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Exhibit 99.1
 
ANNEX A

The Trust Student Loan Pool as of July 31, 2013

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 July 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 $3,086,344 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, 5 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
$
944,331,990
 
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill
$
127,660,542
 
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill
 
13.52
%
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – One-Month LIBOR
$
816,671,448
 
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – One-Month LIBOR
 
86.48
%
Number of Borrowers
 
32,093
 
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Borrower
$
29,425
 
Number of Loans
 
54,381
 
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – Treasury Bill
$
25,170
 
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – One-Month LIBOR
$
16,562
 
Weighted Average Remaining Term to Scheduled Maturity
 
197 months
 
Weighted Average Annual Interest Rate
 
6.12
%
 
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 this 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 3.09% 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 this 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%                                                        
    2     $ 104,966       *  
3.01% to 3.50%                                                        
    969       11,851,773       1.3 %
3.51% to 4.00%                                                        
    1,651       33,727,385       3.6  
4.01% to 4.50%                                                        
    9,814       123,280,352       13.1  
4.51% to 5.00%                                                        
    15,156       219,064,304       23.2  
5.01% to 5.50%                                                        
    2,617       47,044,458       5.0  
5.51% to 6.00%                                                        
    2,337       40,846,004       4.3  
6.01% to 6.50%                                                        
    4,020       71,328,455       7.6  
6.51% to 7.00%                                                        
    6,764       120,606,250       12.8  
7.01% to 7.50%                                                        
    1,639       34,970,197       3.7  
7.51% to 8.00%                                                        
    3,569       83,726,556       8.9  
8.01% to 8.50%                                                        
    4,044       100,983,135       10.7  
Equal to or greater than 8.51%                                                        
    1,799       56,798,153       6.0  
                         
            Total                                                        
    54,381     $ 944,331,990       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 this 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
    4,625     $ 13,795,484       1.5 %
$  5,000.00-$ 9,999.99
    4,531       32,462,631       3.4  
$10,000.00-$14,999.99
    4,547       56,897,578       6.0  
$15,000.00-$19,999.99
    3,501       60,674,545       6.4  
$20,000.00-$24,999.99
    2,413       53,973,947       5.7  
$25,000.00-$29,999.99
    2,078       57,101,630       6.0  
$30,000.00-$34,999.99
    1,701       55,091,715       5.8  
$35,000.00-$39,999.99
    1,361       50,812,347       5.4  
$40,000.00-$44,999.99
    1,059       44,999,483       4.8  
$45,000.00-$49,999.99
    885       41,961,018       4.4  
$50,000.00-$54,999.99
    736       38,514,168       4.1  
$55,000.00-$59,999.99
    617       35,436,912       3.8  
$60,000.00-$64,999.99
    560       34,985,471       3.7  
$65,000.00-$69,999.99
    492       33,224,997       3.5  
$70,000.00-$74,999.99
    381       27,576,600       2.9  
$75,000.00-$79,999.99
    339       26,244,000       2.8  
$80,000.00-$84,999.99
    271       22,327,484       2.4  
$85,000.00-$89,999.99
    222       19,417,132       2.1  
$90,000.00-$94,999.99
    248       22,938,231       2.4  
$95,000.00-$99,999.99
    172       16,780,604       1.8  
$100,000.00 and above
    1,354       199,116,014       21.1  
                         
Total
    32,093     $ 944,331,990       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
    51,000     $ 850,600,577       90.1 %
31-60 days
    1,217       32,645,762       3.5  
61-90 days
    672       17,297,378       1.8  
91-120 days
    367       10,304,412       1.1  
121-150 days
    243       6,883,056       0.7  
151-180 days
    239       8,070,888       0.9  
181-210 days
    147       4,192,615       0.4  
Greater than 210 days
    496       14,337,302       1.5  
                         
             Total
    54,381     $ 944,331,990       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           
    48     $ 16,986       *  
4 to12
    307       341,430       *  
13 to 24
    1,011       1,620,452       0.2 %
25 to 36
    831       3,260,278       0.3  
37 to 48
    1,901       8,039,151       0.9  
49 to 60
    5,528       19,098,587       2.0  
61 to 72
    1,885       10,960,573       1.2  
73 to 84
    1,841       13,339,032       1.4  
85 to 96
    1,602       14,507,766       1.5  
97 to 108
    2,804       25,898,465       2.7  
109 to 120
    7,347       66,003,560       7.0  
121 to 132
    3,232       56,967,757       6.0  
133 to 144
    2,376       48,561,710       5.1  
145 to 156
    1,826       35,900,711       3.8  
157 to 168
    2,344       43,374,917       4.6  
169 to 180
    4,662       79,279,608       8.4  
181 to 192
    1,747       35,902,729       3.8  
193 to 204
    1,331       30,549,589       3.2  
205 to 216
    1,175       31,318,910       3.3  
217 to 228
    1,430       41,740,624       4.4  
229 to 240
    3,561       108,602,444       11.5  
241 to 252
    1,249       42,714,351       4.5  
253 to 264
    859       34,159,876       3.6  
265 to 276
    666       27,597,141       2.9  
277 to 288
    607       29,103,984       3.1  
289 to 300
    772       37,843,378       4.0  
301 to 312
    446       24,730,827       2.6  
313 to 324
    214       13,101,168       1.4  
325 to 336
    196       12,932,472       1.4  
337 to 348
    138       9,543,792       1.0  
349 to 360
    217       18,581,753       2.0  
361 and above
    228       18,737,970       2.0  
                         
Total
    54,381     $ 944,331,990       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 this 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
    3,570     $ 82,213,076       8.7 %
Forbearance
    2,875       77,850,614       8.2  
Repayment
                       
First year in repayment
    908       39,898,426       4.2  
Second year in repayment
    707       25,406,716       2.7  
Third year in repayment
    909       30,778,970       3.3  
More than 3 years in repayment
    45,412       688,184,188       72.9  
                         
Total
    54,381     $ 944,331,990       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 this 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 97.4 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 
    13.1       -       234.6  
Forbearance 
    -       5.8       235.0  
Repayment 
    -       -       189.3  

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 $82,213,076 aggregate outstanding principal balance of the trust student loans in deferment as of the statistical disclosure date, $35,199,549 or approximately 42.8% 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 this preliminary remarketing memorandum.
 
