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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 (2015Q1)
Portfolio Summary: 223 holdings with a total value of $5,303,309,000.
#
Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL 1,354,455 269,021,000 5.07%
2 WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE INC 2,190,450 185,487,000 3.50%
3 GILEAD SCIENCES INC 1,879,035 184,389,000 3.48%
4 AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP 784,600 168,516,000 3.18%
5 SNAP ON INC 915,725 134,666,000 2.54%
6 THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC 982,590 132,001,000 2.49%
7 KINDER MORGAN INC DEL 3,071,789 129,199,000 2.44%
8 O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC NEW 591,722 127,953,000 2.41%
9 Adt Corp 2,988,445 124,080,000 2.34%
10 AON PLC 1,286,940 123,700,000 2.33%
11 GANNETT CO. 3,141,740 116,495,000 2.20%
12 CBRE GROUP INC 3,004,040 116,286,000 2.19%
13 LKQ CORP 4,158,907 106,301,000 2.00%
14 BALL CORP 1,502,826 106,159,000 2.00%
15 DAVITA INC 1,211,318 98,455,000 1.86%
16 MICROSOFT CORP 2,401,070 97,615,000 1.84%
17 PFIZER INC 2,769,290 96,343,000 1.82%
18 PLAINS GP HLDGS L P CL A 3,373,600 95,709,000 1.80%
19 JOHNSON CTLS INTL PLC 1,819,200 91,760,000 1.73%
20 ACE LTD 775,070 86,412,000 1.63%
21 TIME WARNER INC 976,370 82,444,000 1.55%
22 COPART INC 2,191,590 82,338,000 1.55%
23 POLARIS INDS INC 578,194 81,583,000 1.54%
24 PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC 1,081,560 81,473,000 1.54%
25 PRECISION CASTPARTS 373,805 78,499,000 1.48%
26 AMERCO 235,228 77,719,000 1.47%
27 ORACLE CORP 1,789,315 77,208,000 1.46%
28 MCDONALDS CORP 772,865 75,307,000 1.42%
29 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc 1,210,235 72,396,000 1.37%
30 ABBVIE INC 1,226,875 71,821,000 1.35%
31 GRAINGER W W INC 302,265 71,277,000 1.34%
32 APTARGROUP INC COM 1,075,460 68,313,000 1.29%
33 MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 753,355 65,082,000 1.23%
34 CELGENE CORP 510,130 58,807,000 1.11%
35 Nielsen Holdings B.V. 1,319,365 58,804,000 1.11%
36 SOLERA HOLDINGS INC 1,124,930 58,113,000 1.10%
37 BARD C R INC 322,870 54,032,000 1.02%
38 CABELAS INC 801,725 44,880,000 0.85%
39 AT&T INC 1,115,660 36,426,000 0.69%
40 SYNTEL INC 660,592 34,172,000 0.64%
41 CARDINAL HEALTH INC 364,890 32,938,000 0.62%
42 PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GRP INC 615,132 31,673,000 0.60%
43 SALLY BEAUTY HLDGS INC COM 807,041 27,737,000 0.52%
44 STEPAN CO COM 665,218 27,712,000 0.52%
45 TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP 371,610 25,648,000 0.48%
46 CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC 564,835 25,457,000 0.48%
47 RESMED INC 330,155 23,698,000 0.45%
48 KAR AUCTION SVCS INC 616,620 23,388,000 0.44%
49 MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY 473,665 23,162,000 0.44%
50 WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC L SHS 450,555 21,707,000 0.41%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0000903949-15-000004, filed 2015.05.13).

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.