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): January 17, 2008
SLM Student Loan Trust 2008-1
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
| DELAWARE | 333-141930/ 333-141930-05 | 61-1466416 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of formation) | (Commission File Numbers) | (I.R.S. employer Identification No.) |
c/o The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.
10161 Centurion Parkway
Jacksonville, Florida 32256
(Address of issuer’s principal executive offices)
Issuer’s telephone number including are code: (703) 984-6419
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below);
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Exhibit Index appears on page 5
ITEM 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On January 17, 2008, the Class B Floating Rate Student Loan-Backed Notes in the amount of $46,010,000 issued by SLM Student Loan Trust 2008-1 were sold to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.
ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| 1.1 | Dealer Agreement, dated January 16, 2008, by and among SLM Funding LLC, SLM Corporation, SLM Education Finance Corporation and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated relating to the sale of certain Class B Student Loan-Backed Notes. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the issuing entity has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: January 23, 2008 | SLM STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2008-1 | |||
| By: SLM FUNDING LLC | ||||
| By: | /s/ MARK L. HELEEN | |||
| Name: | Mark L. Heleen | |||
| Title: | VICE PRESIDENT | |||
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
| 1.1 | Dealer Agreement, dated January 16, 2008, by and among SLM Funding LLC, SLM Corporation, SLM Education Finance Corporation and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated relating to the sale of certain Class B Student Loan-Backed Notes. |
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