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• the Fair Credit Reporting Act;
• the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; and
• the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
Our APG business segment is subject to state laws and regulations similar to the federal laws and
regulations listed above. Finally, certain APG subsidiaries are subject to regulation under the HEA and under
the various laws and regulations that govern government contractors.
Sallie Mae Bank is subject to Utah banking regulations as well as regulations issued by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, and undergoes periodic regulatory examinations by the FDIC and the Utah
Department of Financial Institutions.
UII and UIA, which administer 529 college-savings plans, are subject to regulation by the Municipal
Securities Rulemaking Board, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (formerly the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc.) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) through the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The SEC maintains an Internet site (http://www. sec.gov) that contains periodic and other reports such as
annual, quarterly and current reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, respectively, as well as proxy and
information statements regarding SLM Corporation and other companies that file electronically with the SEC.
Copies of our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other periodic reports are
available on our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such reports with the
SEC. Investors and other interested parties can also access these reports at www.salliemae.com/about/investors.
Our Code of Business Conduct, which applies to Board members and all employees, including our Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, is also available, free of charge, on our website at
www.salliemae.com/about/business_code. htm. We intend to disclose any amendments to or waivers from our
Code of Business Conduct (to the extent applicable to our Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer)
by posting such information on our website.
In 2009, the Company submitted the annual certification of its Chief Executive Officer regarding the
Company’s compliance with the NYSE’s corporate governance listing standards, pursuant to
Section 303A.12(a) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual.
In addition, we filed as exhibits to the Company’s annual reports on Form 10-K for the years ended
December 31, 2007 and 2008 and to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the certifications required under
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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