-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, V3cVcpOGN9e5M1nwnFHXRqjW/UTrFwRABRix2iAKnUeOhOXZnrfOkwvUejm+Ph/a zvIz2gbf4G8bTczC6VjVNw== 0001017951-04-000148.txt : 20040708 0001017951-04-000148.hdr.sgml : 20040708 20040708104108 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001017951-04-000148 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040706 FILED AS OF DATE: 20040708 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NIC INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001065332 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES [8742] IRS NUMBER: 522077581 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 12 CORPORATE WOODS 10975 BENSON STREET STREET 2: SUITE 390 CITY: OVERLAND PARK STATE: KS ZIP: 66210 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 12 CORPORATE WOODS 10975 BENSON STREET STREET 2: SUITE 390 CITY: OVERLAND PARK STATE: KS ZIP: 66210 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NATIONAL INFORMATION CONSORTIUM DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990618 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NATIONAL INFORMATION CONSORTIUM INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990504 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BROWN RICHARD L CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001181229 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-26621 FILM NUMBER: 04905369 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 12 CORPORATE WOODS STREET 2: 10975 BENSON STREET 390 CITY: OVERLAND PARK STATE: KS ZIP: 66210 BUSINESS PHONE: 8772343468 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9715 STATE ROAD 39 NORTH STREET 2: - CITY: ROSSVILLE STATE: IN ZIP: 46065 4 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0202 4 2004-07-06 0 0001065332 NIC INC EGOV 0001181229 BROWN RICHARD L C/O NIC INC. 10540 SOUTH RIDGEVIEW ROAD OLATHE KS 66061 0 1 0 0 Exec.VP - Tech. and Solutions Common Stock 2004-07-06 4 M 0 180 2.22 A 2502 D Common Stock 2004-07-06 4 S 0 174 7 D 2328 D Common Stock 2004-07-06 4 S 0 6 7.01 D 2322 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 2.219 2004-07-06 4 M 0 180 2.219 D 2001-12-18 2005-12-18 common stock 180 9820 D The transactions reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on February 2, 2004. The Reporting Person also directly owns employee stock options to purchase the following shares of NIC Inc. common stock: (i) 7,000 shares at $10.375, exercisable in four equal annual installments, beginning May 22, 2001; (ii) 9,820 shares out of a grant of 10,000 shares at $2.219, exercisable in four equal annual installments, beginning December 18, 2001; (iii) 5,000 shares at $2.10, exercisable in four equal annual installments, beginning on June 25, 2002; (iv) 15,000 shares at $1.67 per share, exercisable in two equal annual installments, beginning on July 23, 2003; (v) 50,000 shares at $2.34, exercisable in four equal annual installments, beginning on May 14, 2004; and (vi) 25,000 shares at $3.04 per share, exercisable in four equal annual installments, beginning on August 1, 2004. The Reporting Person indirectly owns 14,199 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 as a direct beneficiary of the Trust. Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney Stephen M. Kovzan, Attorney-in-Fact 2004-07-07 EX-24 2 poa_rlb070704.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY POWER OF ATTORNEY

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR CERTAIN SEC FORM FILINGS

            Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Stephen M. Kovzan in Olathe, Kansas, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

            (1)        execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of NIC Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

            (2)        do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

            (3)        take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

            The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

            This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 7thTH day of July, 2004.

/s/Richard L. Brown                                        

Richard L. Brown                                            

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