Chief Financial Officer

0000903949-21-000005.txt : 20211115 0000903949-21-000005.hdr.sgml : 20211115 20211115133000 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000903949-21-000005 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20210930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20211115 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20211115 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20211115 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: 211408684 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 09-30-2021 09-30-2021 NICHOLAS COMPANY, INC.

411 E. WISCONSIN AVE. SUITE 2100 MILWAUKEE WI 53202

13F HOLDINGS REPORT 028-04359 N Jennifer R. Kloehn Chief Financial Officer 414-755-6382 Jennifer R. Kloehn Milwaukee WI 11-15-2021 0 235 5675752 false INFORMATION TABLE 2 C013F09302021.xml A.O. Smith Corporation COM 04544X300 20033 328035 SH SOLE 3720 0 324315 Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 7446 63035 SH SOLE 835 0 62200 AbbVie, Inc. COM 00287Y109 5377 49850 SH SOLE 350 0 49500 Adobe Inc. COM 00724F101 63830 110870 SH SOLE 470 0 110400 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. COM 009158106 56438 220365 SH SOLE 995 0 219370 Alcon, Inc. ORD SHS H01301128 48941 608190 SH SOLE 2990 0 605200 Alphabet Inc. CAP STK CL A 02079K107 162624 61015 SH SOLE 235 0 60780 Altra Industrial Motion Corp. COM 02208R106 6833 123445 SH SOLE 1565 0 121880 Amazon.com, Inc. COM 023135106 65914 20065 SH SOLE 65 0 20000 American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. COM 02553E106 7009 271685 SH SOLE 1685 0 270000 AMETEK, Inc. COM 031100100 15953 128645 SH SOLE 1095 0 127550 Analog Devices, Inc. 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