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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-12-002934
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111231
FILED AS OF DATE: 20120119
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120119
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20120119
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: 12534263
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
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QUARTERLY HOLDINGS REPORT
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 12/31/11
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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
Phone: (415) 778-0200
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/S/ Marc C. Mahon San Francisco, CA 01/19/12
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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: 114
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 5,103,272
(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:12/31/11
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 954 1,000,000 X 1000000
2.00%, due 12/15/37
NII Holdings CONV CONVERTIBLE 62913FAJ1 2,013 2,000,000 X 2000000
3.13%, due 06/15/12
Abbott Laboratories COMMON STOCK 002824100 88,984 1,582,500 X 1582500
Accenture PLC COMMON STOCK G1151C101 55,892 1,050,000 X 1050000
Adobe Systems Inc. COMMON STOCK 00724F101 23,323 825,000 X 825000
Autodesk Inc. COMMON STOCK 052769106 1,517 50,000 X 50000
Altera Corp. COMMON STOCK 021441100 742 20,000 X 20000
Applied Materials COMMON STOCK 038222105 20,349 1,900,000 X 1900000
Arbitron Inc. COMMON STOCK 03875Q108 16,345 475,000 X 475000
Artio Global Invest COMMON STOCK 04315B107 9,760 2,000,000 X 2000000
Bio-Rad Labs Inc. COMMON STOCK 090572207 17,114 178,198 X 178198
Brocade Comm Systems COMMON STOCK 111621306 38,717 7,460,000 X 7460000
Cooper Industries COMMON STOCK G24140108 55,043 1,016,500 X 1016500
Calgon Carbon Corp. COMMON STOCK 129603106 20,816 1,325,000 X 1325000
Check Point Software COMMON STOCK M22465104 1,602 30,500 X 30500
Ciena Corp. COMMON STOCK 171779309 35,393 2,925,000 X 2925000
ClickSoftware Ltd. COMMON STOCK M25082104 12,947 1,350,000 X 1350000
Compass Minerals COMMON STOCK 20451N101 689 10,000 X 10000
Capital One Fin Corp COMMON STOCK 14040H105 698 16,500 X 16500
Coach Inc. COMMON STOCK 189754104 366 6,000 X 6000
Costco Wholesale Cor COMMON STOCK 22160K105 1,666 20,000 X 20000
Ceragon Networks Ltd COMMON STOCK M22013102 15,400 2,000,000 X 2000000
Cisco Systems Inc. COMMON STOCK 17275R102 61,472 3,400,000 X 3400000
CVS Caremark Corp. CONVERTIBLE 126650100 128,457 3,150,000 X 3150000
Cyberonics Inc. COMMON STOCK 23251P102 6,700 200,000 X 200000
Deere & Co. COMMON STOCK 244199105 2,321 30,000 X 30000
DR Horton Inc. COMMON STOCK 23331A109 16,393 1,300,000 X 1300000
The Walt Disney Co. COMMON STOCK 254687106 9,750 260,000 X 260000
DragonWave Inc. COMMON STOCK 26144M103 7,280 2,110,000 X 2110000
Devon Energy Corp. COMMON STOCK 25179M103 4,030 65,000 X 65000
eBay Inc. COMMON STOCK 278642103 6,024 198,602 X 198602
Ecolab Inc. COMMON STOCK 278865100 1,908 33,000 X 33000
Electrnc for Imaging COMMON STOCK 286082102 3,563 250,000 X 250000
Equifax Inc. COMMON STOCK 294429105 2,131 55,000 X 55000
Energen Corp. COMMON STOCK 29265N108 107,750 2,155,000 X 2155000
Energy XXI (Bermuda) COMMON STOCK G10082140 15,143 475,000 X 475000
EZchip Semiconductor COMMON STOCK M4146Y108 18,415 650,000 X 650000
First American Fincl COMMON STOCK 31847R102 17,738 1,400,000 X 1400000
First Horizon Ntl. COMMON STOCK 320517105 37,520 4,690,000 X 4690000
Fiserv Inc. COMMON STOCK 337738108 1,703 29,000 X 29000
Finisar Corp. COMMON STOCK 31787A507 64,468 3,850,000 X 3850000
Furiex Pharm Inc. COMMON STOCK 36106P101 7,854 470,000 X 470000
AGL Resources Inc. COMMON STOCK 001204106 67,067 1,587,000 X 1587000
Genomic Health Inc. COMMON STOCK 37244C101 12,187 480,000 X 480000
Gilead Sciences Inc. COMMON STOCK 375558103 192,371 4,700,000 X 4700000
Corning Inc. COMMON STOCK 219350105 18,172 1,400,000 X 1400000
Google Inc. COMMON STOCK 38259P508 199,583 309,000 X 309000
Gen-Probe Inc. COMMON STOCK 36866T103 84,157 1,423,500 X 1423500
Hanesbrands Inc. COMMON STOCK 410345102 15,849 725,000 X 725000
