21.07.2009 21:17:00

Sallie Mae Reports Second-Quarter 2009 Results

SLM Corporation (NYSE: SLM), commonly known as Sallie Mae, reported net income on a core earnings basis of $170 million, or $.31 per diluted share, for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009, vs. net income of $156 million, or $.27 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter.

Second-Quarter Highlights

This quarter’s results included $325 million ($.44 per diluted share) of gains on debt repurchases, a $362 million provision for private credit losses, and a $105 million ($.13 per diluted share) reduction of net interest income caused by commercial paper market dislocation. Excluded from core earnings is $141 million ($.17 per diluted share) of floor income.

In the quarter, the company added significantly to its liquidity by:

  • Extending its asset-backed commercial paper facility to April 23, 2010 and reducing outstandings from $21.8 billion to $12.5 billion;
  • Completing $5.1 billion in federal student loan and $2.6 billion in private education loan securitizations;
  • Repurchasing $1.1 billion in unsecured debt maturing between 2009 and 2014; and
  • Funding $11 billion through the Straight A conduit program sponsored by the Department of Education (ED).

Also during the second quarter, the company was awarded a contract with ED for loan servicing.

Loan Volume

With the conclusion of the 2008-2009 academic lending season, the company originated nearly $20 billion in federal student loans, an increase over the 2007-2008 academic year’s $18 billion.

"We met our 2008 commitment to make every federal student loan to every student at every school last academic year,” said Albert L. Lord, vice chairman & CEO. "We were prepared for a significant increase in federal loan applications, and our loan origination team delivered outstanding service. We again expect to handle a sizeable increase this year and look forward to providing the first-rate loan origination service our students and schools rely on.”

During the quarter, the company originated $3.7 billion in federal student loans, compared to $2.4 billion in the year-ago quarter, a 53-percent increase. The company implemented its new private education loan product, the SMART Option Student Loan, raised credit quality standards and originated $387 million in private education loans in the quarter.

Asset Quality

The company charged off $355 million of managed private education loans in the quarter, an increase from $202 million in this year’s first quarter. Approximately half of the charged-off loans were non-traditional private education loans, a market segment that the company discontinued 18 months ago. The related loan loss provision was $362 million, compared to $297 million in the prior quarter.

While 90-day plus delinquencies rose during the quarter, early stage delinquencies declined. The loan loss allowance totaled nearly $2 billion at the end of the second-quarter 2009 and covers expected charge-offs for the next two years.

Other Income and Operating Expenses

Core earnings fee income, which consists primarily of fees earned from guarantor servicing and collection activity, was $201 million in the second quarter, compared to $221 million in the year-ago quarter.

Operating expenses were $305 million for the quarter, a decrease from $339 million in the year-ago quarter.

GAAP

Sallie Mae reports financial results on a GAAP basis and also presents certain core earnings performance measures. The company's management, equity investors, credit rating agencies and debt capital providers use these core earnings measures to monitor the company’s business performance. Both a description of the core earnings treatment and a full reconciliation to the GAAP income statement can be found at: http://www.salliemae.com/about/investors/stockholderinfo/earningsinfo/, click on the Second Quarter 2009 Supplemental Earnings Disclosure.

Sallie Mae reported a second-quarter 2009 GAAP net loss of $123 million, or $.32 diluted loss per share, compared to net income of $266 million, or $.50 diluted earnings per share, in the 2008 second quarter. This loss was primarily driven by a $484 million unrealized, mark-to-market loss on derivative and hedging activities. Such mark-to-market gains and losses are volatile, temporary and will generally reverse so that there is no cumulative, unrealized gain or loss at the respective maturity dates of the derivatives.

The GAAP provision for loan losses was $278 million, compared to the year-ago quarter’s $143 million. Under GAAP accounting, the provision for loan losses is based only on on-balance sheet loans, while the comparable core earnings figure is based on total managed loans.

Presentation slides for the conference call discussed below may be accessed on www.salliemae.com/about/investors/stockholderinfo/webcast.

The company will host an earnings conference call tomorrow, July 22 at 8 a.m. EDT. Sallie Mae executives will be on hand to discuss various highlights of the quarter and to answer questions related to the company’s performance. Individuals interested in participating should call the following number tomorrow, July 22, 2009, starting at 7:45 a.m. EDT: (877) 356-5689 (USA and Canada) or (706) 679-0623 (International) and use access code 15501913. The conference call will be replayed continuously beginning at 11 a.m. EDT on July 22, 2009, and concluding at midnight on Aug. 5, 2009. To access the replay, please dial (800) 642-1687 (USA and Canada) or dial (706) 645-9291 (International) and use access code 15501913. In addition, there will be a live audio Web cast of the conference call, which may be accessed at www.salliemae.com. A replay will be available 30 to 45 minutes after the live broadcast.

