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Exhibit 99.1

 

ANNEX A

The Trust Student Loan Pool as of October 31, 2017

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, Navient Credit Finance Corporation.

Unless otherwise specified, all information with respect to the trust student loans is presented as of October 31, 2017, 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 $2,342,218 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.

 

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		$	561,241,854
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill		$	73,915,980
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill			13.17	%
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – One-Month LIBOR		$	487,325,875
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – One-Month LIBOR			86.83	%
Number of Borrowers			14,509
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Borrower		$	38,682
Number of Loans			25,312
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – Treasury Bill		$	31,494
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – One-Month LIBOR		$	21,220
Weighted Average Remaining Term to Scheduled Maturity		179 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.

 

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%			0				0				0.0
3.51% to 4.00%			2				55,134				*
4.01% to 4.50%			2				71,655				*
4.51% to 5.00%			14				95,524				*
5.01% to 5.50%			390				4,847,074				0.9
5.51% to 6.00%			2,350				36,679,102				6.5
6.01% to 6.50%			4,841				84,107,491				15.0
6.51% to 7.00%			7,416				145,418,649				25.9
7.01% to 7.50%			1,503				35,344,845				6.3
7.51% to 8.00%			3,378				93,874,699				16.7
8.01% to 8.50%			4,685				130,621,964				23.3
Equal to or greater than 8.51%			731				30,125,718				5.4
Total			25,312			$	561,241,854				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.

 

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					1,450			$	3,774,808				0.7	%
$	5,000.00-$ 9,999.99				2,220				16,623,654				3.0
$	10,000.00-$14,999.99				1,556				19,170,545				3.4
$	15,000.00-$19,999.99				1,224				21,300,617				3.8
$	20,000.00-$24,999.99				1,195				26,806,467				4.8
$	25,000.00-$29,999.99				942				25,818,325				4.6
$	30,000.00-$34,999.99				767				24,815,509				4.4
$	35,000.00-$39,999.99				606				22,680,050				4.0
$	40,000.00-$44,999.99				537				22,799,741				4.1
$	45,000.00-$49,999.99				481				22,780,229				4.1
$	50,000.00-$54,999.99				415				21,741,038				3.9
$	55,000.00-$59,999.99				377				21,669,290				3.9
$	60,000.00-$64,999.99				300				18,776,799				3.3
$	65,000.00-$69,999.99				258				17,413,127				3.1
$	70,000.00-$74,999.99				221				16,011,622				2.9
$	75,000.00-$79,999.99				226				17,483,669				3.1
$	80,000.00-$84,999.99				194				15,993,938				2.8
$	85,000.00-$89,999.99				149				13,031,973				2.3
$	90,000.00-$94,999.99				121				11,192,603				2.0
$	95,000.00-$99,999.99				126				12,299,622				2.2
$100,000.00 and above					1,144				189,058,229				33.7
Total					14,509			$	561,241,854				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			24,071			$	522,181,583				93.0	%
31-60 days			441				12,626,508				2.2
61-90 days			273				8,715,856				1.6
91-120 days			133				4,648,583				0.8
121-150 days			70				2,904,630				0.5
151-180 days			73				1,986,744				0.4
181-210 days			75				2,571,490				0.5
Greater than 210 days			176				5,606,461				1.0
Total			25,312			$	561,241,854				100.0	%

 