Harmonic Inc. COMMON STOCK 413160102 19,404 3,850,000 X 3850000
Hewlett-Packard Co. COMMON STOCK 428236103 119,140 4,625,000 X 4625000
IBM Corp. COMMON STOCK 459200101 4,137 22,500 X 22500
Intel Corp. COMMON STOCK 458140100 31,525 1,300,000 X 1300000
Iron Mountain Inc. COMMON STOCK 462846106 82,944 2,693,000 X 2693000
JPMorgan Chase & Co. COMMON STOCK 46625H100 7,481 225,000 X 225000
Nordstrom Inc. COMMON STOCK 655664100 373 7,500 X 7500
KB Home COMMON STOCK 48666K109 8,400 1,250,000 X 1250000
Quicksilver Res Inc. COMMON STOCK 74837R104 14,292 2,130,000 X 2130000
LHC Group Inc. COMMON STOCK 50187A107 6,992 545,000 X 545000
Lowes Cos. Inc. COMMON STOCK 548661107 19,416 765,000 X 765000
MasterCard Inc. COMMON STOCK 57636Q104 123,031 330,000 X 330000
MDU Resources Group COMMON STOCK 552690109 115,026 5,360,000 X 5360000
Mentor Graphics Corp COMMON STOCK 587200106 16,272 1,200,000 X 1200000
MIPS Technologies In COMMON STOCK 604567107 1,673 375,000 X 375000
McCormick & Co. COMMON STOCK 579780206 114,739 2,275,670 X 2275670
Motorola Solutions COMMON STOCK 620076307 81,887 1,769,000 X 1769000
Noble Corp. COMMON STOCK H5833N103 1,088 36,000 X 36000
Nike Inc. COMMON STOCK 654106103 46,258 480,000 X 480000
Insperity Inc. COMMON STOCK 45778Q107 39,166 1,545,000 X 1545000
Novartis AG (ADR) COMMON STOCK 66987V109 80,038 1,400,000 X 1400000
Northwest NaturalGas COMMON STOCK 667655104 71,895 1,500,000 X 1500000
Paychex Inc. COMMON STOCK 704326107 119,838 3,980,000 X 3980000
Patterson Companies COMMON STOCK 703395103 82,761 2,803,551 X 2803551
Procter & Gamble Co. COMMON STOCK 742718109 211,804 3,175,000 X 3175000
PulteGroup Inc. COMMON STOCK 745867101 31,992 5,070,000 X 5070000
PMC-Sierra Inc. COMMON STOCK 69344F106 18,183 3,300,000 X 3300000
Pinnacle Financial COMMON STOCK 72346Q104 20,591 1,275,000 X 1275000
Pentair Inc. COMMON STOCK 709631105 37,114 1,114,884 X 1114884
Praxair Inc. COMMON STOCK 74005P104 71,772 671,393 X 671393
Pioneer Nat Res Co. COMMON STOCK 723787107 582 6,500 X 6500
Plains Exploration COMMON STOCK 726505100 1,267 34,500 X 34500
QUALCOMM Inc. COMMON STOCK 747525103 109,400 2,000,000 X 2000000
Quest Software Inc. COMMON STOCK 74834T103 13,113 705,000 X 705000
Charles Schwab Corp. COMMON STOCK 808513105 119,975 10655000 X 106550
Spectra Energy Corp. COMMON STOCK 847560109 67,650 2,200,000 X 2200000
SEI Investments Co. COMMON STOCK 784117103 106,833 6,157,500 X 6157500
Sirona Dental Systms COMMON STOCK 82966C103 5,505 125,000 X 125000
Salix Pharm. Ltd. COMMON STOCK 795435106 13,159 275,000 X 275000
Scripps Networks COMMON STOCK 811065101 16,798 396,000 X 396000
Synopsys Inc. COMMON STOCK 871607107 1,496 55,000 X 55000
Staples Inc. COMMON STOCK 855030102 1,389 100,000 X 100000
Simpson Manufact Co. COMMON STOCK 829073105 5,722 170,000 X 170000
Questar Corp. COMMON STOCK 748356102 166,846 8,401,100 X 8401100
Seagate Technology COMMON STOCK G7945M107 3,690 225,000 X 225000
Symantec Corp. COMMON STOCK 871503108 5,712 365,000 X 365000
Sysco Corp. COMMON STOCK 871829107 138,496 4,722,000 X 4722000
Teradata Corp. COMMON STOCK 88076W103 1,698 35,000 X 35000
Teleflex Inc. COMMON STOCK 879369106 199,193 3,250,000 X 3250000
Target Corp. COMMON STOCK 87612E106 141,111 2,755,000 X 2755000
Toll Brothers Inc. COMMON STOCK 889478103 29,711 1,455,000 X 1455000
Tower Group Inc. COMMON STOCK 891777104 17,951 890,000 X 890000
Ultra Petroleum Corp COMMON STOCK 903914109 711 24,000 X 24000
United Parcel Svc COMMON STOCK 911312106 113,445 1,550,000 X 1550000
Verisk Analytics Inc COMMON STOCK 92345Y106 55,977 1,394,900 X 1394900
VeriSign Inc. COMMON STOCK 92343E102 98,051 2,745,000 X 2745000
Valeant Pharm Intl. COMMON STOCK 91911K102 78,673 1,685,000 X 1685000
Walgreen Co. COMMON STOCK 931422109 7,273 220,000 X 220000
Websense Inc. COMMON STOCK 947684106 14,516 775,000 X 775000
WD-40 Co. COMMON STOCK 929236107 50,932 1,260,384 X 1260384
Wells Fargo & Co. COMMON STOCK 949746101 31,005 1,125,000 X 1125000
Waste Management Inc COMMON STOCK 94106L109 248,432 7,595,000 X 7595000
VCA Antech Inc. COMMON STOCK 918194101 25,181 1,275,000 X 1275000
W&T Offshore Inc. COMMON STOCK 92922P106 81,446 3,840,000 X 3840000
DENTSPLY Intl Inc. COMMON STOCK 249030107 770 22,000 X 22000
GRAND TOTAL: 5,103,272