0001144204-11-062542.txt : 20111109 0001144204-11-062542.hdr.sgml : 20111109 20111109161438 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-11-062542 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20111109 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111109 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20111109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS /CA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000948669 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 13F-HR SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-05022 FILM NUMBER: 111191855 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MARKET #1600 CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: 4157780200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MARKET #1600 CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 13F-HR 1 v239885_13f-hr.txt UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F Form 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 09/30/11 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: Parnassus Investments Address: 1 Market Street, Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94105 Form 13F File Number: 28-05022 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 herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: Name: Marc C. Mahon Title: Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer Phone: (415) 778-0200 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: /S/ Marc C. Mahon San Francisco, CA 11/09/11 ----------------------- ------------------- --------- [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).) Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 118 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 4,377,133 (thousands) List of Other Included Managers: 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. [If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings and list entries.] NONE

PAGE: 1 OF: 5 FORM 13F NAME OF REPORTING MANAGER: Parnassus Investments #28-05022 DATE:09/30/11 ITEM 1: ITEM 2: ITEM 3: ITEM 4: ITEM 5: ITEM 6: ITEM 7: ITEM 8: NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP FAIR MARKET SHARES OR INVESTMENT DISCRETION MANAGER VOTING AUTHORITY NUMBER VALUE PRINC. AMT. SOLE SHARED OTHER SOLE SHARED NONE Hologic Inc. CONV CONVERTIBLE 436440AA9 936 1,000,000 X 1000000 2.00%, due 12/15/37 Intel Corp. CONV CONVERTIBLE 458140AD2 1,014 1,000,000 X 1000000 2.95%, due 12/15/35 NII Holdings CONV CONVERTIBLE 62913FAJ1 2,015 2,000,000 X 2000000 3.13%, due 06/15/12 NASDAQ OMX CONV CONVERTIBLE 631103AA6 2,045 2,000,000 X 2000000 2.50%, due 08/15/13 Abbott Laboratories COMMON STOCK 002824100 80,546 1,575,000 X 1575000 Accenture PLC COMMON STOCK G1151C101 59,002 1,120,000 X 1120000 Adobe Systems Inc. COMMON STOCK 00724F101 19,940 825,000 X 825000 Autodesk Inc. COMMON STOCK 052769106 4,723 170,000 X 170000 Aflac Inc. COMMON STOCK 001055102 34,950 1,000,000 X 1000000 AGL Resources Inc. COMMON STOCK 001204106 62,129 1,525,000 X 1525000 Applied Materials COMMON STOCK 038222105 17,026 1,645,000 X 1645000 Arbitron Inc. COMMON STOCK 03875Q108 15,713 475,000 X 475000 Artio Global Invest COMMON STOCK 04315B107 16,318 2,050,000 X 2050000 Bio-Rad Labs Inc. COMMON STOCK 090572207 13,979 154,000 X 154000 Brocade Comm Systems COMMON STOCK 111621306 39,182 9,070,000 X 9070000 