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AMENDMENT TO THE
NIC INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

A.           NIC Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the "Company") adopted the NIC
Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") in 1999 to give employees of the
Company the opportunity to purchase stock of the Company.

B.           The Company desires to amend the Plan, effective for offerings
beginning on and after April 1, 2010, to comply with certain final Treasury
regulations relating to employee stock purchase plans intended to satisfy the
requirements of Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code.

C.           Section 13(a) of the Plan permits the Board of Directors of the
Company to amend the Plan at any time.

AMENDMENTS

Effective April 1, 2010, the Plan is hereby amended as set forth below:

1.           A new Section 5(e) shall be inserted as provided below and the
current Section 5(e) shall be renumbered to be Section 5(f):

(e)               In no event shall an employee be entitled to purchase, for any
Offering, more than the lesser of (i) 25,000 shares, or (ii) the maximum number
of shares permitted to be purchased under Section 5(f) below.

2.           At the beginning of Section 6(a), the following phrase shall be
added, "Subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 5(e) and (f),".

3.           In all other respects, the Plan shall remain in effect and
following execution of this Amendment, the Plan shall be restated with the above
changes incorporated therein.

The Company has adopted this Amendment on February 1, 2010.

       

 
 

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