Chief Financial Officer

0000903949-21-000003.txt : 20210514 0000903949-21-000003.hdr.sgml : 20210514 20210513192834 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000903949-21-000003 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20210331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210514 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210513 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20210514 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NICHOLAS COMPANY, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000903949 IRS NUMBER: 391091673 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WI FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 13F-HR SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-04359 FILM NUMBER: 21921402 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 411 E. WISCONSIN AVE. STREET 2: SUITE 2100 CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53202 BUSINESS PHONE: 414-272-4650 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 411 E. WISCONSIN AVE. STREET 2: SUITE 2100 CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NICHOLAS CO INC /WI DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941205 13F-HR 1 primary_doc.xml 13F-HR LIVE false false false 0000903949 XXXXXXXX 03-31-2021 03-31-2021 NICHOLAS COMPANY, INC.

411 E. WISCONSIN AVE. SUITE 2100 MILWAUKEE WI 53202

13F HOLDINGS REPORT 028-04359 N Jennifer R. Kloehn Chief Financial Officer 414-755-6374 Jennifer R. Kloehn Milwaukee WI 05-13-2021 0 232 5352058 false INFORMATION TABLE 2 C013F03312021.xml A.O. Smith Corporation COM 04544X300 25311 374370 SH SOLE 4880 0 369490 Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 7023 58600 SH SOLE 800 0 57800 AbbVie, Inc. COM 00287Y109 4523 41795 SH SOLE 295 0 41500 Adobe Inc. COM 00724F101 52538 110520 SH SOLE 420 0 110100 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. COM 009158106 46269 164460 SH SOLE 860 0 163600 Alcon, Inc. ORD SHS H01301128 42676 608100 SH SOLE 2900 0 605200 Alphabet Inc. CAP STK CL A 02079K107 147845 71470 SH SOLE 270 0 71200 Amazon.com, Inc. COM 023135106 62083 20065 SH SOLE 65 0 20000 AMETEK, Inc. COM 031100100 16440 128710 SH SOLE 1160 0 127550 Analog Devices, Inc. COM 032654105 13271 85575 SH SOLE 975 0 84600 Aon plc SHS CL A G0403H108 95784 416255 SH SOLE 1255 0 415000 Apple, Inc. COM 037833100 109801 898900 SH SOLE 3460 0 895440 Applied Materials, Inc. 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