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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * DUNLAP MICHAEL S   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NELNET INC [NNI] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Executive Chairman of Board (Last) (First) (Middle) 121 SOUTH 13TH STREET, SUITE 100 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/29/2018 (Street) LINCOLN, NE 68508 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Class A Common Stock 11/29/2018   G(1)(2) V 50,000 D $ 0 2,049,574 D   Class B Common Stock               1,201,299 (3) D   Class B Common Stock               554,960 (4) I By spouse Class B Common Stock               898,630 (5) I By GRAT Class B Common Stock               399,248 (6) I By GRAT Class B Common Stock               486,552 (7) I By GRAT Class B Common Stock               330,327 (8) I By GRAT Class B Common Stock               398,029 (9) I By GRAT Class B Common Stock               1,586,691 (10) I By corporation Class B Common Stock               343,535 (11) I By GRAT Class B Common Stock               461,470 (12) I By GRAT Class B Common Stock               493,366 (13) I By GRAT Class B Common Stock               305,121 (14) I By GRAT Class B Common Stock               404,298 (15) I By GRAT Class B Common Stock               437,250 (16) I By GRAT Class A Common Stock               4,160 I By adult son Class A Common Stock               1,983 I By adult son (17) Class A Common Stock               1,215 I By adult son (17) Class B Common Stock               125,000 (18) I By Dynasty Trust Class B Common Stock               125,000 (19) I By Dynasty Trust Class B Common Stock               125,000 (20) I By Dynasty Trust Class B Common Stock               151,209 (21) I By trust Class B Common Stock               151,210 (22) I By trust Class B Common Stock               151,209 (23) I By trust Class B Common Stock               100 I By adult son Class B Common Stock               100 I By adult son (17) Class B Common Stock               100 I By adult son (17)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
DUNLAP MICHAEL S 121 SOUTH 13TH STREET SUITE 100 LINCOLN, NE 68508	X	X	Executive Chairman of Board

Signatures

/s/ Audra Hoffschneider, Attorney-in-Fact for Michael S. Dunlap		12/20/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	This gift was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan that was entered into by the reporting person on August 29, 2018.
(2)	Rule 10b5-1, promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, allows executives of a company who are not in possession of material non-public information to establish pre-arranged plans to buy, sell, or otherwise transfer a specified number of shares of such company's stock. Once a plan is established, the executive does not retain or exercise any discretion over transfers of stock under the plan and the pre-planned transfers may be executed at later dates as set forth in the plan, without regard to any subsequent material non-public information related to the company that the executive may receive.
(3)	Includes shares distributed to the reporting person by grantor retained annuity trusts as discussed in footnotes (5) through (9) below.
(4)	Includes shares distributed to the reporting person's spouse by grantor retained annuity trusts as discussed in footnotes (11) through (16) below. Such grantor retained annuity trusts discussed in footnotes (11) through (16) were previously reported as being dated October 16, 2015, which has been corrected in footnotes (11) through (16) to the date of October 13, 2015.
(5)	Shares held by the Michael S. Dunlap Class B Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated August 28, 2003, which reflect an annuity distribution from the trust to the reporting person of 11,290 shares on August 27, 2018. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all the shares held by the trust, but disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(6)	Shares held by a Michael S. Dunlap Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated December 19, 2011, which reflect an annuity distribution from the trust to the reporting person of 27,521 shares on December 19, 2018. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all the shares held by the trust, but disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(7)	Shares held by a separate Michael S. Dunlap Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated December 19, 2011, which reflect an annuity distribution from the trust to the reporting person of 7,912 shares on December 19, 2018. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all the shares held by the trust, but disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(8)	Shares held by a separate Michael S. Dunlap Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated December 19, 2011, which reflect an annuity distribution from the trust to the reporting person of 23,458 shares on December 19, 2018. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all the shares held by the trust, but disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(9)	Shares held by a separate Michael S. Dunlap Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated December 19, 2011, which reflect an annuity distribution from the trust to the reporting person of 14,896 shares on December 19, 2018. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all the shares held by the trust, but disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(10)	Shares held by Union Financial Services, Inc. ("UFS"), of which the reporting person is chairman and owns 50.0% of the outstanding capital stock. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all the shares held by UFS, but disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by UFS except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(11)	Shares held by a Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated October 13, 2015, which reflect an annuity distribution from the trust to the reporting person's spouse of 60,372 shares on October 16, 2018. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all the shares held by the trust, but disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(12)	Shares held by a separate Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated October 13, 2015, which reflect an annuity distribution from the trust to the reporting person's spouse of 15,024 shares on October 16, 2018. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all the shares held by the trust, but disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(13)	Shares held by a separate Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated October 13, 2015, which reflect an annuity distribution from the trust to the reporting person's spouse of 2,759 shares on October 16, 2018. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all the shares held by the trust, but disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(14)	Shares held by a separate Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated October 13, 2015, which reflect an annuity distribution from the trust to the reporting person's spouse of 62,425 shares on October 16, 2018. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all the shares held by the trust, but disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(15)	Shares held by a separate Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated October 13, 2015, which reflect an annuity distribution from the trust to the reporting person's spouse of 30,334 shares on October 16, 2018. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all the shares held by the trust, but disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(16)	Shares held by a separate Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated October 13, 2015, which reflect an annuity distribution from the trust to the reporting person's spouse of 19,671 shares on October 16, 2018. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all the shares held by the trust, but disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(17)	The nature of the indirect beneficial ownership of these shares was previously reported as UTMA custodian for such son, who has now reached the age of legal majority.
(18)	Shares held by a Dynasty Trust, of which an adult son of the reporting person is the initial beneficiary. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all the shares held by the trust, but disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(19)	Shares held by a separate Dynasty Trust, of which an adult son of the reporting person is the initial beneficiary. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all the shares held by the trust, but disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(20)	Shares held by a separate Dynasty Trust, of which an adult son of the reporting person is the initial beneficiary. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all the shares held by the trust, but disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(21)	Shares held by the Michael S. Dunlap 2011 Post Annuity Irrevocable Trust, of which an adult son of the reporting person is the beneficiary.
(22)	Shares held by a separate Michael S. Dunlap 2011 Post Annuity Irrevocable Trust, of which an adult son of the reporting person is the beneficiary.
(23)	Shares held by a separate Michael S. Dunlap 2011 Post Annuity Irrevocable Trust, of which an adult son of the reporting person is the beneficiary.

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