John F Whorley JR Form 4 NAVIENT / JOHN F WHORLEY JR ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

WHORLEY JOHN F JR

(Last) (First) (Middle)

123 JUSTISON STREET

SUITE 300

(Street)

WILMINGTON DE 19801

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NAVIENT CORP [ NAVI ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP & Group President

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/03/2017

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	02/03/2017		F		5,096(1)	D	$15.49	130,369.6813(2)	D
Common Stock	02/06/2017		A		43,604(3)	A	$0	174,000.6813	D
Common Stock	02/06/2017		A		26,162(4)	A	$0	200,162.6813	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$15.48	02/06/2017		A		100,371		(5)	02/06/2022	Common Stock	100,371	$0	100,371	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. As previously reported, on February 3, 2016, Mr. Whorley was granted 43,137 restricted stock units ("RSUs") under the Navient Corporation 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan representing the right to receive shares of Navient Corporation ("Navient") common stock in the future, which vest in one-third increments on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant. On February 3, 2017, 14,379 shares of such RSUs were settled and an additional 697 shares were issued to Mr. Whorley upon the vesting of the related dividend equivalent rights. In connection with this settlement, 5,096 shares were withheld by Navient (as approved by the Navient Compensation and Personnel Committee) to satisfy Mr. Whorley's tax withholding obligations.

2. Dividend equivalent rights issued on RSUs and performance stock units ("PSUs") are included in the reporting person's common stock holding balance. Each dividend equivalent right is the economic equivalent of one share of Navient Corporation common stock.

3. Grant of PSUs which is classified as "Common Stock," as permitted, since the PSUs will be settled solely by delivery of shares of the Company's common stock upon vesting. A specified percentage of this target award will vest and be settled based upon the satisfaction of certain performance conditions over a three-year performance period ending on the final day of fiscal year 2019. The performance conditions to be used shall be those approved by the Committee in connection with the Company's 2017 Long-Term Incentive Program and shall be set forth in the form of PSU award agreement approved by the Committee. Each vested PSU will be settled in shares of the Company's common stock.

4. Grant of RSUs under the Navient Corporation 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan, which is classified as "Common Stock," as permitted, since the RSUs will be settled solely by delivery of shares of Navient common stock. These RSUs vest in one-third increments on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date.

5. Grant of net-settled stock options under the Navient Corporation 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan. These options vest in one-third increments on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date.

	/s/ Kurt T. Slawson (POA) for John F. Whorley, Jr.	02/07/2017
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