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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-15-031322
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PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150331
FILED AS OF DATE: 20150515
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150515
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20150515
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: 15867536
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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PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS /CA
1 Market Street #1600
San Francisco
CA
94105
13F HOLDINGS REPORT
028-05022
N
Marc C. Mahon
Chief Financial Officer
415-778-0200
/S/ Marc C. Mahon
San Francisco
CA
05-14-2015
0
100
13953393
INFORMATION TABLE
2
infotable.xml
Exelixis Inc., 4.25%, due 08/15/2019
CONVERTIBLE
30161QAC8
419
550000
PRN
SOLE
550000
0
0
Microchip Tech., 1.63%, due 02/15/2025
CONVERTIBLE
595017AC8
1038
1000000
PRN
SOLE
1000000
0
0
Accenture plc, Class A
COMMON STOCK
G1151C101
212002
2262804
SH
SOLE
2166830
0
95974
Actavis plc
COMMON STOCK
G0083B108
581220
1952893
SH
SOLE
1875335
0
77558
AGL Resources Inc.
COMMON STOCK
001204106
137407
2767507
SH
SOLE
2674840
0
92667
Air Lease Corp.
COMMON STOCK
00912X302
55648
1474500
SH
SOLE
1474500
0
0
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (ADR)
COMMON STOCK
01609W102
208
2500
SH
SOLE
2500
0
0
Altera Corp.
COMMON STOCK
021441100
66511
1550000
SH
SOLE
1550000
0
0
American Express Co.
COMMON STOCK
025816109
42966
550000
SH
SOLE
550000
0
0
Apple Inc.
COMMON STOCK
037833100
327093
2628727
SH
SOLE
2516208
0
112519
Applied Materials Inc.
COMMON STOCK
038222105
322328
14287610
SH
SOLE
13732805
0
554805
Autodesk Inc.
COMMON STOCK
052769106
6157
105000
SH
SOLE
105000
0
0
Belmond Ltd.
COMMON STOCK
G1154H107
25573
2082500
SH
SOLE
2082500
0
0
Blount International Inc.
COMMON STOCK
095180105
6745
523687
SH
SOLE
523687
0
0
C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.
COMMON STOCK
12541W209
50046
683500
SH
SOLE
683500
0
0
Calgon Carbon Corp.
COMMON STOCK
129603106
14141
671128
SH
SOLE
671128
0
0
Cameron International Corp.
COMMON STOCK
13342B105
6046
134000
SH
SOLE
134000
0
0
Capital One Financial Corp.
COMMON STOCK
14040H105
31528
400000
SH
SOLE
400000
0
0
Cardinal Health Inc.
COMMON STOCK
14149Y108
8576
95000
SH
SOLE
95000
0
0
Charles Schwab Corp.
COMMON STOCK
808513105
372018
12221359
SH
SOLE
11806778
0
414581
Checkpoint Systems Inc.
COMMON STOCK
162825103
16498
1524762
SH
SOLE
1524762
0
0
Ciena Corp.
COMMON STOCK
171779309
69999
3625000
SH
SOLE
3625000
0
0
Citrix Systems Inc.
COMMON STOCK
177376100
26825
420000
SH
SOLE
420000
0
0
Compass Minerals International Inc.
COMMON STOCK
20451N101
216697
2324821
SH
SOLE
2238633
0
86188
Corning Inc.
COMMON STOCK
219350105
15309
675000
SH
SOLE
675000
0
0
CVS Health Corp.
COMMON STOCK
126650100
381267
3694087
SH
SOLE
3537680
0
156407
Deere & Co.
COMMON STOCK
244199105
24115
275000
SH
SOLE
275000
0
0
Denbury Resources Inc.
COMMON STOCK
247916208
8925
1224347
SH
SOLE
1224347
0
0
DENTSPLY International Inc.
COMMON STOCK
249030107
8015
157500
SH
SOLE
157500
0
0
Dominion Diamond Corp.
COMMON STOCK
257287102
17365
1016104
SH
SOLE
1016104
0
0
eBay Inc.
COMMON STOCK
278642103
389602
6754547
SH
SOLE
6498100
0
256447
Ecolab Inc.
