UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. )*

Nelnet, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01

(Title of Class of Securities)

64031N108

(CUSIP Number)

December 27, 2007

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

 

o

Rule 13d-1(b)

 

x

Rule 13d-1(c)

 

o

Rule 13d-1(d)

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 


 

 

CUSPID No. 64031N108

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (Entities only)

Cedar Hill Capital Partners Onshore, LP

2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)          [ X ]
               (b)          [ ]

3.

SEC USE ONLY

4.

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Delaware

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH

5.

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

6.

SHARED VOTING POWER

923,909

7.

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

8.

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

923,909

9.

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON

923,909

10

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES      [ ]

CERTAIN SHARES

11.

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

2.4%

12.

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

PN

 

 


1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (Entities only)

Cedar Hill Capital Partners Offshore, Ltd.

2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)          [ X ]
               (b)          [ ]

3.

SEC USE ONLY

4.

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Cayman Islands

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH

5.

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

6.

SHARED VOTING POWER

979,091

7.

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

8.

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

979,091

9.

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON

979,091

10

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES      [ ]

CERTAIN SHARES

11.

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

2.6%

12.

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

CO

 

 


1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (Entities only)

Cedar Hill Fund Management, LLC

2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)          [ X ]
               (b)          [ ]

3.

SEC USE ONLY

4.

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Delaware

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH

5.

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

6.

SHARED VOTING POWER

923,909

7.

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

8.

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

923,909

9.

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON

923,909

10

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES      [ ]

CERTAIN SHARES

11.

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

2.4%

12.

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

OO

 

 


1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (Entities only)

Cedar Hill Capital Partners, LLC

2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)          [ X ]
               (b)          [ ]

3.

SEC USE ONLY

4.

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Delaware

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH

5.

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

6.

SHARED VOTING POWER

1,903,000

7.

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

8.

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

1,903,000

9.

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON

1,903,000

10

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES      [ ]

CERTAIN SHARES

11.

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

5.0%

12.

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

OO

 

 


1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (Entities only)

Charles Cascarilla

2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)          [ X ]
               (b)          [ ]

3.

SEC USE ONLY

4.

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

United States

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH

5.

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

6.

SHARED VOTING POWER

1,903,000

7.

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

8.

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

1,903,000

9.

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON

1,903,000

10

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES      [ ]

CERTAIN SHARES

11.

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

5.0%

12.

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

IN, HC

 

 


1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (Entities only)

Emil Woods

2

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)          [ X ]
               (b)          [ ]

3.

SEC USE ONLY

4.

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

United States

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH

5.

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

6.

SHARED VOTING POWER

1,903,000

7.

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

8.

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

1,903,000

9.

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON

1,903,000

10

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES      [ ]

CERTAIN SHARES

11.

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

5.0%

12.

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

IN, HC

 

 


Item

1(a)

Name of Issuer:

Nelnet, Inc. (“Issuer”)

 

1(b)

Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:

121 South 13th Street, Suite 201

Lincoln, Nebraska 68508

Item

2(a)

Name of Person Filing:

The names of the persons filing this statement on Schedule 13G are (the “Reporting Persons”):

 

Cedar Hill Capital Partners Onshore, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Onshore Fund”),

 

Cedar Hill Capital Partners Offshore, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempt company (“Offshore Fund”),

 

Cedar Hill Fund Management, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“General Partner”),

 

Cedar Hill Capital Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Investment Manager”),

 

Charles Cascarilla, a United States citizen (“Mr. Cascarilla”) and

 

Emil Woods, a United States citizen (“Mr. Woods”).

The General Partner is the general partner of the Onshore Fund. The Investment Manager is the investment manager of the Onshore Fund and the Offshore Fund. The controlling persons of each of the General Partner and the Investment Manager are Mr. Cascarilla and Mr. Woods.

 

2(b)

Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

The principal business address for each of the Onshore Fund, the General Partner, the Investment Manager, Mr. Cascarilla and Mr. Woods is 445 Park Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10022.

The principal business address of the Offshore Fund is c/o Goldman Sachs (Cayman) Trust, Limited, P.O. Box 896 GT, Harbour Centre, 2nd Floor, George Town, Grand Cayman Cayman Islands, B.W.I.

 

2(c)

Citizenship:

The Onshore Fund is a Delaware limited partnership.

The Offshore Fund is a Cayman Islands exempt company.

 


Each of the General Partner and the Investment Manager is a Delaware limited liability company.

Each of Mr. Cascarilla and Mr. Woods is a citizen of the United States.

 

2(d)

Title of Class of Securities:

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 (the “Common Stock”)

 

2(e)

CUSIP Number:

64031N108

ITEM 3.

IF THIS STATEMENT IS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b), OR 13d-2(b) OR (c), CHECK WHETHER THE PERSON FILING IS A:

 

(a)

o

Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.

(b)

o

Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Exchange Act.

(c)

o

Insurance company defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Exchange Act.

(d)

o

Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act.

(e)

o

An investment adviser in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E).

(f)

o

An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F).

(g)

o

A parent holding company or control person in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G).

 

 


(h)

o

A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

(i)

o

A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act;

(j)

o

Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).

