Chief Financial Officer

0000903949-22-000002.txt : 20220211 0000903949-22-000002.hdr.sgml : 20220211 20220210180522 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000903949-22-000002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20211231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220211 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220210 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20220211 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: 22615705 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 12-31-2021 12-31-2021 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 02-10-2022 0 230 6143351 false INFORMATION TABLE 2 co13f12312021_4.xml A.O. Smith Corporation COM 831865209 28150 327900 SH SOLE 3715 0 324185 Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 8872 63035 SH SOLE 835 0 62200 AbbVie, Inc. COM 00287Y109 7229 53390 SH SOLE 390 0 53000 Adobe Inc. COM 00724F101 50372 88830 SH SOLE 400 0 88430 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. COM 009158106 67057 220395 SH SOLE 1025 0 219370 Alcon, Inc. ORD SHS H01301128 52982 608145 SH SOLE 2945 0 605200 Alphabet Inc. CAP STK CL C 02079K107 176552 61015 SH SOLE 235 0 60780 Altra Industrial Motion Corp. COM 02208R106 7188 139385 SH SOLE 1690 0 137695 Amazon.com, Inc. COM 023135106 66904 20065 SH SOLE 65 0 20000 American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. COM 02553E106 7778 307190 SH SOLE 2190 0 305000 AMETEK, Inc. COM 031100100 18914 128630 SH SOLE 1095 0 127535 Analog Devices, Inc. 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