COMMON STOCK
278865100
2402
21000
SH
SOLE
21000
0
0
Energen Corp.
COMMON STOCK
29265N108
214852
3255333
SH
SOLE
3113800
0
141533
Equifax Inc.
COMMON STOCK
294429105
6510
70000
SH
SOLE
70000
0
0
Essent Group Ltd.
COMMON STOCK
G3198U102
41762
1746639
SH
SOLE
1746639
0
0
Expeditors International of Washington Inc.
COMMON STOCK
302130109
382621
7941497
SH
SOLE
7702845
0
238652
EZchip Semiconductor Ltd.
COMMON STOCK
M4146Y108
14340
750000
SH
SOLE
750000
0
0
First American Financial Corp.
COMMON STOCK
31847R102
16591
465000
SH
SOLE
465000
0
0
First Horizon National Corp.
COMMON STOCK
320517105
56160
3930000
SH
SOLE
3930000
0
0
Fiserv Inc.
COMMON STOCK
337738108
8536
107500
SH
SOLE
107500
0
0
Genesee & Wyoming Inc., Class A
COMMON STOCK
371559105
20252
210000
SH
SOLE
210000
0
0
GenMark Diagnostics Inc.
COMMON STOCK
372309104
14531
1119516
SH
SOLE
1119516
0
0
Gentex Corp.
COMMON STOCK
371901109
7320
400000
SH
SOLE
400000
0
0
Gilead Sciences Inc.
COMMON STOCK
375558103
458776
4675181
SH
SOLE
4504220
0
170961
Google Inc., Class A
COMMON STOCK
38259P508
202920
365819
SH
SOLE
356500
0
9319
Google Inc., Class C
COMMON STOCK
38259P706
383213
699294
SH
SOLE
669320
0
29974
Group 1 Automotive Inc.
COMMON STOCK
398905109
22877
265000
SH
SOLE
265000
0
0
Insperity Inc.
COMMON STOCK
45778Q107
28786
550500
SH
SOLE
550500
0
0
Intel Corp.
COMMON STOCK
458140100
43778
1400000
SH
SOLE
1400000
0
0
International Business Machines Corp.
COMMON STOCK
459200101
73830
460000
SH
SOLE
460000
0
0
Intuit Inc.
COMMON STOCK
461202103
19528
201400
SH
SOLE
201400
0
0
Iron Mountain Inc.
COMMON STOCK
46284V101
394107
10803366
SH
SOLE
10358318
0
445048
Lam Research Corp.
COMMON STOCK
512807108
7024
100000
SH
SOLE
100000
0
0
Linear Technology Corp.
COMMON STOCK
535678106
257
5500
SH
SOLE
5500
0
0
LinkedIn Corp.
COMMON STOCK
53578A108
12493
50000
SH
SOLE
50000
0
0
MasterCard Inc., Class A
COMMON STOCK
57636Q104
249786
2891377
SH
SOLE
2767313
0
124064
McCormick & Co.
COMMON STOCK
579780206
212214
2752096
SH
SOLE
2639801
0
112295
MDU Resources Group Inc.
COMMON STOCK
552690109
211574
9914417
SH
SOLE
9495429
0
418988
Mindray Medical International Ltd. (ADR)
COMMON STOCK
602675100
246
9000
SH
SOLE
9000
0
0
Mondelez International Inc.
COMMON STOCK
609207105
383329
10621476
SH
SOLE
10218770
0
402706
Motorola Solutions Inc.
COMMON STOCK
620076307
562536
8437624
SH
SOLE
8135325
0
302299
National Oilwell Varco Inc.
COMMON STOCK
637071101
347490
6951197
SH
SOLE
6666470
0
284727
Nordstrom Inc.
COMMON STOCK
655664100
6249
77800
SH
SOLE
77800
0
0
Northwest Natural Gas Co.
COMMON STOCK
667655104
127030
2649218
SH
SOLE
2540885
0
108333
Novartis AG (ADR)
COMMON STOCK
66987V109
280927
2848871
SH
SOLE
2736030
0
112841
Patterson Companies Inc.
