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 02-12-2016 0 89 14908861 INFORMATION TABLE 2 infotable.xml Exelixis Inc., 4.25%, due 08/15/2019 CONVERTIBLE 30161QAC8 645 550000 PRN SOLE 550000 0 0 Intel Corp., 2.95%, due 12/15/2035 CONVERTIBLE 458140AD2 1599 1250000 PRN SOLE 1250000 0 0 Microchip Tech., 1.63%, due 02/15/2025 CONVERTIBLE 595017AC8 994 1000000 PRN SOLE 1000000 0 0 Apple Inc. COMMON STOCK 037833100 365052 3468097 SH SOLE 3326297 0 141800 Autodesk Inc. COMMON STOCK 052769106 72409 1188391 SH SOLE 1188391 0 0 Allergan plc COMMON STOCK G0177J108 299978 959931 SH SOLE 920568 0 39363 Air Lease Corp. COMMON STOCK 00912X302 30484 910500 SH SOLE 910500 0 0 Applied Materials Inc. COMMON STOCK 038222105 453465 24288440 SH SOLE 23554548 0 733892 American Express Co. COMMON STOCK 025816109 97370 1400000 SH SOLE 1400000 0 0 Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. COMMON STOCK G0750C108 25273 948337 SH SOLE 948337 0 0 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (ADR) COMMON STOCK 01609W102 488 6000 SH SOLE 6000 0 0 Belmond Ltd. COMMON STOCK G1154H107 4750 500000 SH SOLE 500000 0 0 Cardinal Health Inc. COMMON STOCK 14149Y108 19639 220000 SH SOLE 220000 0 0 Cameron International Corp. COMMON STOCK 13342B105 9986 158000 SH SOLE 158000 0 0 Calgon Carbon Corp. COMMON STOCK 129603106 14020 812759 SH SOLE 812759 0 0 C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. COMMON STOCK 12541W209 24808 400000 SH SOLE 400000 0 0 Ciena Corp. COMMON STOCK 171779309 101381 4900000 SH SOLE 4900000 0 0 Cummins Inc. COMMON STOCK 231021106 88010 1000000 SH SOLE 1000000 0 0 Compass Minerals International Inc. COMMON STOCK 20451N101 176655 2433135 SH SOLE 2346947 0 86188 Capital One Financial Corp. COMMON STOCK 14040H105 20923 200000 SH SOLE 200000 0 0 Citrix Systems Inc. COMMON STOCK 177376100 68085 900000 SH SOLE 900000 0 0 CVS Health Corp. COMMON STOCK 126650100 355125 3791426 SH SOLE 3632248 0 159178 Deere & Co. COMMON STOCK 244199105 259512 3283700 SH SOLE 3198492 0 85208 Danaher Corp. COMMON STOCK 235851102 586523 6510862 SH SOLE 6244877 0 265985 eBay Inc. COMMON STOCK 278642103 286408 9928203 SH SOLE 9523410 0 404793 Ecolab Inc. COMMON STOCK 278865100 13526 21000 SH SOLE 21000 0 0 Equifax Inc. COMMON STOCK 294429105 7796 70000 SH SOLE 70000 0 0 Energen Corp. COMMON STOCK 29265N108 4015 97956 SH SOLE 97956 0 0 Essent Group Ltd. COMMON STOCK G3198U102 26049 1190000 SH SOLE 1190000 0 0 Expeditors International of Washington Inc. COMMON STOCK 302130109 61201 1357000 SH SOLE 1357000 0 0 First American Financial Corp. COMMON STOCK 31847R102 8796 245000 SH SOLE 245000 0 0 FedEx Corp. COMMON STOCK 31428X106 9684 65000 SH SOLE 65000 0 0 First Horizon National Corp. COMMON STOCK 320517105 34630 2385000 SH SOLE 2385000 0 0 Fiserv Inc. COMMON STOCK 337738108 17377 190000 SH SOLE 190000 0 0 AGL Resources Inc. COMMON STOCK 001204106 57128 895281 SH SOLE 857949 0 37332 Gilead Sciences Inc. COMMON STOCK 375558103 428917 4238731 SH SOLE 4081856 0 156875 Alphabet Inc., Class C COMMON STOCK 02079K107 390896 515096 SH SOLE 493453 0 21643 Alphabet Inc., Class A COMMON STOCK 02079K305 238139 306087 SH SOLE 295807 0 10280 Genesee & Wyoming Inc., Class A COMMON STOCK 371559105 5369 100000 SH SOLE 100000 0 0 W.W. Grainger Inc. COMMON STOCK 384802104 42544 210000 SH SOLE 210000 0 0 International Business Machines Corp. COMMON STOCK 459200101 97710 710000 SH SOLE 710000 0 0 Intel Corp. COMMON STOCK 458140100 563305 16351372 SH SOLE 15784410 0 566962 Intuit Inc. COMMON STOCK 461202103 1857 19243 SH SOLE 19243 0 0 Iron Mountain Inc. COMMON STOCK 46284V101 321106 11888395 SH SOLE 11417308 0 471087 Linear