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Exhibit 10.24

 Exhibit 10.24 
 DIRECTOR’S INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT 
 This Director’s
Indemnification Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of July 31, 2008 (the “Effective Date”) by and between SLM Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and J. Terry Strange who serves as a
Director of the Company (“Indemnitee”). 
 RECITALS 
 WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve corporations as Directors unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance and/or indemnification against the risks
of claims being asserted against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of such corporations; and 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting
and retaining such persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Company’s investors and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future; and 

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that, in order to help attract and retain qualified individuals as Directors, the best interests of the
Company and its investors will be served by attempting to maintain, on an ongoing basis, at the Company’s sole expense, insurance to protect persons serving the Company as directors and in other capacities from certain liabilities. Although the
furnishing of such insurance has been a customary and widespread practice among United States-based corporations and other business enterprises for many years, the Company believes that, given current market conditions and trends, such insurance may
be available to it in the future only at higher premiums and with more exclusions. At the same time, directors, in service to corporations or business enterprises are being increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation; and

 WHEREAS, the Board has determined that, in order to help attract and retain qualified individuals as directors and in other
capacities, the best interests of the Company and its investors will be served by assuring such individuals that the Company will indemnify them to the maximum extent permitted by law; and 

WHEREAS, Article VIII of the Amended and Restated By-Laws effective May 19, 2005 (the “By-Laws”) of the Company
require indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company, and Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”); and 

WHEREAS, the Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws and the DGCL expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth
therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the Company and members of the Board with respect to indemnification and the advancement of defense costs; and 

 WHEREAS, it therefore is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually to
obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance defense costs on behalf of, such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that they will not be so
indemnified; and 
 WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws
and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor shall it be deemed to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder; and 

WHEREAS, the Board recognizes that the Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation, the By-Laws and insurance program as adequate in the present circumstances, and may not be willing to serve or continue to serve as a director and/or in such other capacity as the Company may request without adequate protection, and
the Company desires Indemnitee to serve in such capacity; and 
 WHEREAS, Indemnitee is willing to serve, and continue to serve,
as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company, on the condition that he or she be indemnified as provided for herein. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and
agree as follows: 
 1. Services to the Company. Indemnitee will serve or continue to serve as a Director of the Company
for so long as Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed or until Indemnitee tenders his or her resignation. This Agreement shall not serve as a binding commitment on the part of Indemnitee to continue to serve in such capacity, or on the part of the
Company to cause him to be nominated to successive terms as a Director or to not otherwise be removed for cause as permitted under law. 
 2. Definitions. As used in this Agreement: 
 (a) A “Change in
Control” shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events: 
 (i) Any Person (excluding any employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing
fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities then entitled ordinarily to vote for the election of Directors; or 

  
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 (ii) During any period of two (2) consecutive years commencing on or after the
Effective Date, the individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board or any individuals who would be Continuing Directors (as defined below) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof; or 

(iii) The Board shall approve a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or 

(iv) The Board shall approve any merger, consolidation, or like business combination or reorganization of the Company, the consummation
of which would result in the occurrence of any event described in clause (a) or (b), above. 
 (b) “Continuing
Directors” shall mean the directors of the Company in office on the Effective Date and any successor to any such director and any additional director who after the Effective Date (i) was nominated or selected by a majority of the
Continuing Directors in office at the time of his or her nomination or selection and (ii) who is not an “affiliate” or “associate” (as defined in Regulation 12B under the Exchange Act) of any person who is the beneficial
owner, directly or indirectly, of securities representing ten percent (10%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities then entitled ordinarily to vote for the election of directors. 

(c) “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

(d) “Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that
Person shall exclude (i) the Company and (ii) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company. 

(e) “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning given to such term in Rule 13d-3 issued under the Exchange Act; provided,
however, that Beneficial Owner shall exclude any Person becoming a Beneficial Owner by reason of the stockholders of the Company approving a merger of the Company with another entity. 

(f) “Corporate Status” shall describe the status of a person who is or was a director, officer, trustee, partner,
member, fiduciary, employee or agent of the Company or of any other Enterprise (as defined below), which such person is or was serving at the request of the Company. 
 (g) “Disinterested Director” shall mean a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding (as defined below) in respect of which indemnification is sought by
Indemnitee. 
 (h) “Enterprise” shall mean any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, administrator, partner, member, fiduciary, employee or agent. 

  
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 (i) “Expenses” shall include all reasonable attorneys’ fees,
retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts and accountants, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements or expenses of
the types and amounts customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding (as defined below). Expenses
also shall include costs incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding (as defined below), including, without limitation, the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond
or its equivalent. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee. 
 (j) References to “fines” shall include any excise tax assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law. 

(k) References to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service provided at the request of the
Company as a director, officer, trustee, administrator, partner, member, fiduciary, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, trustee, administrator, partner, member, fiduciary,
employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries. 
 (l) Any action taken or
omitted to be taken by a person for a purpose which he or she reasonably believed to be in the interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have been taken in “good faith” and for a
purpose which is “not opposed to the best interests of the Company”, as such terms are referred to in this Agreement and used in the DGCL. 
 (m) The term “Proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative
hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative nature, including any related appeal, in which Indemnitee
was, is or will be involved as a party or witness or otherwise by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, trustee, administrator, partner, member, fiduciary, employee or agent of the Company, by reason of any action taken
or not taken by him or her while acting as director, officer, trustee, administrator, partner, member, fiduciary, employee or agent of the Company, or by reason of the fact that he or she is or was serving at the request of the Company as a
director, officer, trustee, administrator, partner, member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other Enterprise, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification,
reimbursement, or advancement of expenses can be provided under this Agreement. 

  
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 (n) “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that
is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five (5) years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to
matters concerning the Indemnitee under this Agreement, or other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an
action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. 
 3. Indemnity in Third-Party Proceedings. The
Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3 if Indemnitee is made, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in (as a witness or otherwise) any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or
in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 3, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement (if such settlement is approved in writing in
advance by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) (including, without limitation, all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of any of the foregoing) (collectively,
“Losses”) and Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his or her behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any action, discovery event, claim, issue or matter therein or related thereto, if Indemnitee acted
in good faith, for a purpose which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal Proceeding, in addition, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was
unlawful. 
 4. Indemnity in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 4 if Indemnitee is made, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in (as a witness or otherwise) any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor.
Pursuant to this Section 4, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf in connection with the defense or settlement of such Proceeding or any action, discovery
event, claim, issue or matter therein or related thereto, if Indemnitee acted in good faith, for a purpose which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. No indemnification, however, shall be made
under this Section 4 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the Proceeding was brought or, if no Proceeding was
brought in a court, any court of competent jurisdiction, determines upon application that, in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee fairly and reasonably is entitled to indemnification for such portion of the Expenses as the court
deems proper. 

  
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 5. Indemnification for Expenses Where Indemnitee is Wholly or Partly Successful.
Notwithstanding and in addition to any other provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is a party to a Proceeding and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the Company
shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf in connection with such successful defense. For the avoidance of doubt, if Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding
but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her or on his or
her behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. For purposes of this Section 5 and, without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by withdrawal or dismissal, with or
without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter. 
 6. Indemnification for
Expenses of a Witness. Notwithstanding and in addition to any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his or her Corporate Status, a witness in or otherwise incurs Expenses in connection with any
Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, he or she shall be indemnified by the Company against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf in connection therewith. 

7. Additional Indemnification. 
 (a) Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 3, 4, or 5 hereof or in Section 145 of the DGCL or other applicable statutory provision, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent
permitted by law if Indemnitee is made, or is threatened to be made, a party to any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) against all Losses and Expenses actually and reasonably
incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the Proceeding. No indemnification shall be made under this Section 7(a) on account of Indemnitee’s conduct which constitutes a breach of Indemnitee’s duty of loyalty to the Company or its
investors or is an act or omission not in good faith or which involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law. 
 (b) For purposes of Sections 7(a), the meaning of the phrase “to the fullest extent permitted by law” shall include, but not be limited to: 

i. to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the then-applicable provisions of the DGCL or other applicable statutory provision,
that authorize or contemplate indemnification by agreement, or the corresponding provision of any amendment to or replacement of the DGCL or other applicable statutory provision, and 

  
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 ii. to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by any amendments to or replacements of
the DGCL or other applicable statutory provision, adopted after the date of this Agreement that increase the extent to which a corporation limited liability company or partnership, as applicable may indemnify its officers, directors or persons
holding similar fiduciary responsibilities. 
 (c) Indemnitee shall be entitled to the prompt payment of all Expenses reasonably
incurred in enforcing successfully (fully or partially) this Agreement. 
 8. Exclusions. Notwithstanding any provision
in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee: 
 (a) for which payment actually has been received by or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount actually
received under such insurance policy or other indemnity provision; or 
 (b) for an accounting of profits made from the purchase
and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, as amended, or similar provisions of state blue sky law, state statutory law or
common law; or 
 (c) prior to a Change in Control, in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated
by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company (other than any Proceeding referred to in Sections 13(d) or (e) below or any other Proceeding commenced to recover any Expenses
referred to in Section 7(c) above) or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation or (ii) the Company provides the
indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law; or 
 (d) if the
funds at issue were paid pursuant to a settlement approved by a court and indemnification would be inconsistent with any condition with respect to indemnification expressly imposed by the court in approving the settlement. 

9. Advances of Expenses; Defense of Claim. 
 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to advances of Expenses incurred by him or her or on his or her behalf in connection with a Proceeding
that Indemnitee claims is covered by Sections 3 and 4 hereof, prior to a final determination of eligibility for indemnification and prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding, upon the execution and delivery to the Company of an undertaking by
or on behalf of the Indemnitee providing that the Indemnitee will repay such advances to the extent that it ultimately is determined that 

  
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Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. This Section 9(a) shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which indemnity is excluded pursuant to Section 8.

 (b) The Company shall advance pursuant to Section 9(a) the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any
Proceeding within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Company of a written statement or statements requesting such advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of any Proceeding. Advances shall be unsecured and
interest free. Advances shall be made without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay such advances. Advances shall include any and all reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing an action to enforce such right to receive advances. 

(c) The Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense. 

(d) The Company shall not settle any action, claim or Proceeding (in whole or in part) which would impose any Expense, judgment, fine,
penalty or limitation on the Indemnitee without the Indemnitee’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. 
 10. Procedure for Notification and Application for Indemnification. 
 (a)
Within sixty (60) days after the actual receipt by Indemnitee of notice that he or she is a party to or is requested to be a participant in (as a witness or otherwise) any Proceeding, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written notice
identifying the Proceeding. The failure by the Indemnitee to notify the Company within such 60-day period will not relieve the Company from any liability which it may have to Indemnitee (i) otherwise than under this Agreement, and
(ii) under this Agreement, provided that if the Company can establish that such failure to notify the Company in a timely manner resulted in actual prejudice to the Company, then the Company will be relieved from liability under this Agreement
only to the extent of such actual prejudice. 
 (b) Indemnitee shall at the time of giving such notice pursuant to
Section 10(a) or thereafter deliver to the Company a written application for indemnification. Such application may be delivered at such time as Indemnitee deems appropriate in his or her sole discretion. Following delivery of such a written
application for indemnification by Indemnitee, the Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification shall be determined promptly according to Section 11(a) of this Agreement and the outcome of such determination shall be reported to Indemnitee
in writing within forty-five (45) days of the submission of such application. 
 11. Procedure Upon Application for
Indemnification. 
 (a) Upon written application by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 10(b) or written
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pursuant to Section 9(b), a determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto pursuant to the mandatory terms of this Agreement, pursuant to statute, or pursuant to other
sources of right to indemnity, and pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement shall be made in the specific case: (i) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, whether or not such directors otherwise would constitute a quorum of the
Board; (ii) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, whether or not such directors would otherwise constitute a quorum of the Board, (iii) if there are no Disinterested Directors or if so
requested by (x) the Indemnitee in his or her sole discretion or (y) the Disinterested Directors, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee or (iv) by the stockholders
of the Company. Indemnitee shall reasonably cooperate with the person, persons or entity making the determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable
advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any costs or expenses (including
attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to
indemnification) and the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless from any such costs and expenses. 

(b) If it is determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification requested by the Indemnitee in a written application submitted to
the Company pursuant to Section 10(b), payment to Indemnitee shall be made within ten (10) days after such determination. All advances of Expenses requested in a written statement by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 9(b) prior to a
final determination of eligibility for indemnification shall be paid in accordance with Section 9. 
 (c) In the event the
determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 11(c). If a Change in Control shall not have
occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board, and the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising him or her of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Change in Control shall have occurred, the
Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board, in which event the preceding sentence shall apply), and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of
the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within ten (10) days after such written notice of selection shall have been received, deliver to the Company or to
Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of
“Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. 

  
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Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If a written objection is made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve
as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court of competent jurisdiction has determined that such objection is without merit. 
 (d) If, within twenty (20) days after submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 9(b) or 10(b) hereof, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected
and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or
for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the Court or by such other person as the Court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent
Counsel under Section 11(a) hereof. 
 (e) The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent
Counsel and to fully indemnify such Independent Counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto. 

(f) Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 13(a) of this Agreement, any Independent
Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing). 
 12. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings. 
 (a) Presumption in
Favor of Indemnitee. In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person or persons or entity making such determination shall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement
if Indemnitee has submitted an application for indemnification in accordance with Section 10(a) of this Agreement, and the Company shall have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption. 

(b) No Presumption Against Indemnitee. Neither the failure of the Company (including by its Directors or Independent Counsel) to
have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement nor an actual determination by the Company (including by its Directors or Independent Counsel) that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of
conduct for indemnification shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct. 
 (c) Sixty Day Period for Determination. If the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 11 of this Agreement to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification
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(60) days after receipt by the Company of an application therefor, a determination of entitlement to indemnification shall be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such
indemnification, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the application for indemnification, or
(ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law; provided, however, that such 60-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the person, persons or entity making the
determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation and/or information relating thereto. 

(d) No Presumption from Termination of a Proceeding. The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein,
by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in
good faith and for a purpose which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was
unlawful. 
 (e) Reliance as Safe Harbor. For purposes of any determination of good faith, Indemnitee shall be deemed to
have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action or failure to act is based on the records or books of account of the Company or any Enterprise other than the Company, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by
the officers of the Company or any Enterprise other than the Company in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Company or any Enterprise other than the Company or on information or records given or reports made to the
Company or any Enterprise other than the Company by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected by the Company or any Enterprise other than the Company, except if the Indemnitee knew or had reason to know
that such records or books of account of the Company, information supplied by the officers of the Company, advice of legal counsel or information or records given or reports made by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or
other expert were materially false or materially inaccurate. The provisions of this Section 12(e) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which the Indemnitee may be deemed or found to have met any
applicable standard of conduct. 
 (f) Actions of Others. The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any other
director, officer, trustee, administrator, partner, member, fiduciary, employee or agent of the Company or any Enterprise other than the Company shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this
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 13. Remedies of Indemnitee. 

(a) Adjudication/Arbitration. In the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 11 of this Agreement
that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 9 of this Agreement, (iii) subject to Section 12(c), no determination of entitlement to
indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 11(a) of this Agreement within 60 days after receipt by the Company of the application for indemnification, or (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Sections 3, 4,
5, 6, 7 and 11(b) of this Agreement within ten (10) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, or after receipt by the Company of a written request for any additional monies owed with respect to a
Proceeding as to which it already has been determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by a court of his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of Expenses.
Alternatively, Indemnitee, at his or her option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The Company shall not oppose
Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration. 
 (b) Indemnitee Not Prejudiced by Prior
Adverse Determination. In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 11(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this
Section 13 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits, and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of the prior adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration
commenced pursuant to this Section 13, the Company shall have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be. 

(c) Company Bound by Prior Determination. If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 11(a) of this Agreement
that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 13, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact,
or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the application for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law. 

(d) Expenses. In the event that Indemnitee, pursuant to this Section 13, seeks a judicial adjudication of or an award in
arbitration to enforce his or her rights under, or to recover damages for breach of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to recover from the Company and shall be jointly and severally indemnified by the Company against, any and all Expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in such judicial adjudication or arbitration if it shall be determined in such judicial adjudication or arbitration that Indemnitee is entitled to receive all or part of the indemnification or
advancement of Expenses sought which the Company had disputed prior to the commencement of the judicial proceeding or arbitration. 