 
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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
    403     $ 7,985,094       0.8 %
Alaska
    81       1,043,463       0.1  
Arizona
    1,054       19,373,473       2.1  
Arkansas
    323       5,929,862       0.6  
California
    6,222       118,287,619       12.5  
Colorado
    876       13,320,217       1.4  
Connecticut
    825       12,860,674       1.4  
Delaware
    139       2,714,219       0.3  
District of Columbia
    239       4,707,537       0.5  
Florida
    3,044       64,428,166       6.8  
Georgia
    1,932       41,484,523       4.4  
Hawaii
    141       2,127,218       0.2  
Idaho           
    178       2,933,193       0.3  
Illinois
    2,674       40,967,389       4.3  
Indiana
    810       11,133,966       1.2  
Iowa           
    349       5,401,356       0.6  
Kansas
    874       12,868,691       1.4  
Kentucky
    375       7,050,331       0.7  
Louisiana
    1,457       26,149,838       2.8  
Maine
    149       2,827,145       0.3  
Maryland
    1,459       28,915,428       3.1  
Massachusetts
    1,793       24,051,204       2.5  
Michigan
    1,418       26,644,326       2.8  
Minnesota
    1,009       14,941,437       1.6  
Mississippi
    480       8,392,411       0.9  
Missouri
    1,284       21,113,421       2.2  
Montana
    81       1,515,694       0.2  
Nebraska
    115       1,764,999       0.2  
Nevada
    402       7,623,283       0.8  
New Hampshire
    221       3,591,362       0.4  
New Jersey
    1,469       26,322,681       2.8  
New Mexico
    190       3,380,538       0.4  
New York
    4,057       67,978,370       7.2  
North Carolina
    1,358       22,352,150       2.4  
North Dakota
    30       456,683       *  
Ohio           
    278       5,237,686       0.6  
Oklahoma
    1,319       21,632,132       2.3  
Oregon
    1,100       18,345,399       1.9  
Pennsylvania
    1,918       32,624,769       3.5  
Rhode Island
    125       2,499,897       0.3  
South Carolina
    571       11,743,017       1.2  
South Dakota
    53       748,539       0.1  
Tennessee
    932       16,554,698       1.8  
Texas
    5,133       84,676,772       9.0  
Utah           
    188       3,115,511       0.3  
Vermont
    64       891,903       0.1  
Virginia
    1,749       29,262,206       3.1  
Washington
    1,875       27,865,182       3.0  
West Virginia
    204       3,043,281       0.3  
Wisconsin
    801       13,046,338       1.4  
Wyoming
    53       540,917       0.1  
Other           
    507       9,865,785       1.0  
                         
Total
    54,381     $ 944,331,990       100.0 %
 
*     Represents a percentage greater than 0% but less than 0.05%.
 
 
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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
    31,795     $ 451,198,837       47.8 %
Other Repayment Options(1) 
    22,586       493,133,153       52.2  
                         
Total
    54,381     $ 944,331,990       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 1,736 loans with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $61,806,395 currently in an interest-only period.  These interest-only loans represent approximately 6.5% 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
    26,904     $ 418,640,134       44.3 %
Unsubsidized
    27,477       525,691,856       55.7  
                         
Total
    54,381     $ 944,331,990       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
 
 
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
                   
September 30, 1993 and earlier                                                        
    173     $ 4,157,789       0.4 %
October 1, 1993 through June 30, 2006
    54,208       940,174,201       99.6  
July 1, 2006 and later                                                        
    0       0       0.0  
                         
Total                                              
    54,381     $ 944,331,990       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
 
 
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
American Student Assistance                                                                    
    2,901     $ 38,111,802       4.0 %
College Assist                                                                    
    41       533,116       0.1  
Educational Credit Management Corporation
    1,196       24,100,326       2.6  
Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation
    805       17,545,692       1.9  
Illinois Student Assistance Commission
    2,584       34,526,305       3.7  
Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority
    209       3,805,301       0.4  
Louisiana Office Of Student Financial Assistance
    571       7,939,751       0.8  
Michigan Guaranty Agency                                                                    
    1,010       16,516,399       1.7  
Montana Guaranteed Student Loan Program
    5       92,551       *  
New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority
    1,234       16,751,144       1.8  
New York State Higher Education Services Corporation
    5,351       82,950,306       8.8  
Northwest Education Loan Association                                                                    
    5,502       80,648,703       8.5  
Oklahoma Guaranteed Student Loan Program
    1,383       21,274,398       2.3  
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
    4,486       72,619,157       7.7  
Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas
    190       2,885,234       0.3  
Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation
    740       11,311,413       1.2  
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation
    4,837       79,168,306       8.4  
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.                                                                    
    21,336       433,552,086       45.9  
                         
Total                                              
    54,381     $ 944,331,990       100 %
 
*     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
 
 
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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: 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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