X0201 4 2003-12-19 0 0001065332 NIC INC EGOV 0001180373 HERINGTON HARRY C/O NIC INC. 10540 SOUTH RIDGEVIEW ROAD OLATHE KS 66061 0 1 0 0 Chief Operating Officer Common Stock 2003-12-19 4 S 0 148 7.3 D 26531 D Common Stock 2003-12-19 4 S 0 217 7.31 D 26314 D Common Stock 2003-12-19 4 S 0 148 7.32 D 26166 D Common Stock 2003-12-19 4 S 0 148 7.35 D 26018 D Common Stock 2003-12-19 4 S 0 443 7.37 D 25575 D The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on October 31, 2003. The Reporting Person also directly owns the following employee stock options to purchase NIC Inc. common stock: (i) 100,000 shares at $4.063, exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning on February 6, 2002; (ii) 10,000 shares at $2.10, exercisable in four equal annual installments, beginning on June 25, 2002; (iii) 50,000 shares at $1.67 per share, exercisable in two equal annual installments, beginning on July 23, 2003; and (iv) 150,000 shares at $3.04, exercisable in four equal annual installments, beginning on August 1, 2004. The Reporting Person also indirectly owns 25,336 shares of NIC Inc. common stock which are held directly by the National Information Consortium Voting Trust, for which Messrs. Jeffery S. Fraser and Ross C. Hartley act as trustees, for the benefit of the Reporting Person's minor children as direct beneficiaries of the Trust, and 947,256 shares of NIC Inc. common stock, which are also held directly by the National Information Consortium Voting Trust, for the benefit of the Reporting Person as a direct beneficiary of the Trust. Stephen M. Kovzan, Attorney-in-Fact 2003-12-22