  
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 (e) Advances of Expenses. If requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall (within ten
(10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefore) advance to Indemnitee the Expenses which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any judicial proceeding or arbitration brought by Indemnitee for indemnification or
advance of Expenses from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, if the Indemnitee has submitted an undertaking to repay such Expenses if Indemnitee
ultimately is determined to not be entitled to such indemnification, advancement of Expenses or insurance recovery, as the case may be. The Indemnitee’s financial ability to repay any such advances shall not be a basis for the Company to
decline to make such advances. 
 (f) Precluded Assertions by the Company. The Company shall be precluded from asserting
in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 13 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator
that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. 
 14. Non-exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Insurance;
Subrogation. 
 (a) Rights of Indemnitee Not Exclusive. The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement of
Expenses as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or the By-Laws, any agreement, vote of investors or a
resolution of directors, members, partners, or otherwise. No right or remedy herein conferred by this Agreement is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every
other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent or subsequent assertion or employment
of any other right or remedy. 
 (b) Survival of Rights. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any
provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his or her Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. 

(c) Change of Law. To the extent that a change in Delaware law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater
indemnification or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws, or this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy and be conferred by this
Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. 
 (d) Insurance. To the extent that the Company maintains an
insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, trustees, administrators partners, members, fiduciaries, employees, or agents of the Company or of 

  
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any other Enterprise which such person serves at the request of the Company, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of
the coverage available for any such director, trustee, partner, member, fiduciary, officer, employee or agent under such policy or policies. If, at the time the Company receives notice from any source of a Proceeding as to which Indemnitee is a
party or a participant (as a witness or otherwise) the Company has director and officer liability insurance in effect that covers Indemnitee, the Company or shall give prompt notice of such Proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the
procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance with
the terms of such policies. 
 (e) Subrogation. In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be
subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the
Company to bring suit to enforce such rights. 
 (f) Other Payments. The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement
to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable (or for which advancement is provided hereunder) if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

 (g) Other Indemnification. The Company’s obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who
is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, administrator partner, member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other Enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification
or advancement of expenses from such Enterprise. 
 15. Duration of Agreement. This Agreement shall continue until and
terminate upon the later of: (a) ten (10) years after the date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as any of the following: a director, officer, agent or employee of the Company or as a director, officer, trustee, administrator
partner, member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other Enterprise which Indemnitee served at the request of the Company; or (b) one (1) year after the final
termination of any Proceeding (including after the expiration of any rights of appeal) then pending in respect of which Indemnitee is granted rights of indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder and of any proceeding commenced by
Indemnitee pursuant to Section 13 of this Agreement (including any rights of appeal of any Proceeding commenced pursuant to Section 13). This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the
benefit of Indemnitee and his or her heirs, executors and administrators. 

  
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 16. Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing
any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law;
(b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of
this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as
to give effect to the intent manifested thereby. 
 17. Enforcement. 

(a) The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in
order to induce Indemnitee to serve, or to continue to serve, as a director, of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving or continuing to serve as a director agent of the Company.

 (b) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. 
 18. Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by each of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions
of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver. 
 19. Successors and Binding Agreement. 
 (a) The Company will require any
successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise) and any acquiror of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company by agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to Indemnitee and/or his or her counsel, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. 

(b) This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and any successor to the Company, including, without
limitation, any person acquiring directly or indirectly all or substantially all of the business or assets of 

  
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the Company whether by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise (and such successor will thereafter be deemed the “Company” for purposes of this Agreement), but will
not otherwise be assignable or delegatable by the Company. 
 (c) This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be enforceable
by the Indemnitee’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, legatees and other successors. 
 (d) This Agreement is personal in nature and neither of the parties hereto will, without the consent of the other, assign or delegate this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder except as
expressly provided in Sections 19(a), (b) and (c). Without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing, Indemnitee’s right to receive payments hereunder will not be assignable, whether by pledge, creation of a security interest or
otherwise, other than by a transfer by the Indemnitee’s will, devise, a grantor’s trust instrument under which the Indemnitee or his estate is the sole beneficiary, or by the laws of descent and distribution, and, in the event of any
attempted assignment or transfer contrary to this Section 19(d), the Company will have no liability to pay any amount so attempted to be assigned or transferred. 
 20. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if: (i) delivered by hand and
receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, on the date of such receipt, or (ii) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date on which
it is so mailed: 
 (a) If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature page of this Agreement, or such other
address as Indemnitee subsequently shall provide in writing to the Company. 
 (b) If to the Company to: 

SLM Corporation 

12061 Bluemont Way 
 Reston, VA 20190 
 Attention: Chief Executive Officer 

With a copy to: 

General Counsel 
 or to any
other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee in writing by the Company. 
 21. Contribution. To the fullest
extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any 

  
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reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall jointly and severally contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise
taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of
such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other, as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding; and/or (ii) the
relative fault of the Company, on the one hand (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee, on the other, in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s). 

22. Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and
construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws, principles or rules. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 13 of this Agreement,
the Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the
“Delaware Court”), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any
action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) irrevocably appoint, to the extent such party is not a resident of the State of Delaware, CT Corporation, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County,
Delaware 19808 as its agent in the State of Delaware as such party’s agent for acceptance of legal process in connection with any such action or proceeding against such party with the same legal force and validity as if served upon such party
personally within the State of Delaware, (iv) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (v) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding
brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum. 
 23. Identical Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom
enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement. 
 24. Miscellaneous. Use of
the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include usage of the feminine pronoun where appropriate. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to
affect the construction thereof. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed as of the day and
year first above written. 
  

					
	SLM Corporation	 	INDEMNITEE
			
	By:	 	  
	 	  

		 		 	Name:
		 	General Counsel	 	
			
		 		 	Address for Notices to Indemnitee:

  
 18Exhibit 10.25

 Exhibit 10.25 
 SALLIE MAE 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN 
 — Plan Document — 

Effective as of January 1, 2010 
 (Incorporating Plan Amendments through September 1, 2009) 
 Restatement as of
January 1, 2010 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
	 	 	 	  	Page	 
			
	 ARTICLE 1  
	 	 NAME AND EFFECTIVE DATE
	  	 	1	  
			
	1.01  	 	 Name of Plan
	  	 	1	  
	1.02  	 	 Effective Date
	  	 	1	  
			
	 ARTICLE 2  
	 	 DEFINITIONS
	  	 	4	  
			
	2.01  	 	 Affiliated Employer
	  	 	4	  
	2.02  	 	 Aggregation Group
	  	 	5	  
	2.03  	 	 Authorized Leave of Absence
	  	 	5	  
	2.04  	 	 Beneficiary
	  	 	5	  
	2.05  	 	 Board of Directors
	  	 	6	  
	2.06  	 	 Code
	  	 	6	  
	2.07  	 	 Compensation
	  	 	6	  
	2.08  	 	 Corporation
	  	 	7	  
	2.09  	 	 Determination Date
	  	 	7	  
	2.10  	 	 Direct Rollover
	  	 	7	  
	2.11  	 	 Disability
	  	 	7	  
	2.12  	 	 Effective Date
	  	 	8	  
	2.13  	 	 Eligible Retirement Plan
	  	 	8	  
	2.14  	 	 Eligible Rollover Distribution
	  	 	9	  
	2.15  	 	 Employee
	  	 	10	  
	2.16  	 	 Employee Account
	  	 	11	  
	2.17  	 	 Employee Contribution
	  	 	12	  
	2.18  	 	 Employer
	  	 	12	  
	2.19  	 	 Employer Core Contribution
	  	 	12	  
	2.20  	 	 Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contribution
	  	 	13	  
	2.21  	 	 Employer Matching Contribution
	  	 	13	  
	2.22  	 	 Employment Commencement Date
	  	 	13	  
	2.23  	 	 ERISA
	  	 	13	  
	2.24  	 	 Five Percent Owner
	  	 	13	  
	2.25  	 	 Fund
	  	 	13	  
	2.26  	 	 Highly Compensated Employee
	  	 	14	  
	2.27  	 	 Hour of Service
	  	 	15	  
	2.28  	 	 Investment Advisory Committee
	  	 	16	  
	2.29  	 	 Key Employee
	  	 	16	  
	2.30  	 	 Leased Employee
	  	 	17	  
	2.31  	 	 Named Fiduciary
	  	 	17	  
	2.32  	 	 Non-deferred Compensation
	  	 	17	  
	2.33  	 	 Non-Key Employee
	  	 	20	  
	2.34  	 	 Normal Retirement Age
	  	 	20	  
	2.35  	 	 One Percent Owner
	  	 	20	  
	2.36  	 	 Participant
	  	 	20	  

  
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	2.37  	 	 Pension Plan
	  	 	21	  
	2.38  	 	 Period of Service
	  	 	21	  
	2.39  	 	 Period of Severance
	  	 	21	  
	2.40  	 	 Permissive Aggregation Group
	  	 	22	  
	2.41  	 	 Plan
	  	 	22	  
	2.42  	 	 Plan Administrator
	  	 	22	  
	2.43  	 	 Plan Year
	  	 	22	  
	2.44  	 	 Qualified Beneficiary
	  	 	22	  
	2.45  	 	 Qualified Non-Elective Contribution
	  	 	22	  
	2.46  	 	 Reemployment Commencement Date
	  	 	23	  
	2.47  	 	 Required Aggregation Group
	  	 	23	  
	2.48  	 	 Retirement Committee
	  	 	23	  
	2.49  	 	 Rollover Contribution
	  	 	23	  
	2.50  	 	 Service Contract Act Contribution
	  	 	23	  
	2.51  	 	 Severance from Service Date
	  	 	23	  
	2.52  	 	 Terminated Participant
	  	 	24	  
	2.53  	 	 Top Heavy Group
	  	 	24	  
	2.54  	 	 Top Heavy Plan
	  	 	25	  
	2.55  	 	 Trust Agreement
	  	 	26	  
	2.56  	 	 Trustee
	  	 	26	  
	2.57  	 	 Valuation Date
	  	 	26	  
	2.58  	 	 Vested Benefit
	  	 	26	  
	2.59  	 	 Year of Participation
	  	 	26	  
	2.60  	 	 Year of Vesting Service
	  	 	26	  
			
	 ARTICLE 3  
	 	 ELIGIBILITY & PARTICIPATION
	  	 	28	  
			
	3.01  	 	 Eligibility
	  	 	28	  
	3.02  	 	 Participation
	  	 	29	  
	3.03  	 	 Re-employment of Terminated Participant or Former Employee and Change in Employment Status
	  	 	30	  
	3.04  	 	 Transfer of Participant to Another Employer
	  	 	32	  
	3.05  	 	 Transfer of Participant to an Affiliated Employer
	  	 	32	  
	3.06  	 	 Transfer of Participant from Affiliated Employer
	  	 	32	  
			
	 ARTICLE 4  
	 	 CONTRIBUTIONS
	  	 	33	  
			
	4.01  	 	 Employer Contributions
	  	 	33	  
	4.02  	 	 Rollover Contributions
	  	 	35	  
	4.03  	 	 Distribution of Employee Contributions that Exceed the Statutory Limitation
	  	 	36	  
	4.04  	 	 Change of Contribution Rate and Suspension of Contributions
	  	 	37	  

  
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	4.05  	 	 Payment to the Trustee
	  	 	38	  
	4.06  	 	 Safe Harbor Requirements
	  	 	38	  
	4.07  	 	 Maximum Benefit and Contribution Limitations
	  	 	39	  
			
	 ARTICLE 5  
	 	 INVESTMENT ELECTIONS AND ACCOUNTS OF PARTICIPANTS
	  	 	42	  
			
	5.01  	 	 Participant Investment Elections
	  	 	42	  
	5.02  	 	 Investment Alternatives
	  	 	42	  
	5.03  	 	 Allocation to Accounts
	  	 	42	  
	5.04  	 	 Determination of Account Balances Binding
	  	 	44	  
	5.05  	 	 Participation of Additional Employers
	  	 	44	  
	5.06  	 	 Voting Rights of Corporation Stock
	  	 	44	  
			
	 ARTICLE 6  
	 	 IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS
	  	 	45	  
			
	6.01  	 	 Withdrawals from Voluntary Contribution and Participant Contribution Sub-Accounts
	  	 	45	  
	6.02  	 	 Withdrawals from Rollover Contribution Sub-Accounts
	  	 	45	  
	6.03  	 	 Withdrawals from Employer Matching Contribution Sub-Accounts, Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contribution Sub-Accounts,
Employer Core Contribution Sub-Accounts, and Service Contract Act Contribution Sub-Accounts
	  	 	46	  
	6.04  	 	 Hardship Withdrawals from Employee Contribution Sub-Accounts
	  	 	47	  
	6.05  	 	 Loans
	  	 	51	  
			
	 ARTICLE 7  
	 	 VESTING
	  	 	52	  
			
	7.01  	 	 Vesting
	  	 	52	  
	7.02  	 	 Re-employment of Former Participants
	  	 	53	  
			
	 ARTICLE 8  
	 	 DISTRIBUTIONS
	  	 	54	  
			
	8.01  	 	 Earliest Time for and Method of Distribution of Benefits
	  	 	54	  
	8.02  	 	 Time of Payment
	  	 	54	  
	8.03  	 	 Distribution of Small Benefits
	  	 	55	  
	8.04  	 	 Latest Time for Distribution
	  	 	56	  
	8.05  	 	 Missing Participant or Beneficiary
	  	 	57	  
	8.06  	 	 Election of Direct Rollover of a Vested Benefit
	  	 	58	  

  
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	 	 	 	  	Page	 
			
	 ARTICLE 9  
	 	 PLAN ADMINISTRATION
	  	 	59	  
			
	9.01  	 	 Retirement Committee
	  	 	59	  
	9.02  	 	 Powers and Duties of the Retirement Committee
	  	 	59	  
	9.03  	 	 Investment Advisory Committee
	  	 	59	  
			
	 ARTICLE 10  
	 	 CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF ASSETS
	  	 	60	  
			
	10.01  	 	 In General
	  	 	60	  
			
	 ARTICLE 11  
	 	 FIDUCIARY LIABILITY INSURANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION
	  	 	61	  
			
	11.01  	 	 Fiduciary Liability Insurance
	  	 	61	  
	11.02  	 	 Indemnity
	  	 	61	  
			
	 ARTICLE 12  
	 	 AMENDMENTS TO OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN
	  	 	62	  
			
	12.01  	 	 Right of Corporation to Amend or Terminate the Plan
	  	 	62	  
	12.02  	 	 Termination of Plan
	  	 	63	  
	12.03  	 	 Withdrawal of an Employer
	  	 	63	  
	12.04  	 	 Plan-to-Plan Transfer
	  	 	64	  
			
	 ARTICLE 13  
	 	 TOP HEAVY PROVISIONS
	  	 	65	  
			
	13.01  	 	 Top Heavy Plan Requirements
	  	 	65	  
	13.02  	 	 Top Heavy Minimum Contribution Requirement
	  	 	65	  
	13.03  	 	 Top-Heavy Provisions
	  	 	65	  
			
	 ARTICLE 14  
	 	 MISCELLANEOUS
	  	 	66	  
			
	14.01  	 	 Rights of Employees
	  	 	66	  
	14.02  	 	 Notice of Address
	  	 	66	  
	14.03  	 	 Data
	  	 	66	  
	14.04  	 	 Merger
	  	 	66	  
	14.05  	 	 Fund to be for the Exclusive Benefit of Participants
	  	 	67	  
	14.06  	 	 Facility of Payment
	  	 	68	  
	14.07  	 	 Restrictions on Alienation
	  	 	68	  
	14.08  	 	 Headings
	  	 	68	  
	14.09  	 	 Construction
	  	 	69	  
	14.10  	 	 Exclusion and Severability
	  	 	69	  
	14.11  	 	 Special Rule Relating to Rights Under USERRA
	  	 	69	  
	14.12  	 	 Application of Forfeitures
	  	 	69	  

  
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	 	 	 	  	Page	 
			
	 ARTICLE 15  
	 	 SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS
	  	 	71	  
			
	15.01  	 	 Special Vesting Provisions
	  	 	71	  
	15.02  	 	 Spousal Consent for In-Service Withdrawal
	  	 	72	  
	15.03  	 	 USA Group Special Provisions
	  	 	72	  
	15.04  	 	 Southwest Student Services Corporation Special Provisions
	  	 	73	  
			
	 ARTICLE 16  
	 	 SIGNATURE
	  	 	74	  
			
	 APPENDIX A
	 	 SALLIE MAE 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS
	  	 	75	  
			
	 APPENDIX B
	 	 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATED TO REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS
	  	 	76	  

  
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 ARTICLE 1 

NAME AND EFFECTIVE DATE 
 1.01 Name of Plan. Effective November 1, 1997, this Plan shall be known as the Sallie Mae 401(k) Savings Plan. Prior to November 1, 1997, the Plan was known as the Student Loan
Marketing Association Employees’ Thrift and Savings Plan. 
 This Plan is a profit-sharing plan. This Plan is intended to
qualify as a participant-directed account plan under section 404(c) of ERISA. 
 1.02 Effective Date. The
Effective Date of the Plan is April 1, 1974. The Plan was amended and restated to reflect statutory changes that are generally effective January 1, 1997, (except to the extent an amendment required by a statutory enactment is effective on
a later date, as stated herein), and to reflect administrative changes to the Plan. The Plan was restated as of February 28, 1999, to reflect amendments made to the Plan after January 1, 1997 and effective on February 28, 1999 unless
otherwise stated herein. The Plan was further restated as of December 31, 1999 to reflect amendments through December 31, 1999, and the Plan was further restated as of December 31, 2001 to reflect amendments through December 31,
2001. The Plan was further amended by the First Amendment to the Sallie Mae 401(k) Savings Plan to comply with the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and to incorporate certain other plan design changes. The Plan was further
amended by the Second Amendment to the Sallie Mae 401(k) Savings Plan, effective as of January 1, 2003 or as otherwise provided, to incorporate certain plan design changes. The Plan was thereafter amended as of January 1, 2006 to
incorporate changes to the optional forms of benefit and for purposes of further defining eligibility and vesting service for new participants added to the plan as a result of acquisition. 

