0001398344-17-014596.txt : 20171114 0001398344-17-014596.hdr.sgml : 20171114 20171114091743 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001398344-17-014596 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20171114 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20171114 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20171114 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BROWN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000885062 IRS NUMBER: 521304372 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 13F-HR SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-03139 FILM NUMBER: 171198707 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1201 N CALVERT ST CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21201 BUSINESS PHONE: 4108373234 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1201 N CALVERT STREET CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BROWN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990325 13F-HR 1 primary_doc.xml 13F-HR LIVE false false false 0000885062 XXXXXXXX 09-30-2017 09-30-2017 false BROWN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

1201 N Calvert Street Baltimore MD 21202

13F HOLDINGS REPORT 028-03139 N Eddie C. Brown 410-837-3234 /s/ Eddie C. Brown Baltimore MD 10-11-2017 0 129 8217735 INFORMATION TABLE 2 fp0028462_13fhr-table.xml 13F INFORMATION TABLE 3M CO COM 88579Y101 442 2105 SH SOLE 413 1692 0 ABAXIS INC COM 002567105 138493 3101747 SH SOLE 2019488 1082259 0 ABBOTT LABS COM 002824100 640 11986 SH SOLE 735 11251 0 ABBVIE INC COM 00287Y109 564 6348 SH SOLE 323 6025 0 ABIOMED INC COM 003654100 233860 1387071 SH SOLE 889765 497306 0 ACI WORLDWIDE INC COM 004498101 253745 11138957 SH SOLE 5749584 5389373 0 ACUITY BRANDS INC COM 00508Y102 1652 9646 SH SOLE 8352 1294 0 ADOBE SYS INC COM 00724F101 608 4074 SH SOLE 2786 1288 0 ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL A 02079K305 3565 3661 SH SOLE 2809 852 0 AMERICAN SOFTWARE INC CL A 029683109 47879 4214713 SH SOLE 2461684 1753029 0 ANSYS INC COM 03662Q105 366118 2983121 SH SOLE 1833236 1149885 0 APPLE INC COM 037833100 4416 28652 SH SOLE 19467 9185 0 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING IN COM 053015103 584 5344 SH SOLE 209 5135 0 AVADEL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC SPONSORED ADR 05337M104 9208 876955 SH SOLE 540218 336737 0 BALCHEM CORP COM 057665200 312126 3839661 SH SOLE 2336289 1503372 0 BIOGEN INC COM 09062X103 750 2394 SH SOLE 1919 475 0 BIO TECHNE CORP COM 09073M104 256179 2119107 SH SOLE 1308053 811054 0 BLACKBAUD INC COM 09227Q100 429443 4891152 SH SOLE 2920890 1970262 0 BROADRIDGE FINL SOLUTIONS IN COM 11133T103 1624 20099 SH SOLE 18389 1710 0 BRUKER CORP COM 116794108 19065 640852 SH SOLE 492712 148140 0 CANTEL MEDICAL CORP COM 138098108 360797 3831336 SH SOLE 2084817 1746519 0 CARDIOVASCULAR SYS INC DEL COM 141619106 69988 2486238 SH SOLE 1525438 960800 0 CARNIVAL CORP UNIT 99/99/9999 143658300 48038 743968 SH SOLE 402672 341296 0 CELGENE CORP COM 151020104 4319 29620 SH SOLE 21202 8418 0 CERNER CORP COM 156782104 5186 72709 SH SOLE 72709 0 0 CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECH LT ORD M22465104 28349 248634 SH SOLE 135515 113119 0 CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC COM 169656105 376 1222 SH SOLE 1222 0 0 CISCO SYS INC COM 17275R102 287 8542 SH SOLE 1405 7137 0 COGNEX CORP COM 192422103 442332 4010989 SH SOLE 2419172 1591817 0 CYBERARK SOFTWARE LTD SHS M2682V108 2080 50731 SH SOLE 50731 