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Slm — IPO Roadshow (September 2008)

65 slides from Slm's IPO roadshow presentation, Sep 30, 2008

  1. Slide 1: SLM Corporation Private Credit ABS Investor Presentation

    SLM Corporation Private Credit ABS Investor Presentation September 2008

  2. Slide 2: Forward-looking statements

    September 2008 2 This Presentation contains forward-looking statements and information based on management's current expectations as of the date of this presentation. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs or expectations and statements that assume or are de

  3. Slide 3: Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Additional Information

    September 2008 3 Non-GAAP Financial Measures - The following presentation includes non-GAAP performance measures. A presentation of the most comparable GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation of the non-GAAP performance measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are includ

  4. Slide 4: Contents

    September 2008 4 Page I. Introduction and Overview 5 II. SLM Private Credit Student Loan ABS 10 III. SLM Private Credit ABS Relative Value 15 IV. SLM Private Credit Student Loan Program 21 V Cumulative Loss Expectations 28 VI. Performance Drivers 33 VII. Reason to Invest in SLM Private Credit ABS 37

  5. Slide 5: I. Introduction and Overview

    September 2008 5 I. Introduction and Overview

  6. Slide 6: Introduction and Overview

    September 2008 6 Introduction and Overview Leading originator, servicer and collector of student loans, with a 35% market share of all FFELP and private education loan servicing (1) More than 10 million customers, relationships with over 6,000 schools Profitable despite current credit environment Am

  7. Slide 7: Higher Education Enrollment and Cost of Education

    September 2008 7 Column 1 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 Column 11 Column 12 Column 13 Column 14 Column 15 Column 16 1/1/2000 15.312 1/1/2001 15.928 1/1/2002 16.612 1/1/2003 16.901 1/1/2004 17.272 1/1/2005 17.428 1/1/2006 17.672 1/1/2007 17.958 1/1/2008 18.2

  8. Slide 8: Traditional vs Non-Traditional

    September 2008 8 Traditional vs Non-Traditional SLM's Managed private education loan portfolio is segmented into two categories: Traditional and Non-Traditional Non-Traditional loans are loans primarily made to borrowers attending schools with unacceptably high default rates, or as exceptions to FIC

  9. Slide 9: SLM Traditional Loan Net Charge-off Rates vs Credit Cards

    September 2008 9 SLM Traditional Loan Net Charge-off Rates vs Credit Cards SLM Traditional* American Express** Bank of America*** Citibank JPMorgan Q2'07 0.016 0.029 0.052 0.045 0.036 Q1'08 0.017 0.043 0.057 0.058 0.044 Q2'08 0.02 0.053 0.067 0.065 0.05 * Net charge-offs as a percentage of average M

  10. Slide 10: II. Student Loan ABS

    September 2008 10 II. SLM Private Credit Student Loan ABS

  11. Slide 11: SLM Issue Characteristics

    September 2008 11 SLM Private Credit ABS Issue Characteristics Historical issue size of $1.0B to $2.5(+)B US$ denominated Student loan collateral not guaranteed by the U.S. Government Typical capital structure and credit enhancement Floating rate tied to 3 mo. LIBOR Typically amortizing tranches, wi

  12. Slide 12: Potential SLM Structural Changes

    September 2008 12 Potential SLM Private Credit ABS Structural Changes Collateralized entirely by Traditional private credit loans More credit and liquidity enhancement to reflect higher coupon on securities No other major structural changes to SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trusts planned

  13. Slide 13: SLM Transactions Modeled on Intex

    September 2008 13 SLM Private Credit ABS Transactions Modeled on Intex Intex Screenshot Intex Screenshot SLM Private Credit ABS transactions are now modeled on Intex Forbearance and deferment status projections are expected to be available in the December release of their cash flow engine Transactio