  

			
	Page 1	  	Restatement as of January 1, 2010    

 The Plan was further restated as of September 1, 2006, to reflect amendments through
January 1, 2006. The Plan (as most recently restated as of September 1, 2006, to reflect amendments through January 1, 2006) was then amended as follows: (1) by the First Amendment, effective as of January 1, 2006, or as
otherwise provided, to incorporate certain changes required by the final regulations issued under section 401(k) of the Code; (2) by the Second Amendment, effective as of August 1, 2007, to incorporate changes related to a freeze in
eligibility and participation under the Plan; (3) by the Third Amendment, effective as of October 1, 2008, to make changes to the definition of Compensation and the amount of Employer Core Contributions and Employer Matching Contributions;
(4) by the Fourth and Fifth Amendments, effective as of January 1, 2008, to clarify the administrative provisions of the Plan and to comply with the final regulations issued under section 415 of the Code; (5) by the Sixth Amendment,
effective as of September 1, 2009, to reflect a special employer discretionary contribution (a “Service Contract Act Contribution”) exclusively for employees designated by the Corporation as government contract employees; (6) by
the Seventh Amendment, effective January 1, 2007 and January 1, 2008, to incorporate certain changes required by the Pension Protection Act of 2006; (7) by the Eighth Amendment, effective for distributions on and after January 1,
2003, to comply with the final regulations issued under section 401(a)(9) of the Code; and (8) by the Ninth Amendment, effective January 1, 2009, to clarify how the Plan has been administered. The Plan is hereby further amended and
restated, effective as of January 1, 2010, to reflect the merger of the Sallie Mae 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan into the Plan, to restore the eligibility and participation provisions, and to reflect amendments through January 1, 2010.

  

			
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 Except as may otherwise be provided by ERISA or other law or the terms of this Plan, the
benefit of a Terminated Participant who terminated his employment with an Employer before the effective date of an amendment shall be governed by the provisions of the Plan as in effect on the date of such termination. 

  

			
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 ARTICLE 2 
 DEFINITIONS 
 The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings
unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context: 
 2.01 Affiliated Employer. “Affiliated
Employer” means: 
 (a) any corporation which is in the same “controlled group of corporations”, as defined in
section 414(b) of the Code, as an Employer, but which is not an Employer; 
 (b) any trade or business which is under common
control, as defined in section 414(c) of the Code, with an Employer, but which is not an Employer; 
 (c) any employer that
is a member of an affiliated service group, as defined in section 414(m) of the Code, that includes an Employer, but which is not an Employer; or 
 (d) any other entity that is required to be aggregated with an Employer pursuant to regulations under section 414(o) of the Code, but which is not an Employer. 

A corporation, a trade or business, an employer or an entity is an Affiliated Employer for all purposes under the Plan only during the
period or periods when the corporation is a member of the same controlled group of corporations as an Employer, when the trade or business is under common control with an Employer, when the employer is a member of an affiliated service
group that includes an Employer, or when the entity is required to be aggregated with an Employer. For purposes of Section 4.07, the definitions prescribed by sections 414(b) and 414(c) of the Code shall be modified as provided by section
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 2.02 Aggregation Group. “Aggregation Group” means either a Required
Aggregation Group or a Permissive Aggregation Group. 
 2.03 Authorized Leave of Absence. “Authorized Leave
of Absence” means: 
 (a) a leave of absence of an employee approved by an Employer or Affiliated Employer in accordance
with rules that apply on a uniform basis to all similarly situated employees; or 
 (b) a leave of absence of an employee as
required by the Veteran Re-employment Rights Act or other applicable law. 
 2.04 Beneficiary.
“Beneficiary” means the person, persons or entity, including one or more trusts, last designated, on a form supplied by the Retirement Committee, by a Participant as a beneficiary, co-beneficiary or contingent beneficiary to receive
benefits payable under the Plan in the event of the death of the Participant; provided, however, that in the case of a married Participant, the Beneficiary shall be the Participant’s surviving spouse, unless the surviving spouse consents, on a
form supplied by the Retirement Committee, to the designation of another Beneficiary or Beneficiaries. The spouse’s consent must acknowledge the effect of such designation, must be witnessed by a Plan representative or a notary public, and,
unless the spouse executes a general consent, must acknowledge the specific non-spouse Beneficiary, if any, including any class of Beneficiaries or any contingent Beneficiaries. A general consent to permit the Participant to change his Beneficiary
without any requirement of further consent by his spouse is valid only if the spouse acknowledges that the spouse has a right to limit consent to a specific Beneficiary and the spouse voluntarily relinquishes that right. Notwithstanding the above,
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obtained because there is no spouse or because the spouse cannot be located, no consent will be required. Spousal consent is also not required if the Participant is legally separated or the
Participant has been abandoned, within the meaning of local law, and the Participant has a court order to such effect. If the spouse is legally incompetent to give consent, the spouse’s legal guardian, even if the guardian is the Participant,
may give consent. 
 If no designation of a Beneficiary is in effect at the time of death of the Participant, or if no person,
persons or entity so designated shall survive the Participant, the Beneficiary shall be the Participant’s surviving spouse, if any, or if there shall be no such surviving spouse, the Beneficiary shall be the estate of the Participant.

 2.05 Board of Directors. “Board of Directors” or “Board” means the Board of Directors of
the Corporation. 
 2.06 Code. “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

2.07 Compensation. “Compensation” means, for the portion of a Plan Year during which an Employee is a
Participant, the gross amount of base salary, overtime, shift differential, bonus and commissions paid by the Employer to an Employee for services rendered as an Employee to or on behalf of the Employer, including payments for sick leave, vacation,
holidays, jury duty, bereavement and other paid leaves of absence, short-term disability payments, recruiting/job referral bonuses, plus any amount that is deferred or reduced pursuant to a salary reduction agreement in respect of which the Employer
makes contributions to this Plan or to a cafeteria plan within the meaning of section 125 of the Code, except that Compensation shall not include severance, hiring bonuses, long-term disability payments, any amount deferred or paid under a
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account of the Corporation’s Vacation Sell Program; or amounts paid on account of the exercise of stock options or on account of the award or vesting of restricted stock or other stock-based
compensation. The annual Compensation of each Participant taken into account under the Plan shall not exceed $245,000 (for 2010), adjusted as of January 1 of each calendar year pursuant to sections 401(a)(17) and 415(d) of the Code. 

2.08 Corporation. “Corporation” means SLM Corporation or any other person, firm or corporation which may succeed
to the business of SLM Corporation by merger, consolidation or otherwise and which, by appropriate action, shall adopt the Plan, except that prior to May 17, 2002, “Corporation” means USA Education, Inc., prior to July 31, 2000,
“Corporation” means SLM Holding Corporation, and prior to August 7, 1997, “Corporation” means Student Loan Marketing Association. 
 2.09 Determination Date. “Determination Date” means, with respect to any Plan Year, (i) the last day of the immediately preceding Plan Year, or (ii) in the case of the
first Plan Year of the Plan, the last day of such Plan Year. 
 2.10 Direct Rollover. “Direct Rollover”
means a payment by the Plan of an Eligible Rollover Distribution to the Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the Participant or a Qualified Beneficiary. 
 2.11 Disability. “Disability” means a mental or physical condition for which an individual receives disability benefits for total and permanent disability under either (a) the
Federal Social Security Act or (b) any welfare plan maintained by the Employer that provides long-term disability benefits. 

  

			
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 2.12 Effective Date. “Effective Date” means April 1, 1974, the
date when this Plan first became effective. 
 2.13 Eligible Retirement Plan. “Eligible Retirement Plan”
means an individual retirement account described in section 408(a) of the Code, an individual retirement annuity described in section 408(b) of the Code, an annuity plan described in section 403(a) of the Code, a qualified trust described in section
401(a) of the Code, an eligible deferred compensation plan described in section 457(b) of the Code that is maintained by an eligible employer described in section 457(e)(1)(A) of the Code and that agrees to separately account for amounts rolled into
such plan from this Plan, an annuity contract described in section 403(b) of the Code, or a Roth IRA if the rollover requirements of sections 402(c) and 408A of the Code (as applicable) are met, that accepts the Participant’s or Qualified
Beneficiary’s Eligible Rollover Distribution. However, in the case of an Eligible Rollover Distribution to a surviving spouse who is not an alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in section 414(p) of the Code, an
Eligible Retirement Plan is an individual retirement account described in section 408(a) of the Code or an individual retirement annuity described in section 408(b) of the Code. 

In the case of an Eligible Rollover Distribution to a Qualified Beneficiary who is the Participant’s or Terminated
Participant’s surviving spouse, or spouse or former spouse who is an alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order (as defined in section 414(p) of the Code), an Eligible Retirement Plan shall be defined in the same manner as if
such Qualified Beneficiary were the Employee. However, in the case of an Eligible Rollover Distribution to any other Qualified Beneficiary, an “Eligible Retirement Plan” shall include only an individual retirement account described in
section 408(a) of the Code, an individual retirement annuity described in section 408(b) of the Code, or a Roth IRA, if the rollover requirements of sections 402(c) and 408A of the Code (as applicable) are met. 

  

			
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 2.14 Eligible Rollover Distribution. “Eligible Rollover
Distribution” means any distribution of all or any portion of a Participant’s Vested Benefit, except that an Eligible Rollover Distribution does not include: any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal periodic
payments, made not less frequently than annually, for the life, or life expectancy, of the Participant or the Participant’s designated beneficiary or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the Participant and the Participant’s
designated beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten years or more; any distribution, to the extent such distribution is required under section 401(a)(9) of the Code; the portion of any distribution that is not includible in gross income,
determined without regard to the exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with respect to employer stock; and any amount distributed on account of hardship. 
 Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, a portion of a distribution shall not fail to be an Eligible Rollover Distribution merely because the portion consists of voluntary employee
contributions that are not includible in gross income; provided, however, such portion may be transferred only to an individual retirement account or annuity described in sections 408(a) or (b) of the Code, a qualified retirement plan (either a
defined contribution plan or a defined benefit plan) described in section 401(a) or 403(a) of the Code, or an annuity contract described in section 403(b) of the Code that agrees to separately account for amounts so transferred and earnings thereon,
including separately accounting for the portion of such distribution which is includible in gross income and the portion of such distribution which is not so includible. 

  

			
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 2.15 Employee. “Employee” means any person who is employed by an
Employer. Notwithstanding the prior provision, the following classifications of employees are excluded: 
 (a) any such person
who is a member of a unit of employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement where retirement benefits have been the subject of good faith collective bargaining between the collective bargaining agent and an Employer, unless such collective
bargaining agreement expressly provides for the inclusion of such persons as Participants in the Plan; 
 (b) any such person
who is a Leased Employee; 
 (c) any such person who is treated by an Employer as a Leased Employee, independent contractor, or
employee of a third party other than the Employer or Affiliated Employer, even if such person is later determined to have been a common law employee of the Employer; 
 (d) any Employee who is hired in order to participate in a training program established for the purpose of training and recruiting future full-time Employees, such as intern, co-op, mentor or any other
similar program that may be implemented by the Employer; and 
 (e) any Employee employed on a temporary or periodic basis, by
the Corporation or by any Affiliated Employer, where such Employee from time to time accepts, at his or her discretion, job assignments having a fixed and limited duration, such as (but not limited to) special project(s) to cover illness, vacation
or other temporary vacancies or unusual or cyclical employment needs, at potentially varying rates of compensation commensurate with each job assignment and who is classified in the Employer’s records as a “temporary employee.”

  

			
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 When used in the Plan without an initial capital letter, the term “employee” means
any person who is employed by an Employer or Affiliated Employer under the common-law standard. 
 2.16 Employee
Account. “Employee Account” means a separate account maintained for each Participant which is composed of the following sub-accounts (to the extent amounts are credited to any such sub-account): 

(a) an Employee Contribution sub-account, which consists of the Employee Contributions contributed to the Plan pursuant to
Section 4.01(a); 
 (b) an Employer Matching Contribution sub-account, which consists of the Employer Matching
Contributions contributed to the Plan pursuant to Section 4.01(b); 
 (c) an Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing
Contribution sub-account, which consists of the Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contributions contributed to the Plan pursuant to Section 4.01(c); 
 (d) an Employer Core Contribution sub-account, which consists of the Employer Core Contributions contributed to the Plan pursuant to Section 4.01(d); 

(e) a Rollover Contribution sub-account, which consists of a Participant’s Rollover Contributions contributed to the Plan pursuant
to Section 4.02; 
 (f) a participant contribution sub-account, which consists of the participant contributions contributed
to the Plan prior to January 1, 1982; 
 (g) a voluntary contribution sub-account, which consists of the voluntary
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 (h) a Qualified Non-Elective Contribution sub-account, which consists of any Qualified
Non-Elective Contributions that were previously contributed to the Plan as necessary to pass the nondiscrimination tests described in sections 401(k)(3), 401(k)(12), 401(m)(2), or 401(m)(11) of the Code; and 

(i) a Service Contract Act Contribution sub-account, which consists of the Service Contract Act Contributions contributed to the Plan
pursuant to Section 4.01(g). 
 Each sub-account shall be adjusted as of each Valuation Date to reflect investment earnings
or losses thereon and any other applicable adjustments thereto, including such allocations described in Section 5.03. 

From time to time, additional sub-accounts may be established and maintained for recordkeeping purposes to protect optional forms of
benefits, rights and features as may be required upon plan asset transfers arising from mergers and acquisitions. 
 2.17
Employee Contribution. “Employee Contribution” means a contribution made to the Plan by an Employer pursuant to an Employee’s salary deferral election. 

2.18 Employer. “Employer” means the Corporation or any wholly- or majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation or
any organization affiliated with or associated with the Corporation which adopts the Plan and becomes a party to it with the written approval of the Corporation. A list of the Employers as of the date of this restatement is attached hereto as
Appendix A. 
 2.19 Employer Core Contribution. “Employer Core Contribution” means a contribution to the
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 2.20 Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contribution. “Employer
Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contribution” means a contribution to the Plan by the Employer in accordance with Section 4.01(c). 
 2.21 Employer Matching Contribution. “Employer Matching Contribution” means a contribution to the Plan by the Employer in accordance with Section 4.01(b), which matches in
whole or in part an Employee Contribution made to the Plan on behalf of an Employee. 
 2.22 Employment Commencement
Date. “Employment Commencement Date” means the date an employee first performs an Hour of Service for an Employer or Affiliated Employer. 
 2.23 ERISA. “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. 

