0001140361-19-021937.txt : 20191204 0001140361-19-021937.hdr.sgml : 20191204 20191204161354 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-19-021937 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20191204 0000949114 0001601725 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20191204 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20191204 ABS ASSET CLASS: Student loans FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SLM Student Loan Trust 2003-1 CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001321778 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES [6189] STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-97247-06 FILM NUMBER: 191268326 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11600 SALLIE MAE DRIVE STREET 2: 1ST FLOOR CITY: RESTON STATE: VA ZIP: 20193 BUSINESS PHONE: 703-810-3000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11600 SALLIE MAE DRIVE STREET 2: 1ST FLOOR CITY: RESTON STATE: VA ZIP: 20193 8-K 1 form8k.htm 8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



FORM 8-K
 

 
CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  December 4, 2019



SLM Student Loan Trust 2003-1
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
 

 
DELAWARE
333-97247/
333-97247-06
04-3480392
(State or other jurisdiction of formation)
(Commission File Numbers)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

c/o Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
60 Wall Street, 60th Floor
Mail Stop NYC60-2606
New York, New York 10005
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number including area code:  (703) 984-5858
 

 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Title of each class
Trading
symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
Not Applicable

Exhibit Index appears on page 3



Item 8.01
Other Events
 
On December 4, 2019, Navient Solutions, LLC, in its capacity as administrator, furnished to the remarketing agent a preliminary remarketing memorandum (the “Remarketing Memorandum”) for distribution to certain qualified institutional buyers for purposes of remarketing the SLM Student Loan Trust 2003-1 Class A-5C Reset Rate Notes.  The Remarketing Memorandum included tables which provide a description of the SLM Student Loan Trust 2003-1 student loan pool as of October 31, 2019.  These tables are attached as an exhibit to this current report.
 
Item 9.01
Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
 
(a)
Not applicable
 
 
(b)
Not applicable
 
 
(c)
Not applicable
 
 
(d)
Exhibits
 
  99.1
Tables showing SLM Student Loan Trust 2003-1 Pool Information as of October 31, 2019.

1

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Trust has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
SLM STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2003-1
   
 
By:  NAVIENT SOLUTIONS, LLC, in its capacity as
  administrator of the Trust
 
Dated:  December 4, 2019
By: /s/ C. Scott Booher
   
 
Name:  C. Scott Booher
 
Title:    Vice President

2

SLM STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2003-1

Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number
Description
   
Tables Showing SLM Student Loan Trust 2003-1 Pool Information as of October 31, 2019.


3

EX-99.1 2 ex99_1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

Exhibit 99.1

ANNEX A
 The Trust Student Loan Pool as of October 31, 2019

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, 2019, 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 $2,290,177 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.

A-1

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
 
$
449,018,750
 
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill
 
$
58,149,378
 
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill
   
12.95
%
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – One-Month LIBOR
 
$
390,869,373
 
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – One-Month LIBOR
   
87.05
%
Number of Borrowers
 
$
10,880
 
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Borrower
   
41,270
 
Number of Loans
   
19,131
 
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – Treasury Bill
 
$
35,917
 
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – One-Month LIBOR
   
22,320
 
Weighted Average Remaining Term to Scheduled Maturity
  $
177 months
 
Weighted Average Annual Interest Rate
 
$
7.34
%

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.

A-2

DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY BORROWER INTEREST RATES AS OF THE STATISTICAL
DISCLOSURE DATE

 
 
Interest Rates
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
Less than or equal to 3.00%
   
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%
   
0
     
0
     
0.0
 
4.51% to 5.00%
   
12
     
73,378
     
*
 
5.01% to 5.50%
   
301
     
3,728,295
     
0.8
 
5.51% to 6.00%
   
1,820
     
29,160,076
     
6.5
 
6.01% to 6.50%
   
3,735
     
65,256,450
     
14.5
 
6.51% to 7.00%
   
5,625
     
113,454,461
     
25.3
 
7.01% to 7.50%
   
1,146
     
28,723,944
     
6.4
 
7.51% to 8.00%
   
2,497
     
75,661,160
     
16.9
 
8.01% to 8.50%
   
3,527
     
109,816,484
     
24.5
 
Equal to or greater than 8.51%
   
466
     
23,089,370
     
5.1
 
                         
Total
   
19,131
   
$
449,018,750
     
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.

