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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 SLM ECFC 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 fully disbursed;
 
·  
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 applicable cutoff date was subject to any prior obligation to sell that loan to a third party.

Unless otherwise specified, all information with respect to the trust student loans is presented as of March 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 $2,236,572 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, 12 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 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.
 
2004-8
 
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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
$
1,075,573,180
 
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill
$
51,644,862
 
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill
 
4.80
%
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – One-Month LIBOR
$
1,023,928,318
 
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – One-Month LIBOR
 
95.20
%
Number of Borrowers
 
46,749
 
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Borrower
$
23,007
 
Number of Loans
 
77,358
 
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – Treasury Bill
$
23,710
 
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – One-Month LIBOR
$
13,620
 
Weighted Average Remaining Term to Scheduled Maturity
 
209 months
 
Weighted Average Annual Interest Rate
 
4.16
%

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 and “The Student Loan Pools – SLM Corporation’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the original prospectus.

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 3.11% 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.

2004-8
 
A-2

 


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%                                                        
 
15,936
 
187,750,336
 
17.5%
3.01% to 3.50%                                                        
 
21,127
 
231,151,421
 
21.5
3.51% to 4.00%                                                        
 
15,421
 
222,779,206
 
20.7
4.01% to 4.50%                                                        
 
17,864
 
242,662,288
 
22.6
4.51% to 5.00%                                                        
 
1,415
 
36,858,283
 
3.4
5.01% to 5.50%                                                        
 
700
 
19,434,971
 
1.8
5.51% to 6.00%                                                        
 
694
 
21,623,489
 
2.0
6.01% to 6.50%                                                        
 
607
 
18,374,628
 
1.7
6.51% to 7.00%                                                        
 
573
 
16,004,385
 
1.5
7.01% to 7.50%                                                        
 
422
 
11,239,642
 
1.0
7.51% to 8.00%                                                        
 
1,115
 
27,148,248
 
2.5
8.01% to 8.50%                                                        
 
630
 
15,118,563
 
1.4
Equal to or greater than 8.51%                                                        
 
854
 
25,427,720
 
2.4
             
            Total                                                        
 
77,358
 
$1,075,573,180
 
100.0%


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 – SLM Corporation’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the original prospectus.

2004-8
 
A-3

 


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
 
5,915
 
$17,621,382
 
1.6%
$  5,000.00-$ 9,999.99
 
11,501
 
               84,037,802
 
7.8
$10,000.00-$14,999.99
 
6,837
 
               85,902,928
 
8.0
$15,000.00-$19,999.99
 
5,740
 
               99,394,698
 
9.2
$20,000.00-$24,999.99
 
3,716
 
               82,953,220
 
7.7
$25,000.00-$29,999.99
 
2,552
 
               70,089,891
 
6.5
$30,000.00-$34,999.99
 
1,973
 
               63,861,652
 
5.9
$35,000.00-$39,999.99
 
1,564
 
               58,416,496
 
5.4
$40,000.00-$44,999.99
 
1,151
 
               48,718,637
 
4.5
$45,000.00-$49,999.99
 
939
 
               44,557,149
 
4.1
$50,000.00-$54,999.99
 
770
 
               40,421,070
 
3.8
$55,000.00-$59,999.99
 
631
 
               36,246,441
 
3.4
$60,000.00-$64,999.99
 
492
 
               30,752,798
 
2.9
$65,000.00-$69,999.99
 
412
 
               27,753,491
 
2.6
$70,000.00-$74,999.99
 
334
 
               24,162,394
 
2.2
$75,000.00-$79,999.99
 
280
 
               21,730,385
 
2.0
$80,000.00-$84,999.99
 
227
 
               18,719,854
 
1.7
$85,000.00-$89,999.99
 
210
 
               18,382,589
 
1.7
$90,000.00-$94,999.99
 
177
 
               16,367,180
 
1.5
$95,000.00-$99,999.99
 
138
 
               13,458,288
 
1.3
$100,000.00 and above
 
1,190
 
172,024,835
 
16.0
             
Total
 
46,749
 
$1,075,573,180
 
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
 
     71,485
 
969,987,177
 
90.2%
 
31-60 days
 
       2,302
 
              39,117,442
 
3.6
 
61-90 days
 
       1,174
 
              21,709,443
 
2.0
 
91-120 days
 
          680
 
              13,335,109
 
1.2
 
121-150 days
 
          365
 
                6,371,510
 
0.6
 
151-180 days
 
          353
 
                6,803,158
 
0.6
 
181-210 days
 
          181
 
                3,552,499
 
0.3
 
Greater than 210 days
 
          818
 
              14,696,841
 
1.4
 
               
             Total
 
77,358
 
$1,075,573,180
 
100.0%
 


2004-8
 
A-4

 