This press release contains "forward-looking statements” based on management’s current expectations as of the date of this release. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Because such statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks include, among others, changes in the terms of student loans and the educational credit marketplace arising from the implementation of applicable laws and regulations, and from changes in such laws and regulations, adverse results in legal disputes, changes in the demand for educational financing or in financing preferences of educational institutions, students and their families, changes in liquidity, financing costs and in the general interest rate environment. For more information, see the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the forward-looking statements contained in the company’s Supplemental Financial Information Second Quarter 2009. All information in this release is as of July 21, 2009. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the Company’s expectations.

SLM Corporation (NYSE: SLM), commonly known as Sallie Mae, is the nation’s leading provider of saving, planning and paying for education programs. Through its subsidiaries, the company manages $188 billion in education loans and serves 10 million student and parent customers. Through its Upromise affiliates, the company also manages more than $19 billion in 529 college-savings plans, and is a major, private source of college funding contributions in America with 10 million members and nearly $500 million in member rewards. Sallie Mae and its subsidiaries offer debt management services as well as business and technical products to a range of business clients, including higher education institutions, student loan guarantors and state and federal agencies. More information is available at www.SallieMae.com. SLM Corporation and its subsidiaries are not sponsored by or agencies of the United States of America.

   
SLM CORPORATION
 
Supplemental Earnings Disclosure
 
June 30, 2009
 
(In millions, except per share amounts)
 
Quarters ended Six months ended

 

June 30,

2009

  March 31,

2009

  June 30,

2008

June 30,

2009

  June 30,

2008

(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND RATIOS
 
GAAP Basis

Net income (loss) attributable to SLM Corporation(1)

$ (123 ) $ (21 ) $ 266 $ (144 ) $ 162
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share attributable to SLM Corporation common shareholders(1) $ (.32 ) $ (.10 ) $ .50 $ (.42 ) $ .23
Return on assets (.30 )% (.05 )% .74 % (.18 )% .23 %
"Core Earnings” Basis(2)(3)
"Core Earnings” net income attributable to SLM Corporation(1)(3) $ 170 $ 14 $ 156 $ 184 $ 344
"Core Earnings” diluted earnings (loss) per common share attributable to SLM Corporation common shareholders(1)(3) $ .31 $ (.03 ) $ .27 $ .28 $ .62
"Core Earnings” return on assets .34 % .03 % .34 % .19 % .38 %
 
OTHER OPERATING STATISTICS
 
Average on-balance sheet student loans $ 153,588 $ 149,662 $ 133,748 $ 151,636 $ 131,544
Average off-balance sheet student loans   34,902     35,577     38,175     35,237     38,670  
Average Managed student loans $ 188,490   $ 185,239   $ 171,923   $ 186,873   $ 170,214  
 
Ending on-balance sheet student loans, net $ 154,157 $ 150,374 $ 134,289
Ending off-balance sheet student loans, net   33,961     34,961     37,615  
Ending Managed student loans, net $ 188,118   $ 185,335   $ 171,904  
 
Ending Managed FFELP Stafford and Other Student Loans, net $ 68,374 $ 64,690 $ 51,622
Ending Managed FFELP Consolidation Loans, net 85,272 86,228 89,213
Ending Managed Private Education Loans, net   34,472     34,417     31,069  
Ending Managed student loans, net $ 188,118   $ 185,335   $ 171,904  
 

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(1) On January 1, 2009, the Company adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS”) No. 160, "Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements — an amendment of ARB No. 51,” the provisions of which, among other things, require that minority interests be renamed, "noncontrolling interests,” and that a company present a consolidated net income (loss) measure that includes the amount attributable to such "noncontrolling interests” for all periods presented.
 
(2) See explanation of "Core Earnings” performance measures under "Reconciliation of ‘Core Earnings’ Net Income to GAAP Net Income.”
 