  14. Slide 14: Rating Actions on Student Loan ABS

    September 2008 14 Rating Actions on SLM Private Credit Student Loan ABS There have been a number of upgrades and no downgrades to Sallie Mae's Private Credit ABS since the program's inception in 2002 Moody's(1) - March 2007 S&P - July 2008 Fitch - September 2007 On September 17, 2008, as a result of

  15. Slide 15: III. SLM Relative Value

    September 2008 15 III. SLM Private Credit ABS Relative Value

  16. Slide 16: Bonds Well Protected Against Expected Defaults

    September 2008 16 SLM Private Student Loan Trust ABS are rated to withstand extremely high default rates on the underlying collateral Bonds Well Protected Against Expected Defaults Cumulative default breakeven before dollar of principal loss. Modeled to maturity and based on information as of the cl

  17. Slide 17: Bonds Well Protected Against Extension Risk

    September 2008 17 Cash Capitalization Account protects SLM Private Credit ABS against significant average life extension Even with a doubling of deferment and forbearance, bonds in a representative SLM Private Credit ABS issue extend by less than one year Bonds Well Protected Against Extension Risk

  18. Slide 18: Recessions Historically Have Had Less Impact on College Graduates

    September 2008 18 Recessions Historically Have Had Less Impact on College Graduates Income and employment are strongly correlated to educational attainment Recessions have less impact on employment level of college grads Unemployment rate for those with college degrees was at 2.3% in June 2008, comp

  19. Slide 19: SLM Traditional Loan 90+ Day Delinquencies vs Credit Cards

    September 2008 19 SLM Traditional* Bank of America** Citibank JPMorgan Q2'07 0.013 0.027 0.015 0.014 Q1'08 0.015 0.03 0.02 0.018 Q2'08 0.014 0.03 0.02 0.018 SLM Traditional Loan 90+ Day Delinquencies vs Credit Cards 90+ day delinquencies on Traditional Loans continue to run lower than 90+ day delinq

  20. Slide 20: SLM Pricing vs. Credit Card ABS

    September 2008 20 SLM Private Credit ABS Pricing vs. Credit Card ABS Prior to the ABS market disruption, spreads on SLM Private Credit ABS were trading in line with credit card ABS Source: JPMorgan Research Date Private Credit Cards Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 Line 6 Line 7 Line 8 Line 9 Line 10 Line 11 Li

  21. Slide 21: IV. Student Loan Program

    September 2008 21 IV. SLM Private Credit Student Loan Program

  22. Slide 22: Private Credit Student Loan Characteristics

    September 2008 22 Sallie Mae's Private Credit Student Loan Characteristics (1) Made to undergraduate and graduate students Floating rate, indexed to either LIBOR or Prime, with risk-based pricing Repayment term varies from 15 to 20(+) years, depending on loan balance Payments typically deferred unti

  23. Slide 23: Private Credit Loan Products

    September 2008 23 Private Credit Loan Products Securitized School Channel Undergraduate and Graduate Loans - Loans made to students and parents through college financial aid offices to fund 2-year and 4-year college tuition, room and board Direct-To-Consumer Loans - Similar to school channel undergr

  24. Slide 24: Private Credit Loan Underwriting Criteria

    September 2008 24 Private Credit Loan Underwriting Criteria (1) As of September 2008. Underwriting has recently been intensified and enhanced with school-based decision criteria

  25. Slide 25: Private Credit Loan Collections

    September 2008 25 Private Credit Loan Collections Sallie Mae services and collects the loans in its Private Credit ABS Trusts Private credit collections are conducted by a stand-alone consumer credit collections unit, not the company's FFELP collections operations Managed by individuals with prior e

  26. Slide 26: Forbearance

    September 2008 26 Forbearance A collections tool used to provide borrowers time to improve their ability to repay Between graduation and start of first job Economic hardship Provides borrower with time to obtain employment and income to support their obligations Applied most frequently in the first

