-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QJB2xwb6IclMzBNYV7wnDgI0COsGCKgCTI1Th684B3++6lc2uSlJHUQT5Sr/O9JK 7AjiKXHDv2X/UDSmmuFl/A== 0000903949-01-500004.txt : 20010510 0000903949-01-500004.hdr.sgml : 20010510 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000903949-01-500004 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20010331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20010509 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NICHOLAS CO INC /WI CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000903949 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 391091673 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WI FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 13F-HR SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-04359 FILM NUMBER: 1626168 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 700 N WATER ST STREET 2: STE 1010 CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53202 BUSINESS PHONE: 4142724650 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 2: 700 N WATER ST STE 1010 CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53202 13F-HR 1 co0301_13f.txt COMPANY HOLDINGS UNITES STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 13F Form 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2001 Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: This Amendment (check only one.): [ ] is a restatement. [ ] adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: Nicholas Company, Inc. Address: 700 North Water Street Suite 1010 Milwaukee, WI 53202 Form 13F File Number: 28-1226 The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained therein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, list, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: Name: Jeffrey T. May Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer Phone: 414-272-4650 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: /s/ Jeffrey T. May Milwaukee, WI 05/07/2001 [Signature] [City, State] [Date] Report Type (check only one.): [x] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.) [ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).) [ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
Item 5: Item 2: Item 4: Shares Item 6: Item 1: Title Item 3: Fair or Investment Item 7: Item 8: Name of of CUSIP Market Principal Discretion Managers Voting Authority Issuer Class Number Value Amount (a)Sole See Instr (a)Sole (b)Shared (c)None Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 52999SH 1,123,100 1,123,100 23,100 1,100,000 Alberto-Culver Company CL A 013068200 31331SH 940,600 940,600 0 940,600 Adaptive Broadband CorporationCOM 00650M104 163SH 137,000 137,000 7,000 130,000 ADC Telecommunications, Inc. COM 000886101 63784SH 7,504,000 7,504,000 284,000 7,220,000 Automatic Data Processing, IncCOM 053015103 29458SH 541,700 541,700 1,000 540,700 American General Corporation COM 026351106 268SH 7,000 7,000 0 7,000 American Home Products CorporaCOM 026609107 69208SH 1,178,000 1,178,000 9,000 1,169,000 American International Group, COM 026874107 97SH 1,203 1,203 1,203 0 Airspan Networks Inc. COM 00950H102 866SH 385,000 385,000 0 385,000 Alcatel COM 013904305 15818SH 550,000 550,000 0 550,000 Affiliated Managers Group COM 008252108 1645SH 35,000 35,000 0 35,000 American Tower Corporation-Cl CL A 029912201 5014SH 271,000 271,000 46,000 225,000 Andrew Corporation COM 034425108 8194SH 570,000 570,000 60,000 510,000 Aon Corporation COM 037389103 710SH 20,000 20,000 0 20,000 AOL Time Warner Inc. COM 00184A105 37641SH 937,500 937,500 0 937,500 Apogent Technologies Inc. COM 03760A101 86417SH 4,269,600 4,269,600 205,900 4,063,700 Anadarko Petroleum CorporationCOM 032511107 57525SH 916,300 916,300 16,300 900,000 