(3)

"Core Earnings” does not include Floor Income unless it is Fixed-Rate Floor Income that is economically hedged. The amount of this Economic Floor Income (net of tax) excluded from "Core Earnings” for the three months ended June 30, 2009, March 31, 2009, and June 30, 2008 and the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 was:

   
Quarters ended Six months ended
June 30,

2009

  March 31,

2009

  June 30,

2008

June 30,

2009

  June 30,

2008

(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
Total Economic Floor Income earned on Managed loans, not included in "Core Earnings” (net of tax) $ 89 $ 79 $ 22 $ 168 $ 49
 
Total Economic Floor Income earned, not included in "Core Earnings” (net of tax) per common share attributable to SLM Corporation common shareholders $ .17 $ .17 $ .05 $ .36 $ .10
     
SLM CORPORATION
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets
 
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
 

 

June 30,

2009

March 31,

2009

June 30,

2008

(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
Assets
FFELP Stafford and Other Student Loans (net of allowance for losses of $102,857; $101,375; and $56,882, respectively) $ 44,044,636 $ 43,444,179 $ 43,146,711
FFELP Stafford Loans Held-for-Sale 18,159,232 14,399,802
FFELP Consolidation Loans (net of allowance for losses of $50,181; $50,919; and $40,811, respectively) 70,102,304 70,885,647 73,171,342
Private Education Loans (net of allowance for losses of $1,396,707; $1,384,455; and $1,129,000, respectively) 21,850,688 21,644,579 17,970,556
Other loans (net of allowance for losses of $68,282; $66,011; and $46,794, respectively) 489,180 684,913 902,684
Cash and investments 8,212,439 3,748,192 7,912,882
Restricted cash and investments 5,245,702 3,855,546 3,701,454
Retained Interest in off-balance sheet securitized loans 1,820,614 1,950,566 2,544,517
Goodwill and acquired intangible assets, net 1,233,871 1,239,556 1,304,941
Other assets   10,025,129     9,698,331     12,907,154
Total assets $ 181,183,795   $ 171,551,311   $ 163,562,241
Liabilities
Short-term borrowings $ 47,331,576 $ 46,331,461 $ 37,191,756
Long-term borrowings 125,880,044 116,669,381 117,920,836
Other liabilities   3,120,636     3,586,610     2,905,165
Total liabilities   176,332,256     166,587,452     158,017,757
Commitments and contingencies
Equity
Preferred stock, par value $.20 per share, 20,000 shares authorized:
Series A: 3,300; 3,300; and 3,300 shares, respectively, issued at stated value of $50 per share 165,000 165,000 165,000
Series B: 4,000; 4,000; and 4,000 shares, respectively, issued at stated value of $100 per share 400,000 400,000 400,000
Series C: 7.25% mandatory convertible preferred stock: 1,150; 1,150; and 1,150 shares, respectively, issued at liquidation preference of $1,000 per share 1,149,770 1,149,770 1,150,000
Common stock, par value $.20 per share, 1,125,000 shares authorized: 534,842; 534,698; and 534,010 shares, respectively, issued 106,969 106,940 106,802
Additional paid-in capital 4,709,053 4,694,155 4,637,731
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax expense (benefit) (48,683 ) (70,450 ) 61,994
Retained earnings   229,865     378,387     855,527
Total SLM Corporation stockholders’ equity before treasury stock 6,711,974 6,823,802 7,377,054
Common stock held in treasury: 67,128; 67,105; and 66,445 shares, respectively   1,860,440     1,859,955     1,842,050
Total SLM Corporation stockholders’ equity 4,851,534 4,963,847 5,535,004
Noncontrolling interest   5     12     9,480
Total equity   4,851,539     4,963,859     5,544,484
Total liabilities and equity $ 181,183,795   $ 171,551,311   $ 163,562,241
   
SLM CORPORATION
 
Consolidated Statements of Income
 
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
 
Quarters ended Six months ended

 

June 30,

2009

  March 31,

2009

  June 30,

2008

June 30,

2009

  June 30,

2008

(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
Interest income:

 

