Chief Financial Officer

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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