Alamosa Holdings, Inc. COM 011589108 1954SH 185,000 185,000 20,000 165,000 ALLTEL Corporation COM 020039103 341SH 6,500 6,500 0 6,500 Artesyn Technologies, Inc. COM 043127109 6544SH 605,200 605,200 174,300 430,900 Avery Dennison Corporation COM 053611109 416SH 8,000 8,000 0 8,000 American Express Company COM 025816109 33040SH 800,000 800,000 0 800,000 Alza Corporation COM 022615108 7553SH 186,500 186,500 0 186,500 AutoZone, Inc. COM 053332102 230SH 8,200 8,200 8,200 0 BioChem Pharma Inc. COM 09058T108 10257SH 337,000 337,000 27,000 310,000 BEA Systems, Inc. COM 073325102 6507SH 221,500 221,500 21,500 200,000 Biogen, Inc. COM 090597105 9117SH 144,000 144,000 14,000 130,000 W. R. Berkley Corporation COM 084423102 10229SH 227,000 227,000 0 227,000 Biomet, Inc. COM 090613100 8174SH 207,500 207,500 45,000 162,500 Business Objects S.A. SPONSORED ADR 12328X107 5094SH 165,000 165,000 0 165,000 BP Amoco Plc SPONSORED ADR 055622104 81SH 1,640 1,640 1,640 0 Brocade Communications SystemsCOM 111621108 1985SH 95,000 95,000 0 95,000 Brooks Automation, Inc. COM 11434A100 6559SH 165,000 165,000 30,000 135,000 Berkshire Hathaway Inc.-Cl A CL A 084670108 102691SH 1,569 1,569 0 1,569 Braun Consulting, Inc. COM 105651103 2092SH 515,000 515,000 10,000 505,000 Brown & Brown, Inc. COM 115236101 7903SH 232,100 232,100 120,200 111,900 BreezeCOM Ltd. COM M20385106 803SH 120,000 120,000 0 120,000 Boston Scientific Corporation COM 101137107 9959SH 493,500 493,500 93,500 400,000 Citigroup Inc. COM 172967101 63902SH 1,420,666 1,420,666 0 1,420,666 Cardinal Health, Inc. COM 14149Y108 56367SH 582,608 582,608 39,715 542,893 Commerce Bancorp, Inc. COM 200519106 2985SH 49,750 49,750 0 49,750 Circuit City Stores, Inc.-CircCIRCT CITY GRP 172737108 488SH 46,000 46,000 46,000 0 Clear Channel Communications, COM 184502102 111278SH 2,043,665 2,043,665 73,200 1,970,465 Cable Design Technologies CorpCOM 126924109 2010SH 150,000 150,000 0 150,000 CDW Computer Centers, Inc. COM 125129106 10447SH 337,000 337,000 52,000 285,000 Concord EFS, Inc. COM 206197105 10524SH 260,250 260,250 0 260,250 C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. COM 12541W100 3373SH 123,200 123,200 3,200 120,000 Cincinnati Financial CorporatiCOM 172062101 79SH 2,082 2,082 2,082 0 Conexant Systems SUB NT CONV 4%07 207142AF7 1063PRN 2,000,000 2,000,000 0 2,000,000 Compaq Computer Corporation COM 204493100 39671SH 2,179,700 2,179,700 49,700 2,130,000 ChoicePoint Inc. COM 170388102 16600SH 491,111 491,111 2,362 488,749 Ceragon Networks Ltd. COM M22013102 433SH 70,000 70,000 0 70,000 CryoLife, Inc. COM 228903100 648SH 25,000 25,000 0 25,000 Computer Sciences Corporation COM 205363104 476SH 14,700 14,700 14,700 0 Cisco Systems, Inc. COM 17275R102 444SH 28,200 28,200 28,200 0 Cintas Corporation COM 172908105 71886SH 1,823,600 1,823,600 79,750 1,743,850 CVS Corporation COM 126650100 66932SH 1,144,324 1,144,324 74,376 1,069,948 Cyberonics, Inc. COM 23251P102 2671SH 165,000 165,000 0 165,000 Dell Computer Corporation COM 247025109 26990SH 1,050,700 1,050,700 700 1,050,000 Dollar General Corporation COM 256669102 48822SH 2,388,575 2,388,575 158,575 2,230,000 Walt Disney Company (The) COM 254687106 49795SH 1,741,100 1,741,100 41,100 1,700,000 DiamondCluster International ICL A 25278P106 3996SH 460,000 460,000 32,000 428,000 EMC Corporation COM 268648102 32566SH 1,107,700 1,107,700 17,700 1,090,000 Emmis Communications CorporatiCL A 291525103 2450SH 96,800 96,800 2,000 94,800 Emerson Electric Co. COM 291011104 155SH 2,500 2,500 0 2,500 El Paso Corporation COM 28336L109 49110SH 752,069 752,069 14,069 738,000 Entercom Communications Corp. CL A 293639100 2122SH 54,000 54,000 0 54,000 Expeditors International of WaCOM 302130109 10203SH 202,290 202,290 