UNITED STATES
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): June 13, 2014
| The First Marblehead Corporation |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
| Delaware | 001-31825 | 04-3295311 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
The Prudential Tower 800 Boylston Street, 34th Floor Boston, Massachusetts | 02199-8157 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 895-4283
| Not applicable |
| (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) |
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Item 8.01 | Other Events |
As previously disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by The First Marblehead Corporation (the “Corporation”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2014, the Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary, First Marblehead Education Resources, Inc. (“FMER”), entered into a twelfth amendment (the “Twelfth Amendment”) with SunTrust Bank (“SunTrust”) to that certain loan program agreement dated as of April 20, 2010, as amended, among the Corporation, FMER and SunTrust. The Twelfth Amendment, among other things, allows SunTrust Bank to offer the Union Federal® Private Student Loan Program (the “UFPSL Program”), which UFPSL Program would be funded by SunTrust, upon satisfaction of mutual conditions set forth in the Twelfth Amendment. As of June 13, 2014, the mutual conditions set forth in the Twelfth Amendment have been satisfied and the UFPSL Program funded by SunTrust was launched on June 13, 2014.
SIGNATURE
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.
THE FIRST MARBLEHEAD CORPORATION | ||
Date: June 17, 2014 | By: | /s/ Seth Gelber |
Seth Gelber President, Chief OperatingOfficer and Managing Director | ||