NELNET INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Election of three Class I directors for three-year terms: Preeta D. Bansal

NELNET INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Preeta D. Bansal”): 127,440,567 for, 161,831 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 21, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Our shareholders elected the following three Class I directors to hold office until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected or appointed.”
Support: 99.8% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 62 asset managers below reported 4,971,539 for, 52,537 against, 111 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of three Class I directors for three-year terms: Michael S. Dunlap

NELNET INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Michael S. Dunlap”): 124,582,343 for, 3,614,064 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 21, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Our shareholders elected the following three Class I directors to hold office until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected or appointed.”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 62 asset managers below reported 2,712,158 for, 2,311,918 against, 111 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of three Class I directors for three-year terms: Jona M. Van Deun

NELNET INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Jona M. Van Deun”): 123,435,352 for, 4,166,610 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 21, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Our shareholders elected the following three Class I directors to hold office until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected or appointed.”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 62 asset managers below reported 2,207,790 for, 2,816,286 against, 111 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: To approve an amended and restated Restricted Stock Plan

NELNET INC.’s own tally for this item (“4. Approval of an amended and restated Restricted Stock Plan”): 125,737,674 for, 182,701 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 21, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Our shareholders approved amendments to and a restatement of the Restricted Stock Plan (the "Plan") to (i) increase the number of shares of the Company's Class A common stock that may be issued under the Plan from a total of 4,000,000 shares to a total of 6,000,000 shares, (ii) remove the term of t…”
Support: 99.8% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 61 asset managers below reported 4,664,122 for, 116,539 against, 111 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: ADVISORY APPROVAL OF THE COMPANY'S EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

NELNET INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Advisory vote on executive compensation”): 127,827,846 for, 328,323 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 21, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Our shareholders approved, by an advisory vote, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for the annual meeting.”
Support: 99.7% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 62 managers: 4,844,021 for, 180,055 against, 111 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 133 managers: 6,556,583 for, 264,265 against, 22 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF KPMG LLP AS THE COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR 2024.

NELNET INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP”): 129,298,496 for, 96,570 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 21, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Our shareholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024.”
Support: 99.9% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 61 asset managers below reported 5,022,263 for, 202 against, 111 unknown.

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