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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 (2015Q2)
Portfolio Summary: 216 holdings with a total value of $5,717,593,000.
#
Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL 1,395,900 310,099,000 5.42%
2 GILEAD SCIENCES INC 2,086,275 244,261,000 4.27%
3 WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE INC 2,260,535 190,879,000 3.34%
4 AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP 811,430 177,378,000 3.10%
5 SNAP ON INC 942,380 150,074,000 2.62%
6 O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC NEW 612,462 138,404,000 2.42%
7 LKQ CORP 4,546,107 137,497,000 2.40%
8 KINDER MORGAN INC DEL 3,564,419 136,838,000 2.39%
9 AON PLC 1,333,905 132,963,000 2.33%
10 THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC 1,013,755 131,544,000 2.30%
11 ABBVIE INC 1,706,645 114,669,000 2.01%
12 Adt Corp 3,353,605 112,580,000 1.97%
13 PLAINS GP HLDGS L P CL A 4,305,130 111,244,000 1.95%
14 CBRE GROUP INC 2,980,020 110,260,000 1.93%
15 MICROSOFT CORP 2,485,085 109,716,000 1.92%
16 BALL CORP 1,523,981 106,907,000 1.87%
17 AMERCO 311,887 101,958,000 1.78%
18 POLARIS INDS INC 682,419 101,073,000 1.77%
19 TEGNA INC 3,130,275 100,387,000 1.76%
20 DAVITA INC 1,252,768 99,557,000 1.74%
21 JOHNSON CTLS INTL PLC 1,990,840 98,606,000 1.72%
22 ACE LTD 954,235 97,026,000 1.70%
23 PFIZER INC 2,854,410 95,708,000 1.67%
24 PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC 1,122,605 89,999,000 1.57%
25 TIME WARNER INC 1,008,670 88,167,000 1.54%
26 ORACLE CORP 2,058,345 82,951,000 1.45%
27 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc 1,356,182 81,357,000 1.42%
28 COPART INC 2,281,810 80,958,000 1.42%
29 PRECISION CASTPARTS 385,375 77,024,000 1.35%
30 MCDONALDS CORP 795,855 75,661,000 1.32%
31 GRAINGER W W INC 313,575 74,207,000 1.30%
32 MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 779,335 72,852,000 1.27%
33 APTARGROUP INC COM 1,112,540 70,946,000 1.24%
34 JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PLC SHS USD 385,425 67,861,000 1.19%
35 CELGENE CORP 586,155 67,838,000 1.19%
36 AT&T INC 1,801,395 63,985,000 1.12%
37 Nielsen Holdings B.V. 1,408,150 63,042,000 1.10%
38 SOLERA HOLDINGS INC 1,386,070 61,763,000 1.08%
39 BARD C R INC 334,580 57,112,000 1.00%
40 CABELAS INC 990,775 49,518,000 0.87%
41 SYNTEL INC 707,967 33,614,000 0.59%
42 PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GRP INC 638,372 33,265,000 0.58%
43 CARDINAL HEALTH INC 364,690 30,506,000 0.53%
44 XEROX CORP 2,769,365 29,466,000 0.52%
45 SALLY BEAUTY HLDGS INC COM 833,841 26,332,000 0.46%
46 TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP 382,810 24,706,000 0.43%
47 KAR AUCTION SVCS INC 616,230 23,047,000 0.40%
48 MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY 473,665 22,463,000 0.39%
49 GANNETT CO INC COM 1,565,136 21,896,000 0.38%
50 WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC L SHS 445,555 20,896,000 0.37%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0000903949-15-000005, filed 2015.08.12).

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.