32,290 170,000 Fastenal Company COM 311900104 50058SH 918,500 918,500 52,500 866,000 Fleet Boston Financial CorporaCOM 339030108 76SH 2,000 2,000 2,000 0 Fiserv, Inc. COM 337738108 13046SH 291,625 291,625 31,000 260,625 Fifth Third Bancorp COM 316773100 82113SH 1,536,618 1,536,618 47,855 1,488,763 Firstmerit Corporation COM 337915102 2516SH 97,000 97,000 97,000 0 Fannie Mae COM 313586109 64SH 800 800 800 0 Sprint Corporation COM FON GROUP 852061100 10491SH 477,100 477,100 157,100 320,000 Freddie Mac COM 313400301 51857SH 799,892 799,892 34,692 765,200 Forest Laboratories, Inc. COM 345838106 5332SH 90,000 90,000 0 90,000 FLAG Telecom Holdings Limited COM G3529L102 5730SH 1,066,000 1,066,000 8,000 1,058,000 Cedar Fair, L.P. DEPOSITRY UNIT 150185106 533SH 24,000 24,000 24,000 0 Guidant Corporation COM 401698105 68790SH 1,529,000 1,529,000 32,500 1,496,500 General Electric Company COM 369604103 40814SH 975,000 975,000 0 975,000 General Motors Corporation COM 370442105 596SH 11,500 11,500 6,000 5,500 General Motors Corporation - CCL H NEW 370442832 109680SH 5,624,600 5,624,600 261,900 5,362,700 Genuine Parts Company COM 372460105 1299SH 50,150 50,150 35,150 15,000 Global TeleSystems, Inc. COM 37936U104 1584SH 2,084,600 2,084,600 90,000 1,994,600 W.W. Grainger, Inc. COM 384802104 562SH 16,600 16,600 1,600 15,000 Home Depot, Inc. (The) COM 437076102 323SH 7,500 7,500 7,500 0 Harley-Davidson, Inc. COM 412822108 39244SH 1,034,100 1,034,100 27,800 1,006,300 HomeFed Corporation COM 43739D208 656SH 760,625 760,625 0 760,625 Household International, Inc. COM 441815107 1291SH 21,800 21,800 7,800 14,000 Health Management Associates, CL A 421933102 72349SH 4,652,645 4,652,645 190,725 4,461,920 Harris Corporation COM 413875105 11806SH 477,000 477,000 57,000 420,000 Hispanic Broadcasting CorporatCL A 43357B104 1948SH 102,000 102,000 0 102,000 Hewlett-Packard Company COM 428236103 26955SH 862,000 862,000 0 862,000 International Business MachineCOM 459200101 34692SH 360,700 360,700 5,700 355,000 Inforte Corp. COM 45677R107 1942SH 242,700 242,700 42,200 200,500 Intel Corporation COM 458140100 30615SH 1,163,500 1,163,500 0 1,163,500 Interpublic Group of CompaniesCOM 460690100 1494SH 43,500 43,500 29,500 14,000 International Speedway CorporaCL A 460335201 20597SH 555,736 555,736 50,000 505,736 International Speedway CorporaCL B 460335300 3788SH 100,000 100,000 0 100,000 Internet Security Systems, IncCOM 46060X107 1642SH 60,000 60,000 0 60,000 ITC/\DeltaCom, Inc. COM 45031T104 2716SH 462,300 462,300 4,000 458,300 Illinois Tool Works Inc. COM 452308109 1290SH 22,700 22,700 15,700 7,000 Interwoven, Inc. COM 46114T102 805SH 80,000 80,000 0 80,000 Keane, Inc. COM 486665102 10959SH 843,000 843,000 75,000 768,000 Knight Transportation, Inc. COM 499064103 2175SH 89,251 89,251 60,501 28,750 Kent Electronics Corporation COM 490553104 720SH 40,000 40,000 40,000 0 Kohl's Corporation COM 500255104 24096SH 390,600 390,600 0 390,600 Lamar Advertising Company CL A 512815101 9559SH 260,100 260,100 40,100 220,000 Eli Lilly and Company COM 532457108 40247SH 525,000 525,000 0 525,000 Liberty Media Corporation COM LIB GRP A 001957208 42011SH 3,000,800 3,000,800 50,800 2,950,000 Loral Space & Communications LCOM G56462107 1940SH 886,000 886,000 126,000 760,000 LSI Logic Corporation COM 502161102 12584SH 800,000 800,000 0 800,000 La-Z-Boy Incorporated COM 505336107 1394SH 78,300 78,300 58,300 20,000 McDonald's Corporation COM 580135101 41986SH 1,581,388 1,581,388 20,388 1,561,000 McDATA Corporation-Cl A CL A 580031201 379SH 20,059 20,059 0 20,059 Microchip Technology IncorporaCOM 595017104 7784SH 307,500 307,500 20,000 287,500 McLeodUSA Incorporated CL A 582266102 5213SH 600,000 600,000 75,000 525,000 MCSi, Inc. COM 