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Exhibit 99.1
 

 
ANNEX A

The Trust Student Loan Pool as of October 31, 2016

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 October 31, 2016, 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 $2,425,809 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, 6 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.
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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 
 
$
631,591,674
 
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill 
 
$
84,329,631
 
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill
   
13.35
%
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – One-Month LIBOR 
 
$
547,262,043
 
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – One-Month LIBOR
   
86.65
%
Number of Borrowers 
   
16,790
 
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Borrower 
 
$
37,617
 
Number of Loans 
   
29,144
 
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – Treasury Bill 
 
$
30,096
 
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – One-Month LIBOR
 
$
20,775
 
Weighted Average Remaining Term to Scheduled Maturity 
 
180 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% 
   
0
   
$
0
     
0.0
%
3.01% to 3.50% 
   
2
     
75,017
     
*
 
3.51% to 4.00% 
   
2
     
55,249
     
*
 
4.01% to 4.50% 
   
0
     
0
     
0.0
 
4.51% to 5.00% 
   
16
     
131,018
     
*
 
5.01% to 5.50% 
   
440
     
5,726,572
     
0.9
 
5.51% to 6.00% 
   
2,658
     
40,677,564
     
6.4
 
6.01% to 6.50% 
   
5,500
     
95,363,132
     
15.1
 
6.51% to 7.00% 
   
8,616
     
163,962,136
     
26.0
 
7.01% to 7.50% 
   
1,726
     
38,821,188
     
6.1
 
7.51% to 8.00% 
   
3,904
     
104,768,769
     
16.6
 
8.01% to 8.50% 
   
5,393
     
147,132,382
     
23.3
 
Equal to or greater than 8.51% 
   
887
     
34,878,649
     
5.5
 
                         
            Total 
   
29,144
   
$
631,591,674
     
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 
   
1,758
   
$4,116,207
     
0.7
%
$  5,000.00-$ 9,999.99 
   
2,319
     
17,779,880
     
2.8
 
$10,000.00-$14,999.99 
   
2,052
     
25,377,763
     
4.0
 
$15,000.00-$19,999.99 
   
1,456
     
25,317,780
     
4.0
 
$20,000.00-$24,999.99 
   
1,308
     
29,418,810
     
4.7
 
$25,000.00-$29,999.99 
   
1,150
     
31,553,224
     
5.0
 
$30,000.00-$34,999.99 
   
881
     
28,558,701
     
4.5
 
$35,000.00-$39,999.99 
   
742
     
27,769,688
     
4.4
 
$40,000.00-$44,999.99 
   
615
     
26,133,287
     
4.1
 
$45,000.00-$49,999.99 
   
551
     
26,127,560
     
4.1
 
$50,000.00-$54,999.99 
   
457
     
23,917,476
     
3.8
 
$55,000.00-$59,999.99 
   
417
     
24,012,178
     
3.8
 
$60,000.00-$64,999.99 
   
351
     
21,902,677
     
3.5
 
$65,000.00-$69,999.99 
   
305
     
20,570,130
     
3.3
 
$70,000.00-$74,999.99 
   
274
     
19,819,070
     
3.1
 
$75,000.00-$79,999.99 
   
233
     
18,005,884
     
2.9
 
$80,000.00-$84,999.99 
   
217
     
17,860,395
     
2.8
 
$85,000.00-$89,999.99 
   
181
     
15,807,518
     
2.5
 
$90,000.00-$94,999.99 
   
149
     
13,786,969
     
2.2
 
$95,000.00-$99,999.99 
   
124
     
12,072,189
     
1.9
 
$100,000.00 and above 
   
1,250
     
201,684,286
     