0 0 DANAHER CORP DEL COM 235851102 334 3891 SH SOLE 2343 1548 0 DICKS SPORTING GOODS INC COM 253393102 266 9857 SH SOLE 1435 8422 0 DIODES INC COM 254543101 43490 1453050 SH SOLE 506701 946349 0 DMC GLOBAL INC COM 23291C103 37969 2246707 SH SOLE 1179528 1067179 0 DOLBY LABORATORIES INC COM 25659T107 20676 359463 SH SOLE 163914 195549 0 ECOLAB INC COM 278865100 1547 12032 SH SOLE 7101 4931 0 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP COM 28176E108 486 4445 SH SOLE 4445 0 0 ELLIE MAE INC COM 28849P100 203651 2479612 SH SOLE 1482936 996676 0 ENDOLOGIX INC COM 29266S106 39173 8783162 SH SOLE 5483409 3299753 0 EQUIFAX INC COM 294429105 723 6826 SH SOLE 6826 0 0 EVERCORE INC CLASS A 29977A105 490 6100 SH SOLE 6100 0 0 EXPEDIA INC DEL COM NEW 30212P303 989 6873 SH SOLE 6873 0 0 EXXON MOBIL CORP COM 30231G102 275 3354 SH SOLE 60 3294 0 FACEBOOK INC CL A 30303M102 2764 16175 SH SOLE 11101 5074 0 FACTSET RESH SYS INC COM 303075105 322 1788 SH SOLE 1788 0 0 FASTENAL CO COM 311900104 1132 24842 SH SOLE 21743 3099 0 FLIR SYS INC COM 302445101 14763 379417 SH SOLE 248411 131006 0 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO COM 369604103 1426 58975 SH SOLE 27451 31524 0 GEOSPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORP COM 37364X109 27631 1550534 SH SOLE 876748 673786 0 GILEAD SCIENCES INC COM 375558103 747 9214 SH SOLE 6592 2622 0 GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE INC COM 40171V100 300671 3861682 SH SOLE 2372732 1488950 0 GW PHARMACEUTICALS PLC ADS 36197T103 3427 33769 SH SOLE 33769 0 0 HOME DEPOT INC COM 437076102 2485 15193 SH SOLE 8623 6570 0 ICON PLC SHS G4705A100 57676 506460 SH SOLE 265923 240537 0 ILLINOIS TOOL WKS INC COM 452308109 626 4229 SH SOLE 475 3754 0 INCYTE CORP COM 45337C102 92687 793964 SH SOLE 522371 271593 0 INOGEN INC COM 45780L104 211095 2219712 SH SOLE 1312088 907624 0 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS COM 459200101 304 2093 SH SOLE 244 1849 0 INVESCO LTD SHS G491BT108 15122 431577 SH SOLE 227326 204251 0 IPG PHOTONICS CORP COM 44980X109 707 3821 SH SOLE 3821 0 0 IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS INC COM CL A 46333X108 98051 6217575 SH SOLE 3757238 2460337 0 HUNT J B TRANS SVCS INC COM 445658107 1459 13139 SH SOLE 12433 706 0 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO COM 46625H100 1185 12412 SH SOLE 8468 3944 0 JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PLC SHS USD G50871105 969 6627 SH SOLE 6288 339 0 JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 317 2437 SH SOLE 174 2263 0 JOHNSON CTLS INTL PLC SHS G51502105 17391 431650 SH SOLE 234302 197348 0 LKQ CORP COM 501889208 701 19473 SH SOLE 19473 0 0 MANHATTAN ASSOCS INC COM 562750109 295473 7107850 SH SOLE 4656241 2451609 0 MASIMO CORP COM 574795100 8456 97687 SH SOLE 96792 895 0 MASTERCARD INCORPORATED CL A 57636Q104 2571 18205 SH SOLE 14971 3234 0 MAXIMUS INC COM 577933104 494 7664 SH SOLE 7664 0 0 MCDONALDS CORP COM 580135101 378 2415 SH SOLE 15 2400 0 MEDIDATA SOLUTIONS INC COM 58471A105 425263 5447897 SH SOLE 3358381 2089516 0 MERCADOLIBRE INC COM 58733R102 5405 20875 SH SOLE 20875 0 0 MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE INC COM 589584101 78557 5493466 SH SOLE 3094015 2399451 0 MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918104 1935 25974 SH SOLE 16088 9886 0 MORGAN STANLEY COM NEW 617446448 758 15731 SH SOLE 11792 3939 0 MSC INDL DIRECT INC CL A 553530106 573 7579 SH SOLE 7554 25 0 NEOGEN CORP COM 640491106 424892 5485306 SH SOLE 