2.24 Five Percent Owner. “Five Percent Owner” means any person who owns (or is considered as owning within the
meaning of section 318 of the Code, as modified by substituting “5 percent” for “50 percent” in section 318(a)(2)(C) of the Code) more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding stock of an Employer or any Affiliated Employer
or stock possessing more than five percent (5%) of the total combined voting power of all stock of an Employer or any Affiliated Employer, or any person who owns more than five percent (5%) of the capital or profits interest in any
Affiliated Employer that is not a corporation. 
 2.25 Fund. “Fund” means the trust fund established
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 2.26 Highly Compensated Employee. “Highly Compensated Employee”
means an employee who is a highly compensated active employee or highly compensated former employee, within the meaning of section 414(q) of the Code and the regulations thereunder. A Highly Compensated Employee includes any active employee who:

 (a) was a Five Percent Owner at any time during the current Plan Year or the preceding Plan Year, or 

(b) for the preceding Plan Year, received Non-deferred Compensation from the Employer in excess of $110,000 (for 2010), as adjusted
pursuant to sections 414(q) and 415(d) of the Code, and was in the top-paid group of employees for such preceding Plan Year. 

The top-paid group of employees is the group consisting of the top twenty percent (20%) of employees when ranked on the basis of
Non-deferred Compensation paid during such preceding Plan Year, excluding the following employees: 
 (i) employees who have
not completed six (6) months of service; 
 (ii) employees who normally work less than seventeen and
one-half (17 1/2) hours per week;

 (iii) employees who normally work during not more than six (6) months during any Plan Year; 

(iv) employees who have not attained age 21; and 
 (v) except to the extent provided in regulations, employees who are included in a unit of employees covered by an agreement which the Secretary of Labor finds to be a collective bargaining agreement
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 A former employee shall be a Highly Compensated Employee if (i) such employee was a
Highly Compensated Employee when such employee separated from service, or (ii) such employee was a Highly Compensated Employee at any time after attaining age fifty-five (55). Whether or not a former employee is a Highly Compensated Employee
shall be determined in accordance with applicable regulations as in effect for that determination year. 
 2.27 Hour of
Service. “Hour of Service” means: 
 (a) Each hour for which an employee is directly or indirectly paid, or
entitled to payment, by an Employer or Affiliated Employer for the performance of duties; 
 (b) Each hour for which no duties
were performed but for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, has either been awarded or agreed to by an Employer or Affiliated Employer, which hours shall be credited for the Plan Year to which the award or agreement pertains; and

 (c) Each hour for which an employee is directly or indirectly paid, or entitled to payment, by an Employer or Affiliated
Employer for a period during which no duties are performed, irrespective of whether the employment relationship has terminated, due to vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity (including disability), layoff, jury duty, military duty or leave of
absence, which hours shall be credited for the Plan Year in which payment is made or due. An hour for which an employee is directly or indirectly paid, or entitled to payment, on account of a period during which no duties are performed shall not be
credited to the employee if such payment is made or due under a plan maintained solely for the purpose of complying with applicable workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, or disability insurance laws; and Hours of Service shall not
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 The same Hours of Service shall not be credited under (a) or (c) above, as the
case may be, and under (b) above. Nothing herein shall be construed as denying an employee credit for an Hour of Service if credit is required by ERISA or other Federal law. 

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.27 to the contrary, Hours of Service shall be calculated and credited pursuant to
section 2530.200b-2 of the Department of Labor regulations which are incorporated herein by reference. 
 2.28 Investment
Advisory Committee. “Investment Advisory Committee” means the committee described in Section 9.03. 

2.29 Key Employee. “Key Employee” means, for any Plan Year, any employee or former employee of an Employer or an
Affiliated Employer or beneficiary of such employee who, at any time during such Plan Year is: 
 (a) an officer of an Employer
or an Affiliated Employer having annual Non-deferred Compensation greater than $160,000, as adjusted annually by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue; provided that no more than 50 employees shall be treated as officers for such purpose; 

(b) a Five Percent Owner within the meaning of sections 416(i)(1)(A)(ii) and (B)(i) of the Code and the regulations thereunder; or

 (c) a One Percent Owner having aggregate annual Non-deferred Compensation of more than $150,000, within the meaning of
section 416(i)(1)(A)(iii) and (B)(ii) of the Code and the regulations thereunder. 

  

			
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 2.30 Leased Employee. “Leased Employee” means any person, other than
an employee of an Employer or Affiliated Employer, who pursuant to an agreement between an Employer or Affiliated Employer and any other person (“leasing organization”) has performed services for an Employer or Affiliated Employer on a
substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one year and such services are performed under the primary direction or control of the Employer or Affiliated Employer. A Leased Employee shall be considered an employee of an Employer or an
Affiliated Employer to the extent required by ERISA and/or the Code. 
 2.31 Named Fiduciary. “Named
Fiduciary” means the Retirement Committee and the Trustee, but only with respect to the specific responsibilities of each for the administration of the Plan and Fund. The fiduciary responsibility of the Retirement Committee shall be as set
forth in Articles 9 and 10. The fiduciary responsibility of the Trustee shall be as set forth in the Trust Agreement. 
 2.32
Non-deferred Compensation. “Non-deferred Compensation” includes all of the following: 
 (a) The
employee’s wages, salaries, fees for professional services, and other amounts received (without regard to whether or not an amount is paid in cash) for personal services actually rendered in the course of employment with the Employer to the
extent that the amounts are includible in gross income (including, but not limited to, commissions paid salesmen, compensation for services on the basis of a percentage of profits, commissions on insurance premiums, tips, bonuses, fringe benefits,
and reimbursements or other expense allowances under a non-accountable plan (as described in Treas. Reg. Section 1.62-2(c)). 

  

			
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 (b) In the case of an employee who is an employee within the meaning of section 401(c)(1) of
the Code and the regulations thereunder, the employee’s earned income (as defined in section 401(c)(2) of the Code and the regulations thereunder). 
 (c) Amounts described in sections 104(a)(3), 105(a), and 105(h) of the Code, but only to the extent that these amounts are includible in the gross income of the employee. 

(d) Amounts paid or reimbursed by the Employer for moving expenses incurred by an employee, but only to the extent that, at the time of
the payment, it is reasonable to believe that these amounts are not deductible by the Employer under section 217 of the Code. 

(e) The value of a non-qualified stock option granted to an employee by the Employer, but only to the extent that the value of the option
is includible in the gross income of the employee for the taxable year in which granted. 
 (f) The amount includible in the
gross income of an employee upon making the election described in section 83(b) of the Code. 
 (g) The amount of any elective
deferral (as defined in section 402(g)(3) of the Code), and any amount which in contributed or deferred by the Employer at the election of the employee and which is not includible in the gross income of the employee by reason of section 125,
132(f)(4), or 457 of the Code. 
 (h) Amounts that are includible in the gross income of an employee under the rules of section
409A or 457(f)(1)(A) of the Code or because the amounts are constructively received by the employee. 

  

			
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 The following items are not included in the definition of compensation: 

(i) Except to the extent required to be included in the definition of compensation by section 415(c)(3)(D) of the Code, contributions
made by the Employer to a plan of deferred compensation (including a simplified employee pension described in section 408(k) of the Code or a simple retirement account described in section 408(p) of the Code, and whether or not qualified) to the
extent that, before the application of the section 415 limitations to that plan, the contributions are not includible in the gross income of the employee for the taxable year in which contributed. Additionally, any distributions from a plan of
deferred compensation (whether or not qualified) are not considered as compensation for purposes of section 415 of the Code, regardless of whether such amounts are includible in the gross income of the employee when distributed. However, any amounts
received by an employee pursuant to an unfunded non-qualified plan are permitted to be considered as compensation for section 415 purposes in the year the amounts are actually received, but only to the extent such amounts are includible in the gross
income of the employee. 
 (ii) Amounts realized from the exercise of a non-qualified stock option, or when restricted stock
(or other property) held by an employee either becomes freely transferable or is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (see section 83 of the Code and the regulations thereunder). 

(iii) Amounts realized from the sale, exchange or other disposition of stock acquired under a statutory stock option (as defined in
Treas. Reg. §1.421-1(b)). 
 (iv) Except to the extent required to be included in the definition of compensation by
section 415(c)(3)(D) of the Code, other amounts which receive special tax benefits, such as premiums for group-term life insurance (but only to the extent that the 

  

			
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premiums are not includible in the gross income of the employee and are not salary reduction amounts that are described in section 125 of the Code), or other items of remuneration that are
similar to any of the items listed in paragraphs (i) through this (iv). 
 The annual Non-deferred Compensation of each
employee taken into account under the Plan shall not exceed the first $245,000 (for 2010) of such Non-deferred Compensation, as adjusted annually by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue pursuant to sections 401(a)(17) and 415(d) of the Code.

 2.33 Non-Key Employee. “Non-Key Employee” means any employee or former employee of an Employer or an
Affiliated Employer or beneficiary of such employee who is not a Key Employee, within the meaning of section 416(i)(2) of the Code and the regulations thereunder. 
 2.34 Normal Retirement Age. “Normal Retirement Age” means age sixty-five (65). 
 2.35 One Percent Owner. “One Percent Owner” means any person who would be a Five Percent Owner if “one percent (1%)” were substituted for “five percent (5%)”
each place it appears. 
 2.36 Participant. “Participant” means any Employee who has satisfied the
eligibility requirements for the Plan as provided under Article 3 and who (a) has elected to participate in the Plan by enrolling in the Plan as described in Section 3.02(a), and/or (b) who has received an allocation of Employer
Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contributions, Employer Core Contributions, or Service Contract Act Contributions, as applicable. The term Participant, as used throughout this Plan document, shall also include Terminated Participants where the context
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 2.37 Pension Plan. “Pension Plan” means any defined benefit plan or
any defined contribution plan established by an Employer or an Affiliated Employer and qualified under section 401 of the Code. 

2.38 Period of Service. “Period of Service” means the period that begins on an employee’s Employment
Commencement Date, or Reemployment Commencement Date, with an Employer or Affiliated Employer and ends on his Severance from Service Date, and includes the employee’s total number of years and months of service, crediting each completed and
partial month as a full month. In the event an employee has a Severance from Service Date followed by a Reemployment Commencement Date within twelve (12) months of such Severance from Service Date, the Period of Severance shall be treated as a
Period of Service. In addition, if an employee is on an Authorized Leave of Absence and subsequently experiences a Severance from Service Date, but later has a Reemployment Commencement Date within twelve (12) months of the day he was first
absent from employment because of the Authorized Leave of Absence, then the period from the Severance from Service Date until the Reemployment Commencement Date shall be treated as a Period of Service. 

2.39 Period of Severance. “Period of Severance” shall be the period beginning on the Severance from Service Date
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 2.40 Permissive Aggregation Group. “Permissive Aggregation Group”
means a Required Aggregation Group that also includes a Pension Plan of an Employer or an Affiliated Employer which, although not required to be included in the Required Aggregation Group, is treated by an Employer or an Affiliated Employer as being
part of such Required Aggregation Group, provided that such Required Aggregation Group would continue to meet the requirements of sections 401(a)(4) and 410(b) of the Code with such Pension Plan being taken into account. 

2.41 Plan. “Plan” means this Sallie Mae 401(k) Savings Plan and all authorized amendments, except that, prior to
November 1, 1997, Plan shall mean the Student Loan Marketing Association Employees’ Thrift and Savings Plan and all authorized amendments. 
 2.42 Plan Administrator. “Plan Administrator” means the Retirement Committee. 
 2.43 Plan Year. “Plan Year” means the twelve (12) month period beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31. 

2.44 Qualified Beneficiary. “Qualified Beneficiary” means a Participant’s or former Participant’s
surviving spouse, or former spouse who is the alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in section 414(p) of the Code, or, effective January 1, 2010, non-spouse designated beneficiary (as defined in section
401(a)(9)(E) of the Code). 
 2.45 Qualified Non-Elective Contribution. “Qualified Non-Elective
Contribution” means a previous contribution by an Employer that was made to enable the Plan to meet the nondiscrimination tests described in sections 401(k)(3), 401(k)(12), 401(m)(2), or 401(m)(11) of the Code. 

  

			
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 2.46 Reemployment Commencement Date. “Reemployment Commencement
Date” means the date an employee first performs an Hour of Service for an Employer or Affiliated Employer following a Period of Severance. 
 2.47 Required Aggregation Group. “Required Aggregation Group” means (i) each Pension Plan of an Employer or an Affiliated Employer in which a Key Employee is a Participant,
and (ii) each other Pension Plan of an Employer or an Affiliated Employer which enables any Pension Plan described in the immediately preceding clause (i) to meet the requirements of section 401(a)(4) or 410(b) of the Code. 

2.48 Retirement Committee. “Retirement Committee” means the committee appointed to administer the Plan as
provided in Article 9. 
 2.49 Rollover Contribution. “Rollover Contribution” means any rollover account
or rollover contribution as defined in section 402(c)(4), 403(a)(4) or 408(d)(3) of the Code. 
 2.50 Service Contract Act
Contribution. “Service Contract Act Contribution” means a contribution to the Plan by the Employer in accordance with Section 4.01(g). 
 2.51 Severance from Service Date. “Severance from Service Date” means: 
 (a) the date on which an employee’s employment is terminated for any reason, other than an Authorized Leave of Absence; or 
 (b) in the case of an Authorized Leave of Absence, the earlier of (i) the first anniversary of the first date of an Authorized Leave of Absence, or (ii) in the event an employee fails to return
to employment with an Employer or Affiliated Employer on or before the expiration of an Authorized Leave of Absence, the date following the date on which an Authorized Leave of Absence expires; or 

  

			
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 (c) in the case of an absence from work which is due to the pregnancy of the employee, the
birth of a child of the employee, the adoption of a child by the employee, or the caring for a child by the employee for a period beginning immediately following the birth or adoption of the child, and which extends beyond the first anniversary of
the first day of such absence from work, the second anniversary of the first date on which the employee commenced such absence from work. 
 2.52 Terminated Participant. “Terminated Participant” means a Participant who has ceased to be an employee. 

2.53 Top Heavy Group. “Top Heavy Group” means, with respect to any Plan Year, an Aggregation Group if, as of the
Determination Date with respect to such Plan Year, (i) the sum of (1) the present value of the cumulative accrued benefits under all Pension Plans included in such Aggregation Group, determined in accordance with section 416(g) of the Code
and the regulations thereunder, and (2) the aggregate of the accounts of Key Employees under all defined contribution plans included in such Aggregation Group, as determined in accordance with section 416(g) of the Code and the regulations
thereunder, exceeds (ii) sixty percent (60%) of a similar sum determined for Key Employees and Non-Key Employees; provided, however, that if any employee is a Non-Key Employee with respect to any Pension Plan for any Plan Year, but such
employee was a Key Employee with respect to such Pension Plan for any prior Plan Year, any accrued benefit for such employee and any account of such employee shall not be taken into account for purposes of the foregoing determination; and provided
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has not performed any service for any Employer or Affiliated Employer maintaining the Pension Plan at any time during the one (1)-year period ending on the Determination Date, any accrued benefit
for such employees and any account of such employees shall not be taken into account. For purposes of determining the present value of the cumulative accrued benefit for any employee, or the amount of the account of any employee, such present value
or amount shall be increased by the aggregate distributions made with respect to such employee under the Pension Plan during the one (1)-year period (or, in the event such distribution is made for a reason other than severance from employment,
death, or disability, during the five (5)-year period) ending on the Determination Date. The preceding sentence shall also apply to distributions under a terminated Pension Plan which if it had not been terminated would have been required to be
included in the Aggregation Group. 
 2.54 Top Heavy Plan. “Top Heavy Plan” means a plan included in a
Top Heavy Group, except that (a) a simple retirement account as described in section 408(p) of the Code is not a Top Heavy Plan, and (b) a plan that consists solely of a cash or deferred arrangement which meets the requirements of section
401(k)(12) or 401(k)(13) of the Code and matching contributions with respect to which the requirements of section 401(m)(11) or 401(m)(12) are met is not a Top Heavy Plan, except that if such plan described in this paragraph (b) would be
treated as a Top Heavy Plan because it is a member of an Aggregation Group that is a Top Heavy Group, contributions under the plan may be taken into account in determining whether any other plan in the Aggregation Group meets the requirements of
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 2.55 Trust Agreement. “Trust Agreement” means the agreement,
including all authorized amendments, entered into by the Trustee and the Corporation pursuant to which the Fund is established and maintained. 
 2.56 Trustee. “Trustee” means the individual or entity designated as Trustee under the terms of the Trust Agreement, or any successor Trustee which is a party to the Trust
Agreement. 
 2.57 Valuation Date. “Valuation Date” means any date that the New York Stock Exchange is
open for trading. 
 2.58 Vested Benefit. “Vested Benefit” means the portion of a Participant’s
Employee Account that is non-forfeitable. 
 2.59 Year of Participation. “Year of Participation” means a
twelve (12)-month period beginning on the date an employee first becomes a Participant in the Plan. If a Participant has a Severance from Service Date and does not receive a distribution of his Plan benefit, he shall continue to be credited with
Years of Participation as long as his Plan benefit remains in the Plan. In the event a Participant has a Severance from Service Date, receives a distribution of his Plan benefit, and subsequently has a Reemployment Commencement Date, his Years of
Participation upon his reemployment shall be calculated from his Reemployment Commencement Date and shall not include Years of Participation credited before his Reemployment Commencement Date. 

