Edgar Filing: NIC INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

SOMERHALDER SAM

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NIC INC [EGOV]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Exec.VP - Oper. & Admin.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O NIC INC., 10540 SOUTH RIDGEVIEW ROAD

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/05/2006

(Street)

OLATHE, KS 66061

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	01/05/2006		J⁽¹⁾		82,402 ⁽¹⁾	D	⁽¹⁾	883,794	I ⁽²⁾	By Voting Trust

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SOMERHALDER SAM C/O NIC INC. 10540 SOUTH RIDGEVIEW ROAD OLATHE, KS 66061			Exec.VP - Oper. & Admin.

Signatures

Stephen M. Kovzan, Attorney-in-Fact		01/06/2006
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	On January 5, 2006, the National Information Consortium Voting Trust ("Voting Trust"), for which Messrs. Jeffery S. Fraser and Ross C. Hartley act as trustees, sold 2,000,000 shares of NIC Inc. ("NIC") common stock. The Reporting Person has neither voting nor investment control over the NIC shares held by the Voting Trust, and did not participate in the decision to sell the shares. As a result of the sale, the Reporting Person now indirectly owns 883,794 shares of NIC common stock, which are held directly by the Voting Trust for the benefit of the Reporting Person as a direct beneficiary of the Voting Trust.
(2)	The Reporting Person also directly owns 54,266 shares of NIC common stock and employee stock options to purchase 50,000 shares of NIC common stock at $3.04 per share, exercisable in four equal annual installments, beginning on August 1, 2004. The Reporting Person also indirectly owns 1,500 shares of NIC common stock which are held directly by the Reporting Person's spouse.

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