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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 (2014Q3)
Portfolio Summary: 241 holdings with a total value of $4,251,881,000.
#
Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL 1,328,220 174,262,000 4.10%
2 GILEAD SCIENCES INC 1,430,250 152,250,000 3.58%
3 Walgreens 2,338,615 138,609,000 3.26%
4 AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP 678,435 135,931,000 3.20%
5 THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC 965,976 117,559,000 2.76%
6 SNAP ON INC 944,850 114,402,000 2.69%
7 MICROSOFT CORP 2,430,050 112,657,000 2.65%
8 O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC NEW 744,829 111,992,000 2.63%
9 AON PLC 1,236,220 108,379,000 2.55%
10 Adt Corp 2,851,725 101,122,000 2.38%
11 BALL CORP 1,470,336 93,028,000 2.19%
12 LKQ CORP 3,401,248 90,439,000 2.13%
13 CBRE GROUP INC 3,033,165 90,206,000 2.12%
14 GANNETT CO. 2,959,330 87,803,000 2.07%
15 DAVITA INC 1,193,598 87,299,000 2.05%
16 POLARIS INDS INC 566,979 84,927,000 2.00%
17 ACE LTD 760,095 79,711,000 1.87%
18 JOHNSON CTLS INTL PLC 1,776,700 78,174,000 1.84%
19 GRAINGER W W INC 295,070 74,254,000 1.75%
20 PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC 859,975 71,721,000 1.69%
21 COPART INC 2,142,625 67,096,000 1.58%
22 PFIZER INC 2,254,955 66,679,000 1.57%
23 APTARGROUP INC COM 1,055,260 64,054,000 1.51%
24 KINDER MORGAN INC DEL 1,648,720 63,211,000 1.49%
25 ORACLE CORP 1,642,765 62,885,000 1.48%
26 Covidien Ltd 691,815 59,848,000 1.41%
27 MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 736,125 54,414,000 1.28%
28 CELGENE CORP 499,145 47,308,000 1.11%
29 BARD C R INC 320,130 45,685,000 1.07%
30 Nielsen Holdings B.V. 972,860 43,126,000 1.01%
31 METTLER-TOLEDO 165,710 42,443,000 1.00%
32 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc 1,038,860 42,073,000 0.99%
33 KINDER MORGAN MANAGEMENT LLC 441,734 41,589,000 0.98%
34 AMERCO 137,307 35,959,000 0.85%
35 RESMED INC 713,685 35,163,000 0.83%
36 STEPAN CO COM 783,778 34,784,000 0.82%
37 NCR CORP NEW 967,025 32,308,000 0.76%
38 TIME WARNER INC 409,610 30,806,000 0.72%
39 CARDINAL HEALTH INC 378,525 28,359,000 0.67%
40 SENECA FOODS CORP NEW CL A 885,561 25,327,000 0.60%
41 PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GRP INC 621,232 25,215,000 0.59%
42 TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP 335,070 23,133,000 0.54%
43 MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY 473,680 22,371,000 0.53%
44 SALLY BEAUTY HLDGS INC COM 803,731 21,998,000 0.52%
45 CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC 621,980 21,172,000 0.50%
46 WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC L SHS 450,555 18,652,000 0.44%
47 KAR AUCTION SVCS INC 647,795 18,546,000 0.44%
48 SYNTEL INC 193,503 17,016,000 0.40%
49 WILLIAMS COS INC DEL 278,410 15,409,000 0.36%
50 TARGET CORP 242,815 15,219,000 0.36%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0000903949-14-000010, filed 2014.11.12).

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.