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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549


Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT


Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 5, 2015

NIC Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

000-26621

52-2077581

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

25501 West Valley Parkway, Suite 300

Olathe, Kansas 66061

(Address of principal executive office)(Zip Code)

(877) 234-3468
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.07          Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

          (a - b)  At the 2015 Annual Meeting, stockholders of NIC Inc. (the “Company”) voted on three proposals and cast their votes as described below.  The proposals are described in the Company’s Proxy Statement.

Proposal 1

The following directors were elected to serve until the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified as set forth below:

Name   For   Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
Harry H. Herington 52,109,266 2,329,005 7,100,565
Art N. Burtscher 53,930,208 508,063 7,100,565
Venmal (Raji) Arasu 53,994,269 444,002 7,100,565
Karen S. Evans 53,995,469 442,802 7,100,565
Ross C. Hartley 37,713,380 16,724,891 7,100,565
C. Brad Henry 53,995,476 442,795 7,100,565
Alexander C. Kemper 52,565,869 1,872,402 7,100,565
William M. Lyons 46,511,907 7,926,364 7,100,565
Pete Wilson 53,927,842 510,429 7,100,565

The Company notes that holders of approximately 31% of outstanding shares that voted, cast a “WITHHOLD” vote for Ross C. Hartley. The Company believes that most of these votes were likely cast as a result of a report by Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) recommending a “WITHHOLD” vote for Mr. Hartley, as a result of his service as a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee (the “Committee”) while an “affiliated outside director.” This recommendation was based on ISS’s position that Mr. Hartley is an “affiliated outside director” because he participated in the founding of the Company over 20 years ago and served as an officer of a subsidiary of the Company in the 1990s.

After discussions between the Committee and Mr. Hartley, Mr. Hartley was not re-nominated for Committee membership and the Board did not re-appoint him to the Committee.  Mr. Hartley remains an independent member of the Board of Directors.  Because Mr. Hartley will no longer serve on a committee, the Company is not aware of any other matters that would result in a negative recommendation for Mr. Hartley’s re-election as a director at any future stockholders' meetings if he is nominated for re-election.

Proposal 2

Company stockholders approved on an advisory basis the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as set forth in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, as set forth below:

For   Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
53,550,502 848,246 39,523 7,100,565

Proposal 3

Company stockholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2015 as set forth below:

For   Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
60,347,846 1,175,697 15,293 0

Item 8.01          Other Events

On May 5, 2015, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Jayne Friedland Holland, the Company’s Chief Security Officer and Associate General Counsel, as Chief Security Officer and an Executive Officer of the Company, effective immediately.  On May 7, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing Ms. Holland’s appointment.  A copy of the press release is furnished with this report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99, and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01          Financial Statements and Exhibits.

            (d)          Exhibits.

99 - Press release issued by NIC Inc. dated May 7, 2015 is being furnished as part of this report.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

NIC INC.

 
 

 

By:

/s/ William F. Bradley, Jr.

 

William F. Bradley, Jr.

Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative

Officer, General Counsel and Secretary

 

Date:

May 7, 2015