2.60 Year of Vesting Service. “Year of Vesting Service” means a twelve (12) month Period of Service,
aggregating all Periods of Service, and crediting each completed and partial month as a full month of service. Years of Vesting Service shall also include any years of vesting service from a prior employer recognized by the Plan in effect prior to
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 If an employee has a Period of Severance that exceeds twelve (12) months, his prior
Years of Vesting Service shall be used to determine his vesting percentage as of his Reemployment Commencement Date only if (a) he was vested in any portion of his Employee Account derived from Employer contributions, as of his Severance from
Service Date, or (b) his latest Period of Severance as of his Reemployment Commencement Date is either (i) less than five (5) years, or (ii) a shorter period of time than his Period of Service, immediately before the date such
Period of Severance began. 
 With respect to employees re-employed on or after September 1, 2000, an employee’s prior
Years of Vesting Service shall be used to determine his Years of Vesting Service as of his date of re-employment; provided that such prior Years of Vesting Service shall not include any Years of Vesting Service previously disregarded by reason of a
prior Period of Severance. 
 Wherever used in this instrument, a masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include the masculine and
feminine gender, a singular word shall be deemed to include the singular and plural and a plural word shall be deemed to include the singular and plural in all cases where the context requires. 

  

			
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 ARTICLE 3 
 ELIGIBILITY & PARTICIPATION 
 3.01
Eligibility. 
 (a) Employee Contributions. An Employee shall be eligible to elect to have Employee
Contributions made on his behalf beginning on any date coincident with or next following the date the Employee is credited with a one (1) month Period of Service with an Employer; provided that such Employee is an Employee on such date and
satisfies the requirements of Section 3.02. 
 (b) Employer Matching Contributions. A Participant shall be eligible
to receive Employer Matching Contributions beginning with the first pay period coincident with or next following the date the Participant completes a twelve (12) month Period of Service with an Employer, provided that the Participant is an
Employee on such date. 
 (c) Employer Core Contributions. An Employee shall be eligible to receive Employer Core
Contributions equal to 1% of the Participant’s Compensation on a pay period basis once the Employee has completed a one (1) month Period of Service. 
 (d) Service Contract Act Contributions. Effective September 1, 2009, any Employee (1) who is eligible to elect to have Employee Contributions made on his behalf in accordance with
Section 3.01(a), and (2) who is designated by the Corporation to be a government contract employee, shall be eligible to receive Service Contract Act Contributions in an amount necessary to meet the requirements of the Federal Service
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 3.02 Participation. 

(a) General. To become a Participant, an Employee must enroll in the Plan pursuant to procedures promulgated by the Retirement
Committee, including making a salary reduction election whereby the Employee elects to reduce his Compensation by an amount permitted under Section 4.01(a) and the Employer agrees to contribute such amount to the Plan on behalf of the Employee.

 An Employee who is eligible to become a Participant in the Plan, in accordance with Section 3.01, will become a
Participant as soon as administratively feasible after the date he completes the enrollment procedures described above. 
 (b)
Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contributions and Employer Core Contributions. An Employee who is eligible to become a Participant in the Plan, in accordance with Section 3.01, will become a Participant without completing the
enrollment procedures described above upon receiving an allocation of Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contributions in accordance with Section 4.01(c) hereof or an Employer Core Contribution in accordance with Section 4.01(d) hereof.

 (c) Service Contract Act Contributions. An Employee who is eligible to become a Participant in the Plan, in accordance
with Section 3.01, will become a Participant without completing the enrollment procedures described above upon receiving an allocation of Service Contract Act Contributions in accordance with Section 4.01(g) hereof. 

  

			
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 3.03 Re-employment of Terminated Participant or Former Employee and Change in
Employment Status. 
 (a) Change in Employment Status: Eligibility for Employee Contributions. Effective
January 1, 2010, if an employee or a former employee who has completed a one (1)-month Period of Service, but who was not an Employee on the date coinciding with or next following the date on which the employee completed such service
requirement, becomes or again becomes an Employee on or after January 1, 2010, then such Employee shall be eligible to become a Participant and have Employee Contributions made on his behalf as of the first day he becomes or again becomes an
Employee; provided that he completes the enrollment process to become a Participant in the Plan, in the manner described in Section 3.02. In the case of such a Participant, his Employer will commence making Employee Contributions on his behalf
as soon as administratively feasible following receipt of the Participant’s salary reduction authorization. 
 (b)
Change in Employment Status: Eligibility for Matching Contributions. Effective January 1, 2010, if an employee or a former employee who has completed a twelve (12)-month Period of Service, but who was not an Employee on the date
coinciding with or next following the date on which the employee completed such service requirement, becomes or again becomes an Employee on or after January 1, 2010, then such Employee shall be eligible to receive Employer Matching
Contributions as of the first day he becomes or again becomes an Employee; provided that he completes the enrollment process to become a Participant in the Plan, in the manner described in Section 3.02. 

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Employee on or after January 1, 2010, then such Employee shall be eligible to become a Participant and have Employee Contributions made on his behalf as of the first day he again becomes an
Employee; provided that he completes the enrollment process to become a Participant in Plan, in the manner described in Section 3.02. In the case of such a Participant, the Employer will commence making Employee Contributions on his behalf as
soon as administratively feasible following receipt of the Participant’s salary reduction authorization. 
 (d)
Re-employment of Terminated Participant: Eligibility for Matching Contributions. Effective January 1, 2010, if a Terminated Participant who had completed a twelve (12)-month Period of Service again becomes an Employee on or after
January 1, 2010, then such Employee shall be eligible to receive Employer Matching Contributions as of the first day he again becomes an Employee; provided that he completes the enrollment process to become a Participant in the Plan, in the
manner described in Section 3.02. 
 (e) Effective January 1, 2010, with respect to Employees re-employed on or after
January 1, 2010, an Employee’s prior Period of Service shall be used to determine his Period of Service as of his date of re-employment; provided that such Period of Service shall not include any Period of Service previously disregarded by
reason of a prior Period of Severance. 
 (f) A Terminated Participant or former Employee who has a Period of Severance, and
whose prior Period of Service is not reinstated as described above, must meet the eligibility requirements of Section 3.01 before becoming a Participant in the Plan. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03, the terms of the Plan in effect prior to January 1, 2010 shall determine an individual’s eligibility for benefits under the
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 3.04 Transfer of Participant to Another Employer. A Participant who transfers
from one Employer to another Employer will continue to be a Participant in the Plan. 
 3.05 Transfer of Participant to an
Affiliated Employer. A Participant who transfers from an Employer to Upromise, Inc. or Asset Performance Group, LLC on or after July 1, 2007 shall remain a Participant in the Plan upon such transfer, and shall continue to be a
Participant in the Plan until such Participant terminates employment or is reclassified to an ineligible classification set forth in Sections 2.15(a)-(e). 
 3.06 Transfer of Participant from Affiliated Employer. A Participant who transfers to an Employer from an Affiliated Employer shall receive credit under the Plan for service with such
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 ARTICLE 4 
 CONTRIBUTIONS 
 4.01 Employer Contributions.

 (a) Employee Contributions. For each Plan Year, the Employer shall contribute to the Plan on behalf of each
Participant an amount equal to a whole percentage up to seventy-five percent (75%) of a Participant’s Compensation, pursuant to the salary reduction authorization of the Participant; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of Employee
Contributions contributed to the Plan and to all other plans, contracts and arrangements maintained by the Employer on behalf of any Participant for any calendar year shall not exceed the dollar limit contained in section 402(g)(5) and 415(d) of the
Code in effect for such calendar year, except to the extent permitted under section 414(v) of the Code. The Employer will begin contributing Employee Contributions to the Plan commencing as soon as administratively feasible following receipt of the
Participant’s salary reduction authorization. All Employee Contributions will be credited to the Participant’s Employee Contribution sub-account. The Participant will at all times be fully vested in his Employee Contribution sub-account.

 (b) Employer Matching Contributions. The Employer will contribute to the Plan for each Participant eligible to receive
Employer Matching Contributions (on a pay period basis) an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Participant’s Employee Contributions that do not exceed 3% of Compensation, plus fifty percent (50%) of the
Participant’s Employee Contributions that exceed 3% of Compensation but that do not exceed 5% of Compensation. Employer Matching Contributions are intended to satisfy the safe harbor nondiscrimination requirements of section 401(k)(12) of the
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when made. In compliance therewith, the Employer shall provide each eligible Employee with notice of the Employee’s rights and obligations under the Plan (which notice may be provided
through electronic media), within a reasonable period of time before the beginning of each Plan Year (or, in the Plan Year an Employee first becomes eligible, within a reasonable period before becoming eligible), in accordance with the requirements
of section 401(k)(12) of the Code (and the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder). Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, effective January 1, 2009, no true-up Employer Matching Contributions may be made to a
Participant who is eligible to receive Employer Matching Contributions in accordance with this Section 4.01(b). 
 (c)
Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contributions. From time to time, the Employer may make an Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contribution to the Fund. All allocations of Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contributions determined
above shall be credited to the Employee’s Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contribution sub-account, which sub-account shall at all times be fully vested. 
 (d) Employer Core Contributions. The Employer shall make Employer Core Contributions in accordance with and on behalf of each eligible Employee described in Section 3.01(c) hereof, which
Employer Core Contributions shall become 100% vested upon a Participant’s completion of one (1) Year of Vesting Service. 
 (e) Other Employer Contributions. The Employer may also make additional contributions to the Plan to correct any errors; provided that such additional contributions are in the best interest of the
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 (f) Employee Catch-Up Contributions. Effective January 1, 2002, all Participants
who are eligible to make Employee Contributions under this Plan and who have attained age 50 before the close of the calendar year shall be eligible to make catch-up contributions in accordance with, and subject to the limitations of, section 414(v)
of the Code. Such catch-up contributions shall not be taken into account for purposes of the Plan implementing the required limitations of sections 402(g) and 415 of the Code. The Plan shall not be treated as failing to satisfy the provisions of the
Plan implementing the requirements of section 401(k)(3), 401(k)(11), 401(k)(12), 410(b), or 416 of the Code, as applicable, by reason of the making of such catch-up contributions. Employer Matching Contributions shall be made with respect to amounts
contributed as catch-up contributions. 
 (g) Service Contract Act Contributions. Effective September 1, 2009, the
Employer may make a Service Contract Act Contribution to the Plan on behalf of each eligible Employee described in Section 3.01(d). All allocations of Service Contract Act Contributions shall be credited to an Employee’s Service Contract
Act Contribution sub-account, which sub-account shall at all times be fully vested. 
 4.02 Rollover
Contributions. An Employee may file an application with the Plan’s third party administrator to have the Trustee accept his Rollover Contribution, even if he has not satisfied the eligibility requirements to become a Participant. Any
such request shall state the amount of the Rollover Contribution and include a statement that such contribution qualifies as a Rollover Contribution. In addition, the Retirement Committee may require the Employee to submit such other evidence and
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 If the Retirement Committee and the Trustee accept the Rollover Contribution, the
Employee’s Rollover Contribution shall be credited to the Employee’s Rollover Contribution sub-account. The Employee shall elect to direct the investment of his Rollover Contribution among the investment alternatives as are then currently
available. The Employee shall at all times be fully vested in his Rollover Contribution sub-account. 
 In addition to
distributions from a qualified plan described in section 401(a) or 403(a) of the Code that are otherwise includible in gross income or a “conduit IRA” containing those assets, the Plan will accept Rollover Contributions (including direct
Rollover Contributions in accordance with section 401(a)(31) of the Code), subject to the Retirement Committee’s determination that such amounts meet the requirements for Rollover Contributions, of (1) distributions from an annuity
contract described in section 403(b) of the Code that are otherwise includible in gross income, (2) distributions from an eligible plan under section 457(b) of the Code which is maintained by a state, political subdivision of a state, or any
agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state, that are otherwise includible in gross income and (3) distributions from an individual retirement account or annuity described in section 408(a) or (b) of the Code
that are otherwise includible in gross income. The Plan will not accept as Rollover Contributions amounts consisting of after-tax employee contributions. 
 4.03 Distribution of Employee Contributions that Exceed the Statutory Limitation. If any amount constituting “excess deferrals”, within the meaning of section 402(g) of the Code,
is required to be included in the gross income of a Participant under section 402(g)(1) of the Code for any taxable year of the Participant, the Participant shall notify the Retirement Committee of such excess deferrals by March 1 following the
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year with respect to which the excess deferrals were made, and the Retirement Committee shall direct the Trustee to distribute, in accordance with section 402(g)(2) and the regulations
thereunder, to the Participant, not later than the next following April 15, the amount of excess deferrals allocated to the Plan for such taxable year, including any income allocable thereto for the taxable year. No Employer Matching
Contributions shall be made with respect to such excess deferrals; or if Employer Matching Contributions have been made with respect to such excess deferrals, they shall be forfeited. In all events, the income attributable to excess deferrals will
be determined in accordance with section 402(g) of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder. 
 4.04 Change of
Contribution Rate and Suspension of Contributions. A Participant may elect to change the percentage rate of salary reduction specified in his salary reduction authorization or to suspend his Employee Contributions in the manner prescribed by
the Retirement Committee. Any such change will become effective as soon as administratively feasible. 
 A Participant may elect
to suspend all of his Employee Contributions, which results in the cancellation of the salary reduction authorization between the Participant and the Employer, in accordance with procedures promulgated by the Retirement Committee. Any such
suspension will become effective as soon as administratively feasible. A Participant whose Employee Contributions have been suspended as provided in this paragraph may reinstate such contributions in accordance with procedures promulgated by the
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 See Section 6.04 for a discussion of the mandatory suspension of contributions
following a hardship withdrawal. 
 4.05 Payment to the Trustee. Employee Contributions shall
be transmitted to the Trustee as soon as administratively feasible, but in no event later than the fifteenth
(15th) business day of the month following the month
in which the Employee Contributions would otherwise have been payable to the Participant in cash. Employer Matching Contributions shall be transmitted to the Trustee no later than the date prescribed by law for the filing of the Corporation’s
Federal tax return for the year for which the contribution is made, including extensions of such time granted by the Internal Revenue Service. Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contributions and Service Contract Act Contributions, if made for a
particular year, shall be transmitted to the Trustee no later than December 31 of the year after the year for which the contribution is made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall Employee Contributions or Employer Matching
Contributions be contributed to the Trust (i) before the Participant has made a salary reduction election pursuant to Sections 3.02 and 4.01(a), or (ii) before the earlier of (A) the Participant’s performance of services that
relate to the Compensation that, but for the Participant’s salary reduction election, would have been paid to the Participant or (B) the date the Compensation is made currently available to the Participant. 

4.06 Safe Harbor Requirements. The Plan is intended to satisfy the safe harbor requirements in accordance with section
401(k)(12) of the Code, and as such is not subject to the nondiscrimination testing under section 401(k)(3) of the Code. 

  

			
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 4.07 Maximum Benefit and Contribution Limitations. 