A-3

DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE PER BORROWER
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE

Range of Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Number of
Borrowers
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
Less than $5,000.00
     
1,485
   
$
4,066,008
     
0.9
%
$ 5,000.00-$ 9,999.99
     
1,323
     
9,641,247
     
2.1
 
$ 10,000.00-$14,999.99
     
942
     
11,706,955
     
2.6
 
$ 15,000.00-$19,999.99
     
960
     
16,787,874
     
3.7
 
$ 20,000.00-$24,999.99
     
848
     
18,988,631
     
4.2
 
$ 25,000.00-$29,999.99
     
667
     
18,243,408
     
4.1
 
$ 30,000.00-$34,999.99
     
566
     
18,289,772
     
4.1
 
$ 35,000.00-$39,999.99
     
465
     
17,377,790
     
3.9
 
$ 40,000.00-$44,999.99
     
406
     
17,244,302
     
3.8
 
$ 45,000.00-$49,999.99
     
399
     
18,916,074
     
4.2
 
$ 50,000.00-$54,999.99
     
328
     
17,226,900
     
3.8
 
$ 55,000.00-$59,999.99
     
266
     
15,298,636
     
3.4
 
$ 60,000.00-$64,999.99
     
217
     
13,569,223
     
3.0
 
$ 65,000.00-$69,999.99
     
199
     
13,455,830
     
3.0
 
$ 70,000.00-$74,999.99
     
185
     
13,392,185
     
3.0
 
$ 75,000.00-$79,999.99
     
155
     
11,980,215
     
2.7
 
$ 80,000.00-$84,999.99
     
129
     
10,647,695
     
2.4
 
$ 85,000.00-$89,999.99
     
127
     
11,108,612
     
2.5
 
$ 90,000.00-$94,999.99
     
110
     
10,165,047
     
2.3
 
$ 95,000.00-$99,999.99
     
107
     
10,436,107
     
2.3
 
$100,000.00 and above
     
996
     
170,476,236
     
38.0
 
                            
Total
     
10,880
   
$
449,018,750
     
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
   
18,146
   
$
415,906,172
     
92.6
%
31-60 days
   
346
     
11,410,804
     
2.5
 
61-90 days
   
149
     
4,667,031
     
1.0
 
91-120 days
   
110
     
5,108,289
     
1.1
 
121-150 days
   
86
     
2,609,820
     
0.6
 
151-180 days
   
61
     
2,358,070
     
0.5
 
181-210 days
   
23
     
870,777
     
0.2
 
Greater than 210 days
   
210
     
6,087,788
     
1.4
 
                         
Total
   
19,131
   
$
449,018,750
     
100.0
%

A-4

DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY REMAINING TERM TO SCHEDULED MATURITY
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE

Number of Months
Remaining to
Scheduled Maturity
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
0 to 3
   
58
   
$
26,191
     
*
 
4 to 12
   
295
     
956,115
     
0.2
%
13 to 24
   
797
     
7,032,432
     
1.6
 
25 to 36
   
1,746
     
7,751,011
     
1.7
 
37 to 48
   
994
     
9,117,179
     
2.0
 
49 to 60
   
830
     
9,112,348
     
2.0
 
61 to 72
   
903
     
10,074,084
     
2.2
 
73 to 84
   
964
     
12,405,456
     
2.8
 
85 to 96
   
1,558
     
18,984,493
     
4.2
 
97 to 108
   
878
     
14,028,848
     
3.1
 
109 to 120
   
811
     
14,292,153
     
3.2
 
121 to 132
   
1,186
     
27,719,453
     
6.2
 
133 to 144
   
1,234
     
31,806,361
     
7.1
 
145 to 156
   
1,428
     
37,054,267
     
8.3
 
157 to 168
   
900
     
28,149,554
     
6.3
 
169 to 180
   
737
     
25,268,516
     
5.6
 
181 to 192
   
643
     
24,928,339
     
5.6
 
193 to 204
   
568
     
20,599,752
     
4.6
 
205 to 216
   
483
     
19,975,786
     
4.4
 
217 to 228
   
368
     
17,099,363
     
3.8
 
229 to 240
   
301
     
15,008,725
     
3.3
 
241 to 252
   
236
     
12,041,349
     
2.7
 
253 to 264
   
165
     
8,539,421
     
1.9
 
265 to 276
   
154
     
9,291,267
     
2.1
 
277 to 288
   
117
     
7,390,312
     
1.6
 
289 to 300
   
191
     
12,858,566
     
2.9
 
301 to 312
   
362
     
26,680,111
     
5.9
 
313 to 324
   
34
     
2,585,080
     
0.6
 
325 to 336
   
44
     
3,164,690
     
0.7
 
337 to 348
   
47
     
3,837,878
     
0.9
 
349 to 360
   
48
     
6,048,374
     
1.3
 
361 and above
   
51
     
5,191,276
     
1.2
 
                         
Total
   
19,131
   
$
449,018,750
     
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.