FFELP Stafford and Other Student Loans $ 323,939 $ 342,816 $ 497,598 $ 666,755 $ 962,074
FFELP Consolidation Loans 460,690 489,362 769,664 950,052 1,606,320
Private Education Loans 393,019 387,041 409,323 780,060 852,845
Other loans 18,468 16,420 21,355 34,888 44,699
Cash and investments   7,044     5,971     70,521     13,015     194,337  
Total interest income 1,203,160 1,241,610 1,768,461 2,444,770 3,660,275
Total interest expense   819,459     1,026,547     1,365,918     1,846,006     2,981,363  
Net interest income 383,701 215,063 402,543 598,764 678,912
Less: provisions for loan losses   278,112     250,279     143,015     528,391     280,326  
Net interest income (loss) after provisions for loan losses   105,589     (35,216 )   259,528     70,373     398,586  
Other income (loss):
Servicing and securitization revenue (loss) 87,488 (95,305 ) 1,630 (7,817 ) 109,272
Losses on sales of loans and securities, net (43,583 ) (78,249 )
Gains (losses) on derivative and hedging activities, net (561,795 ) 104,025 362,043 (457,770 ) 89,247
Contingency fee revenue 73,368 74,815 83,790 148,183 169,096
Collections revenue (loss) 22,068 (21,330 ) 26,365 738 83,604
Guarantor servicing fees 24,772 34,008 23,663 58,780 58,316
Other   399,065     192,458     108,728     591,523     202,261  
Total other income   44,966     288,671     562,636     333,637     633,547  
Expenses:
Restructuring expenses 4,430 4,773 46,740 9,203 67,418
Operating expenses   315,185     301,483     353,688     616,668     709,336  
Total expenses   319,615     306,256     400,428     625,871     776,754  
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) (169,060 ) (52,801 ) 421,736 (221,861 ) 255,379
Income tax expense (benefit)   (46,551 )   (31,696 )   153,074     (78,247 )   90,586  
Net income (loss) (122,509 ) (21,105 ) 268,662 (143,614 ) 164,793
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest   211     281     2,926     492     2,861  
Net income (loss) attributable to SLM Corporation (122,720 ) (21,386 ) 265,736 (144,106 ) 161,932
Preferred stock dividends   25,800     26,395     27,391     52,195     56,416  
Net income (loss) attributable to SLM Corporation common stock $ (148,520 ) $ (47,781 ) $ 238,345   $ (196,301 ) $ 105,516  
Basic earnings (loss) per common share attributable to SLM Corporation common shareholders $ (.32 ) $ (.10 ) $ .51   $ (.42 ) $ .23  
Average common shares outstanding   466,799     466,761     466,649     466,780     466,615  
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share attributable to SLM Corporation common shareholders $ (.32 ) $ (.10 ) $ .50   $ (.42 ) $ .23  
Average common and common equivalent shares outstanding   466,799     466,761     517,954     466,780     467,316  
Dividends per common share attributable to SLM Corporation common shareholders $   $   $   $   $  
 
SLM CORPORATION
 
Segment and "Core Earnings”
 
Consolidated Statements of Income
 
(In thousands)
 
Quarter ended June 30, 2009

 

 

Lending

 

 

APG

 

Corporate

and Other

 

Total "Core

Earnings”(2)

 

 

Adjustments

 

Total

GAAP

(unaudited)
Interest income:
FFELP Stafford and Other Student Loans $ 309,553 $ $ $ 309,553 $ 14,386 $ 323,939
FFELP Consolidation Loans 394,288 394,288 66,402 460,690
Private Education Loans 558,667 558,667 (165,648 ) 393,019
Other loans 18,468 18,468 18,468
Cash and investments   3,683       4,319     8,002   (958 )   7,044  
Total interest income 1,284,659 4,319 1,288,978 (85,818 ) 1,203,160
Total interest expense   823,308   5,001     3,721     832,030   (12,571 )   819,459  
Net interest income (loss) 461,351 (5,001 ) 598 456,948 (73,247 ) 383,701
Less: provisions for loan losses   401,790           401,790   (123,678 )   278,112  
Net interest income (loss) after provisions for loan losses   59,561   (5,001 )   598     55,158   50,431     105,589  
Contingency fee revenue 73,368 73,368 73,368
Collections revenue 22,068 22,068 22,068
Guarantor servicing fees 24,772 24,772 24,772
Other income (loss)   359,363       46,273     405,636   (480,878 )   (75,242 )
Total other income   359,363   95,436     71,045     525,844   (480,878 )   44,966  
Restructuring expenses 4,215 368 (153 ) 4,430 4,430
Operating expenses   140,877   79,994     84,522     305,393   9,792     315,185  
Total expenses   145,092   80,362     84,369     309,823   9,792     319,615  
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) 273,832 10,073 (12,726 ) 271,179 (440,239 ) (169,060 )
Income tax expense (benefit)(1) 101,580 3,634 (4,690 ) 100,524 (147,075 ) (46,551 )
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest     211         211       211  
Net income (loss) attributable to SLM Corporation $ 172,252 $ 6,228   $ (8,036 ) $ 170,444 $ (293,164 ) $ (122,720 )
Economic Floor Income (net of tax) not included in "Core Earnings” $ 88,899 $   $   $ 88,789
 

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(1) Income taxes are based on a percentage of net income before tax for the individual reportable segment.
 
