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Independent Accountants’ Report on Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures

 

Nelnet, Inc. (the “Company”)
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
BofA Securities, Inc.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Mizuho Securities USA LLC
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Apollo Global Securities, LLC
Blackstone Securities Partners, L.P.
(together, the “Specified Parties”)

Re: Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2021-C – Data File Procedures
 
We have performed the procedures described below on the specified attributes in an electronic data file entitled “nslt_2021_c_20210630_listing.xlsx” provided by the Company on July 7, 2021, containing information on 80,099 student loans (the “Student Loans”) as of June 30, 2021 (the “Data File”), which we were informed are intended to be included as collateral in the offering by Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2021-C. The Company is responsible for the specified attributes identified by the Company in the Data File.
 
The Specified Parties have agreed to and acknowledged that the procedures performed are appropriate to meet the intended purpose of assisting specified parties in evaluating the accuracy of the specified attributes in the Data File. This report may not be suitable for any other purpose. No other parties have agreed to or acknowledged the appropriateness of these procedures for the intended purpose or any other purpose.
 
The procedures performed may not address all the items of interest to a specified party of this report and may not meet the needs of all specified parties of this report and, as such, specified parties are responsible for determining whether the procedures performed are appropriate for their purposes. We make no representation regarding the appropriateness of the procedures either for the intended purpose or for any other purpose.
 
Unless otherwise stated, the following definitions have been adopted in presenting our procedures and findings:
 

The term “compared” means compared to the information shown and found it to be in agreement, unless otherwise stated. Such compared information was deemed to be in agreement if differences were within the reporting threshold.
 

The term “recomputed” means recalculated and compared the result to the information shown and found it to be in agreement, unless otherwise stated. Such recomputed information was deemed to be in agreement if differences were within the reporting threshold.
 

The term “reporting threshold” means that dollar amounts and percentages were within $1.00 and 0.1%, respectively.
 

The term “Nelnet Servicing System” means the Company’s servicing system.
 

The term “Lookup Code Mapping” means loan status descriptions and mapping provided by the Company, attached hereto as Exhibit B.
 
KPMG LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership and a member firm of the KPMG global organization of independent member firms affiliated with
KPMG International Limited, a private English company limited by guarantee.


 

The term “Sources” means the following information provided by the Company:
 

Lookup Code Mapping;
 

Promissory Note; and,
 

Note Disbursements Screen, Note Detail 1 Screen, Note Detail 2 Screen, Payment History for Current Principal Balance Screen, Payment History for Loan Status and Interest Rate Screen, Repayment Schedule Screen, Servicing History Screen, Term Adjustment Screen, BLS Main Screen, and Origination Screen within the Nelnet Servicing System.
 
We make no representation regarding the validity, enforceability, or authenticity of such Sources.
 

The term “Instructions” means the instructions provided by the Company pertaining to a procedure, attribute, or methodology, as described in Exhibit C.
 

The term “Provided Information” means the Sources and Instructions.
 
The procedures we were instructed by the Company to perform and the associated findings are as follows:
 

A.
We randomly selected a sample of Student Loans from the Data File, utilizing a confidence level of 95.0%, an expected error rate of 3.0%, and a maximum estimated error occurrence rate (the upper error limit) for each of the attributes not to exceed 5.0%, as instructed by the Company. The selection criteria resulted in a sample of 361 Student Loans (the “Selected Student Loans,” as listed in Exhibit A attached hereto).
 

B.
For each Selected Student Loan, we compared or recomputed the specified attributes in the Data File listed below to or using the corresponding information contained in the Sources, utilizing the Instructions, as applicable. The Specified Parties indicated that the absence of any of the specified Sources or the inability to agree the indicated information from the Data File to the Sources for each of the attributes identified, utilizing the Instructions, as applicable constituted an exception. The Sources are listed in the order of priority.