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           
 
33
 
$13,460
 
*
 
4 to 12
 
156
 
                   155,144
 
   *
 
13 to 24
 
609
 
                 1,257,332
 
0.1%
 
25 to 36
 
315
 
                 1,212,181
 
0.1
 
37 to 48
 
3,020
 
                 7,075,088
 
0.7
 
49 to 60
 
954
 
                 3,942,032
 
0.4
 
61 to 72
 
843
 
                 4,553,452
 
0.4
 
73 to 84
 
14,260
 
               62,690,802
 
5.8
 
85 to 96
 
3,369
 
               18,790,639
 
1.7
 
97 to 108
 
2,783
 
               18,195,922
 
1.7
 
109 to 120
 
2,131
 
               18,173,659
 
1.7
 
121 to 132
 
2,539
 
               34,941,092
 
3.2
 
133 to 144
 
13,140
 
             135,999,362
 
12.6
 
145 to 156
 
3,786
 
               42,641,002
 
4.0
 
157 to 168
 
2,831
 
               33,480,386
 
3.1
 
169 to 180
 
2,593
 
               33,251,282
 
3.1
 
181 to 192
 
1,724
 
               24,480,450
 
2.3
 
193 to 204
 
5,648
 
               99,749,835
 
9.3
 
205 to 216
 
2,217
 
               40,509,688
 
3.8
 
217 to 228
 
1,663
 
               32,160,239
 
3.0
 
229 to 240
 
1,635
 
               33,184,868
 
3.1
 
241 to 252
 
1,138
 
               26,904,390
 
2.5
 
253 to 264
 
3,682
 
             123,471,848
 
11.5
 
265 to 276
 
1,278
 
               42,827,151
 
4.0
 
277 to 288
 
995
 
               36,871,629
 
3.4
 
289 to 300
 
1,197
 
               45,853,105
 
4.3
 
301 to 312
 
732
 
               32,716,979
 
3.0
 
313 to 324
 
593
 
               30,370,348
 
2.8
 
325 to 336
 
355
 
               18,954,133
 
1.8
 
337 to 348
 
325
 
               18,394,588
 
1.7
 
349 to 360
 
445
 
               29,120,070
 
2.7
 
361 and above
 
369
 
23,631,022
 
2.2
 
               
Total
 
77,358
 
$1,075,573,180
 
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 – SLM Corporation’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the original prospectus.

2004-8
 
A-5

 

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
 
6,031
 
$101,215,307
 
9.4%
Forbearance
 
4,266
 
92,471,567
 
8.6
Repayment
           
First year in repayment
 
2,445
 
64,428,597
 
6.0
Second year in repayment
 
1,910
 
44,018,723
 
4.1
Third year in repayment
 
2,670
 
54,199,614
 
5.0
More than 3 years in repayment
 
60,036
 
719,239,372
 
66.9
             
Total
 
77,358
 
$1,075,573,180
 
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 – SLM Corporation’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 74.5 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.

2004-8
 
A-6

 


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                                                        
 
13.7
 
-
 
238.5
Forbearance                                                        
 
-
 
4.4
 
249.8
Repayment                                                        
 
-
 
-
 
199.8

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 $101,215,307 aggregate outstanding principal balance of the trust student loans in deferment as of the statistical disclosure date, $47,388,839 or approximately 46.8% 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 preliminary remarketing memorandum and “The Student Loan Pools – SLM Corporation’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the original prospectus.


2004-8
 
A-7

 