A-5

DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY CURRENT BORROWER PAYMENT STATUS
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE

 
 
Current Borrower Payment Status
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
Deferment
   
558
   
$
16,156,445
     
3.6
%
Forbearance
   
1,156
     
44,169,401
     
9.8
 
Repayment
                       
First year in repayment
   
166
     
11,368,124
     
2.5
 
Second year in repayment
   
137
     
9,379,856
     
2.1
 
Third year in repayment
   
233
     
14,206,559
     
3.2
 
More than 3 years in repayment
   
16,881
     
353,738,366
     
78.8
 
                         
Total
   
19,131
   
$
449,018,750
     
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 127.0 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.

A-6

SCHEDULED WEIGHTED AVERAGE REMAINING MONTHS IN
STATUS OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY
CURRENT BORROWER PAYMENT STATUS AS OF THE
STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE

   
Scheduled Months in Status Remaining
 
Current Borrower Payment Status
 
Deferment
   
Forbearance
   
Repayment
 
Deferment
   
52.5
     
-
     
191.3
 
Forbearance
   
-
     
42.0
     
199.7
 
Repayment
   
-
     
-
     
167.2
 

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 $16,156,445 aggregate outstanding principal balance of the trust student loans in deferment as of the statistical disclosure date, $11,013,756 or approximately 68.2% 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.

A-7

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE

 
 
State
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
Alabama
   
246
   
$
6,605,434
     
1.5
%
Alaska
   
27
     
442,701
     
0.1
 
Arizona
   
419
     
10,890,449
     
2.4
 
Arkansas
   
230
     
4,870,740
     
1.1
 
California
   
2,249
     
60,092,012
     
13.4
 
Colorado
   
358
     
7,264,966
     
1.6
 
Connecticut
   
139
     
2,711,202
     
0.6
 
Delaware
   
45
     
918,112
     
0.2
 
District of Columbia
   
64
     
1,613,957
     
0.4
 
Florida
   
1,078
     
30,518,567
     
6.8
 
Georgia
   
704
     
19,743,447
     
4.4
 
Hawaii
   
57
     
1,179,949
     
0.3
 
Idaho
   
105
     
2,571,519
     
0.6
 
Illinois
   
932
     
19,799,470
     
4.4
 
Indiana
   
281
     
5,198,808
     
1.2
 
Iowa
   
144
     
2,568,982
     
0.6
 
Kansas
   
432
     
9,369,728
     
2.1
 
Kentucky
   
159
     
3,776,269
     
0.8
 
Louisiana
   
747
     
16,816,158
     
3.7
 
Maine
   
54
     
1,381,034
     
0.3
 
Maryland
   
391
     
10,191,287
     
2.3
 
Massachusetts
   
312
     
6,152,605
     
1.4
 
Michigan
   
629
     
15,547,712
     
3.5
 
Minnesota
   
496
     
8,364,591
     
1.9
 
Mississippi
   
260
     
6,083,699
     
1.4
 
Missouri
   
594
     
13,537,672
     
3.0
 
Montana
   
62
     
1,057,716
     
0.2
 
Nebraska
   
80
     
1,828,337
     
0.4
 
Nevada
   
151
     
3,450,920
     
0.8
 
New Hampshire
   
55
     
1,086,891
     
0.2
 
New Jersey
   
286
     
7,191,786
     
1.6
 
New Mexico
   
64
     
1,798,794
     
0.4
 
New York
   
723
     
18,460,449
     
4.1
 
North Carolina
   
340
     
7,637,679
     
1.7
 
North Dakota
   
13
     
280,171
     
0.1
 
Ohio
   
118
     
2,048,045
     
0.5
 
Oklahoma
   
532
     
10,948,960
     
2.4
 
Oregon
   
476
     
12,204,977
     
2.7
 
Pennsylvania
   
425
     
8,643,942
     
1.9
 
Rhode Island
   
27
     
685,033
     
0.2
 
South Carolina
   
194
     
5,747,299
     
1.3
 
South Dakota
   
29
     
418,449
     
0.1
 
Tennessee
   
477
     
10,844,663
     
2.4
 
Texas
   
1,984
     
43,483,664
     
9.7
 
Utah
   
78
     
1,518,386
     
0.3
 
Vermont
   
21
     
465,949
     
0.1
 
Virginia
   
395
     
8,604,416
     
1.9
 
Washington
   
794
     
16,321,423
     
3.6
 
West Virginia
   
41
     
826,726
     
0.2
 
Wisconsin
   
424
     
10,045,950
     
2.2
 
Wyoming
   
27
     
549,075
     
0.1
 
Other
   
163
     
4,657,981
     
1.0
 
                         
Total
   
19,131
   
$
449,018,750
     
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
   
8,245
   
$
151,117,514
     
33.7
%
Other Repayment Options(1)
   