Attribute
Sources / Instructions
Disbursement Year
“Act Disb Date” field on Note Disbursements Screen and Instructions
Original Principal Balance
“Orig Note Amt” field on Note Detail 2 Screen
Current Principal Balance
“CPB” field on Note Detail 2 Screen, “End CPB” field on Transaction History Screen, and principal payment amounts on Payment History for Current Principal Balance Screen, and Instructions
Loan Type
“Loan Type” field on Note Detail 2 Screen
Loan Status
“Status” and “Next Pmt Dt” fields on Note Detail 1 Screen, Servicing History Screen, “NPD” field on Payment History for Loan Status and Interest Rate Screen, Lookup Code Mapping, and Instructions
Current Status End Date
“End Dt of Stat” field on Note Detail 1 Screen, Servicing History Screen, “First Pmt Dt” and “Term” fields on Repayment Schedule Screen, and Instructions
Remaining Term
“Remaining Term” field on Note Detail 1 Screen, “Adj Term” field on Term Adjustment Screen, and Instructions

 

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Attribute
Sources / Instructions
Interest Rate
“Interest Rate” field on Note Detail 2 Screen, “Int Rate” and “Eff Dt” fields on Payment History for Loan Status and Interest Rate Screen, and Instructions
School Code
“Original School ID” field on Servicing History Screen
State of Residence
“Address” field on BLS Main Screen
Original FICO
“Borrower – Credit Score” field, “Co-Signer – Credit Score” field, “Co-Maker – Credit Score” field on Origination Screen, and Instructions
 


C.
For each Selected Student Loan, we observed the presence of a signed Promissory Note in the Sources. The Specified Parties indicated that the absence of a signed Promissory Note constituted an exception. We performed no procedures to assess compliance with regard to any signatory requirements or confirm the authenticity of the signature(s).
 
Based on the results of the procedures performed, there is a 95.0% confidence level that the maximum estimated error occurrence rate for each of the attributes across the entire population of 80,099 Student Loans does not exceed 5.0%. Because we are not engaged to express a conclusion, we do not offer a conclusion based on the application of a sampling technique.
 
The Company provided an electronic data file entitled “kpmg_2bn_20210630.xlsx” on July 22, 2021, containing information on 159,996 student loans as of June 30, 2021 (the “Upsize Data File”), which we were informed may be included as collateral in the offering by Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2021-C. We provided no assurances that the Upsize Data File will be included in the final collateral pool of the Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2021-C. Utilizing the Upsize Data File, a confidence level of 95.0%, an expected error rate of 3.0%, and a maximum estimated error occurrence rate (the upper error limit) for each of the attributes not to exceed 5.0%, as instructed by the Company, the selection criteria would result in a sample of 361 student loans. The procedures we performed were performed on the Sample Student Loans from the Data File. None of the additional student loans reflected in the Upsize Data File were subject to these procedures. We compared the Loan IDs in the Data File to the Loan IDs in the Upsize Data File and found that all 80,099 student loans in the Data File were included in the Upsize Data File.
 
We were engaged by the Company to perform this agreed-upon procedures engagement and conducted our engagement in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, which involves us performing the specific procedures agreed to and acknowledged above and reporting on findings based on performing those procedures. We were not engaged to, and did not, conduct an examination or review, the objective of which would be the expression of an opinion or conclusion, respectively, on the specified attributes in the Data File. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion or conclusion. Had we performed additional procedures, other matters might have come to our attention that would have been reported.
 
We are required to be independent of the Company and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements related to our agreed-upon procedures engagement.




 

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The procedures performed were applied based on the information included in the Data File and Provided Information, without verification or evaluation of such information by us; therefore, we express no opinion or any other form of assurance regarding (i) the reasonableness of the information provided to us by the Company, (ii) the physical existence of the Student Loans, (iii) the reliability or accuracy of the Provided Information, which was used in our procedures, or (iv) matters of legal interpretation.
 
The procedures performed were not intended to address, nor did they address: (i) the conformity of the origination of the Student Loans to stated underwriting or credit extension guidelines, standards, criteria or other requirements, (ii) the value of collateral securing any such Student Loans being securitized, (iii) the compliance of the originator of the Student Loans with federal, state, and local laws and regulations, or (iv) any other factor or characteristic of the Student Loans that would be material to the likelihood that the issuer of the asset-backed security will pay interest and principal in accordance with applicable terms and conditions. The procedures performed were not intended to satisfy any criteria for due diligence published by the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (“NRSROs”).
 
The terms of our engagement are such that we have no responsibility to update this report because of events and circumstances that may subsequently occur.
 
