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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20151231
FILED AS OF DATE: 20160212
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160212
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20160212
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS /CA
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000948669
IRS NUMBER: 000000000
STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 13F-HR
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-05022
FILM NUMBER: 161418726
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
02-12-2016
0
89
14908861
INFORMATION TABLE
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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
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SOLE
948337
0
0
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (ADR)
COMMON STOCK
01609W102
488
6000
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SOLE
6000
0
0
Belmond Ltd.
COMMON STOCK
G1154H107
4750
500000
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SOLE
500000
0
0
Cardinal Health Inc.
COMMON STOCK
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19639
220000
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SOLE
220000
0
0
Cameron International Corp.
COMMON STOCK
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9986
158000
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SOLE
158000
0
0
Calgon Carbon Corp.
COMMON STOCK
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14020
812759
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812759
0
0
C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.
COMMON STOCK
12541W209
24808
400000
SH
SOLE
400000
0
0
Ciena Corp.
COMMON STOCK
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101381
4900000
SH
SOLE
4900000
0
0
Cummins Inc.
COMMON STOCK
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Compass Minerals International Inc.
COMMON STOCK
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176655
2433135
SH
SOLE
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0
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Capital One Financial Corp.
COMMON STOCK
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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
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0
159178
Deere & Co.
COMMON STOCK
244199105
259512
3283700
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SOLE
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0
85208
Danaher Corp.
COMMON STOCK
235851102
586523
6510862
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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