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			76			$	26,716				*
4 to12			325				377,182				0.1	%
13 to 24			522				1,393,315				0.2
25 to 36			900				3,423,593				0.6
37 to 48			1,431				7,420,438				1.3
49 to 60			2,729				14,827,200				2.6
61 to 72			1,305				10,515,261				1.9
73 to 84			1,137				10,179,537				1.8
85 to 96			1,104				13,259,929				2.4
97 to 108			1,220				16,986,473				3.0
109 to 120			2,088				29,523,617				5.3
121 to 132			1,944				45,160,204				8.0
133 to 144			1,543				42,428,804				7.6
145 to 156			1,222				38,603,279				6.9
157 to 168			1,308				39,295,160				7.0
169 to 180			1,703				49,850,788				8.9
181 to 192			889				32,051,718				5.7
193 to 204			733				27,827,964				5.0
205 to 216			585				23,564,796				4.2
217 to 228			501				21,690,361				3.9
229 to 240			566				27,133,113				4.8
241 to 252			343				17,643,628				3.1
253 to 264			242				14,443,292				2.6
265 to 276			174				10,039,113				1.8
277 to 288			129				9,495,636				1.7
289 to 300			154				10,809,024				1.9
301 to 312			232				20,045,954				3.6
313 to 324			37				3,237,786				0.6
325 to 336			31				2,677,133				0.5
337 to 348			26				3,213,755				0.6
349 to 360			78				9,379,065				1.7
361 and above			35				4,718,021				0.8
Total			25,312			$	561,241,854				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.

 

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			933			$	25,353,926				4.5	%
Forbearance			2,007				70,275,097				12.5
Repayment
First year in repayment			276				15,339,337				2.7
Second year in repayment			275				15,803,461				2.8
Third year in repayment			365				19,188,846				3.4
More than 3 years in repayment			21,456				415,281,187				74.0
Total			25,312			$	561,241,854				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 117.3 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.

 

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			17.0				-				210.1
Forbearance			-				3.6				207.3
Repayment			-				-				171.0

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 $25,353,926 aggregate outstanding principal balance of the trust student loans in deferment as of the statistical disclosure date, $17,217,494 or approximately 67.9% 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.

 

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			311			$	7,697,348				1.4	%
Alaska			43				535,910				0.1
Arizona			518				12,033,827				2.1
Arkansas			292				5,713,251				1.0
California			2,950				73,846,051				13.2
Colorado			526				9,904,875				1.8
Connecticut			199				3,779,250				0.7
Delaware			63				1,190,406				0.2
District of Columbia			98				2,756,028				0.5
Florida			1,379				36,651,177				6.5
Georgia			929				23,776,958				4.2
Hawaii			77				1,559,920				0.3
Idaho			158				3,216,085				0.6
Illinois			1,234				24,509,607				4.4
Indiana			357				6,061,206				1.1
Iowa			187				3,056,247				0.5
Kansas			614				11,619,204				2.1
Kentucky			202				4,269,154				0.8
Louisiana			963				21,709,466				3.9
Maine			75				1,593,654				0.3
Maryland			492				12,361,404				2.2
Massachusetts			397				7,878,306				1.4
Michigan			850				20,099,837				3.6
Minnesota			697				11,740,438				2.1
Mississippi			354				7,557,650				1.3
Missouri			804				16,974,511				3.0
Montana			84				1,462,025				0.3
Nebraska			113				2,618,480				0.5
Nevada			194				4,383,756				0.8
New Hampshire			79				1,253,628				0.2
New Jersey			372				9,749,408				1.7
New Mexico			74				1,882,414				0.3
New York			959				22,566,139				4.0
North Carolina			458				10,528,651				1.9
North Dakota			22				370,145				0.1
Ohio			155				2,691,237				0.5
Oklahoma			670				13,423,702				2.4
Oregon			572				14,258,625				2.5
Pennsylvania			536				10,945,707				2.0
Rhode Island			33				948,036				0.2
South Carolina			260				6,660,738				1.2
South Dakota			36				587,573				0.1
Tennessee			625				13,399,027				2.4
Texas			2,577				54,898,712				9.8
Utah			94				2,144,557				0.4
Vermont			23				555,482				0.1
Virginia			571				11,712,487				2.1
Washington			1,140				22,447,492				4.0
West Virginia			57				1,358,178				0.2
Wisconsin			583				12,227,495				2.2
Wyoming			37				799,979				0.1
Other			219				5,276,412				0.9
Total			25,312			$	561,241,854				100.0	%

 

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.

 

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			11,391			$	203,794,418				36.3	%
Other Repayment Options(1)			10,720				218,304,759				38.9
Income-driven Repayment(2)			3,201				139,142,677				24.8
Total			25,312			$	561,241,854				100.0	%

(1)	Includes, among others, graduated repayment and interest-only period loans.