10,886
     
297,901,236
     
66.3
 
Income-driven Repayment(2)
   
0
     
0
     
0.0
 
                         
Total
   
19,131
   
$
449,018,750
     
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 244 loans with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $10,511,607 currently in an interest-only period.  These interest-only loans represent approximately 2.3% 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
   
9,551
   
$
197,399,983
     
44.0
%
Unsubsidized
   
9,580
     
251,618,768
     
56.0
 
                         
Total
   
19,131
   
$
449,018,750
     
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

 
 
Disbursement Date
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate
Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding
Principal Balance
 
September 30, 1993 and earlier
   
53
   
$
1,155,373
     
0.3
%
October 1, 1993 through June 30, 2006
   
19,078
     
447,863,378
     
99.7
 
July 1, 2006 and later
   
0
     
0
     
0.0
 
                         
Total
   
19,131
   
$
449,018,750
     
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
   
1,304
   
$
17,296,128
     
3.9
%
College Assist
   
37
     
705,056
     
0.2
 
Educational Credit Management Corporation
   
897
     
23,542,229
     
5.2
 
Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation
   
9,815
     
248,320,358
     
55.3
 
Illinois Student Assistance Comm
   
854
     
17,958,962
     
4.0
 
Kentucky Higher Educ. Asst. Auth.
   
99
     
1,966,678
     
0.4
 
Louisiana Office Of Student Financial Asst
   
319
     
5,987,008
     
1.3
 
Michigan Guaranty Agency
   
390
     
9,085,627
     
2.0
 
New Jersey Higher Ed Student Assistance Authority
   
207
     
4,757,731
     
1.1
 
New York State Higher Ed Services Corp
   
1,035
     
23,262,043
     
5.2
 
Oklahoma Guaranteed Stud Loan Prog
   
543
     
10,931,617
     
2.4
 
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
   
1,976
     
47,692,352
     
10.6
 
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp
   
1,655
     
37,512,962
     
8.4
 
Total
   
19,131
   
$
449,018,750
     
100.0
%
 
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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 agent has audited or independently verified this information for accuracy or completeness.

Ascendium Education Solutions, Inc.
 
Ascendium Education Solutions, Inc. f/k/a Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation (“Ascendium”) is a Wisconsin nonstock, nonprofit corporation, the sole member of which is Ascendium Education Group, Inc. f/k/a Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation (“Ascendium Education Group”).  Ascendium’s predecessor organization, Ascendium Education Group, was organized as a Wisconsin nonstock, nonprofit corporation and began guaranteeing student loans under the Higher Education Act in 1967.  Ascendium is the designated guaranty agency under the Higher Education Act for Wisconsin, Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.  On January 1, 2002, Ascendium Education Group (and Ascendium directly and through its support services agreement with Ascendium Education Group), outsourced certain aspects of its student loan program guaranty support operations to Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc. (“GLELSI”).  Ascendium continues as the “guaranty agency” as defined in Section 435(j) of the Higher Education Act and continues its default aversion, claim purchase and compliance, collection support and federal reporting responsibilities as well as custody and responsibility for all revenues, expenses and assets related to that status.  The primary operations center for Ascendium Education Group and its affiliates (including Ascendium) is in Madison, Wisconsin, which includes operational staff offices for guaranty functions.  Ascendium also maintain offices in; Eagan, Minnesota; Aberdeen, South Dakota; and Indianapolis, Indiana.  Ascendium will provide a copy of Ascendium Education Group’s most recent consolidated financial statements on receipt of a written request directed to 2501 International Lane, Madison, Wisconsin 53704, Attention: Chief Financial Officer.
 
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.  USAF (i) maintained 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) served 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 was the sole member of the Northwest Education Loan Association (“NELA”), a guarantor serving the states of Washington, Idaho and the Northwest.  Ascendium Education Group became a member of USAF effective January 1, 2017.
 
Effective as of December 31, 2018, NELA was dissolved, with its remaining assets going to its sole member, USAF.  Immediately thereafter, USAF was merged into Ascendium.  Thus, the portfolios previously held by USAF and NELA are now held by Ascendium.
 