Cooper Industries COMMON STOCK G24140108 46,881 1,016,500 X 1016500 Calgon Carbon Corp. COMMON STOCK 129603106 19,305 1,325,000 X 1325000 Check Point Software COMMON STOCK M22465104 1,319 25,000 X 25000 Ciena Corp. COMMON STOCK 171779309 31,920 2,850,000 X 2850000 ClickSoftware Ltd. COMMON STOCK M25082104 10,517 1,350,000 X 1350000 Compass Minerals COMMON STOCK 20451N101 835 12,500 X 12500 Capital One Fin Corp COMMON STOCK 14040H105 258 6,500 X 6500 Coach Inc. COMMON STOCK 189754104 311 6,000 X 6000 Costco Wholesale Cor COMMON STOCK 22160K105 1,642 20,000 X 20000 Ceragon Networks Ltd COMMON STOCK M22013102 19,100 2,000,000 X 2000000 Cisco Systems Inc. COMMON STOCK 17275R102 74,894 4,835,000 X 4835000 CVS Caremark Corp. CONVERTIBLE 126650100 95,367 2,840,000 X 2840000 Cyberonics Inc. COMMON STOCK 23251P102 11,320 400,000 X 400000 Deere & Co. COMMON STOCK 244199105 1,937 30,000 X 30000 DR Horton Inc. COMMON STOCK 23331A109 11,752 1,300,000 X 1300000 The Walt Disney Co. COMMON STOCK 254687106 5,127 170,000 X 170000 DragonWave Inc. COMMON STOCK 26144M103 6,952 2,106,600 X 2106600 Devon Energy Corp. COMMON STOCK 25179M103 3,049 55,000 X 55000 eBay Inc. COMMON STOCK 278642103 14,745 500,000 X 500000 Ecolab Inc. COMMON STOCK 278865100 1,613 33,000 X 33000 Electrnc for Imaging COMMON STOCK 286082102 3,368 250,000 X 250000 Equifax Inc. COMMON STOCK 294429105 1,691 55,000 X 55000 Energen Corp. COMMON STOCK 29265N108 83,007 2,030,000 X 2030000 Energy XXI (Bermuda) COMMON STOCK G10082140 10,725 500,000 X 500000 EZchip Semiconductor COMMON STOCK M4146Y108 13,786 415,000 X 415000 First American Fincl COMMON STOCK 31847R102 15,360 1,200,000 X 1200000 First Horizon Ntl. COMMON STOCK 320517105 25,181 4,225,000 X 4225000 Fiserv Inc. COMMON STOCK 337738108 1,472 29,000 X 29000 Finisar Corp. COMMON STOCK 31787A507 69,283 3,950,000 X 3950000 Furiex Pharm Inc. COMMON STOCK 36106P101 6,688 470,000 X 470000 Glacier Bancorp Inc. COMMON STOCK 37637Q105 2,811 300,000 X 300000 Genomic Health Inc. COMMON STOCK 37244C101 10,473 476,487 X 476487 Gilead Sciences Inc. COMMON STOCK 375558103 73,720 1,900,000 X 1900000 Corning Inc. COMMON STOCK 219350105 17,922 1,450,000 X 1450000 Google Inc. COMMON STOCK 38259P508 188,777 367,000 X 367000 Gen-Probe Inc. COMMON STOCK 36866T103 72,450 1,265,500 X 1265500 Hanesbrands Inc. COMMON STOCK 410345102 18,132 725,000 X 725000 Harmonic Inc. COMMON STOCK 413160102 16,401 3,850,000 X 3850000 Hewlett-Packard Comp COMMON STOCK 428236103 112,250 5,000,000 X 5000000 IBM Corp. COMMON STOCK 459200101 3,938 22,500 X 22500 Intel Corp. COMMON STOCK 458140100 33,062 1,550,000 X 1550000 Iron Mountain Inc. COMMON STOCK 462846106 76,995 2,435,000 X 2435000 JPMorgan Chase & Co. COMMON STOCK 46625H100 51,204 1,700,000 X 1700000 Nordstrom Inc. COMMON STOCK 655664100 685 15,000 X 15000 KB Home COMMON STOCK 48666K109 16,115 2,750,000 X 2750000 Quicksilver Res Inc. COMMON STOCK 74837R104 16,145 2,130,000 X 2130000 LHC Group Inc. COMMON STOCK 50187A107 10,026 587,691 X 587691 Lowes Cos. Inc. COMMON STOCK 548661107 15,279 790,000 X 790000 MasterCard Inc. COMMON STOCK 57636Q104 117,374 370,077 X 370077 MDU Resources Group COMMON STOCK 552690109 81,749 4,260,000 X 4260000 Mentor Graphics Corp COMMON STOCK 587200106 11,544 1,200,000 X 1200000 MIPS Technologies In COMMON STOCK 604567107 16,615 3,432,800 