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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 (2015Q4)
Portfolio Summary: 210 holdings with a total value of $5,346,754,000.
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Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 GILEAD SCIENCES INC 2,045,492 206,983,000 3.87%
2 WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE INC 2,272,425 193,508,000 3.62%
3 VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL 1,586,925 161,310,000 3.02%
4 SNAP ON INC 870,860 149,291,000 2.79%
5 THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC 1,045,489 148,302,000 2.77%
6 AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP 918,420 146,726,000 2.74%
7 LKQ CORP 4,669,987 138,371,000 2.59%
8 ACE LTD 1,161,135 135,678,000 2.54%
9 AT&T INC 3,880,785 133,537,000 2.50%
10 O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC NEW 502,962 127,460,000 2.38%
11 AON PLC 1,370,680 126,390,000 2.36%
12 AMERCO 320,376 124,786,000 2.33%
13 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS 878,555 120,906,000 2.26%
14 PFIZER INC 3,579,485 115,545,000 2.16%
15 Adt Corp 3,483,625 114,889,000 2.15%
16 TIME WARNER INC 1,763,070 114,017,000 2.13%
17 BALL CORP 1,554,046 113,025,000 2.11%
18 PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC 1,207,605 106,160,000 1.99%
19 CBRE GROUP INC 3,065,140 105,992,000 1.98%
20 ABBVIE INC 1,782,850 105,616,000 1.98%
21 DAVITA INC 1,458,878 101,698,000 1.90%
22 JOHNSON CTLS INTL PLC 2,551,810 100,770,000 1.88%
23 JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PLC SHS USD 675,230 94,910,000 1.78%
24 TEGNA INC 3,676,780 93,831,000 1.75%
25 MICROSOFT CORP 1,686,010 93,539,000 1.75%
26 PRECISION CASTPARTS 393,315 91,253,000 1.71%
27 CELGENE CORP 748,020 89,582,000 1.68%
28 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc 1,508,158 88,227,000 1.65%
29 COPART INC 2,218,560 84,327,000 1.58%
30 APTARGROUP INC COM 1,142,455 82,999,000 1.55%
31 MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 806,320 78,503,000 1.47%
32 NIELSEN HLDGS PLC 1,537,365 71,641,000 1.34%
33 GRAINGER W W INC 325,635 65,970,000 1.23%
34 POLARIS INDS INC 754,079 64,813,000 1.21%
35 PLAINS GP HLDGS L P CL A 6,555,175 61,946,000 1.16%
36 CBS CORP NEW 1,241,685 58,520,000 1.09%
37 GANNETT CO INC COM 2,710,150 44,148,000 0.83%
38 SALLY BEAUTY HLDGS INC COM 1,248,971 34,833,000 0.65%
39 ORACLE CORP 926,435 33,842,000 0.63%
40 JARDEN CORP 568,988 32,500,000 0.61%
41 CARDINAL HEALTH INC 358,820 32,031,000 0.60%
42 PLAINS ALL AMERN PIPELINE L 1,027,800 23,742,000 0.44%
43 DINEEQUITY INC 277,506 23,496,000 0.44%
44 PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GRP INC 521,287 22,071,000 0.41%
45 DOLLAR GEN CORP NEW 303,190 21,790,000 0.41%
46 MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY 468,115 21,786,000 0.41%
47 TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP 388,795 21,636,000 0.40%
48 WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC L SHS 440,355 21,388,000 0.40%
49 RESMED INC 375,975 20,186,000 0.38%
50 TELEFLEX INC 133,630 17,565,000 0.33%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0000903949-16-000009, filed 2016.02.11).

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.