Technology Corp. COMMON STOCK 535678106 340 8000 SH SOLE 8000 0 0 Lam Research Corp. COMMON STOCK 512807108 37725 475000 SH SOLE 475000 0 0 MasterCard Inc., Class A COMMON STOCK 57636Q104 286769 2945445 SH SOLE 2821381 0 124064 McKesson Corp. COMMON STOCK 58155Q103 15778 80000 SH SOLE 80000 0 0 Mondelez International Inc., Class A COMMON STOCK 609207105 529823 11815851 SH SOLE 11342612 0 473239 MDU Resources Group Inc. COMMON STOCK 552690109 259805 14181493 SH SOLE 13664457 0 517036 McCormick & Co. COMMON STOCK 579780206 240064 2805798 SH SOLE 2693503 0 112295 Motorola Solutions Inc. COMMON STOCK 620076307 591998 8648618 SH SOLE 8313623 0 334995 Micron Technology Inc. COMMON STOCK 595112103 28745 2030000 SH SOLE 2030000 0 0 National Oilwell Varco Inc. COMMON STOCK 637071101 322763 9637606 SH SOLE 9252383 0 385223 Insperity Inc. COMMON STOCK 45778Q107 15215 316000 SH SOLE 316000 0 0 Novartis AG (ADR) COMMON STOCK 66987V109 192752 2240255 SH SOLE 2149372 0 90883 Northwest Natural Gas Co. COMMON STOCK 667655104 136200 2691177 SH SOLE 2582844 0 108333 Patterson Companies Inc. COMMON STOCK 703395103 276945 6125744 SH SOLE 5902938 0 222806 PepsiCo Inc. COMMON STOCK 713448108 348756 3490354 SH SOLE 3349708 0 140646 Procter & Gamble Co. COMMON STOCK 742718109 471166 5933334 SH SOLE 5688825 0 244509 Progressive Corp. COMMON STOCK 743315103 15900 500000 SH SOLE 500000 0 0 Plantronics Inc. COMMON STOCK 727493108 32009 675000 SH SOLE 675000 0 0 Pentair plc COMMON STOCK G7S00T104 372617 7523057 SH SOLE 7232486 0 290571 Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. COMMON STOCK 73755L107 18832 1100000 SH SOLE 1100000 0 0 Perrigo Co. plc COMMON STOCK G97822103 321022 2218534 SH SOLE 2141994 0 76540 Praxair Inc. COMMON STOCK 74005P104 377731 3688780 SH SOLE 3538979 0 149801 PayPal Holdings Inc. COMMON STOCK 70450Y103 327846 9056517 SH SOLE 8710538 0 345979 QUALCOMM Inc. COMMON STOCK 747525103 71579 1432000 SH SOLE 1432000 0 0 Roche Holdings Ltd. (ADR) COMMON STOCK 771195104 25853 750000 SH SOLE 750000 0 0 Redwood Trust Inc. COMMON STOCK 758075402 14520 1100000 SH SOLE 1100000 0 0 Charles Schwab Corp. COMMON STOCK 808513105 423436 12858674 SH SOLE 12408890 0 449784 SEI Investments Co. COMMON STOCK 784117103 18602 355000 SH SOLE 355000 0 0 Shaw Communications Inc., Class B COMMON STOCK 82028K200 232241 13510237 SH SOLE 12976102 0 534135 SanDisk Corp. COMMON STOCK 80004C101 110186 1450000 SH SOLE 1450000 0 0 Questar Corp. COMMON STOCK 748356102 276935 14216376 SH SOLE 13700699 0 515677 Sysco Corp. COMMON STOCK 871829107 362639 8844854 SH SOLE 8494163 0 350691 Teleflex Inc. COMMON STOCK 879369106 7558 57500 SH SOLE 57500 0 0 Thomson Reuters Corp. COMMON STOCK 884903105 336098 8879744 SH SOLE 8554749 0 324995 Trimble Navigation Ltd. COMMON STOCK 896239100 19305 900000 SH SOLE 900000 0 0 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (ADR) COMMON STOCK 874039100 228 10000 SH SOLE 10000 0 0 United Parcel Service Inc., Class B COMMON STOCK 911312106 392197 4075624 SH SOLE 3907064 0 168560 VF Corp. COMMON STOCK 918204108 387013 6217073 SH SOLE 5971435 0 245638 Verisk Analytics Inc. COMMON STOCK 92345Y106 332467 4324492 SH SOLE 4150513 0 173979 WD-40 Co. COMMON STOCK 929236107 129586 1313598 SH SOLE 1253923 0 59675 Wells Fargo & Co. COMMON STOCK 949746101 51642 950000 SH SOLE 950000 0 0 Whole Foods Market Inc. COMMON STOCK 966837106 108875 3250000 SH SOLE 3250000 0 0 Waste Management Inc. COMMON STOCK 94106L109 268194 5025190 SH SOLE 4827003 0 198187 DENTSPLY International Inc. COMMON STOCK 249030107 17729 291348 SH SOLE 291348 0 0 Xylem Inc. COMMON STOCK 98419M100 407550 11165761 SH SOLE 10723328 0 442433