UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number: 811-03851

Nicholas II, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

700 North Water Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Jeffrey T. May, Senior Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer
700 North Water Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 414-272-4650

Date of Fiscal Year End: 09/30/2014

Date of Reporting Period: 12/31/2013

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.


 

  NICHOLAS II, INC.    
  SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED)    
  AS OF December 31, 2013    
 
 
SHARES OR      
PRINCIPAL      
AMOUNT     VALUE
- - -----------   -- - ---------
COMMON STOCKS -- 95.18%    
  Consumer Discretionary - Automobiles &    
  Components -- 2.25%    
260,000 Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. 7,178,600
70,000 BorgWarner Inc.   3,913,700
65,000 Harley-Davidson, Inc.   4,500,600
    ------------
      15,592,900
    ------------
  Consumer Discretionary - Durables &    
  Apparel -- 3.78%    
177,500 Jarden Corporation *   10,889,625
50,000 Polaris Industries Inc.   7,282,000
85,000 Tupperware Brands Corporation   8,035,050
    ------------
      26,206,675
    ------------
  Consumer Discretionary -    
  Retailing -- 12.75%    
220,000 CarMax, Inc. *   10,344,400
370,000 LKQ Corporation *   12,173,000
165,000 Nordstrom, Inc.   10,197,000
80,000 O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. *   10,296,800
115,000 PetSmart, Inc.   8,366,250
180,000 TJX Companies, Inc. (The)   11,471,400
130,000 Tractor Supply Company   10,085,400
75,000 Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. *   7,239,000
140,000 Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   8,159,200
    ------------
      88,332,450
    ------------
Consumer Discretionary - Services -- 2.35%      
249,999 InterContinental Hotels Group PLC   8,357,467
100,000 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.   7,945,000
    ------------
      16,302,467
    ------------
  Consumer Staples - Food & Staples    
  Retailing -- 1.58%    
95,000 PriceSmart, Inc.   10,976,300
    ------------
  Consumer Staples - Food, Beverage &    
  Tobacco -- 2.73%    
100,000 Beam Inc.   6,806,000
35,000 Mead Johnson Nutrition Company   2,931,600
85,000 Monster Beverage Corporation *   5,760,450
150,000 WhiteWave Foods Company (The) - Class A *   3,441,000
    ------------
      18,939,050
    ------------
  Consumer Staples - Household & Personal    
  Products -- 0.48%    
50,000 Church & Dwight Co., Inc.   3,314,000
    ------------
  Energy -- 5.54%    
125,000 Cameron International Corporation *   7,441,250
45,000 Concho Resources Inc. *   4,860,000
50,000 Continental Resources, Inc. *   5,626,000
60,000 Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   5,044,800
122,462 Kinder Morgan Management, LLC *   9,265,488
100,000 Whiting Petroleum Corporation *   6,187,000
    ------------
      38,424,538
    ------------
  Financials - Banks -- 0.64%    
60,000 Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.   4,465,800

 

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    -- - ---------
  Financials - Diversified -- 3.78%    
45,000 Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. *   9,759,600
170,000 Raymond James Financial, Inc.   8,872,300
90,000 T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.   7,539,300
    ------------
      26,171,200
    ------------
  Financials - Insurance -- 4.24%    
110,000 Aon plc   9,227,900
215,000 Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.   10,397,400
217,000 Willis Group Holdings PLC   9,723,770
    ------------
      29,349,070
    ------------
  Financials - Real Estate -- 0.68%    
180,000 CBRE Group Inc. *   4,734,000
    ------------
  Health Care - Equipment &    
  Services -- 9.45%    
115,000 AmerisourceBergen Corporation   8,085,650
145,000 Cardinal Health, Inc.   9,687,450
90,000 Cooper Companies, Inc. (The)   11,145,600
145,000 DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. *   9,188,650
205,000 DENTSPLY International Inc.   9,938,400
120,000 Stryker Corporation   9,016,800
90,000 Teleflex Incorporated   8,447,400
    ------------
      65,509,950
    ------------
  Health Care - Pharmaceuticals,    
  Biotechnology & Life Sciences -- 5.63%    
50,000 Jazz Pharmaceuticals public    
  limited company *   6,328,000
55,000 Perrigo Company plc   8,440,300
24,500 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *   6,743,380
93,920 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.   10,457,992
60,000 Valeant Pharmaceuticals    
  International, Inc. *   7,044,000
    ------------
      39,013,672
    ------------
  Industrials - Capital Goods -- 12.32%    
197,500 AMETEK, Inc.   10,402,325
135,000 BE Aerospace, Inc. *   11,749,050
206,000 Fastenal Company   9,787,060
150,000 IDEX Corporation   11,077,500
155,000 Pentair Ltd.   12,038,850
95,000 Snap-on Incorporated   10,404,400
50,000 TransDigm Group Incorporated *   8,051,000
160,000 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies    
  Corporation   11,883,200
    ------------
      85,393,385
    ------------
  Industrials - Commercial & Professional    
  Services -- 3.73%    
170,000 ADT Corporation (The)   6,879,900
105,000 IHS Inc. - Class A *   12,568,500
55,000 Stericycle, Inc. *   6,389,350
    ------------
      25,837,750
    ------------
  Industrials - Transportation -- 0.91%    
143,000 Expeditors International of    
  Washington, Inc.   6,327,750
    ------------
  Information Technology - Hardware &    
  Equipment -- 1.35%    
275,000 NCR Corporation *   9,366,500
    ------------
  Information Technology - Semiconductors &    
  Semiconductor Equipment -- 4.32%    
200,000 Altera Corporation   6,506,000
180,000 Avago Technologies Limited   9,520,200