3308287 2177019 0 NETEASE INC SPONSORED ADR 64110W102 1358 5146 SH SOLE 5146 0 0 NETSCOUT SYS INC COM 64115T104 223759 6916830 SH SOLE 4130248 2786582 0 NIC INC COM 62914B100 117221 6835055 SH SOLE 4783411 2051644 0 NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HLDGS SHS G66721104 2312 42770 SH SOLE 30190 12580 0 NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC COM 67020Y100 7650 486642 SH SOLE 334193 152449 0 ORACLE CORP COM 68389X105 521 10776 SH SOLE 2899 7877 0 ORBOTECH LTD ORD M75253100 3786 89684 SH SOLE 89684 0 0 O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC NEW COM 67103H107 1579 7332 SH SOLE 6573 759 0 PAREXEL INTL CORP COM 699462107 971 11029 SH SOLE 10185 844 0 PAYCOM SOFTWARE INC COM 70432V102 342967 4575329 SH SOLE 2790932 1784397 0 PRAXAIR INC COM 74005P104 1756 12565 SH SOLE 7696 4869 0 PROS HOLDINGS INC COM 74346Y103 118419 4907559 SH SOLE 2629107 2278452 0 PROTO LABS INC COM 743713109 305476 3804184 SH SOLE 2318656 1485528 0 PULTE GROUP INC COM 745867101 1488 54436 SH SOLE 46722 7714 0 QIAGEN NV SHS NEW N72482123 26812 851168 SH SOLE 461173 389995 0 QUALITY SYS INC COM 747582104 149808 9523705 SH SOLE 5575065 3948640 0 QUANTA SVCS INC COM 74762E102 1123 30057 SH SOLE 27122 2935 0 QUIDEL CORP COM 74838J101 251129 5725703 SH SOLE 3333959 2391744 0 REALPAGE INC COM 75606N109 405 10153 SH SOLE 10153 0 0 RED HAT INC COM 756577102 885 7982 SH SOLE 7982 0 0 SASOL LTD SPONSORED ADR 803866300 14703 534057 SH SOLE 284453 249604 0 SCHWAB CHARLES CORP NEW COM 808513105 2567 58685 SH SOLE 52121 6564 0 SHIRE PLC SPONSORED ADR 82481R106 3674 23994 SH SOLE 7306 16688 0 SITEONE LANDSCAPE SUPPLY INC COM 82982L103 685 11794 SH SOLE 11794 0 0 STARBUCKS CORP COM 855244109 838 15601 SH SOLE 12682 2919 0 STERICYCLE INC COM 858912108 877 12250 SH SOLE 10189 2061 0 STIFEL FINL CORP COM 860630102 532 9950 SH SOLE 8345 1605 0 SUN HYDRAULICS CORP COM 866942105 222914 4128038 SH SOLE 2346972 1781066 0 PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC COM 74144T108 3265 36020 SH SOLE 22259 13761 0 TARGET CORP COM 87612E106 301 5104 SH SOLE 1228 3876 0 P T TELEKOMUNIKASI INDONESIA SPONSORED ADR 715684106 895 26082 SH SOLE 26082 0 0 TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDS LTD SPONSORED ADR 881624209 4441 252304 SH SOLE 131832 120472 0 TJX COS INC NEW COM 872540109 1066 14460 SH SOLE 11318 3142 0 TOLL BROTHERS INC COM 889478103 1321 31858 SH SOLE 26771 5087 0 TRACTOR SUPPLY CO COM 892356106 2196 34695 SH SOLE 21762 12933 0 TRIMBLE INC COM 896239100 263 6695 SH SOLE 6695 0 0 TYLER TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 902252105 385321 2210425 SH SOLE 1343873 866552 0 ULTA BEAUTY INC COM 90384S303 725 3209 SH SOLE 3209 0 0 ULTIMATE SOFTWARE GROUP INC COM 90385D107 678 3578 SH SOLE 3578 0 0 UNDER ARMOUR INC CL A 904311107 517 31386 SH SOLE 28364 3022 0 UNION PAC CORP COM 907818108 815 7024 SH SOLE 5665 1359 0 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP COM 913017109 578 4980 SH SOLE 4079 901 0 VEEVA SYS INC CL A COM 922475108 338230 5995914 SH SOLE 3364139 2631775 0 VISA INC COM CL A 92826C839 601 5709 SH SOLE 5584 125 0 VOCERA COMMUNICATIONS INC COM 92857F107 135727 4326645 SH SOLE 2479260 1847385 0 WATERS CORP COM 941848103 561 3123 SH SOLE 3023 100 0 WEC ENERGY GROUP INC COM 92939U106 593 9453 SH SOLE 503 8950 0 GRAINGER W W INC COM 384802104 449 2500 SH SOLE 0 2500 0 YORK WTR CO COM 987184108 381 11250 SH SOLE 0 11250 0 ZOES KITCHEN INC COM 98979J109 41401 3277985 SH SOLE 1920793 1357192 0