Chief Financial Officer

0000903949-22-000003.txt : 20220511 0000903949-22-000003.hdr.sgml : 20220511 20220511102028 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000903949-22-000003 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220511 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220511 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20220511 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: 22912469 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 03-31-2022 03-31-2022 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 05-11-2022 0 230 5605707 false INFORMATION TABLE 2 co13f03312022_2.xml A. O. Smith Corporation COM 831865209 18868 295316 SH SOLE 289341 0 5975 Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 7390 62435 SH SOLE 62435 0 0 AbbVie, Inc. COM 00287Y109 8655 53390 SH SOLE 53390 0 0 Adobe Incorporated COM 00724F101 51013 111965 SH SOLE 111940 0 25 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. COM 007903107 44932 410942 SH SOLE 410813 0 129 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. COM 009158106 54704 218895 SH SOLE 218845 0 50 Alcon AG ORD SHS H01301128 48244 608145 SH SOLE 607945 0 200 Alphabet Inc. Class C CAP STK CL C 02079K107 161588 57855 SH SOLE 57645 0 210 Altra Industrial Motion Corp. COM 02208R106 5431 139515 SH SOLE 139515 0 0 Amazon.com, Inc. COM 023135106 76348 23420 SH SOLE 23415 0 5 American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. COM 02553E106 3048 181420 SH SOLE 181420 0 0 AMETEK, Inc. 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