SLM CORPORATION
 
Segment and "Core Earnings”
 
Consolidated Statements of Income
 
(In thousands)
 
 
  Quarter ended March 31, 2009
    Corporate   Total "Core     Total
Lending APG and Other Earnings" Adjustments GAAP
(unaudited)
Interest income:
FFELP Stafford and Other Student Loans $ 361,919 $ $ $ 361,919 $ (19,103 ) $ 342,816
FFELP Consolidation Loans 438,896 438,896 50,466 489,362
Private Education Loans 563,282 563,282 (176,241 ) 387,041
Other loans 16,420 16,420 16,420
Cash and investments   2,179       5,128   7,307     (1,336 )   5,971  
Total interest income 1,382,696 5,128 1,387,824 (146,214 ) 1,241,610
Total interest expense   949,248   5,492     4,139   958,879     67,668     1,026,547  
Net interest income (loss) 433,448 (5,492 ) 989 428,945 (213,882 ) 215,063
Less: provisions for loan losses   349,086         349,086     (98,807 )   250,279  
Net interest income (loss) after provisions for loan losses   84,362   (5,492 )   989   79,859     (115,075 )   (35,216 )
Contingency fee revenue 74,815 74,815 74,815
Collections revenue (loss) (22,019 ) (22,019 ) 689 (21,330 )
Guarantor servicing fees 34,008 34,008 34,008
Other income   102,368       49,781   152,149     49,029     201,178  
Total other income   102,368   52,796     83,789   238,953     49,718     288,671  
Restructuring expenses 1,062 1,655 2,056 4,773 4,773
Operating expenses   131,178   88,471     71,970   291,619     9,864     301,483  
Total expenses   132,240   90,126     74,026   296,392     9,864     306,256  
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) 54,490 (42,822 ) 10,752 22,420 (75,221 ) (52,801 )
Income tax expense (benefit)(1) 20,063 (15,767 ) 3,959 8,255 (39,951 ) (31,696 )
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest     281       281         281  
Net income (loss) attributable to SLM Corporation $ 34,427 $ (27,336 ) $ 6,793 $ 13,884   $ (35,270 ) $ (21,386 )
Economic Floor Income (net of tax) not included in "Core Earnings” $ 79,388 $   $ $ 79,388  
 

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(1) Income taxes are based on a percentage of net income before tax for the individual reportable segment.

 
 
SLM CORPORATION
 
Segment and "Core Earnings”
 
Consolidated Statements of Income
 
(In thousands)
 
 
  Quarter ended June 30, 2008
    Corporate   Total "Core     Total
Lending APG and Other Earnings” Adjustments GAAP
(unaudited)
Interest income:
FFELP Stafford and Other Student Loans $ 524,022 $ $ $ 524,022 $ (26,424 ) $ 497,598
FFELP Consolidation Loans 907,669 907,669 (138,005 ) 769,664
Private Education Loans 665,452 665,452 (256,129 ) 409,323
Other loans 21,355 21,355 21,355
Cash and investments   80,445       4,902     85,347   (14,826 )   70,521
Total interest income 2,198,943 4,902 2,203,845 (435,384 ) 1,768,461
Total interest expense   1,604,872   6,933     5,074     1,616,879   (250,961 )   1,365,918
Net interest income (loss) 594,071 (6,933 ) (172 ) 586,966 (184,423 ) 402,543
Less: provisions for loan losses   192,181           192,181   (49,166 )   143,015
Net interest income (loss) after provisions for loan losses   401,890   (6,933 )   (172 )   394,785   (135,257 )   259,528
Contingency fee revenue 83,790 83,790 83,790
Collections revenue 27,517 27,517 (1,152 ) 26,365
Guarantor servicing fees 23,663 23,663 23,663
Other income   61,898       45,587     107,485   321,333     428,818
Total other income 61,898 111,307 69,250 242,455 320,181 562,636
Restructuring expenses 30,947 5,174 10,619 46,740 46,740
Operating expenses   154,505   110,340     73,871     338,716   14,972     353,688
Total expenses   185,452   115,514     84,490     385,456   14,972     400,428
Income (loss) before income taxes expense (benefit) 278,336 (11,140 ) (15,412 ) 251,784 169,952 421,736
Income tax expense (benefit)(1) 102,917 (4,050 ) (5,651 ) 93,216 59,858 153,074
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest     2,926         2,926       2,926
Net income (loss) attributable to SLM Corporation $ 175,419 $ (10,016 ) $ (9,761 ) $ 155,642 $ 110,094   $ 265,736
Economic Floor Income (net of tax) not included in "Core Earnings” $ 22,198 $   $   $ 22,198
 

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(1) Income taxes are based on a percentage of net income before tax for the individual reportable segment.

