8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 23, 2006

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF BOSTON

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Federally chartered corporation	000-51402	04-6002575
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

111 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02199

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(617) 292-9600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On June 23, 2006, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (the “Bank”), the 11 other Federal Home Loan Banks (collectively with the Bank, the “FHLBanks”) and the Office of Finance, a joint office of the FHLBanks, entered into the Federal Home Loan Banks P&I Funding and Contingency Plan Agreement (the “Agreement”). The FHLBanks and the Office of Finance entered into the Agreement in response to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System revising its Policy Statement on Payments System Risk (the “Revised Policy”) concerning the disbursement by the Federal Reserve Banks of interest and principal payments on securities issued by government-sponsored enterprises (“GSEs”), such as the FHLBanks, and certain international organizations. The Federal Reserve Banks currently process and post these payments to depository institutions’ Federal Reserve accounts by 9:15 a.m. eastern time, the same posting time as for U.S. Treasury securities’ interest and principal payments, even if the issuer has not fully funded its payments. The Revised Policy requires that, beginning July 20, 2006, Federal Reserve Banks will release these interest and principal payments as directed by the issuer only if the issuer’s Federal Reserve account contains sufficient funds to cover the payments. While the issuer will determine the timing of these payments during the day, each issuer will be required to fund its interest and principal payments by 4:00 p.m. eastern time, in order for the payments to be processed that day.

The FHLBanks issue debt through the Office of Finance in the form of consolidated obligations, and all 12 FHLBanks are jointly and severally liable for the repayment of all consolidated obligations. The Office of Finance funds principal and interest payments on the FHLBanks’ consolidated obligations through its account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. As noted above, beginning July 20, 2006, the Office of Finance will be required to fund these principal and interest payments by 4:00 p.m. eastern time, which will require the FHLBanks to send funds for principal and interest payments to the Office of Finance prior to 4:00 p.m. eastern time. The FHLBanks and the Office of Finance entered into the Agreement to facilitate timely funding by the FHLBanks of the principal and interest payments under their respective consolidated obligations, as made through the Office of Finance, in accordance with the Revised Policy.

Under the Agreement, in the event that one or more FHLBanks does not fund its principal and interest payments under a consolidated obligation by deadlines agreed upon by the FHLBanks and the Office of Finance (for purposes of the Agreement, a “Delinquent Bank”), the non-Delinquent Banks will be obligated to fund any shortfall in funding to the extent that any of the non-Delinquent Banks has a net positive settlement balance (that is, the amount by which end-of-day proceeds received by such non-Delinquent Bank from the sale of consolidated obligations on one day exceeds payments by such non-Delinquent Bank on consolidated obligations on the same day) in its account with the Office of Finance on the day the shortfall occurs. An FHLBank that funds the shortfall of a Delinquent Bank is referred to in the Agreement as a “Contingency Bank.” The non-Delinquent Banks would fund the shortfall of the Delinquent Bank sequentially in accordance with an agreed-upon funding matrix as provided in the Agreement. Additionally, a non-Delinquent Bank could choose to voluntarily fund any shortfall not funded on a mandatory basis by another non-Delinquent Bank. To fund the shortfall of a Delinquent Bank, the Office of Finance will issue to the Contingency Bank on behalf of the Delinquent Bank a consolidated obligation with a maturity of one business day in the amount of the shortfall funded by the Contingency Bank (a “Plan CO”).

On the day that a Plan CO is issued, each non-Delinquent Bank (other than the Contingency Bank that purchased the Plan CO) becomes obligated to purchase a pro rata share of the Plan CO from the Contingency Bank (each such non-Delinquent Bank being a “Reallocation Bank”). The

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pro rata share for each Reallocation Bank will be calculated based upon the aggregate amount of outstanding consolidated obligations for which each Reallocation Bank and the Contingency Bank were primarily liable as of the preceding monthend. Settlement of the purchase by the Reallocation Banks of their pro rata shares of the Plan CO will occur on the second business day following the date on which the Plan CO was issued only if the Plan CO is not repaid on the first business day following its issuance, either by the Delinquent Bank or by another FHLBank.