COMMON STOCK
703395103
253932
5204594
SH
SOLE
4984114
0
220480
Pentair plc
COMMON STOCK
G7S00T104
451365
7177048
SH
SOLE
6886477
0
290571
PepsiCo Inc.
COMMON STOCK
713448108
295430
3089629
SH
SOLE
2968450
0
121179
Perrigo Co. plc
COMMON STOCK
G97822103
413486
2497648
SH
SOLE
2409800
0
87848
Plantronics Inc.
COMMON STOCK
727493108
38256
722500
SH
SOLE
722500
0
0
PMC-Sierra Inc.
COMMON STOCK
69344F106
8339
898596
SH
SOLE
898596
0
0
Potash Corporation of Saskatchhewan Inc.
COMMON STOCK
73755L107
14513
450000
SH
SOLE
450000
0
0
Praxair Inc.
COMMON STOCK
74005P104
361230
2991798
SH
SOLE
2875129
0
116669
Procter & Gamble Co.
COMMON STOCK
742718109
373228
4554888
SH
SOLE
4367345
0
187543
Progressive Corp.
COMMON STOCK
743315103
5440
200000
SH
SOLE
200000
0
0
QUALCOMM Inc.
COMMON STOCK
747525103
465584
6714514
SH
SOLE
6472627
0
241887
Questar Corp.
COMMON STOCK
748356102
236045
9892931
SH
SOLE
9500683
0
392248
Redwood Trust Inc.
COMMON STOCK
758075402
29826
1669042
SH
SOLE
1669042
0
0
Regal-Beloit Corp.
COMMON STOCK
758750103
16783
210000
SH
SOLE
210000
0
0
Riverbed Technology Inc.
COMMON STOCK
768573107
40775
1950000
SH
SOLE
1950000
0
0
Roche Holdings Ltd. (ADR)
COMMON STOCK
771195104
34380
1000000
SH
SOLE
1000000
0
0
SEI Investments Co.
COMMON STOCK
784117103
20061
455000
SH
SOLE
455000
0
0
Shaw Communications Inc.
COMMON STOCK
82028K200
305765
13631979
SH
SOLE
13158544
0
473435
Sotheby's
COMMON STOCK
835898107
23243
550000
SH
SOLE
550000
0
0
Synopsys Inc.
COMMON STOCK
871607107
8472
182900
SH
SOLE
182900
0
0
Sysco Corp.
COMMON STOCK
871829107
320961
8506795
SH
SOLE
8192404
0
314391
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (ADR)
COMMON STOCK
874039100
423
18000
SH
SOLE
18000
0
0
Target Corp.
COMMON STOCK
87612E106
47190
575000
SH
SOLE
575000
0
0
Teleflex Inc.
COMMON STOCK
879369106
40839
337990
SH
SOLE
299090
0
38900
Thomson Reuters Corp.
COMMON STOCK
884903105
345887
8527790
SH
SOLE
8207195
0
320595
United Parcel Service Inc.
COMMON STOCK
911312106
385678
3978520
SH
SOLE
3830460
0
148060
UTi Worldwide Inc.
COMMON STOCK
G87210103
16293
1324666
SH
SOLE
1324666
0
0
Verisk Analytics Inc., Class A
COMMON STOCK
92345Y106
269764
3778213
SH
SOLE
3621747
0
156466
W&T Offshore Inc.
COMMON STOCK
92922P106
6929
1355874
SH
SOLE
1355874
0
0
W.W. Grainger Inc.
COMMON STOCK
384802104
37730
160000
SH
SOLE
160000
0
0
Waste Management Inc.
COMMON STOCK
94106L109
259274
4781005
SH
SOLE
4582818
0
198187
WD-40 Co.
COMMON STOCK
929236107
114010
1287664
SH
SOLE
1227989
0
59675
Wells Fargo & Co.
COMMON STOCK
949746101
59840
1100000
SH
SOLE
1100000
0
0
Whole Foods Market Inc.
COMMON STOCK
966837106
72131
1385000
SH
SOLE
1385000
0
0
Xylem Inc.
COMMON STOCK
98419M100
323157
9227778
SH
SOLE
8862893
0
364885