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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
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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:
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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
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[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