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NICHOLAS COMPANY, INC.
NICHOLAS COMPANY, INC. (CIK: 0000903949) incorporated in Wisconsin, located at 411 E. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI. Institutional holdings reported to the SEC.

Institutional Holdings (2014Q1)
Portfolio Summary: 254 holdings with a total value of $4,143,615,000.
#
Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL 1,512,530 199,396,000 4.81%
2 Walgreens 2,335,265 154,197,000 3.72%
3 AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP 678,435 135,720,000 3.28%
4 THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC 966,351 116,194,000 2.80%
5 GILEAD SCIENCES INC 1,614,955 114,435,000 2.76%
6 O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC NEW 760,334 112,825,000 2.72%
7 SNAP ON INC 947,145 107,482,000 2.59%
8 AON PLC 1,236,220 104,188,000 2.51%
9 MICROSOFT CORP 2,422,150 99,283,000 2.40%
10 POLARIS INDS INC 628,674 87,832,000 2.12%
11 CBRE GROUP INC 3,019,015 82,811,000 2.00%
12 DAVITA INC 1,197,398 82,440,000 1.99%
13 LKQ CORP 3,088,683 81,386,000 1.96%
14 KINDER MORGAN INC DEL 2,497,115 81,131,000 1.96%
15 BALL CORP 1,474,436 80,813,000 1.95%
16 LORILLARD 1,466,560 79,311,000 1.91%
17 GRAINGER W W INC 294,470 74,400,000 1.80%
18 Micros Systems 1,389,875 73,566,000 1.78%
19 GANNETT CO. 2,574,320 71,051,000 1.71%
20 COPART INC 1,936,585 70,472,000 1.70%
21 APTARGROUP INC COM 1,055,500 69,768,000 1.68%
22 ORACLE CORP 1,640,140 67,098,000 1.62%
23 KINDER MORGAN MANAGEMENT LLC 896,603 64,259,000 1.55%
24 PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC 729,970 59,762,000 1.44%
25 MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 736,425 55,010,000 1.33%
26 JOHNSON CTLS INTL PLC 1,093,805 51,758,000 1.25%
27 Covidien Ltd 697,315 51,364,000 1.24%
28 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC 792,505 50,950,000 1.23%
29 BARD C R INC 320,130 47,372,000 1.14%
30 STEPAN CO COM 705,290 45,533,000 1.10%
31 ACE LTD 436,960 43,285,000 1.04%
32 Nielsen Holdings B.V. 968,095 43,206,000 1.04%
33 PFIZER INC 1,232,035 39,572,000 0.96%
34 METTLER-TOLEDO 165,910 39,101,000 0.94%
35 PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GRP INC 819,410 35,037,000 0.85%
36 SENECA FOODS CORP NEW CL A 885,561 27,877,000 0.67%
37 TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP 319,125 26,729,000 0.65%
38 CARDINAL HEALTH INC 364,315 25,494,000 0.62%
39 RESMED INC 567,760 25,373,000 0.61%
40 MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY 474,680 22,670,000 0.55%
41 WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC L SHS 479,730 21,170,000 0.51%
42 SALLY BEAUTY HLDGS INC COM 735,766 20,159,000 0.49%
43 KAR AUCTION SVCS INC 647,485 19,651,000 0.47%
44 CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC 596,725 17,310,000 0.42%
45 DirectTV Com 208,085 15,901,000 0.38%
46 TELEFLEX INC 144,385 15,483,000 0.37%
47 NU SKIN ENTERPRISES INC 182,880 15,151,000 0.37%
48 TARGET CORP 241,765 14,629,000 0.35%
49 NCR CORP NEW 396,715 14,499,000 0.35%
50 PRICESMART INC 140,560 14,186,000 0.34%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Restatement filing (0000903949-14-000007, filed 2014.05.12).

From 2023-01-03 onward, the SEC requires values to be reported in nearest dollars. Earlier filings reported values in thousands; therefore, positions shown as $0 in older filings may represent actual values between $0–$999.