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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 13, 2010
SLM CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
DELAWARE   File No. 001-13251   52-2013874
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)       Identification No.)
12061 Bluemont Way, Reston, Virginia 20190
(Address if principal executive offices)(zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 810-3000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 


 

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
      SLM Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual shareholders’ meeting on May 13, 2010. At the annual meeting, our shareholders (i) elected each of the persons listed below to serve as a director of the Company for a term that will continue until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified or the director’s earlier resignation, death or removal, (ii) approved the amendment to its equity compensation plans to allow a one-time stock option exchange program excluding directors and named executive officers, and (iii) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as its independent registered public accounting firm for 2010.
      Our independent inspector of elections reported the vote of the shareholders as follows:
      Proposal 1: Election of Directors.
                                 
                      BROKER  
    FOR     AGAINST     ABSTAIN     NON-VOTES  
 
                               
Ann Torre Bates
    403,333,453       10,120,563       103,675       25,791,504  
W. M. Diefenderfer III
    404,059,979       9,401,062       96,650       25,791,504  
Diane Suitt Gilleland
    403,091,923       10,381,492       84,276       25,791,504  
Earl A. Goode
    406,764,586       6,697,387       95,718       25,791,504  
Ronald F. Hunt
    403,953,804       9,515,051       88,836       25,791,504  
Albert L. Lord
    404,117,195       9,355,269       85,227       25,791,504  
Michael E. Martin
    406,734,151       6,707,218       116,322       25,791,504  
Barry A Munitz
    403,437,452       10,010,279       109,960       25,791,504  
Howard H. Newman
    406,989,615       6,451,787       116,289       25,791,504  
A. Alexander Porter, Jr.
    387,680,017       25,788,140       89,534       25,791,504  
Frank C. Puleo
    407,008,775       6,353,061       195,855       25,791,504  
Wolfgang Schoellkopf
    402,684,389       10,766,856       106,446       25,791,504  
Steven L. Shapiro
    403,322,421       10,143,393       91,877       25,791,504  
J. Terry Strange
    406,778,952       6,684,165       94,574       25,791,504  
Anthony P. Terracciano
    406,984,938       6,477,388       95,365       25,791,504  
Barry L. Williams
    403,456,169       10,010,391       91,131       25,791,504  

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     Proposal 2: Amendment to Equity Compensation Plans to Allow a One-Time Stock Option Exchange Program.
                             
                  Broker  
Votes FOR     Votes AGAINST     Votes ABSTAIN     Non-Votes  
  365,654,973       47,524,488       378,230       25,791,504  
     Proposal 3: To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm.
                             
                  Broker  
Votes FOR     Votes AGAINST     Votes ABSTAIN     Non-Votes  
  433,417,398       5,835,381       96,416       0  
SIGNATURES
      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  SLM CORPORATION
 
 
Dated: May 19, 2010 By:   /s/ Mark L. Heleen   
    Name:   Mark L. Heleen   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and General Counsel  
 

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