As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 1997
Registration No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SLM HOLDING CORPORATION
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware 52-2013874
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(State or Other Jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or Organization) Identification Number)
11600 Sallie Mae Drive
Reston, Virginia 21093
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Sallie Mae Employees' Thrift & Savings Plan
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(Full Title of the Plans)
MARIANNE M. KELER, ESQ.
General Counsel
SLM Holding Corporation
11600 Sallie Mae Drive
Reston, Virginia 21093
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(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(703) 810-3000
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(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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Copies to:
RONALD O. MUELLER, ESQ.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 900
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 955-8500
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities Amount to be Maximum Offering Aggregate Offering Amount of
to be registered Registered(1) Price Per Share Price Registration Fee
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Common Stock, $0.20 par
value per share 250,000 $140.625 $35,156,250 $10,653.41(2)
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(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a), also covers additional securities that may be
offered as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions. Pursuant to Rule 416(c), also registers an indeterminant
number of plan interests.
(2) Calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)(1) based upon the average
of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock
Exchange on August 11, 1997, which was $140.625.
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PART I
Item 1. Plan Information.
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to
Note to Part I of Form S-8.
Item 2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to
Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents of the Registrant heretofore filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are hereby
incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
(1) the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No.
333-21217) as filed with the Commission on July 25, 1997, as amended,
which includes the balance sheet of the Registrant dated February 3,
1997 and the consolidated financial statements of the Student Loan
Marketing Association for the year ended December 31, 1996;
(2) the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 1997, filed on May 27, 1997; and the Registrant's quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1997, filed on
August 6, 1997; and
(3) the description of the Common Stock set forth under the caption
"Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered" in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated August 7, 1997,
together with any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the
purpose of updating such description.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the
Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a) and (c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all such
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such reports and documents.
Any document, and any statement contained in a document,
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein, or in any
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other subsequently filed document that also is incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such document or
statement. Any such document or statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement. Subject to the foregoing, all information appearing in
this Registration Statement is qualified in its entirety by the information
appearing in the documents incorporated by reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Article VIII of the Registrant's By-Laws provides for
indemnification of the officers and directors of SLM Holding Corporation to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law. Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law provides, in relevant part, that a corporation organized under
the laws of Delaware shall have the power, and in certain cases the obligation,
to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any suit or proceeding because such person is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving, at the
request of the corporation, as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, against all costs actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with such suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, he had no reason
to believe his conduct was unlawful. Similar indemnity is permitted to be
provided to such persons in connection with an action or suit by or in right of
the corporation, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and
provided further (unless a court of competent jurisdiction otherwise determines)
that such person shall not have been adjudged liable to the corporation.
The directors and officers of the Registrant and its
subsidiaries will be covered by a policy of insurance under which they will be
insured, within the limits and subject to certain limitations, against certain
expenses in connection with the defense of actions, suits or proceedings, and
certain liabilities that might be imposed as a result of such actions, suits or
proceedings in which they are parties by reason of being or having been
directors or officers.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been
informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
5 IRS Determination Letter.
23.1 Consent of Independent Auditors.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or
sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement to include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement;
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the District of Columbia, on this 13th day of August, 1997.
SLM HOLDING CORPORATION
By: /s/ Albert L. Lord
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ALBERT L. LORD
Chief Executive Officer
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Marianne M. Keler and Ronald O. Mueller, and each of them, as his or
her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the acquirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
their capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Albert L. Lord Chief Executive Officer August 13, 1997
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ALBERT L. LORD
/s/ Mark G. Overend Chief Financial Officer August 13, 1997
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MARK G. OVEREND Accounting Officer)
/s/ Edward A. Fox Chairman of the August 13, 1997
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EDWARD A. FOX
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/s/ James E. Brandon Director August 13, 1997
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JAMES E. BRANDON
/s/ Charles L. Daley Director August 13, 1997
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CHARLES L. DALEY
/s/ Thomas J. Fitzpatrick Director August 13, 1997
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THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK
/s/ Diane S. Gilleland Director August 13, 1997
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DIANE S. GILLELAND
/s/ Ann Torre Grant Director August 13, 1997
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ANN TORRE GRANT
/s/ Ronald F. Hunt Director August 13, 1997
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RONALD F. HUNT
/s/ Benjamin J. Lambert III Director August 13, 1997
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BENJAMIN J. LAMBERT III
/s/ Marie V. McDemmond Director August 13, 1997
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MARIE V. MCDEMMOND
/s/ Barry A. Munitz Director August 13, 1997
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BARRY A. MUNITZ
/s/ A. Alexander Porter Director August 13, 1997
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A. ALEXANDER PORTER
/s/ Wolfgang Schoellkopf Director August 13, 1997
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WOLFGANG SCHOELLKOPF
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/s/ Steven L. Shapiro Director August 13, 1997
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STEVEN L. SHAPIRO
/s/ Randolph H. Waterfield Director August 13, 1997
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RANDOLPH H. WATERFIELD
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the trustee of the Sallie Mae Employees' Thrift & Savings Plan has duly executed
this Registration Statement on Form S-8, in the District of Columbia on August
13, 1997.
By: /s/ Mark G. Overend
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Name: Mark G. Overend
Title: Trustee
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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5 IRS Determination Letter ___
23.1 Consent of Independent Auditors ___
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Exhibit 5
Date: Aug 25 1986
Student Loan Marketing Association
1050 Thomas Jefferson Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20007
Employer Identification Number: 52-0974271
Case Number: 526048082
Contact Person: Martin A. Wedin
Contact Telephone Number: (301) 962-3645
Type of Plan: 401(k)
Plan Number: 001
Date Amended: Jan 1, 1985
File Folder Number: 520007824
Dear Applicant:
Based on the information supplied, we have made a favorable
determination on your application identified above. Please keep this letter in
your permanent records.
Continued qualification of the plan will depend on its effect in
operation under its present form. (See section 1.401-1(b)(3) of the Income Tax
Regulations). The status of the plan in operation will be reviewed periodically.
The enclosed document describes some events that could occur after you
receive this letter that would automatically nullify it without specific notice
from us. The document also explains how operation of the plan may affect a
favorable determination letter, and contains information about filing
requirements.
This letter relates only to the status of your plan under the Internal
Revenue Code. It is not a determination regarding the effect of other Federal or
local statutes.
The information on the enclosed addendum is an integral part of this
determination. Please be sure to read and keep it with this letter.
Sincerely yours,
Teddy R. Kern
District Director
Enclosures:
Pub. 794
OPWBP 515
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THE DETERMINATION LETTER ALSO APPLIES TO THE AMENDMENTS EXECUTED FEB.
25, 1986 AND AUG. 15, 1986.
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the Sallie Mae Employees'
Thrift & Savings Plan of our report dated February 3, 1997, with respect to the
balance sheet as of February 3, 1997 of SLM Holding Corporation and our report
dated January 13, 1997 (except as to the third and fourth paragraphs of Note 2,
as to which the date is April 7, 1997), with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of the Student Loan Marketing Association for the year
ended December 31, 1996 included in the Registration Statement (Form S-4 No.
333-21217) and related Proxy Statement/Prospectus, as amended, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
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Ernst & Young LLP
Washington, D.C.
August 8, 1997