If this statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(c), check this box x

Item 4

Ownership

 

4(a)

Amount beneficially owned:

The Onshore Fund owns 923,909 shares of Common Stock.

The Offshore Fund owns 979,091 shares of Common Stock.

The General Partner beneficially owns the shares of Common Stock held by the Onshore Fund.

The Investment Manager beneficially owns the shares of Common Stock held by the Onshore Fund and the Offshore Fund.

Mr. Cascarilla and Mr. Woods are each deemed to beneficially own the 1,903,000 shares of Common Stock.

Collectively, the Reporting Persons beneficially own the 1,903,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

4(b)

Percent of Class:

Onshore Fund owns 923,909 shares of Common Stock representing 2.4% of the outstanding Common Stock.

Offshore Fund owns 979,091 shares of Common Stock representing 2.6% of the outstanding Common Stock.

The General Partner beneficially owns 923,909 shares of Common Stock held by the Onshore Fund representing 2.4% of the outstanding Common Stock.

The Investment Manager beneficially owns 1,903,000 shares of Common Stock held by the Onshore Fund and the Offshore Fund representing 5.0% of the outstanding Common Stock.

Mr. Cascarilla and Mr. Woods are each deemed to beneficially own the 1,903,000 shares of Common Stock collectively owned by the Onshore Fund and the Offshore Fund representing 5.0% of the outstanding Common Stock.

 


The Reporting Persons collectively beneficially own 1,903,000 shares of Common Stock representing 5.0% of the outstanding Common Stock.

 

4(c)

Number of shares as to which such person has:

 

(i)

sole power to vote or to direct the vote:

Not applicable.

 

(ii)

shared power to vote or to direct the vote:

Onshore Fund, General Partner, Investment Manager, Mr. Cascarilla and Mr. Woods have the shared power to vote or direct the vote of the 923,909 shares of Common Stock owned by the Onshore Fund.

Offshore Fund, Investment Manager, Mr. Cascarilla and Mr. Woods have the shared power to vote or direct the vote of the 979,091 shares of Common Stock owned by the Offshore Fund.

 

(iii)

sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:

Not applicable.

 

(iv)

shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:

Onshore Fund, General Partner, Investment Manager, Mr. Cascarilla and Mr. Woods have the shared power to vote or direct the vote of the 923,909 shares of Common Stock owned by the Onshore Fund.

Offshore Fund, Investment Manager, Mr. Cascarilla and Mr. Woods have the shared power to vote or direct the vote of the 979,091 shares of Common Stock owned by the Offshore Fund.

Item 5

Ownership of Five Percent or less of a Class:

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the Reporting Persons have ceased to be the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following o.

Item 6

Ownership of more than Five Percent on behalf of another person:

Not applicable

 


Item 7

Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company:

Not applicable

Item 8

Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:

See Exhibit B attached hereto.

Item 9

Notice of Dissolution of Group:

Not applicable

Item 10

Certifications:

By signing below the undersigned certifies that, to the best of its or his knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

 


SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete, and correct.

Dated:  

January 7, 2008

 

CEDAR HILL CAPITAL PARTNERS ONSHORE, LP

By:       Cedar Hill Fund Management, LLC

As General Partner

 

By:   /s/  Emil Woods

Emil Woods, Managing Member

 

 

CEDAR HILL CAPITAL PARTNERS OFFSHORE, LTD.

 

 

By:  /s/  Emil Woods

 

Emil Woods, Director

 

 

 

CEDAR HILL FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:  /s/  Emil Woods

 

Emil Woods, Managing Member

 

 

 

CEDAR HILL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:  /s/  Emil Woods

 

Emil Woods, Managing Member

 

 

 

/s/  Charles Cascarilla

 

Charles Cascarilla

 

 

 

/s/  Emil Woods

 

Emil Woods, Managing Member

 

 

 

 

 


EXHIBIT A

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

The undersigned hereby agree that the statement on Schedule 13G with respect to the Common Stock of Nelnet, Inc. dated as of January 7, 2008 is, and any further amendments thereto signed by each of the undersigned shall be, filed on behalf of each of the undersigned pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Dated:  

January 7, 2008

 

CEDAR HILL CAPITAL PARTNERS ONSHORE, LP

By:       Cedar Hill Fund Management, LLC

As General Partner

 

By:   /s/  Emil Woods

Emil Woods, Managing Member

 

 

CEDAR HILL CAPITAL PARTNERS OFFSHORE, LTD.

 

 

By:  /s/  Emil Woods

 

Emil Woods, Director

 

 

 

CEDAR HILL FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:  /s/  Emil Woods

 

Emil Woods, Managing Member

 

 

 

CEDAR HILL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:  /s/  Emil Woods

 

Emil Woods, Managing Member

 

 

 

/s/  Charles Cascarilla

 

Charles Cascarilla

 

 

 

/s/  Emil Woods

 

Emil Woods, Managing Member

 

 

 

 

 


 


EXHIBIT B

IDENTIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP

Cedar Hill Capital Partners Onshore, LP

Cedar Hill Capital Partners Offshore, Ltd.

Cedar Hill Fund Management, LLC

Cedar Hill Capital Partners, LLC

Charles Cascarilla

Emil Woods