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 earliest event reported): April 6, 2006
SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust 2006-A
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE | | 333-132315 | | 57-1176559 |
(State or other jurisdiction | | (Commission File Numbers) | | (I.R.S. employer |
of formation) | | | | Identification No.) |
12061 Bluemont Way
V3419
Reston, VA 20190
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number including are code: (703) 984-6419
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Exhibit Index appears on page 5
ITEM 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Closing of SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust 2006-A
Effective as of April 4, 2006, SLM Funding LLC (“SLM Funding”) and Chase Bank USA, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the “Trustee”), executed and delivered the Trust Agreement dated as of December 21, 2005, as amended and restated as of April 4, 2006, pursuant to which the SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust 2006-A (the “Trust”) was formed.
On March 31, 2006, SLM Funding, SLM Education Credit Finance Corporation (“ECFC”), and SLM Corporation, on the one hand, and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (the “Underwriters”), on the other, executed and delivered the Underwriting Agreement and the Pricing Agreement relating to the Student Loan-Backed Notes to be issued by the Trust.
On April 6, 2006, SLM Funding, the Trustee and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), executed and delivered the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated as of April 6, 2006.
In connection with the foregoing, the following agreements were executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto: (a) the Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2006, by and among SLM Funding, Chase Bank USA, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as interim trustee for SLM Funding (the “SLM Funding Interim Trustee”) and ECFC; (b) the Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2006, by and among VG Funding (“VG Funding”), Chase Bank USA, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as interim trustee for VG Funding (the “VG Funding Interim Trustee”), SLM Funding and the SLM Funding Interim Trustee; (c) the Interim Trust Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2006, by and between SLM Funding and the SLM Funding Interim Trustee; (d) the Interim Trust Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2006, by and between VG Funding and the VG Funding Interim Trustee; (e) the Indenture, dated as of April 1, 2006, by and among the Trust, the Trustee and the Indenture Trustee; (f) the Sale Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2006, by and among the Trust, the Trustee, SLM Funding and the SLM Funding Interim Trustee; (g) the Administration Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2006, by and among the Trust, Sallie Mae, Inc., in its capacity as administrator (the “Administrator”), the Trustee, Sallie Mae, Inc., in its capacity as the servicer (the “Servicer”), SLM Funding and the Indenture Trustee; (h) the Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2006, by and among the Servicer, the Administrator, the Trust, the Trustee and the Indenture Trustee and (i) the ISDA Master Agreement, the Schedule to the ISDA Master Agreement, the Credit Support Annex to the Schedule to the ISDA Master Agreement, the Elections and Variables of the Credit Support Annex, the Disclosure Agreement, the monthly reset Swap Confirmation and the quarterly reset Swap Confirmation, all between the Trust and Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, and all dated April 6, 2006.
On April 6, 2006, the Trust issued $2,244,052,000 of its Student Loan-Backed Notes.
Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
The Trust used the net proceeds of these notes to purchase approximately $2,006,541,466.07 of student loans.
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