Plan COs will bear interest calculated on an actual/360 basis at a rate equal to (i) the overnight federal funds quote obtained by the Office of Finance or (ii) the actual cost if the Contingency Bank purchases funds in the open market for delivery to the Office of Finance. Additionally, a Delinquent Bank will be required to pay additional interest on the amount of any Plan CO based on the number of times that FHLBank has been a Delinquent Bank. The interest is 500 basis points per annum for the first delinquency, 750 basis points per annum for the second delinquency and 1000 basis points per annum for subsequent delinquencies. The first 100 basis points of additional interest will be paid to the Contingency Banks that purchased the Plan CO. Additional interest in excess of 100 basis points will be paid to the non-Delinquent Banks in equal shares.

The initial term of the Agreement commences on July 20, 2006, the date that the Revised Policy goes into effect for GSEs, and ends on December 31, 2008 (the “Initial Term”). The Agreement will then automatically renew for successive three-year terms (each a “Renewal Term”) unless at least one year prior to the end of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term at least one-third of the FHLBanks give notice to the other FHLBanks and the Office of Finance of their intention to terminate the Agreement at the end of such Initial Term or Renewal Term. The notice must include an explanation from those FHLBanks of their reasons for taking such action. Under the terms of the Agreement, the FHLBanks and the Office of Finance have agreed to endeavor in good faith to address any such reasons by amending the Agreement so that all FHLBanks and the Office of Finance agree that the Agreement, as amended, will remain in effect.

The above summary of the Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)   Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
10.1	Federal Home Loan Banks P&I Funding and Contingency Plan Agreement, effective as of July 20, 2006, by and among the Office of Finance and each of the Federal Home Loan Banks

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Signature(s)

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 hereunto duly authorized.

	Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
Date: June 23, 2006	By:	/s/ Frank Nitkiewicz
		Frank Nitkiewicz
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

Federal Home Loan Banks P&I Funding and Contingency Plan Agreement

This Federal Home Loan Banks P&I Funding and Contingency Plan Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into as of this 20th day of July, 2006 (the “Effective Date”) by and among the Office of Finance (the “OF”) and each of the Federal Home Loan Banks (“Banks”). The OF and the Banks are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “party” and collectively as the “parties.” All references in this Agreement to any of the parties to this Agreement include such party or any successor entity.

WHEREAS, the Banks are jointly and severally liable for the payment of consolidated obligations issued pursuant to Section 11 of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. §1431) (“COs”);

WHEREAS, the OF has the authority under 12 CFR § 985.6(a) to issue and service (including making timely payments on principal and interest due, subject to 12 CFR §§ 966.8 and 966.9) consolidated obligations issued on behalf of the Banks pursuant to, and in accordance with, the policies and procedures established by the OF Board of Directors; and

WHEREAS, the Federal Reserve Board has announced a change in its Policy Statement on Payments System Risk (as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented, the “PSR Policy”) that will cause the PSR Policy to be applied to the FHLBanks beginning July 20, 2006; and

WHEREAS, the OF and a task force of the Debt Management Sub-Committee of the Financial Officers’ Conference of the Banks have developed P&I Funding and Contingency Plan Procedures (as the same may be amended, modified, or supplemented, the “Procedures”) to deal with the possibility that a Bank may not make a payment of debt service on COs to the OF on a timely basis following the application of the PSR Policy to the Banks; and

WHEREAS, the OF Board of Directors has approved the Procedures and determined that the OF should obtain the written agreement of the Banks on several matters relating to the Procedures, which matters are included in this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Federal Housing Finance Board (the “Finance Board”) has supported the adoption of the Procedures by issuing the waiver attached hereto as Exhibit A (as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented, the “Waiver”) of its prohibition of the direct placement of COs with FHLBanks contained in 12 CFR § 966.8(c), to accommodate the implementation of the Procedures, based in part on its view that timely payment of all principal and interest to investors in COs is essential to maintain the confidence of investors and potential investors in COs; and

WHEREAS, the Waiver provides that the interest rate paid by the Bank that has not remitted all the funds to the OF by the agreed upon deadline on the CO issued pursuant to the Waiver shall be at least 500 basis points above the federal funds rate.