(a) In accordance with the requirements of section 415 of the Code and the final regulations issued on April 5, 2007 thereunder
(which are hereby incorporated by reference), in no event shall the contributions made to a Participant’s Employee Account for any Plan Year exceed the amount permitted under section 415 of the Code. As of January 1 of each calendar year,
the dollar limitation under section 415(c)(1)(A) of the Code, as adjusted pursuant to section 415(d) of the Code, shall become effective under the Plan. 
 (b) For the purposes of section 415 of the Code and this Section 4.07, compensation means wages as reported in Box 1 on Form W-2, or in such other box or on such other form as may be designated for
purposes of withholding tax by the Federal government. Compensation shall also include elective deferrals, as defined in section 402(g) of the Code, and amounts that are excluded from compensation under section 125 or 457 of the Code. Effective
January 1, 2008, the definition of compensation for purposes of applying the limitations under section 415 of the Code shall comply with Treasury Regulations § 1.415(c)-2(d)(4) and shall be subject to the following: 

(i) Compensation for a limitation year shall also include the following amounts if paid by the later of 2 1/2 months after the Participant’s severance from
employment or the end of the limitation year that includes the date of the Participant’s severance from employment: payments of regular compensation for services during the Participant’s regular working hours, or compensation for services
outside the Participant’s regular working hours (such as overtime or shift deferential), commissions, bonuses, or other similar payments; provided that, absent a severance from employment, the payments would have been made to the Participant
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 (ii) Any payment not described in Section 4.07(b)(i) above will
not be included in compensation if paid after the Participant’s severance from employment, even if paid by the later of
2 1/2 months after the date of severance from
employment or the end of the limitation year that includes the date of the severance from employment; provided, however, that compensation shall include amounts paid by the Corporation or an Affiliated Employer to an individual who does not
currently perform services for the Corporation or an Affiliated Employer by reason of qualified military service (within the meaning of section 414(u)(5) of the Code) to the extent such amounts do not exceed the amounts the individual would have
received if the individual had continued to perform services for the Corporation or Affiliated Employer rather than entering qualified military service. 
 (iii) Compensation shall not include amounts in excess of the applicable dollar limit under section 401(a)(17) of the Code, as adjusted by the Internal Revenue Service for increases in the cost of living
determined in accordance with section 401(a)(17)(B) of the Code and the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder. 
 (c)
The limitation year, as defined in section 415 of the Code, for the Plan shall be the Plan Year. If for any Plan Year the limitation of this Section 4.07 shall be exceeded, then the Plan shall correct such excess in accordance with the Employee
Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) as set forth in Revenue Procedure 2008-50 or any superceding guidance. 

  

			
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 (d) If a Participant also participates in another tax-qualified defined contribution plan
maintained by the Corporation or an Affiliated Employer (as modified by application of section 415(h) of the Code), the various plans shall be considered a single defined contribution plan and the otherwise applicable limitation on the contributions
made to a Participant’s Employee Account for any Plan Year under this Plan shall be adjusted as follows: 
 (i) If the
Participant previously participated in another tax-qualified defined contribution plan maintained by the Corporation or an Affiliated Employer (as modified by the application of section 415(h) of the Code) within the same limitation year prior to
becoming a Participant in the Plan, the otherwise applicable limitation on the contributions made to a Participant’s Employee Account for any Plan Year under this Plan for that limitation year shall be reduced by the amount of annual additions
(within the meaning of section 415(c)(2) of the Code) allocated under any such other defined contribution plan for that limitation year; and 
 (ii) If, at any point during a limitation year, a Participant ceases being a Participant in the Plan and becomes a participant in another tax-qualified defined contribution plan maintained by the
Corporation or an Affiliated Employer (as modified by the application of section 415(h) of the Code) within the same limitation year, the otherwise applicable limitation on annual additions (within the meaning of section 415(c)(2) of the Code) under
any such other defined contribution plan for that limitation year shall be reduced by the amount of the contributions made to a Participant’s Employee Account for any Plan Year allocated under the Plan for that limitation year. 

  

			
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 ARTICLE 5 
 INVESTMENT ELECTIONS AND ACCOUNTS OF PARTICIPANTS 
 5.01
Participant Investment Elections. At such time and in such manner as designated by the Retirement Committee, a Participant may elect to direct the investment of his Employee Account balance among the investment alternatives
provided for in accordance with Section 5.02. In the event no investment election is received, a Participant’s Employee Account shall be invested in an investment fund as available from time to time, which has been designated as a default
investment fund by the Retirement Committee, and may constitute a qualified default investment alternative within the meaning of section 404(c)(5) of ERISA. 
 5.02 Investment Alternatives. The Retirement Committee will direct the Trustee as to the specific investment alternatives which may be available from time to time. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Corporation stock shall be one of the investment alternatives. Each Participant shall inform the Trustee of his investment election and the Trustee shall allocate his Employee Account accordingly. 

5.03 Allocation to Accounts. As of each Valuation Date, the Trustee shall determine the fair market value of the Fund, as
well as the fair market value of the Employee Account of each Participant. The value of the Employee Account of each Participant as of a Valuation Date, shall be equal to the value of such Account as of the last Valuation Date, plus or minus all
applicable adjustments, including the following: 
 (a) Allocation of Investment Earnings and Expenses. The
Participant’s Employee Account shall be credited with the amount of investment income, any realized or unrealized capital gains or losses and any expenses since the last Valuation Date, in accordance with a policy promulgated by the Retirement
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 (b) Allocation of Employer Contributions. The Employee Contribution sub-account,
Employer Matching Contribution sub-account, Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contribution sub-account, Employer Core Contribution sub-account, and Service Contract Act Contribution sub-account, if any, of each Participant shall be credited with
any Employee Contributions, Employer Matching Contributions, Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contributions, Employer Core Contributions, and Service Contract Act Contributions respectively, which have been contributed thereto in accordance
with Section 4.01 and allocated to the Participant’s Employee Account. Employee Contributions, any Employer Matching Contributions which are based on the Employee Contributions, Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contributions, Employer
Core Contributions, and any Service Contract Act Contributions shall be allocated to the Employee Account as of the Trustee’s receipt of such contributions. The Qualified Non-Elective Contribution sub-account contains any Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions that were previously contributed and allocated to the Participant’s Employee Account. 
 (c) Allocation of
Loan Repayments. The appropriate sub-accounts of the Employee Account of each Participant shall be credited with all loan repayments, such repayments being credited towards both principal and interest. 

(d) Allocation of Withdrawals and Distributions. The appropriate sub-accounts of the Employee Account of each Participant shall be
charged with any withdrawals or loans made pursuant to Article 6 and with any distributions made pursuant to Article 8 since the last Valuation Date. 

  

			
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 5.04 Determination of Account Balances Binding. In determining the value of
the Fund and Employee Accounts, the Trustee and the Retirement Committee shall exercise their best judgment, and all such determinations of value in the absence of bad faith shall be binding upon all Participants and their Beneficiaries. 

5.05 Participation of Additional Employers. Subject to Section 14.12, in the event that affiliated or subsidiary
organizations become signatory hereto, the Trustee may invest all funds without segregating assets between or among signatory Employers. 
 5.06 Voting Rights of Corporation Stock. Each Participant and Terminated Participant or, in the event of his death, his Beneficiary shall have the right to direct the Trustee as to the
manner in which whole shares of common stock of the Corporation allocated to his Employee Account as of the record date are to be voted on each matter brought before an annual or special shareholders’ meeting. Before each such meeting of
shareholders, the Trustee shall cause to be furnished to each Participant, Terminated Participant and Beneficiary a copy of the proxy solicitation material, together with a form requesting directions on how such shares of Corporation stock allocated
to such Participant’s account shall be voted on each such matter. Upon timely receipt of such directions, the Trustee shall on each such matter vote, as directed, the number of shares of Corporation stock allocated to such Participant’s
Employee Account, and the Trustee shall have no discretion in such matter. The Trustee shall establish procedures as are necessary to maintain the confidentiality from the Employer of the directions of individuals. The Trustee shall vote allocated
shares for which it has not received direction and unallocated shares of Corporation stock in the same proportion as directed shares are voted, and shall have no discretion in such matter. 

  

			
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 ARTICLE 6 
 IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS 
 6.01 Withdrawals from
Voluntary Contribution and Participant Contribution Sub-Accounts. A Participant is entitled to make up to two withdrawals each Plan Year, on any business date, from his voluntary contribution sub-account and up to two withdrawals each Plan
Year, on any business date, from his participant contribution sub-account; provided, however, that after the withdrawal, his Vested Benefit equals or exceeds the amount of the security for his loans, if any, under Section 6.05. The amount
credited to his voluntary contribution sub-account and participant contribution sub-account shall be determined on the date of the withdrawal. Any amount withdrawn by a Participant under this Section 6.01 shall be deemed to have been first
withdrawn from his voluntary contributions, then from his participant contributions, then from the investment earnings on his voluntary contributions, and finally from the investment earnings on his participant contributions. Withdrawals from the
voluntary contribution sub-account and the participant contribution sub-account may be in cash or in Corporation stock. Withdrawals shall be made from the investment funds in which the sub-account is invested in accordance with a policy promulgated
by the Retirement Committee, except that a Participant may not receive a distribution from the Corporation stock fund, if he is restricted from trading in the Corporation stock fund at the time of the distribution. The Retirement Committee may
establish a minimum amount that may be withdrawn under this Section 6.01, or under this Section 6.01 and any other Section of Article 6, in the aggregate. 
 6.02 Withdrawals from Rollover Contribution Sub-Accounts. A Participant is entitled to make up to two withdrawals each Plan Year, on any business day, from his Rollover

  

			
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Contribution sub-account; provided, however, that after the withdrawal his Vested Benefit equals or exceeds the amount of the security for his loans, if any, under Section 6.05. The number
of withdrawals permitted under this Section 6.02 shall be decreased by the number of any withdrawal from a Participant’s voluntary contribution or participant contribution sub-accounts pursuant to Section 6.01, unless the withdrawal
pursuant to this Section 6.02 is made on the same date as the withdrawal pursuant to Section 6.01. The amount credited to his Rollover Contribution sub-account shall be determined on the date of the withdrawal. Withdrawals from the
Rollover Contribution sub-account may be made only in cash. The Participant may make a withdrawal from his Rollover Contribution sub-account provided that the Participant elects to withdraw, or has already withdrawn, one hundred percent
(100%) of the amounts credited to his voluntary contribution and participant contribution sub-accounts. Withdrawals shall be made from each investment fund in accordance with a policy promulgated by the Retirement Committee, except that a
Participant may not receive a distribution from the Corporation stock fund if he is restricted from trading in Corporation stock on the date of the distribution. The Retirement Committee may establish a minimum amount that may be withdrawn under
this Section 6.02, or under this Section 6.02 and any other Section of Article 6 in the aggregate. 
 6.03
Withdrawals from Employer Matching Contribution Sub-Accounts, Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contribution Sub-Accounts, Employer Core Contribution Sub-Accounts, and Service Contract Act Contribution Sub-Accounts. A Participant who
has completed five (5) Years of Participation in the Plan as of the date of a withdrawal and who has elected to withdraw, or has already withdrawn, one hundred percent (100%) of the amounts credited to his voluntary contribution,
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Rollover Contribution sub-accounts is entitled to make up to two withdrawals (per sub-account type) each Plan Year, on any business day, of any part or all of the amount credited to each of the
following sub-accounts: his Employer Matching Contribution sub-account (with respect to Employer Matching Contributions made prior to January 1, 2003 only) (referred to as “Pre-2003 Employer Matching Contributions”), his Employer
Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contribution sub-account, his Employer Core Contribution sub-account and his Service Contract Act Contribution sub-account, if applicable; provided, however, that after the withdrawal his Vested Benefit equals or exceeds
the amount of the security for his loans, if any, under Section 6.05. The amount credited to his Pre-2003 Employer Matching Contribution sub-account, his Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contribution sub-account, his Employer Core
Contribution sub-account, and his Service Contract Act Contribution sub-account shall be determined on the date of withdrawal. Withdrawals from the Pre-2003 Employer Matching Contribution sub-account, the Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing
Contribution sub-account, the Employer Core Contribution sub-account and the Service Contract Act Contribution sub-account may be made only in cash. Withdrawals shall be made from the investment funds in accordance with a policy promulgated by the
Retirement Committee, except that a Participant may not receive a distribution from the Corporation stock fund, if he is restricted from trading in Corporation stock on the date of distribution. 

6.04 Hardship Withdrawals from Employee Contribution Sub-Accounts. In the event of financial hardship, a Participant may
apply to the Plan’s third party administrator for the distribution of part or all of the value of the vested portion of his Employee Account (excluding amounts credited to his Employer Matching Contribution sub-account and earnings thereon as

  

			
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well as earnings attributable to amounts credited to his Employee Contribution sub-account on or after January 1, 1989) determined as of the date of his hardship withdrawal; provided,
however, that the Participant elects to withdraw, or has already withdrawn, one hundred percent (100%) of the amount he is able to withdraw from his voluntary contribution, participant contribution, Rollover Contribution, Pre-2003 Employer
Matching Contribution, Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contribution, Employer Core Contribution, and Service Contract Act Contribution sub-accounts, and provided that after the withdrawal his Vested Benefit equals or exceeds the amount of the
security for his loans, if any, under Section 6.05. In addition, a hardship withdrawal will only be permitted if the Participant has applied for or received the maximum amount of loans available pursuant to the terms of the Plan. In accordance
with procedures established by the Plan’s third party administrator, a Participant’s hardship withdrawal date is the business day coincident with or immediately following the date the Plan’s third party administrator approves his
application for the hardship withdrawal. Hardship withdrawals may be made only in cash. Hardship withdrawals shall be made from the investment funds in accordance with a policy promulgated by the Retirement Committee, except that no hardship
distribution may be made from the Corporation stock fund if the Participant is restricted from trading in Corporation stock at the time he requests the distribution. 
 A distribution will be on account of financial hardship if the distribution is made both on account of an immediate and heavy financial need of the Participant and is necessary to satisfy such financial
need. A distribution from the Plan under this Section 6.04 may be made only for the following types of financial hardships: 
 (a) expenses for (or necessary to obtain) medical care described in section 213(d) of the Code previously incurred by the Participant, his spouse or his dependents (as defined in section 152 of the Code
and, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2005, without regard to sections 152(b)(1), 152(b)(2), and 152(d)(1)(B) of the Code), which expenses are not covered by insurance; 

  

			
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 (b) costs directly related to the purchase of a principal residence for the Participant,
excluding mortgage payments; 
 (c) payment of tuition, related educational fees, and room and board expenses for up to the next
twelve months of post-secondary education for the Participant, his spouse, children, or dependents (as defined in section 152 of the Code and, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2005, without regard to sections 152(b)(1),
152(b)(2), and 152(d)(1)(B) of the Code); 
 (d) payments necessary to prevent the eviction of the Participant from his
principal residence or foreclosure on the mortgage on that residence; or 
 (e) funeral or burial expenses for the
Participant’s deceased parent, spouse, children or dependents (as defined in section 152 of the Code and, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2005, without regard to section 152(d)(1)(B) of the Code); 

(f) expenses for the repair of damage to the Participant’s principal residence that would qualify for the casualty deduction under
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 (g) other events that qualify as a financial hardship distribution as provided for in
revenue rulings, notices or other documents of general applicability published by the Internal Revenue Service under section 401(k) of the Code. 
 A distribution from the Plan for a financial hardship will not exceed the amount required to relieve the financial hardship, taking into account the extent such hardship may be satisfied from other
resources that are reasonably available to the Participant. The amount of an immediate and heavy financial need may include any amounts necessary to pay any Federal, state, or local income taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the
distribution. Unless the Plan’s third party administrator has actual knowledge to the contrary, a distribution will be treated as necessary to satisfy a financial need if the Participant represents in writing or such other form as may be
required by the Plan’s third party administrator that his financial hardship cannot reasonably be relieved: 
 (i) through
reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise; 
 (ii) by liquidation of the Participant’s assets; 

(iii) by cessation of Employee Contributions; 
 (iv) by other distributions or nontaxable loans from plans maintained by his Employer or by any other employer, or by borrowing from commercial sources on reasonable commercial terms in an amount
sufficient to satisfy the need; or 
 (v) by cash dividends, if any, paid on the shares of Corporation stock in the
Participant’s Employee Account and available for distribution. 
 A need cannot reasonably be relieved by one of the
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 The Employee Contributions of a Participant who makes a hardship withdrawal will be
suspended for the six (6) calendar-month period immediately following the date of his hardship withdrawal. Upon the termination of the six (6) calendar-month period of suspension, a Participant shall be eligible to re-elect to have
Employee Contributions made on his behalf in accordance with Section 3.01(a). 
 6.05 Loans. The Retirement
Committee will make loans available to all Participants who are parties in interest, as defined in section 3(14) of ERISA, on a reasonably equivalent basis. Such loans will be adequately secured, bear a reasonable rate of interest and be made in
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 ARTICLE 7 
 VESTING 
 7.01 Vesting. The amounts, if any, credited
to a Participant’s voluntary contribution, participant contribution, Employee Contribution, Employer Matching Contribution, Employer Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contribution, Service Contract Act Contribution, Qualified Non-Elective
Contribution, and Rollover Contribution sub-accounts are nonforfeitable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, matching contributions made to the Sallie Mae Retirement Savings Plan on behalf of a Participant prior to July 1, 2004 and transferred to
the Participant’s Employee Account under this Plan on or as soon as practicable after January 1, 2010 shall become vested in accordance with the following schedule: 

 

					
	 Years of Vesting Service
	  	Percent Vested	 
	 Less than one
	  	 	0	% 
	 1 year
	  	 	0	% 
	 2 years
	  	 	50	% 
	 3 years
	  	 	100	% 

 and matching contributions made to the Pioneer Credit Recovery 401(k) Savings Plan that were transferred to the Sallie
Mae Retirement Savings Plan on January 1, 2005 and again transferred to the Participant’s Employee Account under this Plan on or as soon as practicable after January 1, 2010 shall become vested in accordance with the following
schedule: 
  

					
	 Years of Vesting Service
	  	Percent Vested	 
	 Less than one
	  	 	0	% 
	 1 year
	  	 	20	% 
	 2 years
	  	 	40	% 
	 3 years
	  	 	60	% 
	 4 years
	  	 	80	% 
	 5 years
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 A Participant shall become one hundred percent (100%) vested in any amounts credited to
his Employer Core Contribution sub-account upon the Participant’s completion of one (1) Year of Vesting Service. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant shall become 100% vested in all amounts in the Participant’s Employee Account upon the
earlier of the Participant reaching Normal Retirement Age or upon the Participant’s Severance from Service Date, when such severance is due to the Participant’s death or Disability. 

