Fitch Rates SLM Student Loan Trust, 2008-9

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch rates SLM Student Loan Trust, 2008-9 as follows:

--$3,963,579,000 class A 'AAA';

--$122,584,000 class B 'AAA'.

The effective date of this rating is Aug. 28, 2008.

For more information, see the SLM Student Loan Trust, 2008-9 presale report, available to all investors on Fitch's corporate site, www.fitchratings.com.

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