0001144204-12-060780.txt : 20121109 0001144204-12-060780.hdr.sgml : 20121109 20121109143431 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-12-060780 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121109 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121109 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20121109 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: 121193085 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 MARKET STREET #1600 CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: 4157780200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 MARKET STREET #1600 CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 13F-HR 1 v328004_13f.txt 13F-HR UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F Form 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 09/30/12 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 Phone: (415) 778-0200 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: /S/ Marc C. Mahon San Francisco, CA 11/08/12 ----------------------- ------------------- --------- [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: 100 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 5,863,070 (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: 4 FORM 13F NAME OF REPORTING MANAGER: Parnassus Investments #28-05022 DATE:09/30/12 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 992 1,000,000 X 1000000 2.00%, due 12/15/37 Accenture PLC COMMON STOCK G1151C101 73,532 1,050,000 X 1050000 Adobe Systems Inc. COMMON STOCK 00724F101 22,722 700,000 X 700000 Autodesk Inc. COMMON STOCK 052769106 5,840 175,000 X 175000 Applied Materials COMMON STOCK 038222105 191,340 17,137,500 X 17137500 Arbitron Inc. COMMON STOCK 03875Q108 21,586 569,564 X 569564 Artio Global Invest COMMON STOCK 04315B107 4,184 1,403,978 X 1403978 Bio-Rad Labs Inc. COMMON STOCK 090572207 16,393 153,610 X 153610 Brocade Comm Systems COMMON STOCK 111621306 18,140 3,066,824 X 3066824 Calgon Carbon Corp. COMMON STOCK 129603106 22,493 1,571,817 X 1571817 Check Point Software COMMON STOCK M22465104 2,769 57,500 X 57500 C.H. Robinson Inc. COMMON STOCK 12541W209 156,942 2,680,485 X 2680485 Cigna Corp. COMMON STOCK 125509109 12,500 265,000 X 265000 Ciena Corp. COMMON STOCK 171779309 46,796 3,440,847 X 3440847 Checkpoint Systems I COMMON STOCK 162825103 11,769 1,421,390 X 1421390 ClickSoftware (ADR) COMMON STOCK M25082104 10,377 1,347,623 X 1347623 Compass Minerals COMMON STOCK 20451N101 124,454 1,668,510 X 1668510 Capital One Fin Corp COMMON STOCK 14040H105 15,193 266,500 X 266500 Coach Inc. COMMON STOCK 189754104 10,364 185,000 X 185000 Costco Wholesale Cor COMMON STOCK 22160K105 2,003 20,000 X 20000 Ceragon Networks Ltd COMMON STOCK M22013102 12,039 2,112,071 X 2112071 Cisco Systems Inc. COMMON STOCK 17275R102 21,954 1,150,000 X 1150000 CVS Caremark Corp. CONVERTIBLE 126650100 152,523 3,150,000 X 3150000 Concho Resources Inc COMMON STOCK 20605P101 1,654 17,460 X 17460 Deere & Co. COMMON STOCK 244199105 12,374 150,000 X 150000 DR Horton Inc. COMMON STOCK 23331A109 10,320 500,000 X 500000 DragonWave Inc. COMMON STOCK 26144M103 2,368 1,056,958 X 1056958 eBay Inc. COMMON STOCK 278642103 1,936 40,000 X 40000 Ecolab Inc. COMMON STOCK 278865100 1,361 21,000 X 21000 Equifax Inc. COMMON STOCK 294429105 2,562 55,000 X 55000 Energen Corp. COMMON STOCK 29265N108 120,900 2,306,807 X 2306807 Energy XXI (Bermuda) COMMON STOCK G10082140 17,203 492,206 X 492206 EZchip Semiconductor COMMON STOCK M4146Y108 22,960 750,572 X 750572 First American Fincl COMMON STOCK 31847R102 30,312 1,398,780 X 1398780 First Horizon Ntl. COMMON STOCK 320517105 50,953 5,291,019 X 5291019 Fiserv Inc. COMMON STOCK 337738108 2,110 28,500 X 28500 Finisar Corp. COMMON STOCK 31787A507 49,339 3,450,288 X 3450288 Furiex Pharm Inc. COMMON STOCK 36106P101 3,983 208,772 X 208772 AGL Resources Inc. COMMON STOCK 001204106 73,640 1,800,050 X 1800050 Gilead Sciences Inc. COMMON STOCK 375558103 192,025 2,895,000 X 2895000 Corning Inc. COMMON