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NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises set forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which the parties acknowledge, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1.   Authorization of Issuance of COs

Each Bank agrees that if it is a “Delinquent Bank” (as defined below), the OF may cause one or more overnight “Plan COs” (as defined below) to be issued on behalf of the Delinquent Bank for the benefit of one or more “Contingency Banks” (as defined below), each such Plan CO to be issued to a Contingency Bank in the principal amount equal to the amount of funds provided by that Contingency Bank on behalf of that Delinquent Bank, to mature on the following Business Day (as defined below), and to bear interest on such principal amount from the date of issuance to but not including that maturity date, due and payable on that maturity date, at the rate per annum (the “Base Cost”) equal to (a) the overnight fed funds quote obtained by the OF from a recognized funds broker to be paid for any available funds delivered to the OF by a Contingency Bank or withheld from its “positive net position” as described in Section 2 of this Agreement or (b) the actual cost if funds are purchased by that Contingency Bank in the open market and delivered to the OF. All such interest shall be calculated on an actual/360 basis based on the number of days the Plan CO is outstanding, including non-Business Days. The Delinquent Bank shall also be obligated to pay “Additional Interest” as set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement, all or a portion of which will satisfy the obligation of the Delinquent Bank under the Waiver to pay an interest rate on the Plan CO that is at least 500 basis points above the federal funds rate.

The OF shall issue a Plan CO in physical form under those circumstances and apply the proceeds therefrom on behalf of that Delinquent Bank as provided for in the Procedures. Each Bank hereby authorizes the OF, and the OF hereby agrees, to hold any Plan COs issued as agent for each such Bank when it acts as a Contingency Bank.

For purposes of this Agreement,

a “Delinquent Bank” means a Bank that misses any funding time specified in the Procedures, including a funding time for the repayment of Plan COs; and

a “Plan CO” means a CO issued on behalf of a Delinquent Bank to one or more Contingency Banks. For the avoidance of doubt, although a Delinquent Bank is primarily responsible for repayment of a Plan CO issued on its behalf, each Plan CO is the joint and several obligation of all 12 Banks; and

a “Contingency Bank” means any Bank that provides funds for a Delinquent Bank under the Procedures; and

“Business Day” means any day other than (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) any day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.

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2.   Use of Proceeds to Purchase COs

Each Bank shall be obligated to provide and authorizes the OF to apply any “positive net position” (i.e., the amount by which end-of-day proceeds received by a Bank from sale of COs on one day exceed payments by that Bank on COs on the same day) of that Bank to the purchase of a Plan CO issued on behalf of a Delinquent Bank, thereby causing such Bank to become a Contingency Bank, based on the priority established in the matrix attached hereto as Exhibit B (“Contingency Funding Matrix”) and otherwise in accordance with the Procedures.

3.   Additional Interest

Each Bank agrees that if it is a Delinquent Bank, then it will pay an amount (“Additional Interest”) in accordance with the following schedule in addition to interest equal to the Base Cost:

1st offense	— 500 basis points per annum of the delinquent amount
2nd offense	— 750 basis points per annum of the delinquent amount
3rd and subsequent offense	— 1,000 basis points per annum of the delinquent amount

The Additional Interest will be calculated on an actual/360 basis based on the actual number of days the related Plan CO is outstanding, including non-Business Days, from the date of issuance to but excluding the stated maturity date. For purposes of this calculation, Additional Interest attributable to a delinquent amount that is not related to the principal amount of a Plan CO (i.e., because the Delinquent Bank pays all or a portion of its delinquent amount after a deadline but before a Contingency Bank is entitled to have a Plan CO issued for its benefit on behalf of the Delinquent Bank with respect to such amount) will be assessed on that delinquent amount assuming that a Plan CO was issued with a principal amount equal to that delinquent amount and that the Plan CO would mature on the next Business Day.

For purposes of calculating Additional Interest, each different time deadline established under the Procedures will accrue its own separate count of the number of offenses, so that a Delinquent Bank will pay a separate amount for each such time deadline missed, and the step-up in Additional Interest for the occurrence of a particular offense will only be measured with regard to offenses that have occurred within the 36-month period ending on the date of that particular offense (the “Delinquency Measurement Period”). For example, if a Delinquent Bank twice misses a morning deadline and once misses an afternoon deadline, all as established under the Procedures, within a Delinquency Measurement Period, then the Delinquent Bank shall have been subject to Additional Interest of 500 basis points with respect to the first morning deadline missed, Additional Interest of 750 basis points with respect to the second morning deadline missed, and Additional Interest of 500 basis points with respect to the afternoon deadline missed.

