principal redemption date, according to the terms of the bond, with principal and interest paid at maturity, or upon redemption to the extent exercised prior to maturity.
•Capped Floaterbonds have an interest rate that cannot exceed a stated or calculated ceiling, according to the terms of the bond.
•Dual Index Floaterbonds have an interest rate determined by two or more indices, according to the terms of the bond.
•Leveraged/Deleveragedbonds pay interest based on a formula that includes an expressed multiplier, according to the terms of the bond: multiplier > 1 = leveraged, multiplier < 1 = deleveraged.
•Inverse Floaterbonds have an interest rate that increases as an index declines and decreases as an index rises, according to the terms of the bond.
•Stepped Floaterbonds pay interest based on an increasing spread over an index, according to the terms of the bond.
•Rangebonds may pay interest at different rates depending upon whether a specified index is inside or outside a specified range, according to the terms of the bond.
•Single Index Floaterbonds pay interest at a rate that increases as an index rises and decreases as an index declines, according to the terms of the bond.
•Ratchet Floaterbonds pay interest subject to increasing floors, according to the terms of the bond, such that subsequent coupons may not be lower than the previous coupon.