 
 
SLM CORPORATION
 
Segment and "Core Earnings”
 
Consolidated Statements of Income
 
(In thousands)
 
 
  Six months ended June 30, 2009
    Corporate   Total "Core     Total
Lending APG and Other Earnings” Adjustments GAAP
(unaudited)
Interest income:
FFELP Stafford and Other Student Loans $ 671,472 $ $ $ 671,472 $ (4,717 ) $ 666,755
FFELP Consolidation Loans 833,184 833,184 116,868 950,052
Private Education Loans 1,121,949 1,121,949 (341,889 ) 780,060
Other loans 34,888 34,888 34,888
Cash and investments   5,862       9,447     15,309   (2,294 )   13,015  
Total interest income 2,667,355 9,447 2,676,802 (232,032 ) 2,444,770
Total interest expense   1,772,556   10,493     7,860     1,790,909   55,097     1,846,006  
Net interest income (loss) 894,799 (10,493 ) 1,587 885,893 (287,129 ) 598,764
Less: provisions for loan losses   750,876           750,876   (222,485 )   528,391  
Net interest income (loss) after provisions for loan losses   143,923   (10,493 )   1,587     135,017   (64,644 )   70,373  
Contingency fee revenue 148,183 148,183 148,183
Collections revenue 49 49 689 738
Guarantor servicing fees 58,780 58,780 58,780
Other income   461,731       96,054     557,785   (431,849 )   125,936  
Total other income   461,731   148,232     154,834     764,797   (431,160 )   333,637  
Restructuring expenses 5,277 2,023 1,903 9,203 9,203
Operating expenses   272,055   168,465     156,492     597,012   19,656     616,668  
Total expenses   277,332   170,488     158,395     606,215   19,656     625,871  
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) 328,322 (32,749 ) (1,974 ) 293,599 (515,460 ) (221,861 )
Income tax expense (benefit)(1) 121,643 (12,133 ) (731 ) 108,779 (187,026 ) (78,247 )
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest     492         492       492  
Net income (loss) attributable to SLM Corporation $ 206,679 $ (21,108 ) $ (1,243 ) $ 184,328 $ (328,434 ) $ (144,106 )
Economic Floor Income (net of tax) not included in "Core Earnings” $ 168,287 $   $   $ 168,287
 

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(1) Income taxes are based on a percentage of net income before tax for the individual reportable segment.

 
Segment and "Core Earnings”
 
Consolidated Statements of Income
 
(In thousands)
           
Six months ended June 30, 2008

 

Corporate

Total "Core

Total
Lending APG and Other Earnings” Adjustments GAAP
(unaudited)
Interest income:
FFELP Stafford and Other Student Loans $ 1,018,404

$

$

$ 1,018,404 $ (56,330 ) $ 962,074
FFELP Consolidation Loans 1,896,155 1,896,155 (289,835 ) 1,606,320
Private Education Loans 1,414,773 1,414,773 (561,928 ) 852,845
Other loans 44,699 44,699 44,699
Cash and investments   222,347       11,169     233,516   (39,179 )   194,337
Total interest income 4,596,378 11,169 4,607,547 (947,272 ) 3,660,275
Total interest expense   3,429,343   13,773     10,276     3,453,392   (472,029 )   2,981,363
Net interest income (loss) 1,167,035 (13,773 ) 893 1,154,155 (475,243 ) 678,912
Less: provisions for loan losses   373,502           373,502   (93,176 )   280,326
Net interest income (loss) after provisions for loan losses   793,533   (13,773 )   893     780,653   (382,067 )   398,586
Contingency fee revenue 169,096 169,096 169,096
Collections revenue 83,878 83,878 (274 ) 83,604
Guarantor servicing fees 58,316 58,316 58,316
Other income   106,243       96,228     202,471   120,060     322,531
Total other income 106,243 252,974 154,544 513,761 119,786 633,547
Restructuring expenses 46,497 5,608 15,313 67,418 67,418
Operating expenses   318,141   216,482     143,526     678,149   31,187     709,336
Total expenses   364,638   222,090     158,839     745,567   31,187     776,754
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) 535,138 17,111 (3,402 ) 548,847 (293,468 ) 255,379
Income tax expense (benefit)(1) 196,984 6,298 (1,252 ) 202,030 (111,444 ) 90,586
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest     2,861         2,861       2,861
Net income (loss) attributable to SLM Corporation $ 338,154 $ 7,952   $ (2,150 ) $ 343,956 $ (182,024 ) $ 161,932
Economic Floor Income (net of tax) not included in "Core Earnings” $ 48,974 $   $   $ 48,974
 

__________

(1) Income taxes are based on a percentage of net income before tax for the individual reportable segment.