7.02 Re-employment of Former Participants. If a Terminated Participant choose not to receive a distribution of his Vested
Benefit following his Severance from Service Date and who was not one hundred percent (100%) vested in his Employer Matching Contribution sub-account is reemployed by an Employer and again becomes an Employee, any amount forfeited at the date
of prior termination shall be contributed to his Employer Matching Contribution sub-account, effective as of the date of reemployment. 

  

			
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 ARTICLE 8 
 DISTRIBUTIONS 
 8.01 Earliest Time for and Method of
Distribution of Benefits. 
 (a) Except in the case of distributions under Article 6, a
Participant’s Vested Benefit may be distributed from the Plan no earlier than the Participant’s termination of employment, death, Disability, or upon his attainment of age 59 1/2. 

(b) A Participant’s entire Plan vested account balance shall be distributable on account of the Participant’s severance from
employment, regardless of when the severance from employment occurred. However, such a distribution shall be subject to the other provisions of the Plan regarding distributions, other than any provisions that required a separation from service
before such amounts may be distributed. 
 Distributions shall be made in a lump sum, reduced by the outstanding balance of any
loan. The Participant or his Beneficiary may elect to have the Participant’s Vested Benefit paid (a) all in cash, (b) all in Corporation stock or (c) in a combination of cash and Corporation stock. If the Participant or
Beneficiary elects to receive Corporation stock, fractional shares of Corporation stock will be paid in cash to the Participant or his Beneficiary. 
 8.02 Time of Payment. Upon a Participant’s termination of employment, Disability, or death, the Participant (or his Beneficiary in the case of death) may request a distribution of
benefits and such distribution shall be made as soon as administratively feasible after the Trustee receives such request for distribution; except as provided in Section 8.03, a distribution shall not be made to the Terminated Participant,
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and/or Affiliated Employer do not maintain another defined contribution plan, as defined in section 414(i) of the Code, other than an employee stock ownership plan, as defined in section
4975(e)(7) of the Code. The amount of the distribution will be the Participant’s Vested Benefit as of the date of distribution. 
 If a Participant does not request to receive his Vested Benefit at his Severance from Service Date, then the Participant’s Employee Account will continue to be subject to adjustments in accordance
with Section 5.03. 
 8.03 Distribution of Small Benefits. Notwithstanding anything in Section 8.02 to
the contrary, and effective only with respect to distributions made on or after March 28, 2005, if the Participant’s vested Employee Account balance does not exceed $1,000, his Employee Account balance shall be distributed to him after his
Severance from Service Date without his request. If the Participant’s vested Employee Account balance exceeds $1,000, then any mandatory distribution of his Employee Account balance before his Normal Retirement Age, to the extent such mandatory
distribution is an Eligible Rollover Distribution subject to section 401(a)(31) of the Code, shall be automatically rolled over to an individual retirement account. 
 Effective for distributions made after December 31, 2001 (except for purposes of an automatic rollover to an individual retirement account, as described in the preceding paragraph), the net value of
the vested portion of a Participant’s account balance shall be determined without regard to that portion of the account that is attributable to rollover contributions (and earnings allocable thereto) within the meaning of sections 402(c),
403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 408(d)(3)(A)(ii), and 457(e)(16) of the Code. 

  

			
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 8.04 Latest Time for Distribution. In no event may a distribution under this
Article to a Participant begin later than the sixtieth (60th) day after the latest of the close of the Plan Year in which: 

(a) occurs the date on which the Participant attains his Normal Retirement Age; 

(b) occurs the fifth (5th) anniversary of the date on which the Participant commenced participation in the Plan; or 

(c) the Participant terminates his service with an Employer or Affiliated Employer and is not then reemployed by another Employer or
Affiliated Employer. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision in the Plan, in accordance with
section 401(a)(9) of the Code and regulations thereunder, including the minimum distribution incidental benefit requirement of section 401(a)(9)(G) of the Code and Treasury Regulations §§ 1.401(a)(9)-1 through 1.401(a)(9)-9, benefit
payments shall be made or commenced not later than April 1 of the calendar year following the later of (i) the calendar year in which a Participant attains age seventy and one-half (70 1/2 ), or (ii) the calendar year in which the Participant retires;
provided, however, that benefit payments to a Five Percent Owner shall be made or commence to be made no later than April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant attains age seventy and one-half (70 1/2). Plan benefits made in accordance with this
provision shall be distributed over the life expectancy of the Participant. The Participant’s life expectancy will be recalculated annually in accordance with section 401(a)(9)(D) of the Code. If minimum distributions have begun to a
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him under the rules in Sections 8.01 and 8.02, but not less rapidly than is required by section 401(a)(9) of the Code. In the case of a Participant’s death, the Participant’s entire
Vested Benefit will be paid to his Beneficiary within five (5) years of the Participant’s date of death. 

Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, if the amount of the payment required to commence on the date determined under the above
paragraph cannot be ascertained by such date, a payment retroactive to such date shall be made no later than sixty (60) days after the earliest date on which the amount of such payment can be ascertained. 

With respect to minimum required distributions under the Plan made on or after January 1, 2003 for calendar years beginning on or
after January 1, 2003, the Plan will apply the minimum distribution requirements of section 401(a)(9) of the Code in accordance with Appendix B to the Plan and the requirements of section 401(a)(9) of the Code and Treasury Regulations
§§ 1.401(a)(9)-1 through 1.401(a)(9)-9. 
 8.05 Missing Participant or Beneficiary. Unclaimed benefits
shall be canceled and applied to reduce Employer contributions if the Retirement Committee has not been able to locate the payee after making reasonable efforts to do so, in accordance with a procedure adopted by the Retirement Committee. Upon the
cancellation of unclaimed benefits, the Plan shall have no further liability to pay the benefit. However, if the payee later submits a claim for his benefit, the canceled benefit shall be reinstated, without any adjustment for interest or earnings,
and the Employer shall make an additional contribution to the Plan to fund the reinstated benefit. Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, in the event any portion of such an Employee Account has been paid to the State pursuant to
the State’s escheat laws, to the extent permitted under Federal law, the Employee Account will not be reinstated upon the payee’s filing of a claim, and the payee must look to the State for payment. 

  

			
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 8.06 Election of Direct Rollover of a Vested Benefit. Notwithstanding any
provision of the Plan to the contrary, a Participant or Qualified Beneficiary may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Retirement Committee, to have any portion of an Eligible Rollover Distribution paid directly to an Eligible
Retirement Plan specified by the Participant or Qualified Beneficiary in a Direct Rollover. 

  

			
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 ARTICLE 9 
 PLAN ADMINISTRATION 
 9.01 Retirement Committee. The
Plan will be administered by the Retirement Committee appointed by, and serving at the pleasure of, the Board. 
 9.02
Powers and Duties of the Retirement Committee. The Retirement Committee shall have the discretion to determine all matters relating to eligibility and benefits under the Plan and shall have the discretion to determine all matters relating
to the interpretation and operation of the Plan. Decisions of the Retirement Committee shall be binding unless arbitrary or capricious. In addition, the Retirement Committee shall have the responsibilities and duties described in the Charter of the
Retirement Committee, as amended from time to time. 
 9.03 Investment Advisory Committee. The Investment Advisory
Committee is a subcommittee of the Retirement Committee described in the Charter of the Retirement Committee, as amended from time to time. The Retirement Committee has delegated certain responsibilities to the Investment Advisory Committee,
including the responsibility to (i) recommend funding and investment policies and objectives; (ii) recommend a fund structure for Plan assets; (iii) recommend investment managers and investment consultants; (iv) review
investments and recommend changes to the Retirement Committee; (v) assist in providing investment education to Participants; and (vi) monitor and report on the Trustee’s performance. 

  

			
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 ARTICLE 10 
 CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF ASSETS 
 10.01 In General.

 (a) Trustee. All assets of the Plan shall be held by the Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement not
inconsistent herewith. The Trustee shall follow the policies and guidelines of the Retirement Committee with respect to the choice of investment alternatives. Each Participant or Beneficiary shall have the right to direct the Trustee with respect to
the investment of his Employee Account and the Trustee shall follow the investment directions of the Participant or Beneficiary in accordance with ERISA section 404(c). In the event the Participant or Beneficiary fails to provide an investment
direction, the Trustee shall invest the Employee Account in the default investment fund selected by the Retirement Committee, which may constitute a qualified default investment alternative fund within the meaning of section 404(c)(5) of ERISA.

 (b) Named Fiduciary for Investment. The Retirement Committee shall develop the overall policies and guidelines for the
investment of Plan assets, including the selection of the investment alternatives which are to be made available to Participants. 

  

			
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 ARTICLE 11 
 FIDUCIARY LIABILITY INSURANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION 
 11.01
Fiduciary Liability Insurance. The Plan may purchase insurance for its fiduciaries or for itself to cover liability or losses occurring by reason of the act or omission of a fiduciary, if such insurance permits recourse by the insurer
against such a fiduciary who has committed a breach of fiduciary duties. A fiduciary may purchase insurance to cover his own liability for any act or omission. Each Employer may purchase insurance to cover potential liability of one or more persons
who serve in a fiduciary capacity with respect to the Plan. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as requiring the purchase of any insurance. 
 11.02 Indemnity. The Employers may, consistent with applicable law, indemnify the members of the Board, the members of the Retirement Committee, and the members of the Investment Advisory
Committee from any liability, loss or other financial consequence with respect to any act or omission relating to the Plan by means other than the provision of fiduciary liability insurance; except that to the extent any such liability, loss or
consequence results from a person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, such person shall not be so indemnified. The provisions of Section 11.01 shall apply, to the extent applicable, prior to the provisions of this Section 11.02.

  

			
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 ARTICLE 12 
 AMENDMENTS TO OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN 
 12.01 Right of
Corporation to Amend or Terminate the Plan. While it is the intention of the Corporation to continue the Plan indefinitely, the Corporation reserves the right to terminate its contributions or terminate the Plan in whole or in part at any
time by an instrument in writing pursuant to authority of a vote of the Board of Directors. The Corporation reserves the right to amend the Plan pursuant to authority granted to the Corporation. The Corporation has delegated the authority to amend
the Plan to, collectively and individually, the Chief Executive Officer, any Executive Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel of the Corporation and their designees; provided, however, that any amendment that substantially
changes the benefits or costs of the Plan must be reported to the Compensation and Personal Committee of the Board prior to adoption. However, the Plan shall not be amended in such manner as would cause or permit any part of the Fund to be diverted
to purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of Participants of the Plan and their Beneficiaries, nor in such manner as would cause or permit any portion of such corpus to revert to, or become the property of, any Employer prior to the
satisfaction of all liabilities under the Plan with respect to such Participants or to increase the duties or liabilities of the Trustee without its written consent. Unless otherwise required or permitted by law, no amendment to the Plan shall
decrease a Participant’s account balance or eliminate an optional form of distribution notwithstanding the preceding sentence. Furthermore, no amendment to the Plan shall have the effect of decreasing a Participant’s vested interest
determined without regard to such amendment as of the later of the date such amendment is adopted, or the date it becomes effective. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the 

  

			
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contrary, effective on or after August 9, 2006, no amendment shall decrease a Participant’s or Terminated Participant’s accrued benefit under the Plan as of the applicable
amendment date, or otherwise place greater restrictions or conditions on a Participant’s or Terminated Participant’s right to protected benefits under section 411(d)(6) of the Code, even if the amendment merely adds a restriction or
condition that is otherwise permitted under the vesting rules in sections 411(a)(3) through (11) of the Code. 
 12.02
Termination of Plan. In the event that the Plan is terminated or partially terminated or in the event of a complete discontinuance of contributions, the right of all Participants, or those Participants so affected in the case of a partial
termination, to benefits accrued under the Plan as of the date of such termination, partial termination or discontinuance of contributions, shall be non-forfeitable; and after providing for the expenses of the Plan, the remaining assets of the Plan
shall be allocated by the Retirement Committee. Upon complete termination of the Plan, the Retirement Committee shall liquidate the entire Fund as soon as administratively practical if the Employers and Affiliated Employers do not maintain another
defined contribution plan, as defined in section 414(i) of the Code, other than an employee stock ownership plan, as defined in section 4975(e)(7) of the Code. 
 12.03 Withdrawal of an Employer. Each Employer which adopts the Plan shall have the right at any time to terminate the Plan as to its employees or to withdraw its share of assets from the
Fund while the Plan continues in effect for the employees of each other Employer. In the event of such withdrawal or termination, such Employer shall deliver to the Corporation and the Retirement Committee, at least thirty (30) days prior to
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withdrawal. The Retirement Committee will advise the Trustee to segregate a portion of the Fund representing the interest of the Employees of such Employer in the Fund. The Trustee, as directed
by the Retirement Committee, shall transfer such assets to a fund exempt under section 501 of the Code for purposes of providing benefits for such Employees under another plan, or if no such fund exists, distribute such assets currently to the
Employees of the withdrawing Employer. 
 12.04 Plan-to-Plan Transfer. Upon the sale of substantially all of the
assets and liabilities of an Employer, the Retirement Committee may, upon the written request of the purchaser of such assets and liabilities, instruct the Trustee to segregate a portion of the Fund representing the interest in the Fund of Employees
who continue employment with such purchaser and to transfer such portion of the Fund to the plan of such purchaser; provided, however, that such purchaser represents to the Retirement Committee that the plan is qualified under section 401(a) of the
Code and that the benefit of each Employee immediately after the transfer shall be at least equal to the benefit the Employee was entitled to immediately before the transfer. 

  

			
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 ARTICLE 13 
 TOP HEAVY PROVISIONS 
 13.01 Top Heavy Plan
Requirements. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if for any Plan Year the Plan is determined to be a Top Heavy Plan, then the top heavy minimum benefit requirement of section 416(c) of the Code, as set forth in
Section 13.02, shall apply. 
 13.02 Top Heavy Minimum Contribution Requirement. For any Plan Year with
respect to which the Plan is determined to be a Top Heavy Plan, with respect to each Employee who is a Non-Key Employee for such Plan Year, the Top Heavy requirements shall be met by providing, under the defined benefit plan sponsored by the
Corporation and qualified under section 401(a) of the Code , the minimum accrued benefit derived from employer contributions necessary to satisfy the benefit requirement of section 416(c) of the Code. 

13.03 Top-Heavy Provisions. 
 (a) This Section 13.03 shall apply for purposes of determining whether the plan is a Top-Heavy Plan under section 416(g) of the Code and whether the Plan satisfies the minimum benefits requirements
of section 416(c) of the Code. 
 (b) Minimum Benefits/Matching Contributions. Employer matching contributions shall be
taken into account for purposes of satisfying the minimum contribution requirements of section 416(c)(2) of the Code, and the Plan. The preceding sentence shall apply with respect to matching contributions under the Plan or, if the Plan provides
that the minimum contribution requirement shall be met in another plan, such other plan. Employer matching contributions that are used to satisfy the minimum contribution requirements shall be treated as matching contributions for purposes of the
actual contribution percentage test and other requirements of section 401(m) of the Code. 

