| Pricing Term Sheet | Filed Pursuant to Rule 433 | |
| March 31, 2017 | Registration Statement No. 333-205031 |
Pricing Term Sheet
SLM Corporation
$200,000,000 5.125% Notes due 2022
| Issuer: |
SLM Corporation | |
| Aggregate Principal Amount: | $200,000,000 | |
| Maturity Date: | April 5, 2022 | |
| Title of Securities: | 5.125% Notes due 2022 | |
| Coupon (Interest Rate): | 5.125% | |
| Price to Public (Issue Price): | 100.0% of principal amount | |
| Yield to Maturity: | 5.125% | |
| Spread to Benchmark Treasury: | + 319.4 basis points | |
| Benchmark Treasury: | 1.875% UST due March 31, 2022 | |
| Benchmark Treasury Yield: | 1.931% | |
| Interest Payment Dates: | April 5 and October 5, commencing October 5, 2017 | |
| Day Count Convention: | 30/360 | |
| Optional Redemption: | Make-whole call at Treasury Rate + 50 basis points prior to March 5, 2022, plus accrued and unpaid interest | |
| On and after March 5, 2022, at 100% of the principal amount redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest | ||
| Trade Date: | March 31, 2017 | |
| Settlement Date: | April 5, 2017 (T+3) | |
| CUSIP / ISIN: | 78442P GC4 / US78442PGC41 | |
| Denominations: | Minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof | |
| Joint Book-Running Managers: | J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC | |
| Format: | SEC Registered | |
| Anticipated Ratings: | Moody’s: Ba2 (stable); S&P: BB+ (stable) | |
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SLM Corporation (the “Company”) has filed a registration statement (including a base prospectus and a preliminary prospectus supplement) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the Company 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 website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the base prospectus and preliminary prospectus supplement if you request it by calling J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at 1-212-834-4533 or by calling RBC Capital Markets, LLC at 1-866-375-6829.
This pricing term sheet supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, the Company’s preliminary prospectus supplement dated March 31, 2017 and accompanying prospectus dated June 17, 2015 and the documents incorporated by reference therein.
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