 

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228,750 Microchip Technology Incorporated   10,236,563
80,000 Xilinx, Inc.   3,673,600
    ---- - -------
      29,936,363
    ------------
  Information Technology - Software &    
  Services -- 14.14%    
110,000 ANSYS, Inc. *   9,592,000
135,000 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. *   8,710,200
174,499 Fidelity National Information    
  Services, Inc.   9,367,106
161,874 Fiserv, Inc. *   9,558,660
105,000 FleetCor Technologies, Inc. *   12,302,850
47,500 MercadoLibre, Inc.   5,120,025
175,000 MICROS Systems, Inc. *   10,039,750
120,000 Red Hat, Inc. *   6,724,800
390,000 Symantec Corporation   9,196,200
145,000 Teradata Corporation *   6,596,050
330,000 Vantiv, Inc. - Class A *   10,761,300
    ------------
      97,968,941
    ------------
  Materials -- 2.53%    
75,000 Airgas, Inc.   8,388,750
135,000 AptarGroup, Inc.   9,154,350
    ------------
      17,543,100
    ------------
  TOTAL COMMON STOCKS    
  (cost $349,534,476)   659,705,861
    ------------
SHORT -TERM INVESTMENTS -- 4.83%    
  Commercial Paper - 4.49%    
$ 1,100,000 CBS Corporation 01/02/14, 0.22%   1,100,000
950,000 Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.    
  01/03/14, 0.23%   949,994
2,200,000 Comcast Corporation 01/06/14, 0.23%   2,199,944
1,500,000 Bacardi Corporation 01/08/14, 0.25%   1,499,937
1,325,000 B.A.T. International Finance p.l.c.    
  01/10/14, 0.25%   1,324,926
1,000,000 CBS Corporation 01/10/14, 0.23%   999,949
2,175,000 Clorox Company (The) 01/13/14, 0.21%   2,174,860
1,350,000 Prudential plc 01/13/2014, 0.15%   1,349,938
1,500,000 B.A.T. International Finance p.l.c.    
  01/14/14, 0.25%   1,499,875
2,050,000 Southern Company (The) 01/15/14, 0.17%   2,049,874
1,700,000 Valspar Corporation (The) 01/15/14, 0.25%   1,699,847
769,000 Valspar Corporation (The) 01/15/14, 0.26%   768,928
1,000,000 Hitachi America Capital, Ltd.    
  01/17/14, 0.35%   999,854
1,525,000 VW Credit, Inc. 01/17/14, 0.22%   1,524,860
2,200,000 Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation    
  01/21/14, 0.30%   2,199,652
1,850,000 Bemis Company, Inc. 01/22/14, 0.25%   1,849,743
2,000,000 Valspar Corporation (The) 01/24/14, 0.26%   1,999,682
1,500,000 Pacific Gas and Electric Company    
  01/28/14, 0.20%   1,499,783
550,000 Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation    
  01/29/14, 0.27%   549,889
625,000 Prudential plc 02/11/14, 0.16%   624,889
2,000,000 Campbell Soup Company 02/12/14, 0.17%   1,999,613
250,000 Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc.    
  02/18/14, 0.19%   249,938
    ------------
      31,115,975
    ------------
  Variable Rate Security - 0.34%    
2,319,507 Fidelity Institutional Money Market    
  Fund - Class I   2,319,507
    ------------
  TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS    
  (cost $33,435,482)   33,435,482
    ------------
  TOTAL INVESTMENTS    
  (cost $382,969,958) - 100.01%   693,141,343

 

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  ------- - ----  
 
LIABILITIES, NET OF OTHER ASSETS - (0.01)%   (55,491 )
  ------------  
TOTAL NET ASSETS      
(basis of percentages disclosed      
above) - 100% $693,085,852  
  ------------  
  ------------  

 

% OF NET ASSETS
* NON-INCOME PRODUCING

As of December 31, 2013, investment cost for federal tax purposes was
$383,095,009 and the tax basis components of unrealized
appreciation/depreciation were as follows:

Unrealized appreciation $ 311,247,245  
Unrealized depreciation   (1,200,911 )
  ------------  
Net unrealized appreciation $310,046,334  
  ------------  
  ------------  

 

For information on the Fund's policies regarding the valuation of
investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the
Fund's most recent Semiannual or Annual Report to Shareholders.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments
relating to Finanacial Accounting Standard No. 157.

The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels
listed below.

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices
for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds,
credit risk, etc.)

Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own
assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily
an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of December 31, 2013 in
valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:

    Investments
Valuation Inputs   in Securities
Level 1 -    
Common Stocks(1) $ 659,705,861
Variable Rate Security   2,319,507
Level 2 -    
Commercial Paper   31,115,975
Level 3 -    
None --
  ------------
Total $693,141,343
  ------------
  ------------
 
(1) See Schedule above for further detail by industry.

 

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Fund's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Fund's disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Fund in this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms, based upon such officers' evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report.

(b) There were no significant changes or corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the Fund's internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect the Fund's internal controls during the last fiscal quarter.

Item 3. Exhibits.

Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act, attached hereto as part of EX-99.CERT.

SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant) Nicholas II, Inc.

By: /s/ David O. Nicholas
Name: David O. Nicholas
Title: Principal Executive Officer

Date: 02/07/2014

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By: /s/ David O. Nicholas
Name: David O. Nicholas
Title: Principal Executive Officer
Date: 02/07/2014

By: /s/ Jeffrey T. May
Name: Jeffrey T. May
Title: Principal Financial Officer
Date: 02/07/2014

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