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EXHIBIT 99.1

ANNEX A

THE TRUST STUDENT LOAN POOL

The trust student loans owned by the trust were originally selected from a portfolio of consolidation student loans owned by Student Loan Marketing Association by employing several criteria, including requirements that each trust student loan as of the original cutoff date:
 
·     
was guaranteed as to principal and interest by a guaranty agency under a guarantee agreement and the guaranty agency was, in turn, reinsured by the Department of Education in accordance with the FFELP;
 
·     
contained terms in accordance with those required by the FFELP, the guarantee agreements and other applicable requirements;
 
·     
was more than 120 days past the final disbursement;
 
·     
was not more than 210 days past due;
 
·     
did not have a borrower who was noted in the related records of the servicer as being currently involved in a bankruptcy proceeding; and
 
·     
had special allowance payments, if any, based on the three-month commercial paper rate or the 91-day Treasury bill rate.

No trust student loan as of the original cutoff date was subject to the depositor’s or the Student Loan Marketing Association’s prior obligation to sell that loan to a third party. The Student Loan Marketing Association was dissolved on December 31, 2004 and all of its obligations were assumed by its affiliate, SLM Education Credit Finance Corporation.

Unless otherwise specified, all information with respect to the trust student loans is presented as of January 31, 2013, which is the statistical disclosure date.

The following tables provide a description of specified characteristics of the trust student loans as of the statistical disclosure date.  The aggregate outstanding principal balance of the loans in each of the following tables includes the principal balance due from borrowers, plus accrued interest of $3,857,502 to be capitalized as of the statistical disclosure date.  Percentages and dollar amounts in any table may not total 100% or whole dollars due to rounding.  The following tables also contain information concerning the total number of loans and total number of borrowers in the portfolio of trust student loans.  For ease of administration, the servicer separates a consolidation loan on its system into two separate loan segments representing subsidized and unsubsidized segments of the same loan.  The following tables reflect those loan segments within the number of loans.  In addition, 10 borrowers have more than one trust student loan.

The distribution by weighted average interest rate applicable to the trust student loans on any date following the statistical disclosure date may vary significantly from that in the following tables as a result of variations in the effective rates of interest applicable to the trust student loans and in rates of principal reduction.  Moreover, the information below about the weighted average remaining term to maturity of the trust student loans as of the statistical disclosure date may vary significantly from the actual
 
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term to maturity of any of the trust student loans as a result of prepayments or the granting of deferment and forbearance periods.

The following tables also contain information concerning the total number of loans and the total number of borrowers in the portfolio of trust student loans.
 
Percentages and dollar amounts in any table may not total 100% of the trust student loan balance, as applicable, due to rounding.

COMPOSITION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS AS OF
THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
  $ 885,751,443  
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill
  $ 124,119,073  
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill
    14.01 %
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – One-Month LIBOR
  $ 761,632,370  
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – One-Month LIBOR
    85.99 %
Number of Borrowers
    25,941  
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Borrower
  $ 34,145  
Number of Loans
    44,089  
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – Treasury Bill
  $ 25,289  
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – One-Month LIBOR
  $ 19,439  
Weighted Average Remaining Term to Scheduled Maturity
 
202 months
 
Weighted Average Annual Interest Rate
    7.32 %
         

We determined the weighted average remaining term to maturity shown in the table from the statistical disclosure date to the stated maturity date of the applicable trust student loan without giving effect to any deferment or forbearance periods that may be granted in the future.  See Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum.

The weighted average annual borrower interest rate shown in the table is exclusive of special allowance payments.  The weighted average spread for special allowance payments to the 91-day Treasury bill rate was 3.10% as of the statistical disclosure date.

The weighted average spread for special allowance payments to the one-month LIBOR rate was 2.64% as of the statistical disclosure date.  See “Special Allowance Payments” in Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum.

