**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

 

**FORM 10-K**

 

(Mark One)

 

| x | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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|   | For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 |
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|   | OR |
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|   | [ | ] | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
|--------|---|---|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | For the transition period from .............. to .............. |
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Commission file number 333-144431-03

 

**NELNET STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2008-3**

**Issuing Entity**

(Exact name of issuing entity as specified in its charter)

 

**NELNET STUDENT LOAN FUNDING, LLC**

**Depositor**

(Exact name of depositor as specified in its charter)

 

**NELNET, INC.**

**Sponsor**

(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

 

     
|   | Delaware         | 26-6380401 |
|--------|----------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|   | Nevada  | 75-2997993 |
|--------|--------------|------------|
|   | Nebraska     | 84-0748903 |
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|   | (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Nos.) |
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|        | 121 South 13th Street, Suite 201               |            |
|--------|------------------------------------------------|------------|
|        | Lincoln, Nebraska                    | 68508      |
|   | (Address of principal executive offices)  | (Zip Code) |

 

 

(402) 458-2370

(Depositor's telephone number, including area code)

 

**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:**

 

None

 

**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:**

 

None

 

**Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.**

**Yes __****No****X**

 

**Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.**

**Yes __ No****X**

 

**Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.             Yes****X ****No** **___**

 

**Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.****x**

 

 

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**Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.**

 

|   | **Large accelerated filer __** | **Accelerated filer __** |
|--------|--------------------------------|--------------------------|

|   | **Non-accelerated filer**__ | **Smaller reporting company****X** |
|--------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|

 

| **Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).** | **Yes__ No****X** |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|

 

**State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter: None**

 

 

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**                            TABLE OF CONTENTS**

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**                  PART I**

|   | Item 1. | Business | 1 |
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|   | Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 1 |
|--------|----------|--------------|---|

|   | Item 1B. | Unresolved Staff Comments | 1 |
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|   | Item 2. | Properties | 1 |
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|   | Item 3. | Legal Proceedings | 1 |
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|   | Item 4. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders | 1 |
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|        |         |                                                     |   |

|   | **PART II** |
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|   | Item 5. | Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters |
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|   | and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | 1 |
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|   | Item 6. | Selected Financial Data | 1 |
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|   | Item 7. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results |
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|   | of Operations | 1 |
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|   | Item 7A. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk | 1 |
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|   | Item 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data | 1 |
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|   | Item 9. | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and |
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|   | Financial Disclosure | 2 |
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|   | Item 9A. | Controls and Procedures | 2 |
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|   | Item 9A(T). | Controls and Procedures | 2 |
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|   | Item 9B. | Other Information | 2 |
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|   | **PART III** |
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|        |          |                                                         |   |
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|   | Item 10. | Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance | 2 |

|   | Item 11. | Executive Compensation | 2 |
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|   | Item 12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and |
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|   | Related Stockholder Matters | 2 |
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|   | Item 13. | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence | 2 |
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|   | Item 14. | Principal Accounting Fees and Services | 2 |
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|   | **PART IV** |
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|        |                                                                        |                                         |   |
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|   | Item 15.                                                               | Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules | 3 |
|        |                                                                        |                                         |   |
|        | Additional Disclosure Required by Regulation AB                   | 4                                       |
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|        | Signatures           |                                         | 5 |

 

                                                                              

                                                                                                                                                 

 

 

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**PART I**

 

**ITEM 1. BUSINESS.**

 

Omitted

 

**ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS**.

 

Omitted

 

**ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS**.

 

The issuing entity has no unresolved comments from the SEC staff regarding its periodic or current reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

**ITEM 2. PROPERTIES.**

 

Omitted

 

**ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS**.

 

Omitted

 

**ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS**.

 

Omitted

 

**PART II**

 

**ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.**

 

Omitted

 

**ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA**.

 

Omitted

 

**ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.**

 

Omitted

**ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK**.

 

Omitted

 

**ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.**

 

Omitted

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**ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.**

 

Omitted

 

**ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES**.

Omitted

 

**ITEM 9A(T). CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.**

|   | Omitted |
|--------|---------|

 

**ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION.**

During the period from the last required distribution report on Form 10-D, no information was required to be disclosed in a report on Form 8-K, that was not reported.