Each Bank agrees that (i) for each Plan CO issued, the first 100 basis points of the Additional Interest shall be assessed against the Delinquent Bank for the benefit of the Contingency Bank that purchased the Plan CO as provided in Section 1 of this

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Agreement, and the balance of the Additional Interest assessed against the Delinquent Bank (i.e., 400 basis points, 650 basis points, or 900 basis points) will be divided equally among the Banks (including the Contingency Banks) that are not Delinquent Banks with respect to the same funding time specified in the Procedures and (ii) for Additional Interest attributable to a delinquent amount that is not related to a Plan CO, the Additional Interest will be divided equally among the Banks that are not Delinquent Banks with respect to the same funding time specified in the Procedures. Each of the Banks and the OF agree that any Additional Interest will be allocated and paid through the monthly assessment from the OF, and that the Additional Interest is not the joint and several obligation of the Banks.

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3 or Section 7(a) or (b) of this Agreement to the contrary, and subject to Sections 5(a) and (d) below, each Bank agrees that assessment of the Additional Interest shall be subject to the appellate process contained in the Procedures and that the OF shall have the authority to waive all or any portion of the Additional Interest or excuse the occurrence of any offense as provided for in the Procedures. To the extent permitted under the Waiver, the assessment of Additional Interest shall be suspended pending completion of the appellate process.

4.   Reallocation of COs

Each Bank agrees that if a Bank is a Delinquent Bank, with respect to each Plan CO issued to a Contingency Bank on behalf of a Delinquent Bank, each Bank that is a “Reallocation Bank” (as defined below) shall immediately have the obligation to purchase that Reallocation Bank’s “Pro Rata Share” (as defined below) of such Plan CO from that Contingency Bank, with such obligation to purchase being effective immediately upon the issuance of the Plan CO , subject to the proviso in the following paragraph.

Each Bank agrees that if it is a Reallocation Bank, it will wire to the Contingency Bank that holds a Plan CO an amount equal to (i) its Pro Rata Share of the principal amount of that Plan CO, plus (ii) accrued interest thereon from the date of issue of the Plan CO until its stated maturity date equal to the Base Cost, not later than 1:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the second Business Day following the date of issuance of that Plan CO; provided, however, that such Reallocation Bank shall not be required to wire funds to the extent that it determines in good faith such purchase will violate any rule, regulation or binding policy of the Finance Board, and under those circumstances such Reallocation Bank shall be excused from its obligation to make such payment to the Contingency Bank, but not from its joint and several obligation, with respect to such Plan CO. The wire shall be sent to the account identified by the Contingency Bank for that purpose, and time is of the essence with respect to the wire. In the event there are multiple Plan COs issued on a particular date, Reallocation Banks shall not favor any Contingency Bank over any other Contingency Bank, and shall purchase its Pro Rata Shares of such Plan COs on a proportional basis. To the extent that a Plan CO is repaid prior to the settlement of a Reallocation Bank’s obligations to purchase its Pro Rata Share, that Pro Rata Share shall be reduced proportionally by the amount so repaid.

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Each Contingency Bank shall promptly notify the OF of its receipt of payment of the Pro Rata Share amounts from the Reallocation Banks. Promptly following receipt of that notice and confirmation of the payment from the Reallocation Banks, the OF shall cancel such original outstanding physical Plan CO and shall reissue replacement physical Plan COs with the principal amounts representing the respective Pro Rata Shares of the Reallocation Banks that have paid for their purchase of the Plan CO, along with a Plan CO representing the balance of the principal amount of the original Plan CO that is retained by the Contingency Bank. Each such reissued Plan CO remains a “Plan CO” for purposes of this Agreement and the Procedures, but a Reallocation Bank will not be treated as the Contingency Bank with respect thereto. Each Bank hereby authorizes the OF, and the OF hereby agrees, to hold any such reissued Plan COs payable to such Bank as agent for such Bank’s benefit, and to pay debt service on such CO to the record owner of such Plan CO as reflected on the OF’s books following reissuance.

For purposes of this Section,

a “Reallocation Bank” with respect to a Plan CO means each Bank other than (i) any Delinquent Bank on behalf of which that Plan CO or any other Plan CO was originally issued on the same date, and (ii) the Contingency Bank that owns that Plan CO;

“Pro Rata Share” of a Reallocation Bank means a fraction, the numerator of which is the total amount of outstanding COs for which the Reallocation Bank is primary obligor as of the Most Recent Measurement Date, and the denominator of which is the total amount of outstanding COs for which all Reallocation Banks and the Contingency Bank are primary obligor as of the Most Recent Measurement Date; and

“Most Recent Measurement Date” means the most recent month-end data calculated by the OF and available on the OF’s Debt Servicing System, which amount is not adjusted for inter-bank ownership of COs.

