UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): April 24, 2018
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF CHICAGO
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Federally chartered corporation | 000-51401 | 36-6001019 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
200 East Randolph Drive Chicago, Illinois | 60601 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(312) 565-5700
Former name or former address, if changed since last report:
Not Applicable
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 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On April 24, 2018, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (the “Bank”) sent a letter to its members to report selected preliminary unaudited financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2018 and the declaration of a dividend. The full text of the member letter is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Report”).
The information being furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 and 9.01 on this Report shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
This Report contains forward-looking statements which are based upon the Bank’s current expectations and speak only as of the date hereof. These statements may use forward-looking terms, such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “could,” “plans,” “estimates,” “may,” “should,” “will,” or their negatives or other variations on these terms. The Bank cautions that, by their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk or uncertainty, that actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements, and that actual events could affect the extent to which a particular objective, projection, estimate, or prediction is realized. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, instability in the credit and debt markets, economic conditions (including effects on, among other things, mortgage-backed securities), changes in mortgage interest rates and prepayment speeds on mortgage assets, the Bank’s ability to successfully execute its business model and to pay future dividends (including enhanced dividends on activity stock), the Bank’s ability to meet required conditions to repurchase or redeem excess capital stock from its members, including maintaining compliance with its minimum regulatory capital requirements and determining its financial condition is sound enough to support such repurchases and redemptions, the Bank’s ability to continue to offer the Reduced Capitalization Advance Program, the Bank’s ability to implement new or enhanced products or programs, the impacts to the Bank from the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s final membership rule and the risk factors set forth in the Bank’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available on the Bank’s website at www.fhlbc.com. The Bank assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this Report. The financial results discussed in this Report are preliminary and unaudited.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is being furnished herewith:
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
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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 Chicago | |||
| Date: April 24, 2018 | By: | /s/ Roger D. Lundstrom | |
| Roger D. Lundstrom | |||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||
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