  27. Slide 27: Performance of Loans Receiving Forbearance

    September 2008 27 Performance of Loans Receiving Forbearance (1) Managed portfolio as of June 30, 2008. Tracked 36 months after first month-end forbearance, or 36 months after repayment begin date. Repayment cohorts since January 2001. Loans receiving first forbearances since January 2001. Three yea

  28. Slide 28: V. Cumulative Loss Expectations

    September 2008 28 V. Cumulative Loss Expectations

  29. Slide 29: Default Emergence Profile

    29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Defaults Per Repayment Year 0.017 0.122 0.236 0.177 0.14 0.088 0.069 0.039 0.028 0.023 0.017 0.014 0.012 0.01 0.009 Cumulative Default 0.017 0.139 0.375 0.552 0.691 0.78 0.848 0.887 0.915 0.938 0.955 0.969 0.981 0.991 1 SLM Private Credit Default Emergence Prof

  30. Slide 30: Gross Defaults: Actual-To-Date vs. Current Lifetime Expectations

    30 SLM Private Credit Gross Defaults: Actual-To-Date vs. Current Lifetime Expectations For SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trusts issued prior to 2005-B, the servicer has the option, but not the obligation, to repurchase loans that (i) become 180+ days delinquent and/or (ii) have a borrower who file

  31. Slide 31: Gross Defaults: Actual To Date vs. Current Lifetime Expectations

    31 SLM Private Credit Gross Defaults: Actual To Date vs. Current Lifetime Expectations 2002-A 2003-A 2003-B 2003-C 2004-A 2004-B 2005-A 2005-B 2006-A 2006-B 2006-C 2007-A Charge-off (1) 0.030727995 0.033827393 0.028838063 0.02836175 0.025131695 0.017115889 0.013727319 0.011211874 0.007384162 0.00712

  32. Slide 32: Current Lifetime Expectations vs. Rating Agency Stress Levels

    32 SLM Private Credit Gross Defaults: Current Lifetime Expectations vs. Constraining Rating Agency Stress Levels at Issuance 2002-A 2003-A 2003-B 2003-C 2004-A 2004-B 2005-A 2005-B 2006-A 2006-B 2006-C 2007-A Current Lifetime Gross Current Loss Expectation (1) 0.06 0.065 0.073 0.075 0.083 0.079 0.09

  33. Slide 33: VI. Performance Drivers

    September 2008 33 VI. Performance Drivers

  34. Slide 34: Performance Drivers

    September 2008 34 SLM Private Credit Performance Drivers Among the multiple variables that impact the performance of private credit loans, a combination of the following has the greatest impact FICO score of Borrower or Co-Borrower(1) Presence of a Co-Borrower School attended: Likelihood the borrowe

  35. Slide 35: Performance Data Segmentation

    September 2008 35 Performance Data Segmentation Unless otherwise noted, historical data provided in this section has been segmented into two categories reflecting SLM's current underwriting and pool selection criteria Loans Meeting Current Selection Criteria Not-For-Profit Schools, FICO ^ 640 For-Pr

  36. Slide 36: Performance Drivers: Original FICO

    September 2008 36 SLM Private Credit Performance Drivers: Original FICO Original FICO is among several factors historically proven to be highly correlated with actual losses in Sallie Mae's Managed Private Credit Loan portfolio Impact of Original FICO Actual Cumulative Gross Defaults for Loans in Re

  37. Slide 37: VII. Reasons to Invest in SLM

    September 2008 37 VII. Reasons to Invest in SLM Private Credit ABS

  38. Slide 38: Reasons to Invest in SLM

    September 2008 38 Reasons to Invest in SLM Private Credit ABS SLM is the market leader in private education loans SLM originates, services and collects all of its private credit loans SLM Private Credit ABS are well-protected, with 2007-A able to withstand 46% cumulative losses, or 4.6x current expe