For these purposes, the 91-day Treasury bill rate is the weighted average per annum discount rate, expressed on a bond equivalent basis and applied on a daily basis, for direct obligations of the United States with a maturity of thirteen weeks, as reported by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

 
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DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY BORROWER INTEREST RATES AS OF THE STATISTICAL
DISCLOSURE DATE
 
 
Interest Rates
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
Less than or equal to 3.00%                                                        
    1     $ 7,036       *  
3.01% to 3.50%                                                        
    3       90,916       *  
3.51% to 4.00%                                                        
    2       53,251       *  
4.01% to 4.50%                                                        
    0       0       *  
4.51% to 5.00%                                                        
    30       254,355       *  
5.01% to 5.50%                                                        
    672       9,206,704       1.0 %
5.51% to 6.00%                                                        
    3,785       58,631,552       6.6  
6.01% to 6.50%                                                        
    7,893       134,937,904       15.2  
6.51% to 7.00%                                                        
    12,968       229,209,242       25.9  
7.01% to 7.50%                                                        
    2,594       53,180,098       6.0  
7.51% to 8.00%                                                        
    6,246       146,393,387       16.5  
8.01% to 8.50%                                                        
    8,182       200,750,968       22.7  
Equal to or greater than 8.51%                                                        
    1,713       53,036,031       6.0  
                         
            Total                                                        
    44,089     $ 885,751,443       100.0 %
* Represents a percentage greater than 0% but less than 0.05%.
 


We determined the interest rates shown in the table above using the interest rates applicable to the trust student loans as of the statistical disclosure date.  Because trust student loans with different interest rates are likely to be repaid at different rates, this information is not likely to remain applicable to the trust student loans after the statistical disclosure date.  See Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum and “The Student Loan Pools – Sallie Mae’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the original prospectus.

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DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE PER BORROWER
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
Range of Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
Number of
Borrowers
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
Less than $5,000.00
    2,856     $ 7,486,867         0.8 %
$  5,000.00-$ 9,999.99
    3,145       22,657,890         2.6  
$10,000.00-$14,999.99
    3,225       40,738,553         4.6  
$15,000.00-$19,999.99
    2,885       50,110,715         5.7  
$20,000.00-$24,999.99
    2,184       48,849,713         5.5  
$25,000.00-$29,999.99
    1,690       46,458,409         5.2  
$30,000.00-$34,999.99
    1,478       47,915,789         5.4  
$35,000.00-$39,999.99
    1,276       47,639,446         5.4  
$40,000.00-$44,999.99
    974       41,338,736         4.7  
$45,000.00-$49,999.99
    825       39,271,928         4.4  
$50,000.00-$54,999.99
    715       37,491,084         4.2  
$55,000.00-$59,999.99
    583       33,490,979         3.8  
$60,000.00-$64,999.99
    521       32,563,962         3.7  
$65,000.00-$69,999.99
    466       31,403,784         3.5  
$70,000.00-$74,999.99
    381       27,544,785         3.1  
$75,000.00-$79,999.99
    323       24,942,489         2.8  
$80,000.00-$84,999.99
    297       24,514,830         2.8  
$85,000.00-$89,999.99
    264       23,083,170         2.6  
$90,000.00-$94,999.99
    209       19,312,284         2.2  
$95,000.00-$99,999.99
    172       16,788,623         1.9  
$100,000.00 and above
    1,472       222,147,409         25.1  
                       
Total
    25,941     $ 885,751,443          100.0 %
 

 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY DELINQUENCY STATUS AS OF THE
STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
 
Number of Days Delinquent
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
0-30 days
    40,108     $ 775,391,087       87.5 %
31-60 days
    1,561       42,508,762       4.8  
61-90 days
    714       20,058,637       2.3  
91-120 days
    401       11,606,858       1.3  
121-150 days
    318       8,427,954       1.0  
151-180 days
    238       6,105,171       0.7  
181-210 days
    170       5,142,555       0.6  
Greater than 210 days
    579       16,510,420       1.9  
                         