   
SLM CORPORATION
 
Reconciliation of "Core Earnings” Net Income to GAAP Net Income
 
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
 
Quarters ended Six months ended

 

June 30,

2009

  March 31,

2009

  June 30,

2008

June 30,

2009

  June 30,

2008

(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)

"Core Earnings” net income attributable to SLM Corporation(A)(B)

$ 170,444 $ 13,884 $ 155,642 $ 184,328 $ 343,956
"Core Earnings” adjustments:
Net impact of securitization accounting (25,861 ) (198,590 ) (246,506 ) (224,451 ) (325,652 )
Net impact of derivative accounting (494,581 ) 54,010 450,609 (440,571 ) 87,241
Net impact of Floor Income 90,022 79,023 (18,809 ) 169,045 (24,386 )
Net impact of acquired intangibles   (9,819 )   (9,664 )   (15,342 )   (19,483 )   (30,671 )
Total "Core Earnings” adjustments before income tax effect (440,239 ) (75,221 ) 169,952 (515,460 ) (293,468 )
Net tax effect   147,075     39,951     (59,858 )   187,026     111,444  
Total "Core Earnings” adjustments   (293,164 )   (35,270 )   110,094     (328,434 )   (182,024 )
GAAP net income (loss) attributable to SLM Corporation $ (122,720 ) $ (21,386 ) $ 265,736   $ (144,106 ) $ 161,932  
GAAP diluted earnings (loss) per common share attributable to SLM Corporation common shareholders $ (.32 ) $ (.10 ) $ .50   $ (.42 ) $ .23  

__________

(A) "Core Earnings” diluted earnings (loss) per common share attributable to SLM Corporation common shareholders

$

.31   $ (.03 ) $ .27   $ .28   $ .62  

(B) Total Economic Floor Income earned on Managed loans, not included in "Core Earnings” (net of tax) (dollars in millions)

$

89

 

$

79

 

$

22

 

$

168

 

$

49

 

Total Economic Floor Income earned, not included in "Core Earnings” (net of tax) per common share attributable to SLM Corporation common shareholders

$

.17

 

$

.17

 

$

.05

 

$

.36

 

$

.10

 
 
 

"Core Earnings”

 
In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC”), we prepare financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America ("GAAP”). In addition to evaluating the Company’s GAAP-based financial information, management evaluates the Company’s business segments on a basis that, as allowed under the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS”) No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information,” differs from GAAP. We refer to management’s basis of evaluating our segment results as "Core Earnings” presentations for each business segment and we refer to this information in our presentations with credit rating agencies and lenders. While "Core Earnings” are not a substitute for reported results under GAAP, we rely on "Core Earnings” to manage each operating segment because we believe these measures provide additional information regarding the operational and performance indicators that are most closely assessed by management.
 
Our "Core Earnings” are not defined terms within GAAP and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. "Core Earnings” net income reflects only current period adjustments to GAAP net income as described below. Unlike financial accounting, there is no comprehensive, authoritative guidance for management reporting and as a result, our management reporting is not necessarily comparable with similar information for any other financial institution. Our operating segments are defined by products and services or by types of customers, and reflect the manner in which financial information is currently evaluated by management. Intersegment revenues and expenses are netted within the appropriate financial statement line items consistent with the income statement presentation provided to management. Changes in management structure or allocation methodologies and procedures may result in changes in reported segment financial information.
 

Limitations of "Core Earnings”

 
While GAAP provides a uniform, comprehensive basis of accounting, for the reasons described above, management believes that "Core Earnings” are an important additional tool for providing a more complete understanding of the Company’s results of operations. Nevertheless, "Core Earnings” are subject to certain general and specific limitations that investors should carefully consider. For example, as stated above, unlike financial accounting, there is no comprehensive, authoritative guidance for management reporting. Our "Core Earnings” are not defined terms within GAAP and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Unlike GAAP, "Core Earnings” reflect only current period adjustments to GAAP. Accordingly, the Company’s "Core Earnings” presentation does not represent a comprehensive basis of accounting. Investors, therefore, may not compare our Company’s performance with that of other financial services companies based upon "Core Earnings.” "Core Earnings” results are only meant to supplement GAAP results by providing additional information regarding the operational and performance indicators that are most closely used by management, the Company’s board of directors, rating agencies and lenders to assess performance.
 