31.9
 
                         
Total
   
16,790
   
$631,591,674
     
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 
   
27,544
   
$
580,094,411
     
91.8
%
31-60 days 
   
597
     
17,298,411
     
2.7
 
61-90 days 
   
252
     
6,660,785
     
1.1
 
91-120 days 
   
126
     
4,748,902
     
0.8
 
121-150 days 
   
119
     
4,307,303
     
0.7
 
151-180 days 
   
121
     
3,952,383
     
0.6
 
181-210 days 
   
101
     
4,078,180
     
0.6
 
Greater than 210 days 
   
284
     
10,451,299
     
1.7
 
                         
               Total 
   
29,144
   
$
631,591,674
     
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  
   
109
   
$
25,880
     
*
 
4 to 12 
   
582
     
467,663
     
0.1
%
13 to 24 
   
714
     
1,849,762
     
0.3
 
25 to 36 
   
699
     
2,662,657
     
0.4
 
37 to 48 
   
1,083
     
5,550,732
     
0.9
 
49 to 60 
   
1,639
     
10,560,024
     
1.7
 
61 to 72 
   
3,159
     
19,988,504
     
3.2
 
73 to 84 
   
1,557
     
13,629,872
     
2.2
 
85 to 96 
   
1,242
     
12,453,667
     
2.0
 
97 to 108 
   
1,198
     
15,551,129
     
2.5
 
109 to 120 
   
1,492
     
22,750,752
     
3.6
 
121 to 132 
   
3,221
     
66,844,430
     
10.6
 
133 to 144 
   
1,915
     
51,634,582
     
8.2
 
145 to 156 
   
1,441
     
40,003,787
     
6.3
 
157 to 168 
   
1,217
     
38,428,974
     
6.1
 
169 to 180 
   
1,334
     
41,005,446
     
6.5
 
181 to 192 
   
1,793
     
52,776,268
     
8.4
 
193 to 204 
   
884
     
31,082,725
     
4.9
 
205 to 216 
   
751
     
27,721,198
     
4.4
 
217 to 228 
   
539
     
24,268,231
     
3.8
 
229 to 240 
   
608
     
27,117,655
     
4.3
 
241 to 252 
   
538
     
25,838,627
     
4.1
 
253 to 264 
   
357
     
18,141,346
     
2.9
 
265 to 276 
   
246
     
13,181,747
     
2.1
 
277 to 288 
   
180
     
12,250,188
     
1.9
 
289 to 300 
   
200
     
13,021,483
     
2.1
 
301 to 312 
   
172
     
14,531,583
     
2.3
 
313 to 324 
   
39
     
3,019,033
     
0.5
 
325 to 336 
   
44
     
3,920,134
     
0.6
 
337 to 348 
   
48
     
4,869,115
     
0.8
 
349 to 360 
   
90
     
9,483,058
     
1.5
 
361 and above 
   
53
     
6,961,423
     
1.1
 
                         
Total 
   
29,144
   
$
631,591,674
     
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 
   
1,206
   
$
32,134,086
     
5.1
%
Forbearance 
   
1,805
     
62,671,704
     
9.9
 
Repayment
                       
First year in repayment 
   
444
     
25,638,035
     
4.0
 
Second year in repayment 
   
386
     
21,367,454
     
3.4
 
Third year in repayment 
   
543
     
24,617,819
     
3.9
 
More than 3 years in repayment
   
24,760
     
465,524,541
     
73.7
 
                         
Total 
   
29,144
   
$
631,591,674
     
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 109.8 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 
   
17.1
     
-
     
211.0
 
Forbearance 
   
-
     
4.5
     
215.0
 
Repayment 
   
-
     
-
     
172.4
 
 
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 $32,134,086 aggregate outstanding principal balance of the trust student loans in deferment as of the statistical disclosure date, $20,058,176 or approximately 62.4% 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 
   