             Total
    44,089     $ 885,751,443       100.0 %
   


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DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY REMAINING TERM TO SCHEDULED MATURITY
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
Number of Months
Remaining to
Scheduled Maturity
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
0 to 3           
    47     $ 19,269       *  
4 to12
    263       263,320       *  
13 to 24
    625       1,322,449       0.1 %
25 to 36
    951       3,304,368       0.4  
37 to 48
    1,887       7,511,368       0.8  
49 to 60
    2,501       11,006,423       1.2  
61 to 72
    1,280       8,715,683       1.0  
73 to 84
    1,290       10,283,181       1.2  
85 to 96
    1,898       17,828,923       2.0  
97 to 108
    3,507       32,941,896       3.7  
109 to 120
    3,956       41,311,078       4.7  
121 to 132
    2,842       57,304,931       6.5  
133 to 144
    2,359       52,472,915       5.9  
145 to 156
    1,973       40,866,374       4.6  
157 to 168
    2,707       52,527,823       5.9  
169 to 180
    2,820       55,190,793       6.2  
181 to 192
    1,446       33,637,341       3.8  
193 to 204
    1,205       29,281,646       3.3  
205 to 216
    1,373       37,161,498       4.2  
217 to 228
    1,758       51,881,022       5.9  
229 to 240
    2,084       66,735,161       7.5  
241 to 252
    1,026       36,137,953       4.1  
253 to 264
    689       26,207,911       3.0  
265 to 276
    671       29,610,213       3.3  
277 to 288
    682       32,570,759       3.7  
289 to 300
    732       37,646,344       4.3  
301 to 312
    418       22,504,686       2.5  
313 to 324
    214       13,875,977       1.6  
325 to 336
    161       10,373,597       1.2  
337 to 348
    157       11,844,903       1.3  
349 to 360
    334       30,249,074       3.4  
361 and above
    233       23,162,567       2.6  
                         
Total
    44,089     $ 885,751,443       100.0 %
* Represents a percentage greater than 0% but less than 0.05%.
 

We have determined the number of months remaining to scheduled maturity shown in the table from the statistical disclosure date to the stated maturity date of the applicable trust student loan without giving effect to any deferment or forbearance periods that may be granted in the future.  See Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum and “The Student Loan Pools –Sallie Mae’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the original prospectus.

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DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY CURRENT BORROWER PAYMENT STATUS
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
 
Current Borrower Payment Status
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
Deferment
    3,370     $ 89,943,793       10.2 %
Forbearance
    2,915       90,000,067       10.2  
Repayment
                       
First year in repayment
    1,085       49,814,444       5.6  
Second year in repayment
    822       31,547,769       3.6  
Third year in repayment
    1,018       34,762,793       3.9  
More than 3 years in repayment
    34,879       589,682,577       66.6  
                   
Total
    44,089     $ 885,751,443       100.0 %
 

Current borrower payment status refers to the status of the borrower of each trust student loan as of the statistical disclosure date.  The borrower:

·      
may have temporarily ceased repaying the loan through a deferment or a forbearance period; or

·      
may be currently required to repay the loan – repayment.

See Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum and “The Student Loan Pools –Sallie Mae’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the original prospectus.

The weighted average number of months in repayment for all trust student loans currently in repayment is approximately 89.7 calculated as the term to maturity at the commencement of repayment less the number of months remaining to scheduled maturity as of the statistical disclosure date.