  39. Slide 39: Contact Information

    September 2008 39 Contact Information Ken Fischbach Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance Sallie Mae, Inc. 12061 Bluemont Way Reston, VA 20190 703-984-6310 kenneth.fischbach@slma.com Leo Subler Vice President, Corporate Finance Sallie Mae, Inc. 12061 Bluemont Way Reston, VA 20190 703-984-5564 leo

  40. Slide 40: Appendix A: SLM Trust Characteristics

    September 2008 40 Appendix A: SLM Private Credit ABS Trust Characteristics

  41. Slide 41: SLM Collateral Characteristics: Performance Drivers

    September 2008 41 SLM Private Credit ABS Collateral Characteristics: Performance Drivers If there is a co-borrower, FICO score represents higher of borrower and co-borrower score

  42. Slide 42: Appendix B: SLM Trust Analytics

    September 2008 42 Appendix B: SLM Private Credit ABS Trust Analytics

  43. Slide 43: Performance Data Segmentation

    September 2008 43 Performance Data Segmentation Unless otherwise noted, historical data provided in this section has been segmented into two categories reflecting SLM's current underwriting and pool selection criteria Loans Meeting Current Selection Criteria Not-For-Profit Schools, FICO ^ 640 For-Pr

  44. Slide 44: SLM Collateral Characteristics: Performance Drivers

    September 2008 44 SLM Private Credit ABS Collateral Characteristics: Performance Drivers If there is a co-borrower, FICO score represents higher of borrower and co-borrower score.

  45. Slide 45: Delinquency and Forbearance Seasoning Trends

    45 SLM Private Credit Delinquency and Forbearance Seasoning Trends Delinquency and forbearance are highest when loans enter repayment, and diminish as loans season As the trust loans season, delinquency and forbearance are expected to decline

  46. Slide 46: SLM Trusts: 90+ Day Delinquencies

    September 2008 46 SLM Private Credit ABS Trusts: 90+ Day Delinquencies Overall, loans meeting current criteria exhibit relatively stable performance Upward trend in delinquencies for newer trusts is driven by a higher percentage of loans first entering repayment, when borrowers are most likely to be

  47. Slide 47: SLM Trusts: Forbearance

    September 2008 47 SLM Private Credit ABS Trusts: Forbearance 11/30/2002 2/28/2003 5/31/2003 8/31/2003 11/30/2003 2/29/2004 5/31/2004 8/31/2004 11/30/2004 2/28/2005 5/31/2005 8/31/2005 11/30/2005 2/28/2006 5/31/2006 8/31/2006 11/30/2006 2/28/2007 5/31/2007 8/31/2007 11/30/2007 2/29/2008 5/31/2008 8/3

  48. Slide 48: SLM Trusts: Annualized Gross Charge-offs

    September 2008 48 SLM Private Credit ABS Trusts: Annualized Gross Charge-offs 11/30/2002 2/28/2003 5/31/2003 8/31/2003 11/30/2003 2/29/2004 5/31/2004 8/31/2004 11/30/2004 2/28/2005 5/31/2005 8/31/2005 11/30/2005 2/28/2006 5/31/2006 8/31/2006 11/30/2006 2/28/2007 5/31/2007 8/31/2007 11/30/2007 2/29/2

  49. Slide 49: SLM Trusts: Historical Cumulative Gross Charge-Offs

    September 2008 49 SLM Private Credit ABS Trusts: Historical Cumulative Gross Charge-Offs(1) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2002 0 0.0001 0.0005 0.0006 0.0009 0.0009 0.001 0.0012 0.0016 0.0029 0.004 0.0067 0.0097 0.0112 0.0125 0.0142 0.0159 0.0198 0.023 0.0262 0.0287 0.03

  50. Slide 50: SLM Trusts Prepayment Analysis

    September 2008 50 SLM Private Credit ABS Trusts Prepayment Analysis Historical SLM Private Credit ABS CPRs Constant prepayment rates increased in 2007 due to the introduction of Private Credit Consolidation loans, but then declined accordingly following SLM's decision to suspend its consolidation lo