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The information in the following tables has been provided to the Issuer from reports provided by or to the U.S. Department of Education and has not been verified by the Issuer, Ascendium, or the initial purchasers.  No representation is made by the Issuer, Ascendium, or the initial purchasers as to the accuracy or completeness of this information.  Prospective investors may consult the U.S. Department of Education Data Books and Web sites http://www2.ed.gov/finaid/prof/resources/data/opeloanvol.html and http://www.fp.ed.gov/pubs.html for further information concerning Ascendium or any other guaranty agency.
 
Guaranty Volume.  Pursuant to the SAFRA Act, part of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Ascendium, the former USAF, and the former NELA ceased issuing new loan guarantees on June 30, 2010.  The most recent year for which the U.S. Department of Education has issued guaranty volume information is 2009.  Ascendium issued $7.0 billion in new loan guarantees in that year.

Reserve Ratio.  The reserve ratios for Ascendium, the former USAF and the former NELA are as follows:
 
 The Ascendium Portfolio (Without Consideration of USAF and NELA)
 
Following are Ascendium’s reserve fund levels as calculated in accordance with 34 CFR 682.410(a)(10) for the last five federal fiscal years:

Federal Fiscal Year
Federal Guaranty Reserve
Fund Level1
2014
0.94%
2015
1.05%
2016
1.37%
2017
1.80%
2018
2.21%
 
The U.S. Department of Education’s website at http://www.fp.ed.gov/pubs.html has posted reserve ratios for Ascendium for federal years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 of 0.699%, 0.648%, 0.608%, 0.827%, 1.000% and 1.480%, respectively.  Ascendium believes the Department of Education has not calculated the reserve ratio in accordance with the Act and the correct ratio should be 0.94%, 1.05%, 1.37%, 1.80% and 2.21% respectively, as shown above and as explained in the following footnote.  On November 17, 2006, the U.S. Department of Education advised Ascendium that beginning in Federal Fiscal Year 2006 it will publish reserve ratios that include loan loss provision and deferred revenues.  Ascendium believes this change more closely approximates the statutory calculation.  According to the U.S. Department of Education, available cash reserves may not always be an accurate barometer of a guarantor’s financial health.



1      In accordance with Section 428(c)(9) of the Higher Education Act, does not include loans transferred from the former Higher Education Assistance Foundation, Northstar Guarantee Inc., Ohio Student Aid Commission or Puerto Rico Higher Education Assistance Corporation.  (The minimum reserve fund ratio under the Higher Education Act is 0.25%.)

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The Former USAF Portfolio Now Held by Ascendium
 
Following are USAF’s reserve fund levels as calculated in accordance with 34 CFR 682.410(a)(10) for the last five federal fiscal years:

Federal Fiscal Year
Federal Guaranty Reserve
Fund Level1
2014
0.277%
2015
0.251%
2016
0.308%
2017
0.350%
2018
0.363%
 
The Former NELA Portfolio Now Held by Ascendium
 
Following are NELA’s reserve fund levels as calculated in accordance with 34 CFR 682.410(a)(10) for the last five federal fiscal years:

Federal Fiscal Year
Federal Guaranty Reserve
Fund Level1
2014
0.377%
2015
0.295%
2016
0.373%
2017
0.430%
2018
0.460%
 
Claims Rate.  The claims rate for Ascendium, USAF and NELA are as follows:
 
The Ascendium Portfolio (Without Consideration of USAF and NELA)
 
For the past five federal fiscal years, Ascendium’s claims rate has not exceeded 5%, and, as a result, the highest allowable reinsurance has been paid on all Ascendium’s claims.  The actual claims rates are as follows:

Federal Fiscal Year
Claims Rate
2014
2.05%
2015
0.96%
2016
1.00%
2017
0.35%
2018
0.35%
 
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The Former USAF Portfolio Now Held by Ascendium
 
For the past five federal fiscal years, USAF’s claims rate has not exceeded 5%, and, as a result, the highest allowable reinsurance has been paid on all USAF’s claims.  The actual claims rates are as follows:

Federal Fiscal Year
Claims Rate
2014
4.73%
2015
4.71%
2016
0.60%
2017
0.67%
2018
2.15%
 
As a result of various statutory and regulatory changes over the past several years, historical rates may not be an accurate indicator of current delinquency or default trends or future claims rates.
 
The Former NELA Portfolio Now Held by Ascendium
 
For the past five federal fiscal years, NELA’s claims rate has not exceeded 5%, and, as a result, the highest allowable reinsurance has been paid on all NELA’s claims.  The actual claims rates are as follows:

Federal Fiscal Year
Claims Rate
2014
1.37%
2015
0.60%
2016
1.31%
2017
0.63%
2018
1.52%


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