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SCHEDULED WEIGHTED AVERAGE REMAINING MONTHS IN
STATUS OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY
CURRENT BORROWER PAYMENT STATUS AS OF THE
STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
   
Scheduled Months in Status Remaining
 
Current Borrower Payment Status
 
Deferment
   
Forbearance
   
Repayment
 
Deferment  
    12.4       -       239.0  
Forbearance  
    -       4.3       247.8  
Repayment 
    -       -       191.2  
                         

We have determined the scheduled weighted average remaining months in status shown in the previous table without giving effect to any deferment or forbearance periods that may be granted in the future.  Of the $89,943,793 aggregate outstanding principal balance of the trust student loans in deferment as of the statistical disclosure date, $37,602,975 or approximately 41.8% of such loans are to borrowers who had not graduated as of that date.  We expect that a significant portion of these loans could qualify for additional deferments or forbearances at the end of their current deferment periods as the related borrowers continue their education beyond their current degree programs.  As a result, the overall duration of any applicable deferment and forbearance periods as well as the likelihood of future deferment and forbearance periods within this pool of trust student loans is likely to be higher than in other pools of student loans without similar numbers of in-school consolidation loans.  See Appendix A to the original prospectus.


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GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
 
State
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
Alabama
    517     $ 11,076,818       1.3 %
Alaska
    95       1,550,025       0.2  
Arizona
    981       20,208,196       2.3  
Arkansas
    517       9,409,063       1.1  
California
    5,076       114,298,023       12.9  
Colorado
    982       17,881,953       2.0  
Connecticut
    345       6,610,248       0.7  
Delaware
    93       2,065,452       0.2  
District of Columbia
    179       5,085,534       0.6  
Florida
    2,213       50,913,646       5.7  
Georgia
    1,563       35,448,858       4.0  
Hawaii
    164       2,704,150       0.3  
Idaho           
    240       4,643,156       0.5  
Illinois
    2,215       39,603,182       4.5  
Indiana
    679       10,584,660       1.2  
Iowa           
    377       5,661,034       0.6  
Kansas
    1,087       17,780,924       2.0  
Kentucky
    348       6,256,894       0.7  
Louisiana
    1,533       31,706,490       3.6  
Maine
    109       2,129,271       0.2  
Maryland
    833       20,029,859       2.3  
Massachusetts
    640       13,379,489       1.5  
Michigan
    1,542       32,790,446       3.7  
Minnesota
    1,183       19,220,241       2.2  
Mississippi
    613       12,121,925       1.4  
Missouri
    1,381       26,769,901       3.0  
Montana
    130       2,162,825       0.2  
Nebraska
    184       3,468,392       0.4  
Nevada
    350       7,073,871       0.8  
New Hampshire
    122       2,435,514       0.3  
New Jersey
    637       13,804,543       1.6  
New Mexico
    159       3,376,804       0.4  
New York
    1,788       38,096,750       4.3  
North Carolina
    770       15,805,909       1.8  
North Dakota
    51       690,168       0.1  
Ohio           
    250       4,836,927       0.5  
Oklahoma
    1,226       21,287,854       2.4  
Oregon
    1,054       21,323,098       2.4  
Pennsylvania
    1,045       19,553,867       2.2  
Rhode Island
    55       1,067,594       0.1  
South Carolina
    368       7,755,761       0.9  
South Dakota
    76       1,263,073       0.1  
Tennessee
    1,080       22,107,625       2.5  
Texas
    4,315       86,581,685       9.8  
Utah           
    191       3,427,284       0.4  
Vermont
    35       803,961       0.1  
Virginia
    962       17,908,058       2.0  
Washington
    2,088       38,805,548       4.4  
West Virginia
    115       2,071,998       0.2  
Wisconsin
    1,036       19,481,010       2.2  
Wyoming
    77       1,255,280       0.1  
Other           
    420       9,376,606       1.1  
                         
Total
    44,089     $ 885,751,443       100.0 %
   

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We have based the geographic distribution shown in the table on the billing addresses of the borrowers of the trust student loans shown on the servicer’s records as of the statistical disclosure date.

Each of the trust student loans provides or will provide for the amortization of its outstanding principal balance over a series of regular payments.  Except as described below, each regular payment consists of an installment of interest which is calculated on the basis of the outstanding principal balance of the trust student loan.  The amount received is applied first to interest accrued to the date of payment and the balance of the payment, if any, is applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance.  Accordingly, if a borrower pays a regular installment before its scheduled due date, the portion of the payment allocable to interest for the period since the preceding payment was made will be less than it would have been had the payment been made as scheduled, and the portion of the payment applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance will be correspondingly greater.  Conversely, if a borrower pays a monthly installment after its scheduled due date, the portion of the payment allocable to interest for the period since the preceding payment was made will be greater than it would have been had the payment been made as scheduled, and the portion of the payment applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance will be correspondingly less.