 

**PART III**

 

**ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.**

 

|   |   | Omitted |
|--------|--------|---------|
|   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |

**ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.**

 

|   | Omitted |
|--------|---------|

 

**ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.**

 

Omitted

 

**ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.**

 

Omitted

 

**ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES.**

 

Omitted

 

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**PART IV**

 

**ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.**

**Exhibits**

 

The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

|   | **Exhibit No.** | **Description** |
|--------|-----------------|-----------------|

|   | 4.1 | Indenture of Trust by and between Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2008-3 and Zions First National Bank, dated as of April 15, 2008, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the current report on Form 8-K of the registrant filed with the Commission on April 30, 2008. |
|--------|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

|   | 4.2 | Trust Agreement by and between Nelnet Student Loan Funding, LLC and M&T Trust Company of Delaware, as Delaware trustee, dated as of April 11, 2008, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the current report on Form 8-K of the registrant filed with the Commission on April 30, 2008. |
|--------|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

|   | 31.1 | Rule 15d – 14(d) Certification |
|--------|------|--------------------------------------|

 

|   | 33.1 | Management’s Assessment of Compliance with Regulation AB Servicing Criteria (National Education Loan Network, Inc.) |
|--------|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

|        | 33.2 | Management’s Assessment of Compliance with Regulation AB Servicing Criteria (Nelnet, Inc.) |
|--------|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        |      |                                                                                                  |
|        |      |                                                                                             |
|   | 33.3 | Assertion on Compliance with Regulation AB Criteria (Sallie Mae, Inc.)                           |

 

|   | 34.1 | Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (National Education Loan Network, Inc.) |
|--------|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

|   | 34.2 | Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Nelnet, Inc.) |
|--------|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

|   | 34.3 | Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Sallie Mae, Inc.) |
|--------|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

|   | 35.1 | Annual Statement of Compliance – Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer (National Education Loan Network, Inc.) |
|--------|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

|   | 35.2 | Annual Statement of Compliance – Officer’s Certificate of the Servicer (Nelnet, Inc.) |
|--------|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

|   | 35.3 | Annual Statement of Compliance – Officer’s Certificate of the Administrator (National Education Loan Network, Inc.) |
|--------|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

|   | 35.4 | Subservicer Compliance Statement (Sallie Mae, Inc.) |
|--------|------|-----------------------------------------------------|

 

|   | 99.1 | Loan Purchase Agreement by and between Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2008-3, acting by and through Zions First National Bank as eligible lender trustee, and Nelnet Student Loan Funding, LLC, acting by and through Zions First National Bank as eligible lender trustee, dated as of April 15, 2008, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the current                            report on Form 8-K of the registrant filed with the Commission on April 30, 2008. |
|--------|------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

|   | 99.2 | Master Servicing Agreement by and among National Education Loan Network, Inc., Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2008-3 and Nelnet Student Loan Funding, LLC, dated as of April 15, 2008, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the current report on Form 8-K of the registrant filed with the Commission on April 30, 2008. |
|--------|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

|   | 99.3 | Subservicing Agreement dated as of April 15, 2008, between National Education Loan Network, Inc. and Nelnet, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the current report on Form 8-K of the registrant filed with the Commission on April 30, 2008. |
|--------|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

|   | 99.4 | Administration Agreement among Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2008-3, M&T Trust Company of Delaware, as Delaware trustee, Zions First National Bank, as indenture trustee, and National Education Loan Network, Inc., dated as of April 15, 2008, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to the current report on Form 8-K of the registrant filed with                            the Commission on April 30, 2008. |
|--------|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

 

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***Additional Disclosure Required by Regulation AB.***

 

*The following are additional disclosure items required of asset-backed issuers by Regulation AB.*

| ***Item 1112(b).*** | ***Significant Obligor Financial Information.*** |
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------|

 

|   | Not applicable |
|--------|----------------|

 

***Item 1114(b)(2). Significant Enhancement Provider Information.***

 

|   | Not applicable |
|--------|----------------|

 

***Item 1115(b).******Derivative Product Counterparties.***

 

|   | Not applicable |
|--------|----------------|

 

***Item 1117. Legal Proceedings*****.**

 

|   | The depositor is unaware of any legal proceedings involving the issuing entity. |
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***Item 1119. Affiliates and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.***

 

Information related to affiliates of the issuing entity and certain relationships and related transactions is provided in the sections “Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2008-3” and “The Student Loan Operations of Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2008-3” in the prospectus supplement and in the section “The Sponsor, the Depositor, and the Master Servicer and                Administrator” in the prospectus dated March 19, 2008, previously filed with the SEC on April 22, 2008 pursuant to Securities Act Rule 424, File Number 333-144431-03.

 

***Item 1122. Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria*****.**

 

|   | There have been no material instances of noncompliance with the servicing criteria for the period of this Report. |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

***Item 1123. Servicer Compliance Statement*****.**

 

A Servicer Compliance Statement for each of National Education Loan Network, Inc. as master servicer and administrator, Nelnet, Inc. as subservicer and Sallie Mae Servicing, a division of Sallie Mae, Inc., as subservicer is included as an exhibit to this Report.

 

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**SIGNATURES**

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the depositor has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: March 31, 2009

                                                                                                                    NELNET STUDENT LOAN FUNDING, LLC, as depositor 

                                                                                                                    By: Nelnet Student Loan Funding Management 

                                                                                                                    Corporation, as Manager and Special Member

 

 

|   | By: /s/ TERRY J.HEIMES |
|--------|------------------------|

|   | Terry J. Heimes, Vice President |
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