---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001032033-26-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SLM"
cik: "0001032033"
company_name: "SLM Corp"
filed_at: "2026-06-18T20:30:48+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T20:39:33.378978+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SLM Corp shareholders elect 13 directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify KPMG at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 13 director nominees elected with 94-99% of votes cast in favor; broker non-votes ~7.1M shares.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 170.7M for, 0.9M against, 0.1M abstain.
- Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent auditor for FY2026 passed with 177.7M for, 1.0M against.
- Meeting held June 16, 2026; results filed June 18, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001032033-26-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SLM
- cik: 0001032033
- company_name: SLM Corp
- filed_at: 2026-06-18T20:30:48+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032033/000103203326000036/0001032033-26-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032033/000103203326000036/slm-20260616.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001032033-26-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  SLM Corp shareholders approved Election of 13 directors for a one-year term at the 2026-06-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-16
  source text: Proposal 1 – Election of Directors. The Company’s stockholders elected the following 13 directors, each for a one-year term, to serve until their successors have been duly elected or appointed. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Janaki Akella 163,005,066 8,635,493 113,448 7,131,823 R. Scott Blackley 171,316,912 322,872 114,223 7,131,823 Mary Carter Warren Franke 170,207,121 1,428,200 118,686 7,131,823 Daniel Greenstein 171,310,860 330,607 112,540 7,131,823 Henry F. Greig 171,319,278 321,341 113,388 7,131,823 Mark L. Lavelle 170,407,798 1,233,673 112,536 7,131,823 Christopher T. Leech 171,308,247 333,210 112,550 7,131,823 Ted Manvitz 171,309,412 330,953 113,642 7,131,823 Jim Matheson 164,941,960 6,693,275 118,772 7,131,823 Gary Millerchip 171,317,365 323,463 113,179 7,131,823 Vivian C. Schneck-Last 170,309,431 1,325,629 118,947 7,131,823 Jonathan W. Witter 171,306,613 333,370 114,024 7,131,823 Kirsten O. Wolberg 170,692,848 927,053 134,106 7,131,823
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032033/000103203326000036/0001032033-26-000036-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SLM Corp shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2026-06-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-16
  source text: Proposal 2 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. The Company’s stockholders approved, by an advisory vote, the compensation of its named executive officers. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 170,670,199 935,936 147,872 7,131,823
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032033/000103203326000036/0001032033-26-000036-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SLM Corp shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-06-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-16
  source text: Proposal 3 – Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP . The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 177,679,238 1,027,672 178,920
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032033/000103203326000036/0001032033-26-000036-index.htm

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