In either case, subject to any applicable deferment periods or forbearance periods, and except as provided below, the borrower pays a regular installment until the final scheduled payment date, at which time the amount of the final installment is increased or decreased as necessary to repay the then outstanding principal balance of that trust student loan.

The servicer makes available to borrowers of student loans it holds (including the trust student loans) payment terms that may result in the lengthening of the remaining term of the student loans.  For example, not all of the loans sold to the trust provide for level payments throughout the repayment term of the loans.  Some student loans provide for interest only payments to be made for a designated portion of the term of the loans, with amortization of the principal of the loans occurring only when payments increase in the latter stage of the term of the loans.  Other loans provide for a graduated phase in of the amortization of principal with a greater portion of principal amortization being required in the latter stages than would be the case if amortization were on a level payment basis.  The servicer also offers an income-sensitive repayment plan, under which repayments are based on the borrower’s income.  Under that plan, ultimate repayment may be delayed up to five years.  Borrowers under trust student loans will continue to be eligible for the graduated payment and income-sensitive repayment plans.  These programs are applicable to the trust student loans and may be offered by the servicer to related borrowers at its discretion.

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The following table provides certain information about trust student loans subject to the repayment terms described in the preceding paragraphs.
 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY REPAYMENT
TERMS AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
 
Loan Repayment Terms
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
Level Repayment
    22,770     $ 387,418,529       43.7 %
Other Repayment Options(1) 
    21,319       498,332,914       56.3  
                         
Total
    44,089     $ 885,751,443       100.0 %
(1) Includes, among others, graduated repayment and interest-only period loans.
                 
                         

With respect to interest-only loans, as of the statistical disclosure date, there are 2,017 loans with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $74,576,850 currently in an interest-only period.  These interest-only loans represent approximately 8.4% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the trust student loans.  Interest-only periods range up to 48 months in overall length.

The servicer may in the future offer repayment terms similar to those described above to borrowers of trust student loans who are not entitled to these repayment terms as of the statistical disclosure date.  If repayment terms are offered to and accepted by those borrowers, the weighted average life of the securities could be lengthened.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY LOAN
TYPE AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
 
Loan Type
 
Number
of Loans
 
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
Subsidized
    21,801     $ 403,554,814       45.6 %
Unsubsidized
    22,288       482,196,629       54.4  
                         
Total
    44,089     $ 885,751,443       100.0 %
   


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The following table provides information about the trust student loans regarding date of disbursement.
 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY DATE OF DISBURSEMENT AS OF
THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
 
Disbursement Date
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
September 30, 1993 and earlier 
    217     $ 4,587,454       0.5 %
October 1, 1993 through June 30, 2006
    43,872       881,163,989       99.5  
July 1, 2006 and later 
    0       0       0.0  
                   
Total                                              
    44,089     $ 885,751,443       100.0 %
   




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Guaranty Agencies for the Trust Student Loans.  The eligible lender trustee has entered into a separate guarantee agreement with each of the guaranty agencies listed below, under which each of the guarantors has agreed to serve as guarantor for specified trust student loans.