This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Specified Parties. It is not intended to be and should not be used by any other person or entity, including investors or the NRSROs, who are not identified in the report as the Specified Parties but may have access to this report as required by law or regulation.
 

/s/KPMG LLP
 

 
Los Angeles, California July 29, 2021


 
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Exhibit A
The Selected Student Loans

 

Selected
Student
Loan
Number
 
Student
Loan
Number
Selected
Student
Loan
Number
 
Student
Loan
Number
Selected
Student
Loan
Number
 
Student
Loan
Number
Selected
Student
Loan
Number
 
Student
Loan
Number
1
2021C001
51
2021C051
101
2021C101
151
2021C151
2
2021C002
52
2021C052
102
2021C102
152
2021C152
3
2021C003
53
2021C053
103
2021C103
153
2021C153
4
2021C004
54
2021C054
104
2021C104
154
2021C154
5
2021C005
55
2021C055
105
2021C105
155
2021C155
6
2021C006
56
2021C056
106
2021C106
156
2021C156
7
2021C007
57
2021C057
107
2021C107
157
2021C157
8
2021C008
58
2021C058
108
2021C108
158
2021C158
9
2021C009
59
2021C059
109
2021C109
159
2021C159
10
2021C010
60
2021C060
110
2021C110
160
2021C160
11
2021C011
61
2021C061
111
2021C111
161
2021C161
12
2021C012
62
2021C062
112
2021C112
162
2021C162
13
2021C013
63
2021C063
113
2021C113
163
2021C163
14
2021C014
64
2021C064
114
2021C114
164
2021C164
15
2021C015
65
2021C065
115
2021C115
165
2021C165
16
2021C016
66
2021C066
116
2021C116
166
2021C166
17
2021C017
67
2021C067
117
2021C117
167
2021C167
18
2021C018
68
2021C068
118
2021C118
168
2021C168
19
2021C019
69
2021C069
119
2021C119
169
2021C169
20
2021C020
70
2021C070
120
2021C120
170
2021C170
21
2021C021
71
2021C071
121
2021C121
171
2021C171
22
2021C022
72
2021C072
122
2021C122
172
2021C172
23
2021C023
73
2021C073
123
2021C123
173
2021C173
24
2021C024
74
2021C074
124
2021C124
174
2021C174
25
2021C025
75
2021C075
125
2021C125
175
2021C175
26
2021C026
76
2021C076
126
2021C126
176
2021C176
27
2021C027
77
2021C077
127
2021C127
177
2021C177
28
2021C028
78
2021C078
128
2021C128
178
2021C178
29
2021C029
79
2021C079
129
2021C129
179
2021C179
30
2021C030
80
2021C080
130
2021C130
180
2021C180
31
2021C031
81
2021C081
131
2021C131
181
2021C181
32
2021C032
82
2021C082
132
2021C132
182
2021C182
33
2021C033
83
2021C083
133
2021C133
183
2021C183
34
2021C034
84
2021C084
134
2021C134
184
2021C184
35
2021C035
85
2021C085
135
2021C135
185
2021C185
36
2021C036
86
2021C086
136
2021C136
186
2021C186
37
2021C037
87
2021C087
137
2021C137
187
2021C187
38
2021C038
88
2021C088
138
2021C138
188
2021C188
39
2021C039
89
2021C089
139
2021C139
189
2021C189
40
2021C040
90
2021C090
140
2021C140
190
2021C190
41
2021C041
91
2021C091
141
2021C141
191
2021C191
42
2021C042
92
2021C092
142
2021C142
192
2021C192
43
2021C043
93
2021C093
143
2021C143
193
2021C193
44
2021C044
94
2021C094
144
2021C144
194
2021C194
45
2021C045
95
2021C095
145
2021C145
195
2021C195
46
2021C046
96
2021C096
146
2021C146
196
2021C196
47
2021C047
97
2021C097
147
2021C147
197
2021C197
48
2021C048
98
2021C098
148
2021C148
198
2021C198
49
2021C049
99
2021C099
149
2021C149
199
2021C199
50
2021C050
100
2021C100
150
2021C150
200
2021C200


 

Exhibit A
The Selected Student Loans (Cont.)
 