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
 
489
 
 $7,696,579
 
0.7%
Alaska
 
118
 
                 1,576,724
 
0.1
Arizona
 
1,509
 
               23,032,331
 
2.1
Arkansas
 
377
 
                 5,365,379
 
0.5
California
 
7,623
 
             114,448,874
 
10.6
Colorado
 
1,382
 
               17,911,952
 
1.7
Connecticut
 
1,362
 
               17,936,202
 
1.7
Delaware
 
219
 
                 2,868,997
 
0.3
District of Columbia
 
339
 
                 6,072,901
 
0.6
Florida
 
5,279
 
               78,681,351
 
7.3
Georgia
 
2,043
 
               31,120,385
 
2.9
Hawaii
 
295
 
                 3,452,524
 
0.3
Idaho           
 
193
 
                 2,815,647
 
0.3
Illinois
 
3,922
 
               52,420,781
 
4.9
Indiana
 
3,106
 
               37,877,971
 
3.5
Iowa           
 
306
 
                 3,770,447
 
0.4
Kansas
 
1,255
 
               14,011,947
 
1.3
Kentucky
 
546
 
                 6,392,884
 
0.6
Louisiana
 
2,346
 
               33,501,613
 
3.1
Maine
 
163
 
                 2,704,424
 
0.3
Maryland
 
2,039
 
               29,512,644
 
2.7
Massachusetts
 
2,880
 
               36,928,047
 
3.4
Michigan
 
1,722
 
               26,673,876
 
2.5
Minnesota
 
809
 
                 9,546,707
 
0.9
Mississippi
 
576
 
                 8,069,949
 
0.8
Missouri
 
1,578
 
               20,678,082
 
1.9
Montana
 
139
 
                 1,541,039
 
0.1
Nebraska
 
181
 
                 2,667,477
 
0.2
Nevada
 
470
 
                 6,967,447
 
0.6
New Hampshire
 
361
 
                 5,513,858
 
0.5
New Jersey
 
2,582
 
               36,869,741
 
3.4
New Mexico
 
214
 
                 2,701,733
 
0.3
New York
 
6,831
 
               94,635,177
 
8.8
North Carolina
 
1,571
 
               21,675,099
 
2.0
North Dakota
 
63
 
                 1,114,403
 
0.1
Ohio           
 
2,603
 
               38,927,225
 
3.6
Oklahoma
 
1,291
 
               16,641,020
 
1.5
Oregon
 
1,009
 
               14,396,477
 
1.3
Pennsylvania
 
2,997
 
               40,338,490
 
3.8
Rhode Island
 
198
 
                 3,073,875
 
0.3
South Carolina
 
635
 
                 9,643,846
 
0.9
South Dakota
 
51
 
                    729,037
 
0.1
Tennessee
 
969
 
               13,024,062
 
1.2
Texas
 
5,779
 
               78,883,150
 
7.3
Utah           
 
231
 
                 3,489,058
 
0.3
Vermont
 
95
 
                    919,154
 
0.1
Virginia
 
2,660
 
               34,089,976
 
3.2
Washington
 
2,087
 
               25,101,396
 
2.3
West Virginia
 
352
 
                 4,640,277
 
0.4
Wisconsin
 
818
 
               11,786,232
 
1.1
Wyoming
 
68
 
                    821,166
 
0.1
Other           
 
627
 
10,313,546
 
1.0
             
Total
 
77,358
 
$1,075,573,180
 
100.0%

2004-8
 
A-8

 

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.

2004-8
 
A-9

 


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
 
51,235
 
$583,522,220
 
54.3%
Other Repayment Options(1) 
 
26,123
 
492,050,960
 
45.7
             
Total
 
77,358
 
$1,075,573,180
 
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 2,808 loans with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $81,833,180 currently in an interest-only period.  These interest-only loans represent approximately 7.6% 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
 
 
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
 
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
Subsidized
 
36,603
 
457,783,973
 
42.3%
Unsubsidized
 
40,755
 
620,789,206
 
57.7
             
Total
 
77,358
 
$1,075,573,180
 
100.0%


2004-8
 
A-10

 
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                                                        
 
184
 
$4,062,347
 
0.4%
October 1, 1993 through June 30, 2006
 
77,174
 
1,071,510,833
 
99.6
July 1, 2006 and later                                                        
 
0
 
0
 
0.0
             
Total                                              
 
77,358
 
$1,075,573,180
 
100.0%
The following table provides information about the trust student loans regarding date of disbursement.


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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                                                                     
 
         3,868
 
$48,390,425
 
4.5%
College Assist                                                                     
 
              21
 
429,986
 
*
Educational Credit Management Corporation
 
            519
 
7,311,275
 
0.7
Florida Office Of Student Financial Assistance
 
         2,197
 
25,166,421
 
2.3
Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation
 
            422
 
7,446,981
 
0.7
Illinois Student Assistance Commission                                                                     
 
         3,268
 
42,790,372
 
4.0
Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority
 
            258
 
3,008,958
 
0.3
Louisiana Office Of Student Financial Assistance
 
         1,188
 
14,153,887
 
1.3
Michigan Guaranty Agency                                                                     
 
            692
 
10,472,769
 
1.0
Montana Guaranteed Student Loan Program
 
                2
 
22,547
 
*
Nebraska National Student Loan Program
 
                2
 
31,698
 
*
New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority
 
3,439
 
37,319,951
 
3.5
New York State Higher Education Services Corporation                                                                     
 
       10,973
 
143,657,131
 
13.4
Northwest Education Loan Association                                                                     
 
            746
 
10,784,198
 
1.0
Oklahoma Guaranteed Student Loan Program
 
         1,338
 
16,476,248
 
1.5
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
 
         8,101
 
98,821,291
 
9.2
Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas
 
            231
 
2,624,521
 
0.2
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation
 
         7,987
 
104,367,754
 
9.7
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.                                                                     
 
