Sallie Mae (NASDAQ: SLM), formally SLM Corporation, today announced the
sale of the residual interest in its SLM Student Loan Trust 2006-2
securitization to a third party. Sallie Mae will continue to service the
student loans in the trust under existing agreements. The transaction
reduced student loan assets by $2.03 billion and related liabilities by
$1.99 billion. The gain from the transaction will add approximately $.13
to Sallie Mae’s second-quarter 2013 GAAP and core diluted earnings per
share.
Sallie Mae (NASDAQ: SLM) is the nation’s No. 1 financial services
company specializing in education. Celebrating 40 years of making a
difference, Sallie Mae continues to turn education dreams into reality
for American families, today serving 25 million customers. With products
and services that include 529 college savings plans, Upromise rewards,
scholarship search and planning tools, education loans, insurance, and
online banking, Sallie Mae offers solutions that help families save,
plan, and pay for college. Sallie Mae also provides financial services
to hundreds of college campuses as well as to federal and state
governments. Learn more at SallieMae.com.
Commonly known as Sallie Mae, SLM Corporation and its subsidiaries are
not sponsored by or agencies of the United States of America.