Selected
Student
Loan
Number
 
Student
Loan
Number
Selected
Student
Loan
Number
 
Student
Loan
Number
Selected
Student
Loan
Number
 
Student
Loan
Number
Selected
Student
Loan
Number
 
Student
Loan
Number
201
2021C201
242
2021C242
283
2021C283
324
2021C324
202
2021C202
243
2021C243
284
2021C284
325
2021C325
203
2021C203
244
2021C244
285
2021C285
326
2021C326
204
2021C204
245
2021C245
286
2021C286
327
2021C327
205
2021C205
246
2021C246
287
2021C287
328
2021C328
206
2021C206
247
2021C247
288
2021C288
329
2021C329
207
2021C207
248
2021C248
289
2021C289
330
2021C330
208
2021C208
249
2021C249
290
2021C290
331
2021C331
209
2021C209
250
2021C250
291
2021C291
332
2021C332
210
2021C210
251
2021C251
292
2021C292
333
2021C333
211
2021C211
252
2021C252
293
2021C293
334
2021C334
212
2021C212
253
2021C253
294
2021C294
335
2021C335
213
2021C213
254
2021C254
295
2021C295
336
2021C336
214
2021C214
255
2021C255
296
2021C296
337
2021C337
215
2021C215
256
2021C256
297
2021C297
338
2021C338
216
2021C216
257
2021C257
298
2021C298
339
2021C339
217
2021C217
258
2021C258
299
2021C299
340
2021C340
218
2021C218
259
2021C259
300
2021C300
341
2021C341
219
2021C219
260
2021C260
301
2021C301
342
2021C342
220
2021C220
261
2021C261
302
2021C302
343
2021C343
221
2021C221
262
2021C262
303
2021C303
344
2021C344
222
2021C222
263
2021C263
304
2021C304
345
2021C345
223
2021C223
264
2021C264
305
2021C305
346
2021C346
224
2021C224
265
2021C265
306
2021C306
347
2021C347
225
2021C225
266
2021C266
307
2021C307
348
2021C348
226
2021C226
267
2021C267
308
2021C308
349
2021C349
227
2021C227
268
2021C268
309
2021C309
350
2021C350
228
2021C228
269
2021C269
310
2021C310
351
2021C351
229
2021C229
270
2021C270
311
2021C311
352
2021C352
230
2021C230
271
2021C271
312
2021C312
353
2021C353
231
2021C231
272
2021C272
313
2021C313
354
2021C354
232
2021C232
273
2021C273
314
2021C314
355
2021C355
233
2021C233
274
2021C274
315
2021C315
356
2021C356
234
2021C234
275
2021C275
316
2021C316
357
2021C357
235
2021C235
276
2021C276
317
2021C317
358
2021C358
236
2021C236
277
2021C277
318
2021C318
359
2021C359
237
2021C237
278
2021C278
319
2021C319
360
2021C360
238
2021C238
279
2021C279
320
2021C320
361
2021C361
239
2021C239
280
2021C280
321
2021C321
   
240
2021C240
281
2021C281
322
2021C322
   
241
2021C241
282
2021C282
323
2021C323
   


 
Note: The Company has assigned a unique Loan ID number to each Student Loan in the Data File. The Student Loan Numbers referred to in this Exhibit are not the Loan ID numbers.

 
Exhibit B
Lookup Code Mapping
 

 
Loan Status per Sources
Loan Status per Data File
Repayment, Loan Mod, Military Repay
Repayment Current
School, Military School
In-School
Disaster Forb
Forbearance
Deferment, Bnkrcy Defer
Deferment
Grace
Grace