  

			
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 ARTICLE 14 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
 14.01 Rights of Employees. Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to give any employee the right to be retained in the employ of the Employer or to interfere with the right of the Employer to discharge such employee at any time, nor shall it be deemed to give the Employer the right
to require the employee to remain in its employ, nor shall it interfere with the employee’s right to terminate his employment at any time. 
 14.02 Notice of Address. Each person entitled to benefits under the Plan must inform the Retirement Committee, in accordance with a procedure adopted by the Retirement Committee, of his post
office address and each change of post office address. Any communication, statement or notice addressed to such person at such address shall be deemed sufficient for all purposes of the Plan, and there shall be no obligation on the part of the
Employer, the Retirement Committee or Trustee to search for or to ascertain the location of such person. 
 14.03
Data. Each person entitled to benefits under the Plan must furnish to the Retirement Committee such documents, evidence, or other information as the Retirement Committee considers necessary or desirable for the purposes of administering
the Plan or to protect the Plan. The Retirement Committee shall be entitled to rely on representations made by employees, Participants and Beneficiaries with respect to age, marital status and other personal facts, unless it knows said
representations are false. 
 14.04 Merger. This Plan shall not be merged into, or consolidated with, nor shall
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or liabilities from this Plan to another plan, unless immediately after any such merger, consolidation or transfer, each Participant would, if the Plan had then terminated, receive a benefit
immediately after the merger, consolidation or transfer which would be equal to or greater than the benefit he would have been entitled to receive immediately before the merger, consolidation or transfer, if the Plan had then terminated. 

14.05 Fund to be for the Exclusive Benefit of Participants. The contributions of the Employers to the Fund shall be
for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to the Participants and their Beneficiaries and no part of the Fund shall revert to the Employers, except as follows: 
 (a) if a contribution is made to the Fund by an Employer under mistake of fact, such contribution shall be returned within one (1) year after its payment; or 

(b) if any part or all of a contribution is disallowed as a deduction under section 404 of the Code with respect to an Employer, then to
the extent of such disallowance it may be returned to the Employer within one (1) year after the disallowance. Employer contributions made to the Plan are conditioned on deductibility under section 404 of the Code. Notwithstanding the prior
sentence, at the election of the Employer, contributions that are not deductible under section 404 of the Code solely because of section 404(a)(7) of the Code may be maintained in the Plan, provided such contributions do not exceed the greater of
(i) the amount of contributions not in excess of six percent (6%) of compensation (within the meaning of section 404(a) of the Code) paid or accrued (during the taxable year for which the contributions were made) to beneficiaries under the
Plan, or (ii) the sum of Employer Matching Contributions plus the amount of contributions described in section 402(g)(3)(A) of the Code. 

  

			
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 14.06 Facility of Payment. If it shall be found that (a) a person
entitled to receive any payment under the Plan is physically or mentally incompetent to receive such payment and to give a valid release thereof, and (b) another person or an institution is then maintaining or has custody of such person, and no
guardian, committee or other representative of the estate of such person has been duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, the payment may be made to such other person or institution referred to in (b) above, and the release of such
other person or institution shall be a valid and complete discharge for the payment. 
 14.07 Restrictions on
Alienation. Except with respect to the (1) creation, assignment, or recognition of a right to a benefit payable with respect to a Participant pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order (as defined in section 414(p) of the Code)
and, (2) the creation, assignment, or recognition of a right to a benefit payable to the Plan pursuant to section 401(a)(13)(C) of the Code, no benefit payable under the Plan to any person shall be subject to any manner of anticipation,
alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or charge, and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, or charge the same shall be void; and no such benefit shall in any manner be liable for, or
subject to, the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements, or torts of any person nor shall it be subject to attachment or legal process for, or against, any person, and the same shall not be recognized under the Plan. Distributions may be made to
an alternate payee pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order (as defined in section 414(p) of the Code) before the Participant attains the earliest retirement date, as defined in section 414(p)(4)(B) of the Code, under the Plan. 

14.08 Headings. The headings of the Plan are inserted for convenience and reference only and shall have no effect upon the
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 14.09 Construction. The Plan shall be construed, regulated and administered
under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, except that if any such laws are superseded by any applicable Federal law or statute, such Federal law or statute shall apply. 
 14.10 Exclusion and Severability. Each provision hereof shall be independent of each other provision hereof and if any provision of the Plan proves to be, or is held by any court, or
tribunal, board or authority of competent jurisdiction to be void or invalid as to any Participant or group of Participants, such provision shall be disregarded and shall be deemed to be null and void and not part of the Plan. However, such
invalidation of any provision shall not otherwise impair or affect the Plan or any of the other provisions or terms hereof. 

14.11 Special Rule Relating to Rights Under USERRA. Notwithstanding any provision in this Plan to the contrary,
contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified military service will be provided in accordance with section 414(u) of the Code. 
 14.12 Application of Forfeitures. Forfeitures arising under the Plan with respect to an Employer’s Participants shall be applied, at the discretion of that Employer, either to reduce
that Employer’s contributions in such proportions as that Employer may direct or to pay administrative expenses of the Plan. Non-vested amounts shall be forfeited from a Participant’s Employee Account upon the earlier of (a) the date
the entire vested portion of the Participant’s Employee Account is distributed and (b) the date the Participant incurs a five (5)-year Period of Severance; provided that in the event such forfeiture occurs as of the date the entire vested
portion of the Participant’s Employee Account is distributed, such previously forfeited amount (without any adjustment for earnings) shall be reinstated on behalf of the Participant only if such

  

			
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Participant becomes re-employed before he incurs a five (5)-year Period of Severance, and the Participant repays back to the Plan the entire amount of the previous distribution before the earlier
of (1) five years after the first date on which the Participant is subsequently reemployed by the Employer, or (2) the close of the first five (5)-year Period of Severance commencing after the date of distribution. 

  

			
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 ARTICLE 15 
 SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS 
 15.01
Special Vesting Provisions. The following provisions shall apply in determining a Participant’s Vested Benefit. 

(a) Former Employees of EFCI, Inc. Any Employee who becomes an employee of Education First Marketing L.L.C., effective
January 1, 1997, shall be one hundred percent (100%) vested in his Employee Account at all times, provided his immediately preceding employer was EFCI, Inc. Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts in any such Employee’s Employer Core
Contribution sub-account shall become one hundred percent (100%) vested upon the Employee’s completion of one (1) Year of Vesting Service. 
 (b) Employees of Kaludis Consulting Group, Inc. Any Employee of Kaludis Consulting Group, Inc. whose Employment Commencement Date is prior to January 1, 1998, shall be one hundred percent
(100%) vested in his Employee Account at all times. However, if an Employee described in the prior sentence incurs a Severance from Service Date and is subsequently reemployed by the Employer, any benefit accrued on or after the Reemployment
Commencement Date shall not be subject to this special vesting provisions, but shall be subject to the general vesting provisions described in Article 7. Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts in any such Employee’s Employer Core Contribution
sub-account shall become one hundred percent (100%) vested upon the Employee’s completion of one (1) Year of Vesting Service. 
 (c) Former Employees of USA Group. Individuals who were employed by USA Group on July 31, 2000, and who became eligible to be Participants in the Plan on August 1, 2000 shall be one
hundred percent (100%) vested in any Employer Matching Contributions at all times. 

  

			
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 15.02 Spousal Consent for In-Service Withdrawal. With respect to any Employee
employed by HEMAR Insurance Corporation of America, any in-service withdrawal or loan pursuant to Article 6, and any distribution pursuant to Article 8, requires spousal consent. 

15.03 USA Group Special Provisions. 
 (a) EIP Account Provisions. The following provisions shall apply to individuals who were employed by USA Group on July 31, 2000, who were eligible to and became Participants in the Plan on
August 1, 2000, and who had “EIP Accounts” under the USA Group Plan (as described in Supplement C to the USA Group Plan (“Supplement C”))(hereinafter referred to as USA Group/EIP Participants. 

(i) Vesting. USA Group/EIP Participants shall be 100% vested in their EIP Accounts as of August 1, 2000. 

(ii) In-Service Withdrawals. USA Group/EIP Participants shall be permitted to take in-service withdrawals of the amounts credited
to their EIP Accounts at any time in the form of a single lump sum representing all or a portion of the amount credited to the EIP Account in accordance with procedures established by the Retirement Committee. This provision shall become effective
the earlier of January 1, 2003, or the date that is 90 days after the USA Group/EIP Participants have received a summary of material modifications describing these amendments that satisfies the requirements of 29 CFR 2520.104b-3. Until that
date, USA Group/EIP Participants shall be permitted to take in-service withdrawals and/or distributions of amounts credited to their EIP Accounts in accordance with the terms of Section C-6 (a) of Supplement C and procedures established by the
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 (iii) Distributions. USA Group/EIP Participants shall be permitted to take
distributions of amounts credited to their EIP Accounts only in the form of a single lump sum representing the entire amount credited to the EIP Account following their termination of employment and in accordance with procedures established by the
Retirement Committee. This provision shall become effective the earlier of January 1, 2003, or the date that is 90 days after the USA Group/EIP Participants have received a summary of material modifications describing these amendments that
satisfies the requirements of 29 CFR 2520.104b-3. Until that date, USA Group/EIP Participants shall be permitted to take distributions of amounts credited to their EIP Accounts in accordance with the terms of Sections C-7 and C-8 of Supplement C and
procedures established by the Retirement Committee. 
 15.04 Southwest Student Services Corporation Special
Provisions. With respect to any individual who is employed by Southwest Student Services Corporation on March 31, 2005, and who becomes a Participant in the Plan on April 1, 2005, such individual shall be 100% vested in his
Southwest plan account transferred to the Plan. 

  

			
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 ARTICLE 16 
 SIGNATURE 
 The Plan as herein amended and restated has hereby
been approved and adopted to be effective as of the dates set forth herein this 9th day of December, 2010. 
  

	
	/s/ Jon Kroehler

  

			
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 APPENDIX A 
 SALLIE MAE 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN 
 PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS

 As of the date of this Plan restatement the following Employers participate in the Sallie Mae 401(k) Savings Plan: 

 

	1.	Sallie Mae, Inc. (excluding Employees of the portfolio management division) 

 

	2.	Student Assistance Corporation 

  

	3.	SLM Education Credit Management Corporation 

  

	4.	SLM Financial Corporation 

  

	5.	HEMAR Insurance Corporation of America (Prior to July 7, 2006) 

  

	6.	Education Debt Services, Inc. (Prior to January 1, 2004) 

  

	7.	Noel-Levitz, Inc. (Prior to August 1, 2007) 

  

	8.	Education One Group, Inc. (Prior to August 6, 2004) 

  

	9.	First Trust Financial, Inc. (Effective as of January 1, 2003 and Prior to May 12, 2003) 

 

	10.	GRP Financial Services (Prior to January 1, 2010) 

  

	11.	Academic Management Services Corporation (Effective as of November 18, 2003) 

 

	12.	Sallie Mae Home Loans (formerly known as Pioneer Mortgage, Inc.) (Effective as of January 1, 2004) 

 

	13.	Student Loan Finance Association (Effective as of December 13, 2004) 

  

	14.	Northwest Education Loan Association (Effective as of December 13, 2004) 

 

	15.	Southwest Student Services Corporation (Effective as of April 1, 2005) 

  

			
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 APPENDIX B 
 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATED TO REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS 
 Effective for
calendar years on and after January 1, 2003, the minimum required distributions made to Participants pursuant to Section 8.04 of the Plan shall be made in accordance with the following provisions: 

B.1 The Vested Benefit of each Participant who is a five percent (5%) owner (as defined in section 416(i)
of the Code, but without regard to the top-heavy status of the Plan) shall be distributed or shall commence to be distributed, in accordance with section 401(a)(9) of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder, no later than the April 1
following the close of the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70 1/2, regardless of whether his employment is terminated as of such date. The Vested Benefit of each Participant who is not a five percent (5%) owner shall be distributed or shall commence to be
distributed, in accordance with section 401(a)(9) of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder, no later than the April 1 following the later of: (i) the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70 1/2, or (ii) the calendar year in which the Participant terminates
employment. All distributions under this Plan shall comply with the incidental death benefit requirements of section 401(a)(9)(G) of the Code and the regulations (including Treasury Regulation §1.401(a)(9)-2) and other guidance issued
thereunder. 
 B.2 The provisions of this Section B.2 will apply for purposes of determining required
minimum distributions for calendar years beginning with the 2003 calendar year. The requirements of this Section B.2 will take precedence over any inconsistent provisions of the Plan. All distributions required under this Section will be determined
and made in accordance with the Treasury Regulations under section 401(a)(9) of the Code. 

  

			
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 (a) Time and Manner of Distribution. The Participant’s entire interest will be
distributed, or begin to be distributed, to the Participant no later than the Participant’s Required Beginning Date. If the Participant dies before distributions begin, the Participant’s entire interest will be distributed, or begin to be
distributed, no later than as follows: 
 (1) If the Participant’s surviving spouse is the Participant’s sole
Designated Beneficiary, then distribution of the Participant’s Vested Benefit shall be made to the surviving spouse pursuant to Section 8.04 of the Plan. 
 (2) If the Participant’s surviving spouse is not the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary, then distribution of the Participant’s Vested Benefit shall be made to the Designated
Beneficiary pursuant to Section 8.04 of the Plan. 
 (3) If there is no Designated Beneficiary as of the date of the
Participant’s death, the Participant’s Vested Benefit will be distributed pursuant to Sections 2.04, 8.04 and 8.05 of the Plan. 
 (4) If the Participant’s surviving spouse is the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary and the surviving spouse dies after the Participant but before distributions to the surviving spouse
begin, this Section B.2(a), other than Section B.2(a)(1), will apply as if the surviving spouse were the Participant. 
 For
purposes of this Section B.2(a) and Section B.2(d), unless Section B.2(a)(4) applies, distributions are considered to begin on the Participant’s Required Beginning Date. If Section B.2(a)(4) applies, distributions are considered to begin on the
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 (b) Forms of Distribution. Unless the Participant’s interest is distributed in a
single sum on or before the Required Beginning Date, as of the first Distribution Calendar Year distributions will be made in accordance with Sections B.2(c) and B.2(d). 
 (c) Required Minimum Distributions During Participant’s Lifetime. During the Participant’s lifetime, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year is the
lesser of: 
 (1) the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s 401(a)(9) Account Balance by the distribution period
in the Uniform Lifetime Table set forth in section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury Regulations, using the Participant’s age as of the Participant’s birthday in the Distribution Calendar Year; or 

(2) if the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary for the Distribution Calendar Year is the Participant’s spouse, the
quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s 401(a)(9) Account Balance by the number in the Joint and Last Survivor Table set forth in section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury Regulations, using the Participant’s and spouse’s attained
ages as of the Participant’s and spouse’s birthdays in the Distribution Calendar Year. 
 Required minimum
distributions will be determined under this Section B.2(c) beginning with the first Distribution Calendar Year and up to and including the Distribution Calendar Year that includes the Participant’s date of death. 

  

			
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 (d) If the Participant dies on or after the date distributions begin, the Participant’s
entire remaining interest under the Plan will be distributed in accordance with Section B.2(a). 
 (e) For purposes of this
Section B.2, the following terms shall have the meanings as set forth below unless the context requires otherwise: 
 (1)
Designated Beneficiary: the individual who is the Beneficiary and is the Designated Beneficiary under section 401(a)(9) of the Code and section 1.401(a)(9)-1, Q&A-4, of the Treasury Regulations. 

(2) Distribution Calendar Year. a calendar year for which a minimum distribution is required. For distributions beginning before
the Participant’s death, the first Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year which contains the Participant’s Required Beginning Date. For distributions beginning after the Participant’s
death, the first Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year in which distributions are required to begin under Section B.2(a). The required minimum distribution for the Participant’s first Distribution Calendar Year will be made on or
before the Participant’s Required Beginning Date. The required minimum distribution for other Distribution Calendar Years, including the required minimum distribution for the Distribution Calendar Year in which the Participant’s Required
Beginning Date occurs, will be made on or before December 31 of that Distribution Calendar Year. 
 (3)
Participant’s 401(a)(9) Account Balance. the Vested Benefit balance as of the last valuation date in the calendar year immediately preceding the Distribution Calendar Year (valuation calendar year) increased by the amount of any
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allocated or forfeitures allocated to the Vested Benefit balance as of dates in the valuation calendar year after the valuation date and decreased by distributions made in the valuation calendar
year after the valuation date. The Vested Benefit balance for the valuation calendar year includes any amounts rolled over or transferred to the Plan either in the valuation calendar year or in the Distribution Calendar Year if distributed or
transferred in the valuation calendar year. 
 (4) Required Beginning Date. the date specified in Section 8.04 of
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