55270M108 5258SH 355,000 355,000 45,000 310,000 Mercury General Corporation COM 589400100 134839SH 4,148,892 4,148,892 67,392 4,081,500 Medtronic, Inc. COM 585055106 47667SH 1,042,140 1,042,140 18,344 1,023,796 MedImmune, Inc. COM 584699102 7103SH 198,000 198,000 19,000 179,000 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. COM 590188108 55533SH 1,002,400 1,002,400 2,400 1,000,000 Mercury Interactive CorporatioCOM 589405109 3978SH 95,000 95,000 0 95,000 Marshall & Ilsley Corporation COM 571834100 119805SH 2,268,613 2,268,613 53,750 2,214,863 Marsh & McLennan Companies, InCOM 571748102 523SH 5,500 5,500 3,500 2,000 Minnesota Mining & ManufacturiCOM 604059105 23689SH 228,000 228,000 0 228,000 MiniMed Inc. COM 60365K108 10579SH 364,000 364,000 34,000 330,000 MatrixOne, Inc. COM 57685P304 1766SH 103,500 103,500 0 103,500 Motorola, Inc. COM 620076109 37490SH 2,629,034 2,629,034 54,034 2,575,000 Merck & Co., Inc. COM 589331107 380SH 5,000 5,000 0 5,000 Microsoft Corporation COM 594918104 1131SH 20,700 20,700 20,700 0 MGIC Investment Corporation COM 552848103 109SH 1,600 1,600 1,600 0 Micromuse, Inc. COM 595094103 529SH 14,000 14,000 0 14,000 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & CCOM NEW 617446448 28863SH 539,500 539,500 21,500 518,000 National Commerce BancorporatiCOM 635449101 24192SH 975,000 975,000 175,000 800,000 Nationwide Financial Services,CL A 638612101 19791SH 521,100 521,100 107,300 413,800 National HealthCare CorporatioCOM 636906100 107SH 10,000 10,000 10,000 0 National Health Realty, Inc. COM 635905102 1029SH 108,328 108,328 10,000 98,328 Nokia OYJ SPONSORED ADR 654902204 12480SH 520,000 520,000 0 520,000 Nortel Networks Corporation COM 656569100 122SH 8,700 8,700 8,700 0 Oracle Corporation COM 68389X105 661SH 44,100 44,100 44,100 0 O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. COM 686091109 18462SH 926,000 926,000 101,000 825,000 Outback Steakhouse, Inc. COM 689899102 10512SH 412,900 412,900 102,900 310,000 OTG Software, Inc. COM 671059103 918SH 145,000 145,000 0 145,000 Paychex, Inc. COM 704326107 5281SH 142,500 142,500 0 142,500 Pitney Bowes Inc. COM 724479100 243SH 7,000 7,000 7,000 0 Sprint Corp. (PCS Group) PCS COM SER 1 852061506 38388SH 2,020,400 2,020,400 25,400 1,995,000 AirGate PCS, Inc. COM 009367103 2201SH 58,500 58,500 0 58,500 Patterson Dental Company COM 703412106 9449SH 307,300 307,300 21,000 286,300 PepsiCo, Inc. COM 713448108 35SH 800 800 800 0 Pfizer Inc. COM 717081103 48935SH 1,195,000 1,195,000 0 1,195,000 Pharmacia Corporation COM 71713U102 40944SH 812,870 812,870 27,300 785,570 Protective Life Corporation COM 743674103 100764SH 3,285,440 3,285,440 153,440 3,132,000 Plantronics, Inc. COM 727493108 25807SH 1,452,300 1,452,300 69,000 1,383,300 Pericom Semiconductor CorporatCOM 713831105 1931SH 150,000 150,000 0 150,000 Proxicom, Inc. COM 744282104 2086SH 710,000 710,000 90,000 620,000 Qwest Communications InternatiCOM 749121109 53779SH 1,534,356 1,534,356 14,884 1,519,472 QLT Inc. COM 746927102 729SH 36,000 36,000 0 36,000 Nasdaq 100 Shares UNIT SER 1 631100104 150884SH 3,854,000 3,854,000 0 3,854,000 Reckson Associates Realty CorpCOM 75621K106 885SH 39,700 39,700 39,700 0 Rational Software Corporation COM NEW 75409P202 26726SH 1,505,700 1,505,700 45,700 1,460,000 Renal Care Group, Inc. COM 759930100 35967SH 1,341,050 1,341,050 109,800 1,231,250 Robert Half International Inc.COM 770323103 32698SH 1,463,000 1,463,000 81,500 1,381,500 Radio One, Inc. CL A 75040P108 3469SH 197,500 197,500 0 197,500 Rayovac Corporation COM 755081106 3246SH 186,000 186,000 26,000 160,000 RPM, Inc. COM 749685103 1119SH 109,681 109,681 109,681 0 Res-Care, Inc. COM 760943100 2701SH 540,250 540,250 10,000 530,250 IMS Health Incorporated COM 