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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 (2014Q4)
Portfolio Summary: 236 holdings with a total value of $4,880,088,000.
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Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL 1,354,970 193,909,000 3.97%
2 WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE INC 2,388,015 181,966,000 3.73%
3 AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP 753,575 159,938,000 3.28%
4 GILEAD SCIENCES INC 1,490,665 140,510,000 2.88%
5 O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC NEW 670,599 129,170,000 2.65%
6 SNAP ON INC 916,535 125,326,000 2.57%
7 THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC 982,941 123,152,000 2.52%
8 AON PLC 1,294,520 122,759,000 2.52%
9 KINDER MORGAN INC DEL 2,871,591 121,497,000 2.49%
10 Adt Corp 3,068,315 111,165,000 2.28%
11 MICROSOFT CORP 2,362,970 109,759,000 2.25%
12 CBRE GROUP INC 3,004,040 102,888,000 2.11%
13 BALL CORP 1,502,851 102,449,000 2.10%
14 GANNETT CO. 3,141,510 100,308,000 2.06%
15 LKQ CORP 3,560,012 100,107,000 2.05%
16 DAVITA INC 1,217,048 92,179,000 1.89%
17 PRECISION CASTPARTS 373,805 90,042,000 1.85%
18 ACE LTD 775,095 89,042,000 1.82%
19 JOHNSON CTLS INTL PLC 1,819,000 87,930,000 1.80%
20 POLARIS INDS INC 578,204 87,447,000 1.79%
21 PFIZER INC 2,768,715 86,245,000 1.77%
22 ORACLE CORP 1,789,015 80,452,000 1.65%
23 COPART INC 2,191,625 79,972,000 1.64%
24 GRAINGER W W INC 302,220 77,032,000 1.58%
25 PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC 931,585 75,877,000 1.55%
26 APTARGROUP INC COM 1,075,460 71,883,000 1.47%
27 AMERCO 229,733 65,303,000 1.34%
28 MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 753,375 64,910,000 1.33%
29 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc 1,151,665 64,804,000 1.33%
30 Covidien Ltd 596,810 61,041,000 1.25%
31 Nielsen Holdings B.V. 1,318,980 58,997,000 1.21%
32 TIME WARNER INC 685,755 58,577,000 1.20%
33 CELGENE CORP 510,145 57,064,000 1.17%
34 BARD C R INC 325,865 54,295,000 1.11%
35 MCDONALDS CORP 488,535 45,775,000 0.94%
36 CABELAS INC 751,725 39,623,000 0.81%
37 METTLER-TOLEDO 120,837 36,548,000 0.75%
38 STEPAN CO COM 807,078 32,347,000 0.66%
39 CARDINAL HEALTH INC 374,925 30,267,000 0.62%
40 PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GRP INC 615,132 30,184,000 0.62%
41 SYNTEL INC 640,592 28,813,000 0.59%
42 SALLY BEAUTY HLDGS INC COM 807,041 24,808,000 0.51%
43 SENECA FOODS CORP NEW CL A 882,515 23,854,000 0.49%
44 TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP 371,420 23,399,000 0.48%
45 KAR AUCTION SVCS INC 647,795 22,446,000 0.46%
46 CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC 621,980 22,130,000 0.45%
47 RESMED INC 391,365 21,939,000 0.45%
48 MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY 473,680 21,367,000 0.44%
49 WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC L SHS 450,555 20,189,000 0.41%
50 TELEFLEX INC 143,830 16,514,000 0.34%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0000903949-15-000002, filed 2015.02.13).

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.