The Banks agree that the provisions of this Section 4 shall not affect the allocation of Additional Interest pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement, including without limitation the allocation of the first 100 basis points of Additional Interest pursuant to such paragraph to a Contingency Bank that acquired the Plan CO at original issuance.

One or more Contingency Banks and Reallocation Banks may agree among themselves to net their payments to each other that are due as a result of multiple Plan COs having been issued and subject to reallocation on the same date.

Each Bank agrees that the formula for determining the Pro Rata Shares has been agreed to by the Banks solely for the purpose of this Agreement and is not intended to represent an agreed upon allocation of risk or responsibility for any other purpose.

The provisions of this Section 4 shall survive any termination of this Agreement with respect to any Plan CO issued prior to such termination.

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5.   Acknowledgements

Each Bank acknowledges and agrees that:

(a)the Base Cost plus the Additional Interest assessed against a Delinquent Bank may not be lower than the amount required to be paid by the Delinquent Bank under the Waiver;

(b)the OF shall be required to provide any notice of issuance of a Plan CO hereunder to the Office of Supervision of the Finance Board, which notice is presently required by the Waiver to be provided no later than 5:00 P.M. eastern time on the date of the issuance of the Plan CO;

(c)its agreement in Section 1 of this Agreement with respect to any Plan CO issued on its behalf as a Delinquent Bank satisfies the regulatory requirement contained in 12 CFR § 966.8(b) that provides that COs may be offered for sale only in the event Banks are committed to take the proceeds;

(d)the appellate process referred to in the last paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement will be subject to the terms of the Waiver;

(e)no Bank will be entitled to a Plan CO in the amount of any positive net position except to the extent its end-of-day positive net position is used to purchase a Plan CO; and

(f)the Additional Interest will be calculated based on the principal amount of a Plan CO, as well as any other delinquent amount paid late to the OF by the Delinquent Bank.

6.   Representations and Warranties of the Parties

As of the date of its execution and delivery of this Agreement, each party represents and warrants to the other parties that:

(a)   This Agreement is within such party’s powers and has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action.

(b)   This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such party enforceable in accordance with its terms.

7.   Termination­ and Amendments

(a)   This Agreement will be deemed to be effective as of the Effective Date and will continue in full force until such time as (i) at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Banks agree to its termination, (ii) the Finance Board rescinds the Waiver or (iii) the Finance Board takes any action, including without limitation modification of the Waiver, that

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makes compliance by the OF or the Banks with this Agreement not commercially reasonable.

(b)This Agreement may be amended only in a signed writing executed and delivered by all of the Banks and the OF. Any such amendment shall be effective as of the effective date set forth in the amendment.

(c)This Agreement shall also be subject to termination at 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 2008, and at 11:59 p.m. on each third December 31 thereafter (e.g. December 31, 2011, December 31, 2014, etc.) (“Expiration Time”) if at least one-third (1/3) of the Banks provide notice of their respective election to terminate to each other Bank and the OF at least one year prior to the Expiration Time. Such notice shall identify with reasonable specificity the reason or reasons such Bank wishes to terminate the Agreement at the next Expiration Time. The Banks and the OF agree to negotiate in good faith toward the resolution of the issues raised in the notices of termination with a view of reaching agreement on a new agreement at or prior to the Expiration Time.

8.Successors and Assigns

This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and permitted and authorized assigns of each Bank and the OF.

9.   Governing Law; Severability

This Agreement shall be governed by the statutory and common law of the United States and, to the extent federal law incorporates or defers to state law, the laws (exclusive of the choice of law provisions) of the State of New York. Any term or provision of this Agreement that is determined to be invalid or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement.

10.   Notice

Except for any notices of payment delivered pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement, which shall be delivered promptly either telephonically or electronically, any notice required or permitted to be given or made under this Agreement, including a notice to effect a change in a party’s address for notice, must be in writing and addressed to the other parties at the addresses of such parties set forth beneath their signatures below, and will be deemed to be properly given or made on the earliest of (i) actual delivery, (ii) two (2) Business Days after being sent, with delivery charges paid by the sending party, by a nationally recognized commercial courier service for delivery on the next Business Day, and (iii) three (3) Business Days after being sent through the United States Postal Service, certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid.