32,106
 
502,296,769
 
46.7
             
Total                                                           
 
77,358
 
$1,075,573,180
 
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 Significant Guarantors and/or from the Department of Education.  None of the depositor, SLM ECFC, the servicer, their affiliates or the remarketing agent 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
 
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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 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: 2011 – 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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NEW YORK STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICES CORPORATION

New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) was organized in 1975 as an agency of the State of New York, pursuant to an act of the New York legislature, to expand educational opportunities for students.  HESC administers the New York Tuition Assistance Program and a variety of state scholarships in addition to acting as a guarantee agency under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (“FFELP”).  HESC is the designated guarantee agency for the State of New York, and guarantees all types of FFELP Loans.  In 2009, the New York State Legislature created the New York Higher Education Loan Program (NYHELPs) and designated HESC as its administrator.  NYHELPs is a private student loan program for New York State residents attending participating institutions in the State.  However, no new funding has been recommended for the NYHELPs loan program for state fiscal year 2012-13 due to its continued underutilization.  As a result, no new NYHELPs loans will be made for 2012-13 state fiscal year while the program is evaluated to determine how it can best serve New York State students and families.
 
As a result of the March 30, 2010 enactment of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA) (HR4872), the FFELP was eliminated effective July 1, 2010.  No new (first disbursed) Stafford, PLUS or consolidation loans may be disbursed through the FFELP after June 30, 2010.  Existing FFELP loans will continue to be eligible for program benefits.  Beginning July 1, 2010, all new Stafford, PLUS and consolidation loans will be made under the U. S. Department of Education’s Direct Loan Program.

For the FFELP, HESC will continue to have responsibility for providing collection assistance to lenders for delinquent loans, paying lender claims for loans in default, and collection activities on loans after purchase by HESC.  In addition to the FFELP, HESC continues to perform residual administrative activities of the State guaranteed loan program in which no new loans have been guaranteed since 1984.

HESC has a Federal Student Loan Reserve Fund (the “Federal Fund”) and an Agency Operating Fund to account for FFELP activity.  The Federal Fund assets, and earnings on those assets, are restricted in use and are considered property of the Department of Education.  The Agency Operating Fund is considered property of HESC, and its assets and earnings may be used generally for guarantee agency and other student financial aid related activities.

As of September 30, 2012, HESC had total FFELP assets of approximately $159.8 million (including balances for both the Federal Fund and the Agency Operating Fund) and had a total of approximately $19.6 billion in original principal amount of loans outstanding.
 
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Guarantee Volume:  HESC guaranteed the following amounts for the last five federal fiscal years ending September 30 (excluding consolidation loans):

 
FFELP Loan Volume
 
Fiscal Year
 
($ in millions)
Guarantor
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
New York State Higher Education Services Corporation
$3,551
$3,642
$799
$0
$0

Reserve Ratio:  A guarantee agency’s reserve ratio is determined by dividing its Federal Fund balance by the original principal amount of loans outstanding. HESC’s reserve ratio for the last five federal fiscal years ending September 30 is as follows:

 
Reserve Ratio
 
Fiscal Year
Guarantor
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
New York State Higher Education Services Corporation
0.29%
0.30%
0.33%
0.28%
0.28%

Recovery Rates:  The Department of Education calculates a guaranty agency’s recovery rate by dividing the amount recovered from borrowers during a federal fiscal year by the guaranty agency’s outstanding default loan portfolio (beginning inventory) at the end of the prior federal fiscal year.  HESC’s recovery rate for each of the past five federal fiscal years ending September 30 provided below uses the Department of Education’s calculation method:

 
Recovery Rate
 
Fiscal Year
Guarantor
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
New York State Higher Education Services Corporation
32.12%
23.64%
23.46%
26.68%
27.26%

 
Claims Rate:  A guaranty agency’s claims rate is determined by dividing the amount of federal reinsurance claims paid by the Department of Education during a federal fiscal year by the original principal amount of loans in repayment at the end of the prior federal fiscal year.  HESC’s claims rate for each of the past five federal fiscal years ending September 30 is as follows:
 
 
Claims Rate
 
Fiscal Year
Guarantor
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
New York State Higher Education Services Corporation
1.60%
1.93%
1.86%
2.17%
1.59%

HESC is headquartered at 99 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12255.  Its most recent annual report is available on its web site, www.hesc.org.
 
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