0001144204-12-002934.txt : 20120119 0001144204-12-002934.hdr.sgml : 20120119 20120119133430 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 13F-HR 1 v245786_13f.txt 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 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 01/19/12 ----------------------- ------------------- --------- [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: 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