 

(2)	Includes income sensitive and income based repayment.

With respect to interest-only loans, as of the statistical disclosure date, there are 390 loans with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $18,004,888 currently in an interest-only period.  These interest-only loans represent approximately 3.2% 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			12,561			$	247,620,670				44.1	%
Unsubsidized			12,751				313,621,184				55.9
Total			25,312			$	561,241,854				100.0	%

 

 

Disbursement Date		Number of Loans				Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance				Percent of Pool by Outstanding Principal Balance
September 30, 1993 and earlier			88			$	1,890,057				0.3	%
October 1, 1993 through June 30, 2006			25,224				559,351,797				99.7
July 1, 2006 and later			0				0				0.0
Total			25,312			$	561,241,854				100.0	%

 

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			1,767			$	22,857,321				4.1	%
College Assist			69				1,044,580				0.2
Educational Credit Management Corporation			1,202				28,715,114				5.1
Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation			880				20,734,211				3.7
Illinois Student Assistance Comm			1,140				21,425,763				3.8
Kentucky Higher Educ. Asst. Auth.			118				2,206,140				0.4
Louisiana Office Of Student Financial Asst			402				7,320,805				1.3
Michigan Guaranty Agency			540				11,588,400				2.1
New Jersey Higher Ed Student Assistance Authority			253				5,865,172				1.0
New York State Higher Ed Services Corp			1,389				29,491,141				5.3
Northwest Education Loan Association			930				16,685,926				3.0
Oklahoma Guaranteed Stud Loan Prog			725				13,720,585				2.4
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency			2,570				57,528,584				10.3
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp			2,235				48,265,706				8.6
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.			11,092				273,792,406				48.8
Total			25,312			$	561,241,854				100.0	%

 

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 agent has audited or independently verified this information for accuracy or completeness.

UNITED STUDENT AID FUNDS, INC.

United Student Aid Funds, Inc. (“USAF”) 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, USAF: (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.

USAF contracts with Navient Solutions, LLC and Student Assistance Corporation.  Student Assistance Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Navient Solutions, LLC.  Navient Solutions, LLC and its subsidiaries are not sponsored by nor are they agencies of the United States of America.

USAF is the sole member of the Northwest Education Loan Association, a guarantor serving the states of Washington, Idaho and the Northwest.  USAF, Inc. became a member of Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation, Affiliated Group, effective January 1, 2017.

For the purpose of providing loan guarantees under the Act, USAF 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, USAF 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 USAF by the Secretary in accordance with a formula based on the annual default rate of loans guaranteed by USAF under the Act and the disbursement date of loans.  The rate of reinsurance ranges from 100 percent to 75 percent of USAF’s 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, USAF will continue to administer a portfolio of outstanding FFELP loans, but no longer may guarantee new federal student loans.

As of September 30, 2015, USAF held net assets on behalf of the federal reserve fund of approximately $130 million.  Through September 30, 2015, the outstanding, unpaid, aggregate amount of principal and interest on loans that had been directly guaranteed by USAF under the Federal Family Education Loan Program was approximately $51.8 billion.  Also, as of September 30, 2015, USAF had operating fund assets totaling almost $1.3 billion, which includes the $130 million of net assets held on behalf of the Federal Reserve Fund.

USAF’s “reserve ratio” complies with the 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 USAF for the last five fiscal years for which information was available 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	%

USAF’s “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 USAF during the fiscal year by the aggregate amount of default claims paid by USAF outstanding at the end of the prior fiscal year.  For the last five fiscal years for which information was available, 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	%

USAF’s “loss rate” represents the percentage of claims purchased from lenders but not covered by reinsurance.  For the last five fiscal years for which information was available, 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, USAF’s “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 USAF’s existing portfolio of loans in repayment at the end of the prior fiscal year.  For the last five fiscal years for which information was available, 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	%

USAF is headquartered in Fishers, Indiana. USAF 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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