X 3432800 McCormick & Co. COMMON STOCK 579780206 102,244 2,215,000 X 2215000 Motorola Solutions COMMON STOCK 620076307 1,048 25,000 X 25000 Noble Corp. COMMON STOCK H5833N103 1,057 36,000 X 36000 Nike Inc. COMMON STOCK 654106103 47,031 550,000 X 550000 Insperity Inc. COMMON STOCK 45778Q107 32,578 1,464,160 X 1464160 Novartis AG (ADR) COMMON STOCK 66987V109 69,713 1,250,000 X 1250000 Northwest NaturalGas COMMON STOCK 667655104 52,920 1,200,000 X 1200000 Paychex Inc. COMMON STOCK 704326107 104,953 3,980,000 X 3980000 Patterson Companies COMMON STOCK 703395103 31,714 1,107,714 X 1107714 Procter & Gamble Co. COMMON STOCK 742718109 178,484 2,825,000 X 2825000 PulteGroup Inc. COMMON STOCK 745867101 22,495 5,695,000 X 5695000 PMC-Sierra Inc. COMMON STOCK 69344F106 12,558 2,100,000 X 2100000 Pinnacle Financial COMMON STOCK 72346Q104 13,949 1,275,000 X 1275000 Pentair Inc. COMMON STOCK 709631105 32,778 1,024,000 X 1024000 Praxair Inc. COMMON STOCK 74005P104 56,088 600,000 X 600000 Pioneer Nat Res Co. COMMON STOCK 723787107 559 8,500 X 8500 Plains Exploration COMMON STOCK 726505100 23,675 1,042,500 X 1042500 QUALCOMM Inc. COMMON STOCK 747525103 93,613 1,925,000 X 1925000 Quest Software Inc. COMMON STOCK 74834T103 11,195 705,000 X 705000 Royal Bank of Canada COMMON STOCK 780087102 98,298 2,149,990 X 2149990 Charles Schwab Corp. COMMON STOCK 808513105 1,014 90,000 X 90000 Spectra Energy Corp. COMMON STOCK 847560109 53,966 2,200,000 X 2200000 SEI Investments Co. COMMON STOCK 784117103 91,434 5,945,000 X 5945000 Salix Pharm. Ltd. COMMON STOCK 795435106 10,203 344,712 X 344712 Scripps Networks COMMON STOCK 811065101 5,891 158,500 X 158500 Synopsys Inc. COMMON STOCK 871607107 1,340 55,000 X 55000 Staples Inc. COMMON STOCK 855030102 798 60,000 X 60000 Simpson Manufact Co. COMMON STOCK 829073105 4,238 170,000 X 170000 Questar Corp. COMMON STOCK 748356102 142,356 8,038,143 X 8038143 Seagate Technology COMMON STOCK G7945M107 2,313 225,000 X 225000 Symantec Corp. COMMON STOCK 871503108 5,624 345,000 X 345000 Sysco Corp. COMMON STOCK 871829107 113,235 4,372,000 X 4372000 Teradata Corp. COMMON STOCK 88076W103 696 13,000 X 13000 Teleflex Inc. COMMON STOCK 879369106 164,536 3,060,000 X 3060000 Target Corp. COMMON STOCK 87612E106 136,822 2,790,000 X 2790000 Tellabs Inc. COMMON STOCK 879664100 22,930 5,345,000 X 5345000 Toll Brothers Inc. COMMON STOCK 889478103 20,202 1,400,000 X 1400000 Tower Group Inc. COMMON STOCK 891777104 21,952 960,278 X 960278 Ultra Petroleum Corp COMMON STOCK 903914109 665 24,000 X 24000 United Parcel Svc COMMON STOCK 911312106 78,938 1,250,000 X 1250000 Verisk Analytics Inc COMMON STOCK 92345Y106 48,501 1,394,900 X 1394900 VeriSign Inc. COMMON STOCK 92343E102 78,534 2,745,000 X 2745000 Valeant Pharm Intl. COMMON STOCK 91911K102 48,943 1,318,500 X 1318500 Walgreen Co. COMMON STOCK 931422109 6,907 210,000 X 210000 Websense Inc. COMMON STOCK 947684106 15,138 875,000 X 875000 WD-40 Co. COMMON STOCK 929236107 50,358 1,264,000 X 1264000 Wells Fargo & Co. COMMON STOCK 949746101 31,477 1,305,000 X 1305000 Waste Management Inc COMMON STOCK 94106L109 236,574 7,265,772 X 7265772 VCA Antech Inc. COMMON STOCK 918194101 21,253 1,330,000 X 1330000 W&T Offshore Inc. COMMON STOCK 92922P106 50,086 3,640,000 X 3640000 DENTSPLY Intl Inc. COMMON STOCK 249030107 675 22,000 X 22000 GRAND TOTAL: 4,377,133