 
Exhibit C Instructions
 

 
Attribute
Instructions
Disbursement Year
Compare the “Orig_Vint_Date” field in the Data File to the earliest “Act Disb Date” field on Note Disbursements Screen.
Current Principal Balance
Compare the “Ln_Cur_Bal” field in the Data File to the “CPB” field on Note Detail 2 Screen. In the event the “CPB” field on the Note Detail 2 Screen did not agree with the “Ln_Cur_Bal” field in the Data File, compare the ”End CPB” field as of the Cutoff Date listed on the Transaction History Screen. In the event the ”End CPB” field as of the Cutoff Date listed on the Transaction History Screen did not agree with the “Ln_Cur_Bal” field in the Data File, compare the sum of the “CPB” field and all principal payment amounts on Payment History for Current Principal Balance Screen for which the “Prcs Dt” is after the Cutoff Date to the “Ln_Cur_Bal” field in the Data File.
Loan Status
Compare the “Status” field in the Data File to the “Status” field on the Note Detail 1 Screen based on the Lookup Code Mapping. In the event the “Status” field on the Note Detail 1 Screen did not agree with the “Status” field in the Data File, compare the Loan Status as of the Cutoff Date listed on the Servicing History Screen. In the event the Loan Status as of the Cutoff Date listed on the Servicing History Screen did not agree with the “Status” field in the Data File, perform the following procedures:
 
a) If the “Status” field in the Note Detail 1 Screen was “Loan Mod” and the “Next Pmt Dt” field on the Note Detail 1 Screen was prior to the Cutoff Date, we were instructed to consider the Loan Status to be Repay_Delinquent.
 
b) If the “Status” field in the Note Detail 1 Screen was “Repayment,” and the “Next Pmt Dt” on Note Detail 1 Screen or “NPD” field on Payment History for Loan Status and Interest Rate Screen was prior to the Cutoff Date, we were instructed to consider the Loan Status to be Repay_Delinquent.
Current Status End Date
a) If the Loan Status of the Selected Student Loan was Repayment Current or Repay_Delinquent, compare the “Curr_Maturity_Date” field in the Data File to the sum of the “First Pmt Dt” field and months in the “Term” field on the Repayment Schedule Screen or to the Current Status End Date as of the Cutoff Date listed on the Servicing History Screen.
 
b) If the Loan Status of the Selected Student Loan was In-School, compare the date one day prior to the “Grace_Begin_Date” field in the Data File to the “End Dt of Stat” field on Note Detail 1 Screen or to the Current Status End Date as of the Cutoff Date listed on the Servicing History Screen.
 
c) If the Loan Status of the Selected Student Loan was Grace, compare the “Grace_End_DT” field in the Data File to the “End Dt of Stat” field on Note Detail 1 Screen or to the Current Status End Date as of the Cutoff Date listed on the Servicing History Screen.
 
d) If the Loan Status of the Selected Student Loan was Deferment or Forbearance, compare the “Active_Df_En_Date” field in the Data File to the “End Dt of Stat” field on the Note Detail 1 Screen or to the Current Status End Date as of the Cutoff Date listed on the Servicing History Screen.


 
Exhibit C Instructions (Cont.)
 

 
Attribute
Instructions
 
e) If the Loan Status of the Selected Student Loan was Bankruptcy Deferment, compare the “Active_Df_En_Date” field in the Data File to the Cutoff Date.
Remaining Term
Compare the “Mos_Remain_Repay_Status” field in the Data File to (i) the “Remaining Term” field on the Note Detail 1 Screen, or (ii)the ”Adj Term” field on the Term Adjustment Screen.
Interest Rate
Compare the “Drvd_Ln_Rate” field in the Data File to the “Interest Rate” field on the Note Detail 2 Screen. In the event the “Interest Rate” field on Note Detail 2 Screen did not agree with the “Drvd_Ln_Rate” field in the Data File, compare “Int Rate” field which corresponding “Eff Dt” field was Cutoff Date on Payment History for Loan Status and Interest Rate Screen to the “Drvd_Ln_Rate” field in the Data File.
Original FICO
a) Compare the “Borr_Fico” field in the Data File to the “Borrower – Credit Score” field on the Origination Screen. If the “Borr_Fico” field in the Data File did not agree with the “Borrower – Credit Score” field on the Origination Screen, compare the “Cos1_Fico” field in the Data File to the “Co-Signer – Credit Score” field on the Origination Screen. If the “Cos1_Fico” field in the Data File did not agree with the “Co-Signer – Credit Score” field on the Origination Screen, compare the “Cos2_Fico” field in the Data File with the “Co-Maker – Credit Score” field on the Origination Screen.
 
b) If the “Cos2_Fico” field in the Data File was blank, consider the field to be equal to zero.
 
c) Do not consider an Original FICO value of zero to be an exception.