STOCK 219350105 27,615 2,100,000 X 2100000 Gentex Corp. COMMON STOCK 371901109 9,510 559,060 X 559060 Google Inc. COMMON STOCK 38259P508 208,242 276,000 X 276000 Hanesbrands Inc. COMMON STOCK 410345102 13,218 414,621 X 414621 Harmonic Inc. COMMON STOCK 413160102 29,735 6,549,617 X 6549617 Intel Corp. COMMON STOCK 458140100 24,381 1,075,000 X 1075000 Iron Mountain Inc. COMMON STOCK 462846106 158,394 4,643,637 X 4643637 InterMune Inc. COMMON STOCK 45884X103 16,151 1,800,551 X 1800551 JPMorgan Chase & Co. COMMON STOCK 46625H100 10,120 250,000 X 250000 Nordstrom Inc. COMMON STOCK 655664100 1,156 20,950 X 20950 Lowes Cos. Inc. COMMON STOCK 548661107 16,330 540,000 X 540000 MasterCard Inc. COMMON STOCK 57636Q104 124,157 275,000 X 275000 MDU Resources Group COMMON STOCK 552690109 97,573 4,427,090 X 4427090 Mentor Graphics Corp COMMON STOCK 587200106 10,980 709,306 X 709306 McCormick & Co. COMMON STOCK 579780206 141,400 2,279,170 X 2279170 3M Co. COMMON STOCK 88579Y101 1,617 17,500 X 17500 Microsoft Corp. COMMON STOCK 594918104 7,445 250,000 X 250000 Motorola Solutions COMMON STOCK 620076307 106,883 2,114,403 X 2114403 Noble Corp. COMMON STOCK H5833N103 1,918 53,600 X 53600 Nike Inc. COMMON STOCK 654106103 37,964 400,000 X 400000 Insperity Inc. COMMON STOCK 45778Q107 40,531 1,606,456 X 1606456 Novartis AG (ADR) COMMON STOCK 66987V109 111,800 1,825,000 X 1825000 Northwest NaturalGas COMMON STOCK 667655104 73,860 1,500,000 X 1500000 Paychex Inc. COMMON STOCK 704326107 125,503 3,770,000 X 3770000 Patterson Companies COMMON STOCK 703395103 72,339 2,112,696 X 2112696 PepsiCo Inc. COMMON STOCK 713448108 228,233 3,225,000 X 3225000 Procter & Gamble Co. COMMON STOCK 742718109 240,679 3,470,000 X 3470000 PulteGroup Inc. COMMON STOCK 745867101 37,855 2,442,288 X 2442288 PMC-Sierra Inc. COMMON STOCK 69344F106 18,702 3,315,983 X 3315983 Pinnacle Financial COMMON STOCK 72346Q104 17,024 881,162 X 881162 Pentair Ltd. COMMON STOCK H6169Q108 59,221 1,330,510 X 1330510 Praxair Inc. COMMON STOCK 74005P104 72,716 700,000 X 700000 QUALCOMM Inc. COMMON STOCK 747525103 118,106 1,890,000 X 1890000 Riverbed Technology COMMON STOCK 768573107 66,264 2,847,607 X 2847607 Charles Schwab Corp. COMMON STOCK 808513105 169,367 13,242,156 X 13242156 Spectra Energy Corp. COMMON STOCK 847560109 48,415 1,649,000 X 1649000 SEI Investments Co. COMMON STOCK 784117103 61,014 2,844,464 X 2844464 Sirona Dental Systms COMMON STOCK 82966C103 7,382 129,607 X 129607 Shaw Communications COMMON STOCK 82028K200 112,705 5,497,825 X 5497825 Salix Pharm. Ltd. COMMON STOCK 795435106 3,176 75,000 X 75000 Scripps Networks COMMON STOCK 811065101 19,961 326,000 X 326000 Synopsys Inc. COMMON STOCK 871607107 2,543 77,000 X 77000 Simpson Manufact Co. COMMON STOCK 829073105 12,245 427,855 X 427855 Questar Corp. COMMON STOCK 748356102 172,756 8,497,613 X 8497613 Sysco Corp. COMMON STOCK 871829107 149,080 4,767,500 X 4767500 Teradata Corp. COMMON STOCK 88076W103 837 11,100 X 11100 Teleflex Inc. COMMON STOCK 879369106 218,681 3,176,657 X 3176657 Target Corp. COMMON STOCK 87612E106 160,896 2,535,000 X 2535000 Thermo Fisher Inc. COMMON STOCK 883556102 4,412 75,000 X 75000 Toll Brothers Inc. COMMON STOCK 889478103 20,924 629,681 X 629681 Ultra Petroleum Corp COMMON STOCK 903914109 1,264 57,500 X 57500 United Parcel Svc COMMON STOCK 911312106 110,934 1,550,000 X 1550000 Verisk Analytics Inc COMMON STOCK 92345Y106 53,799 1,130,000 X 1130000 VeriSign Inc. COMMON STOCK 92343E102 133,487 2,741,565 X 2741565 Valeant Pharm Intl. COMMON STOCK 91911K102 105,345 1,906,000 X 1906000 WD-40 Co. COMMON STOCK 929236107 59,536 1,131,000 X 1131000 Wells Fargo & Co. COMMON STOCK 949746101 26,761 775,000 X 775000 Waste Management Inc COMMON STOCK 94106L109 192,151 5,989,738 X 5989738 VCA Antech Inc. COMMON STOCK 918194101 23,520 1,192,110 X 1192110 W&T Offshore Inc. COMMON STOCK 92922P106 108,682 5,787,123 X 5787123 DENTSPLY Intl Inc. COMMON STOCK 249030107 2,670 70,000 X 70000 GRAND TOTAL: 5,863,070