449934108 13297SH 534,000 534,000 84,000 450,000 Salem Communications CorporatiCL A 794093104 3193SH 196,500 196,500 6,000 190,500 Asia Satellite TelecommunicatiSPONSORED ADR 04516X106 2570SH 140,800 140,800 0 140,800 SunGard(R) Data Systems Inc. COM 867363103 3298SH 67,000 67,000 2,000 65,000 SeaChange International, Inc. COM 811699107 3427SH 255,000 255,000 45,000 210,000 Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. COM 808655104 9649SH 232,000 232,000 32,000 200,000 Spherion Corporation COM 848420105 414SH 59,600 59,600 0 59,600 Shire Pharmaceuticals Group PLSPONSORED ADR 82481R106 3566SH 81,500 81,500 1,500 80,000 Sherwin-Williams Company (The)COM 824348106 2505SH 98,300 98,300 66,300 32,000 SYNAVANT Inc. COM 87157A105 1SH 250 250 250 0 PanAmSat Corporation COM 697933109 1372SH 35,000 35,000 35,000 0 DMC Stratex Networks, Inc. COM 23322L106 1079SH 130,000 130,000 0 130,000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. COM 866810104 567SH 36,900 36,900 36,900 0 ServiceMaster Company (The) COM 81760N109 3127SH 278,450 278,450 226,450 52,000 Stryker Corporation COM 863667101 51524SH 986,100 986,100 32,500 953,600 TESSCO Technologies IncorporatCOM 872386107 2654SH 285,000 285,000 43,000 242,000 Tekelec COM 879101103 3240SH 180,000 180,000 0 180,000 Tellabs, Inc. COM 879664100 51571SH 1,267,500 1,267,500 47,500 1,220,000 Total Renal Care Holdings Inc.SUB NT CONV 7%09 89151AAC1 1740PRN 2,000,000 2,000,000 0 2,000,000 Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. COM 890516107 252SH 5,459 5,459 0 5,459 Tribune Company COM 896047107 693SH 17,000 17,000 8,000 9,000 Titan Corporation (The) COM 888266103 3558SH 198,000 198,000 3,000 195,000 Crown Castle International CorCOM 228227104 4740SH 320,000 320,000 40,000 280,000 Texas Instruments IncorporatedCOM 882508104 923SH 29,800 29,800 29,800 0 Tyco International Ltd. COM 902124106 27019SH 625,000 625,000 0 625,000 USA Networks, Inc. COM 902984103 133447SH 5,574,800 5,574,800 259,800 5,315,000 U.S. Bancorp COM 902973304 673SH 29,008 29,008 7,200 21,808 Valspar Corporation (The) COM 920355104 2312SH 80,600 80,600 80,600 0 Vascular Solutions, Inc. COM 92231M109 1550SH 248,000 248,000 0 248,000 Viacom Inc. CL B 925524308 31303SH 711,925 711,925 0 711,925 Vulcan Materials Company COM 929160109 94030SH 2,007,900 2,007,900 45,900 1,962,000 VERITAS Software Corporation COM 923436109 16068SH 347,500 347,500 0 347,500 Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. COM 928298108 48546SH 2,439,500 2,439,500 94,100 2,345,400 Verizon Communications COM 92343V104 40315SH 817,752 817,752 43,772 773,980 Walgreen Co. COM 931422109 54815SH 1,343,501 1,343,501 43,501 1,300,000 Winstar Communications, Inc. COM 975515107 91SH 43,000 43,000 43,000 0 WorldCom, Inc. COM 98157D106 63911SH 3,420,000 3,420,000 0 3,420,000 Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc.CL A 930059100 2224SH 78,450 78,450 60,450 18,000 Wisconsin Energy Corporation COM 976657106 108SH 5,000 5,000 0 5,000 Wells Fargo & Company COM 949746101 129SH 2,600 2,600 2,600 0 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. COM 931142103 53621SH 1,061,800 1,061,800 11,800 1,050,000 Western Multiplex Corporation COM 95874P107 1189SH 151,000 151,000 0 151,000 Western Wireless Corporation CL A 95988E204 8734SH 215,000 215,000 30,000 185,000 XO Communications, Inc. CL A 983764101 2604SH 372,000 372,000 37,000 335,000 Zebra Technologies CorporationCL A 989207105 8571SH 224,800 224,800 54,800 170,000 ------- TOTAL 4197492 ------- -------
Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 213 Form 13F Information Table Value Total (thousands): $4,197,492 List of Other Included Managers: NONE Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----