The following table provides information with respect to the portion of the trust student loans guaranteed by each guarantor.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY GUARANTY AGENCY AS OF
THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
 
Name of Guaranty Agency
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
American Student Assistance
    2,770     $ 39,904,374       4.5 %
College Assist 
    153       2,882,453       0.3  
Educational Credit Management Corporation
    1,413       32,443,225       3.7  
Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation
    1,311       29,496,986       3.3  
Illinois Student Assistance Commission                                                                     
    2,060       35,037,991       4.0  
Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority
    217       4,026,792       0.5  
Louisiana Office Of Student Financial Assistance
    641       10,315,358       1.2  
Michigan Guaranty Agency 
    1,005       18,487,239       2.1  
Montana Guaranteed Student Loan Program
    11       129,679       *  
New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority
    450       8,777,293       1.0  
New York State Higher Education Services Corporation 
    2,346       48,842,433       5.5  
Northwest Education Loan Association 
    1,755       29,837,050       3.4  
Oklahoma Guaranteed Student Loan Program
    1,339       22,875,870       2.6  
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
    4,409       87,139,364       9.8  
Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas
    334       5,492,619       0.6  
Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation
    805       13,901,020       1.6  
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation
    4,080       78,496,568       8.9  
Uninsured  
    2       20,655       *  
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.
    18,988       417,644,474       47.2  
                         
Total                                              
    44,089     $ 885,751,443       100.0 %
*     Represents a percentage greater than 0% but less than 0.05%.
                       


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SIGNIFICANT GUARANTOR INFORMATION

The information shown for the Significant Guarantors relates to all student loans, including but not limited to trust student loans, guaranteed by the Significant Guarantors.

We obtained the following information from various sources, including from the related Significant Guarantor and/or from the Department of Education.  None of the depositor, the sellers, the servicer, their affiliates or the underwriters has audited or independently verified this information for accuracy or completeness.

UNITED STUDENT AID FUNDS, INC.
 
United Student Aid Funds, Inc. (“USA Funds”) was organized as a private, nonprofit corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware in 1960.   In accordance with its Certificate of Incorporation, USA Funds: (i) maintains facilities for the provision of guarantee services with respect to approved education loans made to or for the benefit of eligible students who are enrolled at or plan to attend approved educational institutions; (ii) guarantees education loans made pursuant to certain loan programs under the Higher Education Act, as well as loans made under certain private loan programs; and (iii) serves as the designated guarantor for education-loan programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (“the Act”) in Arizona, Hawaii and certain Pacific Islands, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada and Wyoming.
 
USA Funds contracts with Sallie Mae, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SLM Corporation. USA Funds also contracts with Student Assistance Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of SLM Corporation. SLM Corporation and its subsidiaries are not sponsored by nor are they agencies of the United States of America.
 
Effective December 13, 2004, USA Funds became the sole member of the Northwest Education Loan Association, a guarantor serving the states of Washington, Idaho and the Northwest.
 
For the purpose of providing loan guarantees under the Act, USA Funds has entered into various agreements (collectively, the “Federal Reinsurance Agreements”) with the U.S. Secretary of Education (the “Secretary”). Pursuant to the Federal Reinsurance Agreements, USA Funds serves as a “guaranty agency” as defined in Section 435(j) of the Act. The Act allows the Secretary, after giving the guaranty agency notice and the opportunity for a hearing, to terminate the Federal Reinsurance Agreements if the Secretary determines that the administrative or financial condition of the guaranty agency jeopardizes the agency’s continued ability to perform its responsibilities under its guaranty agreement, it is necessary to protect the federal financial interest, or to ensure the continued availability of loans to student- or parent-borrowers.
 
Reinsurance is paid to USA Funds by the Secretary in accordance with a formula based on the annual default rate of loans guaranteed by USA Funds under the Act and the disbursement date of loans. The rate of reinsurance ranges from 100 percent to 75 percent of USA Funds’ losses on default-claim payments made to lenders. The Higher
 
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Education Amendments of 1998 (the “1998 Reauthorization Law”) reduced the reinsurance coverage for loans in default made on or after Oct. 1, 1998, to a range from 95 percent to 75 percent based upon the annual default claims rate of the guaranty agency.  Reinsurance on non-default claims remains at 100 percent.
 