  51. Slide 51: Appendix C: Managed Portfolio Performance

    September 2008 51 Appendix C: SLM Private Credit Managed Portfolio Performance

  52. Slide 52: Performance Data Methodology

    52 SLM Private Credit Performance Data Methodology Loans Meeting Current Selection Criteria Methodology - Performance metrics are expressed relative to the balance of loans entering repayment (including capitalized interest from the school period) Performance is captured at the end of each quarter o

  53. Slide 53: Portfolio Performance Cohort Cumulative Defaults

    53 SLM Private Credit Portfolio Performance Cohort Cumulative Defaults: Loans Meeting Current Selection Criteria

  54. Slide 54: Cohort Cumulative Defaults - 760+ FICO

    54 SLM Private Credit Managed Portfolio Performance Cohort Cumulative Defaults: Loans Meeting Current Selection Criteria - 760+ FICO

  55. Slide 55: Cohort Cumulative Defaults - 730-759 FICO

    55 SLM Private Credit Managed Portfolio Performance Cohort Cumulative Defaults: Loans Meeting Current Selection Criteria - 730-759 FICO

  56. Slide 56: Cohort Cumulative Defaults - 700-729 FICO

    56 SLM Private Credit Managed Portfolio Performance Cohort Cumulative Defaults: Loans Meeting Current Selection Criteria - 700-729 FICO

  57. Slide 57: Cohort Cumulative Defaults - 670-699 FICO

    57 SLM Private Credit Managed Portfolio Performance Cohort Cumulative Defaults: Loans Meeting Current Selection Criteria - 670-699 FICO

  58. Slide 58: Cohort Cumulative Defaults - 640-669 FICO

    58 SLM Private Credit Managed Portfolio Performance Cohort Cumulative Defaults: Loans Meeting Current Selection Criteria - 640-669 FICO

  59. Slide 59: Cumulative Cohort Recovery Rates

    September 2008 59 SLM Private Credit Managed Portfolio Performance (All Loans) Cumulative Cohort Recovery Rates Recovery data is based substantially on experience under HICA, a captive insurance subsidiary of SLM that collected and recovered defaulted loans until 2004, when HICA was dissolved and SL

  60. Slide 60: Appendix D: SLM Corporation Update

    September 2008 60 Appendix D: SLM Corporation Update

  61. Slide 61: Sallie Mae Update

    September 2008 61 Sallie Mae Update DOE funding authority - extended through academic year 09/10 - assures profitability on new Stafford/PLUS loans, and eliminates funding need for this asset Term FFELP ABS market continues to provide funding, with $5.1B raised in August and $18.5B YTD ABCP program

  62. Slide 62: Traditional vs. Non-Traditional Private Loan Performance

    September 2008 62 62 Traditional vs. Non-Traditional Private Loan Performance Reserve coverage of annualized net charge-offs totaled 2.0x and 2.6x for Traditional and Non-Traditional loans respectively for the first half of 2008

  63. Slide 63: Earnings Summary ($ millions)

    September 2008 63 1H 2008, 2007 and Full Year 2007, 2006 Earnings Summary ($ millions) 1H 2008 1H 2007 Full Year 2007 Full Year 2006 "Core Earnings" Net Income (1) $344 $440 $560 $1,253 Stafford/PLUS Originations ($B) $8.4 $8.1 $17.3 $16.0 Private Education Loan Originations ($B) $3.4 $3.5 $7.9 $7.4

  64. Slide 64: "Core Earnings" Presentation

    September 2008 64 "Core Earnings" Presentation Used by SLM's management in developing financial plans, tracking results, establishing corporate performance targets Used by securities analysts, credit rating agencies and debt capital providers to measure the company's business performance Treat secur

  65. Slide 65: GAAP to "Core Earnings" EPS Reconciliation

    September 2008 65 GAAP to "Core Earnings" EPS Reconciliation

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