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11.   Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

12.   Entire Agreement; Conflicts

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties and supersedes all prior understandings or agreements, oral or written, among the parties on the subjects addressed in this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement, including without limitation the right of Banks to terminate it or the right of Banks to withhold approval of an amendment, shall be construed to (i) conflict with or limit the authority of the OF to carry out its duties pursuant to law, including without limitation Federal Housing Finance Board regulations; or (ii) alter the Banks’ joint and several liability on COs, including the Plan COs issued hereunder. This Agreement does not constitute “an agreement to obtain financial assistance to meet a Bank’s current obligations… due during this quarter”, a “consolidated obligation payment plan,” an “inter-Bank assistance agreement” or “a payment on any [CO] on behalf of another Bank” as these terms are used in 12 CFR § 966.9. If any applicable provision contained in the Procedures irreconcilably conflicts with any express provision of this Agreement, then such express provision of this Agreement shall control.

13. No Third Party Rights Created

Nothing in this Agreement shall create or be deemed to create any rights in any third party.

14. Suspension of Obligations

If the Finance Board issues any order or enters into or amends any written agreement, including without limitation a written agreement within the meaning of 12 USC § 1422b(a)(5), that prohibits or prevents a party to this Agreement from either being a party to this Agreement, or from performing its obligations under this Agreement, after the Effective Date, then that party’s duty to perform its obligations under this Agreement shall be suspended while such order by or agreement with the Finance Board is in effect.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed, on the date(s) set forth below, as of the day and year first above written.

Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta			Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
By:	/s/ W. Wesley McMullan		President:		/s/ Michael A. Jessee
	Name:	W. Wesley McMullan	Date:	5-23-06
	Title:	Executive Vice President	Address for notice:
By:	/s/ D. Haddon Foster, II			111 Huntington Avenue
	Name:	D. Haddon Foster, II		Boston, MA 02199
	Title:	First Vice President
Date:	May 23, 2006
Address for notice:
1475 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
Attention: Director, Financial Management

Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago			Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati
President:		/s/ Mike Thomas	President:		/s/ David H. Hehman
Date:	6/16/06		Date:	June 16, 2006
Address for notice:			Address for notice:
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago			Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati
111 East Wacker Drive			221 East Fourth Street, Suite 1000
Chicago, Illinois 60601			Cincinnati, OH 45202
Attention: General Counsel			SVP/Treasurer:			/s/ Carole L. Cossé

Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas			Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
President:		/s/ Terry Smith	President:		/s/ Neil N. Fruechte
Date:	5/10/06		Date:	May 11, 2006
Address for notice:			Address for notice:
	8500 Freeport Parkway South			907 Walnut
	Suite 100			Des Moines, IA 50309
	Irving, Texas 75063

Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis			Federal Home Loan Bank of New York
President:		/s/ Martin L. Heger	President:		/s/ Alfred A. DelliBovi
Date:	June 1, 2006		Date:	May 22, 2006
Address for notice:			Address for notice:
	8250 Woodfield Crossing Blvd.		101 Park Avenue, Floor 5
	Indianapolis, IN 46240		New York, NY
	Attention: Milton Miller, CFO		10178-0599

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Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh			Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
President:		/s/ John R. Price	President:		/s/ Dean Schultz
Date:	May 24, 2006		Date:	April 27, 2006
Address for notice:			Address for notice:
	601 Grant Street		600 California Street, 4th Floor
	Attn: Capital Markets		San Francisco, California 94108
	Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle			Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka
President:		/s/ James E. Gilleran	President:	/s/ Andrew J. Jetter
Date:	May 17, 2006		Date: May 12, 2006
Address for notice:			Address for notice:
	1501 Fourth Ave., Ste. 1800		Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka
	Seattle, WA 98101-1693		One Security Benefit Place, Suite100
			Topeka, KS 66606-2444
			Attn: General Counsel

Office of Finance
Managing Director:		/s/ John K. Darr
Date:	5-22-06
Address for notice:
	Two Fountain Square
	11921 Freedom Drive Suite 1000
	Reston, VA 20190

