Free Writing Prospectus Filed pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No. 333-178087
December 11, 2013
 
SLM Corporation
Medium Term Notes Series A
$1,000,000,000
4.875% Senior Notes, Due June 2019
Term Sheet
 
Issuer
SLM Corporation
   
Note Type
Medium Term Notes, Series A, US MTN Program
   
Ratings1
Ba1    (review possible downgrade)
BBB- (negative outlook)
BB+   (rating watch negative)
   
CUSIP
78442FES3
   
Principal Amount
$1,000,000,000
   
Yield to Maturity
5.00%
   
Coupon
4.875% per annum
   
Issue Price
99.405%
   
Trade Date
December 11, 2013
   
Closing Date
December 16, 2013
   
Maturity Date
June 17, 2019
   
Make-Whole Call
T+ 50 bps
   
Change of Control Offer to Purchase
If a change of control triggering event occurs, unless SLM
Corporation has exercised its right to redeem the notes, it will be required to make an offer to repurchase any and all notes at a repurchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.
   
Interest Payment Dates
Each June 17 and December 17 during the term of the notes, beginning June 17, 2014
   
Benchmark Treasury
1.25% due November 30, 2018
   
Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield
98-29/ 1.479%
 

  1A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

 
 
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Spread to Benchmark
 T+352.1 bps
   
Joint Book-Running Managers
Barclays Capital Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
   
Co-Managers
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
       Incorporated
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
RBS Securities Inc.
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Ratings may be changed, suspended or withdrawn at any time and are not a recommendation to buy, hold or sell any security.
 
Obligations of SLM Corporation and any subsidiary of SLM Corporation are not guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America. Neither SLM Corporation nor any subsidiary of SLM Corporation is a government-sponsored enterprise or an instrumentality of the United States of America.
 
SLM Corporation has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling the Company toll free at 1-800-321-7179, Barclays Capital Inc. toll-free at (866) 603-5847, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. toll free at 1-800-503-4611 (or you may email a request to prospectus.CPDG@db.com) or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at 1-212-834-4533.
 
This pricing term sheet supplements the preliminary form of Pricing Supplement No. 8 to the Prospectus Supplement dated January 24, 2012 issued by SLM Corporation relating to its Prospectus dated November 21,  2011.
 
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