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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 (2014Q2)
Portfolio Summary: 246 holdings with a total value of $4,208,182,000.
#
Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 Walgreens 2,335,615 173,139,000 4.11%
2 VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL 1,328,220 167,515,000 3.98%
3 AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP 678,435 139,350,000 3.31%
4 GILEAD SCIENCES INC 1,670,135 138,470,000 3.29%
5 O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC NEW 760,334 114,506,000 2.72%
6 THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC 965,976 113,985,000 2.71%
7 SNAP ON INC 946,850 112,220,000 2.67%
8 AON PLC 1,236,220 111,371,000 2.65%
9 MICROSOFT CORP 2,430,050 101,333,000 2.41%
10 CBRE GROUP INC 3,008,715 96,399,000 2.29%
11 KINDER MORGAN INC DEL 2,548,765 92,418,000 2.20%
12 BALL CORP 1,474,436 92,417,000 2.20%
13 DAVITA INC 1,193,598 86,321,000 2.05%
14 GANNETT CO. 2,737,285 85,704,000 2.04%
15 LKQ CORP 3,153,423 84,164,000 2.00%
16 GRAINGER W W INC 295,070 75,027,000 1.78%
17 POLARIS INDS INC 566,979 73,843,000 1.75%
18 KINDER MORGAN MANAGEMENT LLC 913,368 72,092,000 1.71%
19 APTARGROUP INC COM 1,055,260 70,712,000 1.68%
20 JOHNSON CTLS INTL PLC 1,412,140 70,508,000 1.68%
21 COPART INC 1,936,585 69,639,000 1.65%
22 ORACLE CORP 1,642,765 66,581,000 1.58%
23 ACE LTD 625,310 64,844,000 1.54%
24 PFIZER INC 2,154,230 63,937,000 1.52%
25 Covidien Ltd 691,815 62,387,000 1.48%
26 PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC 729,970 61,543,000 1.46%
27 MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 736,125 54,083,000 1.29%
28 Nielsen Holdings B.V. 968,860 46,902,000 1.11%
29 BARD C R INC 320,130 45,781,000 1.09%
30 METTLER-TOLEDO 165,910 42,005,000 1.00%
31 CELGENE CORP 474,120 40,717,000 0.97%
32 Adt Corp 1,090,090 38,087,000 0.91%
33 STEPAN CO COM 682,013 36,051,000 0.86%
34 RESMED INC 658,470 33,338,000 0.79%
35 PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GRP INC 659,832 32,661,000 0.78%
36 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc 621,053 27,146,000 0.65%
37 SENECA FOODS CORP NEW CL A 885,561 27,098,000 0.64%
38 TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP 319,665 26,755,000 0.64%
39 NCR CORP NEW 761,775 26,730,000 0.64%
40 CARDINAL HEALTH INC 379,625 26,027,000 0.62%
41 MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY 473,680 23,120,000 0.55%
42 WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC L SHS 530,175 22,956,000 0.55%
43 CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC 621,980 21,993,000 0.52%
44 KAR AUCTION SVCS INC 647,945 20,650,000 0.49%
45 SALLY BEAUTY HLDGS INC COM 735,766 18,453,000 0.44%
46 WILLIAMS COS INC DEL 285,075 16,594,000 0.39%
47 NU SKIN ENTERPRISES INC 221,015 16,346,000 0.39%
48 TELEFLEX INC 144,330 15,241,000 0.36%
49 FIRSTMERIT CORPORATION 760,365 15,017,000 0.36%
50 ARTISAN PARTNERS ASSET MGMT 255,770 14,497,000 0.34%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0000903949-14-000009, filed 2014.08.14).

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.