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EXHIBIT A

WAIVER

A-1

Number: 2005-22

Date: December 14, 2005

FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD

Waiver Concerning the Direct Placement of Consolidated Obligations

WHEREAS, section 2A of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. § 1422a(a)(3)) requires the Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) to ensure that the Federal Home Loan Banks (Banks) remain adequately capitalized and able to raise funds in the capital markets to the extent consistent with ensuring the safe and sound operation of the Banks;

WHEREAS, timely payment of all principal and interest to investors in consolidated obligations (COs) is essential to maintain the confidence of investors and potential investors in COs;

WHEREAS, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will implement procedures that will prevent a Bank or any other government sponsored enterprise from incurring an overdraft in the accounts at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York used to pay the principal and interest due on securities;

WHEREAS, the Banks Office of Finance (OF) serves as agent for each Bank in remitting to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York all funds due for principal and interest payments on COs;

WHEREAS, under 12 C.F.R. §§ 907.2 and 907.6, any party may request a waiver of a provision, restriction, or requirement of the Finance Board regulations not otherwise required by law if such waiver is not inconsistent with the law, does not adversely affect any substantial existing rights and the Finance Board finds that application of the restriction would adversely effect achievement of the purposes of the Bank Act, or upon a showing of good cause;

WHEREAS, on October 18, 2005, the OF submitted to the Finance Board a request to waive the prohibition on direct placement of COs in 12 C.F.R. § 966.8(c) when a Bank has not provided to the OF by the agreed upon deadline all funds for principal and interest payments due that day on COs, or portions of COs, for which that Bank is the primary obligor; and

WHEREAS, Finance Board staff has reviewed the waiver request and determined that it is consistent with the Bank Act, for good cause, and raises no legal or safety and soundness concerns if the waiver is granted pursuant to the terms of this resolution.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED that effective July 1, 2006, the Board of Directors hereby waives 12 C.F.R. § 966.8(c) when direct placement of COs is necessary to assure that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has sufficient funds to timely pay all principal and interest due that day on COs or portions of COs;

IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the OF must notify the Office of Supervision no later than 5:00 pm, eastern time, on any day it directly places a CO pursuant to this waiver; and

IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the interest rate paid by the Bank that has not remitted all the funds to the OF by the agreed upon deadline on the CO issued pursuant to this waiver shall be at least 500 basis points above the federal funds rate.

By the Board of Directors of the
Federal Housing Finance Board

/s/ Ronald A. Rosenfeld

Ronald A. Rosenfeld

Chairman

EXHIBIT B

Contingency Funding Matrix

Priority

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Jan

BOST

NWYK

PITT

ATLA

CINC

INDP

CHIC

DSMN

DALL

TPKA

SNFR

STTL

Feb

NWYK

PITT

ATLA

CINC

INDP

CHIC

DSMN

DALL

TPKA

SNFR

STTL

BOST

Mar

PITT

ATLA

CINC

INDP

CHIC

DSMN

DALL

TPKA

SNFR

STTL

BOST

NWYK

Apr

ATLA

CINC

INDP

CHIC

DSMN

DALL

TPKA

SNFR

STTL

BOST

NWYK

PITT

May

CINC

INDP

CHIC

DSMN

DALL

TPKA

SNFR

STTL

BOST

NWYK

PITT

ATLA

Jun

INDP

CHIC

DSMN

DALL

TPKA

SNFR

STTL

BOST

NWYK

PITT

ATLA

CINC

Jul

CHIC

DSMN

DALL

TPKA

SNFR

STTL

BOST

NWYK

PITT

ATLA

CINC

INDP

Aug

DSMN

DALL

TPKA

SNFR

STTL

BOST

NWYK

PITT

ATLA

CINC

INDP

CHIC

Sep

DALL

TPKA

SNFR

STTL

BOST

NWYK

PITT

ATLA

CINC

INDP

CHIC

DSMN

Oct

TPKA

SNFR

STTL

BOST

NWYK

PITT

ATLA

CINC

INDP

CHIC

DSMN

DALL

Nov

SNFR

STTL

BOST

NWYK

PITT

ATLA

CINC

INDP

CHIC

DSMN

DALL

TPKA

Dec

STTL

BOST

NWYK

PITT

ATLA

CINC

INDP

CHIC

DSMN

DALL

TPKA

SNFR

B-1