347
   
$
8,605,765
     
1.4
%
Alaska 
   
53
     
667,150
     
0.1
 
Arizona 
   
603
     
13,855,963
     
2.2
 
Arkansas 
   
332
     
6,312,837
     
1.0
 
California 
   
3,347
     
82,376,926
     
13.0
 
Colorado 
   
633
     
12,336,664
     
2.0
 
Connecticut 
   
231
     
4,496,824
     
0.7
 
Delaware 
   
69
     
1,400,067
     
0.2
 
District of Columbia 
   
122
     
3,506,723
     
0.6
 
Florida 
   
1,563
     
40,172,576
     
6.4
 
Georgia 
   
1,090
     
27,076,949
     
4.3
 
Hawaii 
   
89
     
1,827,737
     
0.3
 
Idaho  
   
183
     
3,711,672
     
0.6
 
Illinois 
   
1,420
     
27,088,974
     
4.3
 
Indiana 
   
420
     
7,411,470
     
1.2
 
Iowa  
   
220
     
3,573,478
     
0.6
 
Kansas 
   
720
     
13,338,750
     
2.1
 
Kentucky 
   
228
     
4,542,920
     
0.7
 
Louisiana 
   
1,079
     
23,817,110
     
3.8
 
Maine  
   
86
     
1,681,520
     
0.3
 
Maryland 
   
561
     
14,125,024
     
2.2
 
Massachusetts 
   
450
     
8,856,132
     
1.4
 
Michigan 
   
958
     
22,288,337
     
3.5
 
Minnesota 
   
784
     
12,989,938
     
2.1
 
Mississippi 
   
400
     
8,274,118
     
1.3
 
Missouri 
   
919
     
18,783,219
     
3.0
 
Montana 
   
85
     
1,497,720
     
0.2
 
Nebraska 
   
130
     
2,807,218
     
0.4
 
Nevada 
   
233
     
4,999,176
     
0.8
 
New Hampshire 
   
89
     
1,523,262
     
0.2
 
New Jersey 
   
437
     
10,655,439
     
1.7
 
New Mexico 
   
111
     
2,662,268
     
0.4
 
New York 
   
1,131
     
25,385,572
     
4.0
 
North Carolina 
   
496
     
11,203,665
     
1.8
 
North Dakota 
   
23
     
376,101
     
0.1
 
Ohio  
   
164
     
2,877,583
     
0.5
 
Oklahoma 
   
799
     
15,354,103
     
2.4
 
Oregon 
   
702
     
16,139,011
     
2.6
 
Pennsylvania 
   
634
     
12,470,314
     
2.0
 
Rhode Island 
   
40
     
1,128,588
     
0.2
 
South Carolina 
   
279
     
6,449,979
     
1.0
 
South Dakota 
   
38
     
735,430
     
0.1
 
Tennessee 
   
700
     
15,034,328
     
2.4
 
Texas  
   
2,955
     
62,237,879
     
9.9
 
Utah  
   
118
     
2,577,710
     
0.4
 
Vermont 
   
22
     
593,226
     
0.1
 
Virginia 
   
666
     
14,005,033
     
2.2
 
Washington 
   
1,337
     
25,592,719
     
4.1
 
West Virginia 
   
79
     
1,496,673
     
0.2
 
Wisconsin 
   
668
     
13,959,526
     
2.2
 
Wyoming 
   
37
     
696,292
     
0.1
 
Other  
   
264
     
6,014,017
     
1.0
 
                         
Total 
   
29,144
   
$
631,591,674
     
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
   
13,391
   
$
234,244,517
     
37.1
%
Other Repayment Options(1)
   
15,753
397,347,157
62.9
Total
29,144
$
631,591,674
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 561 loans with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $25,100,483 currently in an interest-only period.  These interest-only loans represent approximately 4.0% 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
   
14,456
   
$
280,365,636
     
44.4
%
Unsubsidized
   
14,688
351,226,038
55.6
Total
29,144
$
631,591,674
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
 
 
Loan Repayment Terms
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
 by Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
September 30, 1993 and earlier
   
99
   
$
2,497,196
     
0.4
%
October 1, 1993 through June 30, 2006
   
29,045
     
629,094,478
     
99.6
 
July 1, 2006 and later
   
0
0
0.0
Total
29,144
$
631,591,674
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 
   
2,001
   
$
26,613,280
     
4.2
%
College Assist 
   
84
     
1,334,712
     
0.2
 
Educational Credit Management Corporation
   
1,398
     
33,149,268
     
5.2
 
Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation 
   
1,012
     
23,254,665
     
3.7
 
Illinois Student Assistance Commission 
   
1,309
     
24,011,968
     
3.8
 
Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority
   
136
     
2,593,083
     
0.4
 
Louisiana Office Of Student Financial Assistance
   
442
     
7,769,023
     
1.2
 
Michigan Guaranty Agency 
   
619
     
13,122,517
     
2.1
 
Montana Guaranteed Student Loan Program
   
6
     
70,398
     
*
 
New Jersey Office Of Student Assistance 
   
294
     
6,365,228
     
1.0
 
New York State Higher Education Services Corporation
   
1,599
     
33,067,383
     
5.2
 
Northwest Education Loan Association 
   
1,106
     
19,928,226
     
3.2
 
Oklahoma Guaranteed Student Loan Program
   
855
     
15,877,268
     
2.5
 
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
   
2,916
     
62,593,237
     
9.9
 
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation
   
2,598
     
54,416,032
     
8.6
 
United Student Aid Funds, Inc. 
   
12,769
     
307,425,388
     
48.7
 
                         
Total 
   
29,144
   
$
631,591,674
     
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 Guarantor relates to all student loans, including but not limited to trust student loans, guaranteed by the Significant Guarantor.

We obtained the following information from various sources, including from the Significant Guarantor and/or from the Department of Education.  None of the depositor, Navient CFC, the servicer, their affiliates or the remarketing agents 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 attending approved educational institutions; (ii) guaranteed 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 Navient Solutions, Inc. and Student Assistance Corporation. Student Assistance Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Navient Solutions, Inc. Navient Solutions, Inc. and its subsidiaries are not sponsored by nor are they agencies of the United States of America.

USA Funds is the sole member of the Northwest Education Loan Association, a guarantor serving the states of Washington, Idaho and the Northwest and Education@Work, Inc., an Ohio non-profit corporation.

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’
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losses on default-claim payments made to lenders. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 provided for 100 percent reinsurance on all FFEL Program claims purchased beginning December 2015 and beyond.  Prior to that, 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 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, 2014, USA Funds held net assets on behalf of the federal reserve fund of approximately $157 million. Through September 30, 2014, 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 $56.8 billion.  Also, as of September 30, 2014, USA Funds had operating fund assets totaling almost $1.3 billion, which includes the $157 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 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
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
United Student Aid Funds, Inc. 
0.394%
0.354%
0.313%
0.277%
0.251%

 
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
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
United Student Aid Funds, Inc. 
32.17%
31.82%
30.55%
32.01%
34.93%
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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:
 
 
Loss Rate
 
Federal Fiscal Year
Guarantor
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
United Student Aid Funds, Inc. 
4.71%
4.73%
4.74%
4.73%
4.71%
 
 
In addition, 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
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
United Student Aid Funds, Inc. 
1.69%
1.58%
1.41%
1.48%
0.60%
 
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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