The 1998 Reauthorization Law requires guaranty agencies to establish two (2) separate funds, a federal reserve fund (property of the United States) and an agency operating fund (property of the guaranty agency). The federal reserve fund is to be used to pay lender claims and to pay a default-aversion fee to the agency operating fund. The agency operating fund is to be used by the guaranty agency to pay its operating expenses.
 
On March, 30, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152), which ended the origination and guarantee of new loans under the Federal Family Education Loan Program, effective for loans whose first disbursement was after June 30, 2010. As a result of the new statute, USA Funds will continue to administer a portfolio of outstanding FFELP loans, but no longer may guarantee new federal student loans.
 
As of September 30, 2012, USA Funds held net assets on behalf of the federal reserve fund of approximately $235 million. Through September 30, 2012, the outstanding, unpaid, aggregate amount of principal and interest on loans that had been directly guaranteed by USA Funds under the Federal Family Education Loan Program was approximately $66.5 billion.  Also, as of September 30, 2012, USA Funds had operating fund assets totaling slightly over $1 billion, which includes the $235 million of net assets held on behalf of the federal reserve fund.
 
USA Funds’ “reserve ratio” complies with the U.S. Department of Education definition, which is determined by dividing the fund balance reserves, including non-cash allowance and other non-cash, in a guarantor’s federal reserve fund, by the total amount of loans outstanding. Following this formula, the reserve ratio for the federal reserve fund administered by USA Funds for the last five fiscal years was as follows:
 
 
   
Reserve Ratio
 
   
Federal Fiscal Year
 
Guarantor
   
2008
     
2009
     
2010
     
2011
     
2012
 
United Student Aid Funds, Inc. 
    0.33%       0.38%       0.40%       0.39%       0.35%  
 
 
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USA Funds’ “guarantee volume” is the approximate aggregate principal amount of federally reinsured education loans (including subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford and PLUS loans but excluding consolidation loans) guaranteed by USA Funds.  For the last five fiscal years, the “guarantee volume” was as follows:
 
   
Loans Guaranteed
 
   
Federal Fiscal Year
 
   
($ in millions)
 
Guarantor
   
2008
     
2009
     
2010
     
2011
     
2012
 
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.
    $17,202       $20,067       $7,705       N/A       N/A  

USA Funds’ “recovery rate,” which provides a measure of the effectiveness of the collection efforts against defaulted borrowers after the guarantee claim has been satisfied, is determined by dividing the amount recovered from borrowers by USA Funds during the fiscal year by the aggregate amount of default claims paid by USA Funds outstanding at the end of the prior fiscal year. For the last five fiscal years, the “recovery rate” was as follows: 
 
   
Recovery Rate
 
   
Federal Fiscal Year
 
Guarantor
   
2008
     
2009
     
2010
     
2011
     
2012
 
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.
    45.60%       36.19%       32.90%       32.17%       31.82%  

USA Funds’ “claims rate” represents the percentage of federal reinsurance claims paid by the Secretary during any fiscal year, less amounts remitted to the Secretary for defaulted loans that are rehabilitated relative to USA Funds’ existing portfolio of loans in repayment at the end of the prior fiscal year. For the last five fiscal years, the “claims rate” was as follows: 
 
   
Claims Rate
 
   
Federal Fiscal Year
 
Guarantor
   
2008
     
2009
     
2010
     
2011
     
2012
 
United Student Aid Funds, Inc. 
    2.07%       1.92%       1.69%       1.69%       1.58%  

In addition, USA Funds’ “loss rate” represents the percentage of claims purchased from lenders but not covered by reinsurance.  For the last five fiscal years, the “loss rate” was as follows: 2012 – 4.76 percent; 2011 – 4.74 percent; 2010 – 4.70 percent; 2009 – 4.62 percent; 2008 – 4.26 percent.
 
USA Funds is headquartered in Fishers, Indiana.  USA Funds will provide a copy of its most recent annual report upon receipt of a written request directed to its headquarters at P.O. Box 6028, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-6028, Attention: Vice President, Corporate and Marketing Communications.
 
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