Other limitations arise from the specific adjustments that management makes to GAAP results to derive "Core Earnings” results. For example, in reversing the unrealized gains and losses that result from SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” on derivatives that do not qualify for "hedge treatment,” as well as on derivatives that do qualify but are in part ineffective because they are not perfect hedges, we focus on the long-term economic effectiveness of those instruments relative to the underlying hedged item and isolate the effects of interest rate volatility and changing credit spreads on the fair value of such instruments during the period. Under GAAP, the effects of these factors on the fair value of the derivative instruments (but not on the underlying hedged item) tend to show more volatility in the short term. While our presentation of our results on a "Core Earnings” basis provides important information regarding the performance of our Managed portfolio, a limitation of this presentation is that we are presenting the ongoing spread income on loans that have been sold to a trust managed by us. While we believe that our "Core Earnings” presentation presents the economic substance of our Managed loan portfolio, it understates earnings volatility from securitization gains. Our "Core Earnings” results exclude certain Floor Income, which is real cash income, from our reported results and therefore may understate earnings in certain periods. Management’s financial planning and valuation of operating results, however, does not take into account Floor Income because of its inherent uncertainty, except when it is Fixed-Rate Floor Income that is economically hedged through Floor Income Contracts.
 

Pre-Tax Differences between "Core Earnings” and GAAP

 
Our "Core Earnings” are the primary financial performance measures used by management to evaluate performance and to allocate resources. Accordingly, financial information is reported to management on a "Core Earnings” basis by reportable segment, as these are the measures used regularly by our chief operating decision makers. Our "Core Earnings” are used in developing our financial plans and tracking results, and also in establishing corporate performance targets and incentive compensation. Management believes this information provides additional insight into the financial performance of the Company’s core business activities. "Core Earnings” net income reflects only current period adjustments to GAAP net income, as described in the more detailed discussion of the differences between "Core Earnings” and GAAP that follows, which includes further detail on each specific adjustment required to reconcile our "Core Earnings” segment presentation to our GAAP earnings.
 
1)  

Securitization Accounting: Under GAAP, certain securitization transactions in our Lending operating segment are accounted for as sales of assets. Under "Core Earnings” for the Lending operating segment, we present all securitization transactions on a "Core Earnings” basis as long-term non-recourse financings. The upfront "gains” on sale from securitization transactions, as well as ongoing "servicing and securitization revenue” presented in accordance with GAAP, are excluded from "Core Earnings” and are replaced by interest income, provisions for loan losses, and interest expense as earned or incurred on the securitization loans. We also exclude transactions with our off-balance sheet trusts from "Core Earnings” as they are considered intercompany transactions on a "Core Earnings” basis.

 
2)

Derivative Accounting: "Core Earnings” exclude periodic unrealized gains and losses that are caused primarily by the one-sided mark-to-market derivative valuations prescribed by SFAS No. 133 on derivatives that do not qualify for "hedge treatment” under GAAP. These unrealized gains and losses occur in our Lending operating segment. In our "Core Earnings” presentation, we recognize the economic effect of these hedges, which generally results in any cash paid or received being recognized ratably as an expense or revenue over the hedged item’s life.

 
3)

Floor Income: The timing and amount (if any) of Floor Income earned in our Lending operating segment is uncertain and in excess of expected spreads. Therefore, we only include such income in "Core Earnings” when it is Fixed-Rate Floor Income that is economically hedged. We employ derivatives, primarily Floor Income Contracts and futures, to economically hedge Floor Income. As discussed above in "Derivative Accounting,” these derivatives do not qualify as effective accounting hedges, and therefore, under GAAP, they are marked-to-market through the "gains (losses) on derivative and hedging activities, net” line in the consolidated statement of income with no offsetting gain or loss recorded for the economically hedged items. For "Core Earnings,” we reverse the fair value adjustments on the Floor Income Contracts and futures economically hedging Floor Income and include the amortization of net premiums received in income.

 
4)

Acquired Intangibles: Our "Core Earnings” exclude goodwill and intangible impairment and the amortization of acquired intangibles.

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