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 11-01-2017 0 90 24408204 INFORMATION TABLE 2 infotable.xml Intel Corp., 2.95 percent, due 12/15/2035 CONVERTIBLE 458140AD2 1067 750000 PRN SOLE 750000 0 0 Public Storage, 5.15 percent, due 06/02/2022 PREFERRED STOCK 74460W685 3068 121127 SH SOLE 121127 0 0 Wells Fargo & Co., 5.63 percent, due 06/15/2022 PREFERRED STOCK 94988U656 3303 126100 SH SOLE 126100 0 0 Apple Inc. COMMON STOCK 037833100 310513 2014751 SH SOLE 1947469 0 67282 Alliance Data Systems Corp. COMMON STOCK 018581108 149546 675000 SH SOLE 675000 0 0 Autodesk Inc. COMMON STOCK 052769106 101034 900000 SH SOLE 900000 0 0 Allergan plc COMMON STOCK G0177J108 368074 1795919 SH SOLE 1748968 0 46951 Air Lease Corp. COMMON STOCK 00912X302 19009 446000 SH SOLE 446000 0 0 Applied Materials Inc. COMMON STOCK 038222105 5209 100000 SH SOLE 100000 0 0 Anthem Inc. COMMON STOCK 036752103 75952 400000 SH SOLE 400000 0 0 American Express Co. COMMON STOCK 025816109 208058 2300000 SH SOLE 2300000 0 0 Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. COMMON STOCK G0750C108 51359 1775899 SH SOLE 1775899 0 0 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (ADR) COMMON STOCK 01609W102 432 2500 SH SOLE 2500 0 0 Belmond Ltd. COMMON STOCK G1154H107 13650 1000000 SH SOLE 1000000 0 0 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. COMMON STOCK 110122108 172098 2700000 SH SOLE 2700000 0 0 Cardinal Health Inc. COMMON STOCK 14149Y108 93688 1400000 SH SOLE 1400000 0 0 C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. COMMON STOCK 12541W209 32723 430000 SH SOLE 430000 0 0 Ciena Corp. COMMON STOCK 171779309 37349 1700000 SH SOLE 1700000 0 0 The Clorox Company COMMON STOCK 189054109 587151 4451150 SH SOLE 4326853 0 124297 Cummins Inc. COMMON STOCK 231021106 16803 100000 SH SOLE 100000 0 0 Compass Minerals International Inc. COMMON STOCK 20451N101 118115 1819956 SH SOLE 1764590 0 55366 Capital One Financial Corp. COMMON STOCK 14040H105 84660 1000000 SH SOLE 1000000 0 0 Costco Wholesale Corp. COMMON STOCK 22160K105 57502 350000 SH SOLE 350000 0 0 Cognizant Tech Solutions Corp., Class A COMMON STOCK 192446102 29306 404000 SH SOLE 404000 0 0 CVS Health Corp. COMMON STOCK 126650100 594472 7310283 SH SOLE 7056832 0 253451 Deere & Co. COMMON STOCK 244199105 18839 150000 SH SOLE 150000 0 0 Danaher Corp. COMMON STOCK 235851102 840351 9796584 SH SOLE 9456255 0 340329 The Walt Disney Co. COMMON STOCK 254687106 684187 6941130 SH SOLE 6706517 0 234613 eBay Inc. COMMON STOCK 278642103 98265 2555000 SH SOLE 2555000 0 0 Ecolab Inc. COMMON STOCK 278865100 52730 410000 SH SOLE 410000 0 0 Expeditors International of Washington Inc. COMMON STOCK 302130109 52916 884000 SH SOLE 884000 0 0 First American Financial Corp. COMMON STOCK 31847R102 23486 470000 SH SOLE 470000 0 0 FedEx Corp. COMMON STOCK 31428X106 28198 125000 SH SOLE 125000 0 0 First Horizon National Corp. COMMON STOCK 320517105 108285 5654568 SH SOLE 5654568 0 0 Fiserv Inc. COMMON STOCK 337738108 95108 737500 SH SOLE 737500 0 0 Fortive Corp. COMMON STOCK 34959J108 70805 1000211 SH SOLE 1000211 0 0 Gilead Sciences Inc. COMMON STOCK 375558103 1514680 18695139 SH SOLE 18299216 0 395923 Alphabet Inc., Class C COMMON STOCK 02079K107 349800 364713 SH SOLE 352532 0 12181 Alphabet Inc., Class A COMMON STOCK 02079K305 504049 517653 SH SOLE 506250 0 11403 Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc. COMMON STOCK 41068X100 11088 455000 SH SOLE 455000 0 0 Hanesbrands Inc. COMMON STOCK 410345102 68376 2775000 SH SOLE 2775000 0 0 Hologic Inc. COMMON STOCK 436440101 277062 7551421 SH SOLE 7418780 0 132641 International Business Machines Corp. COMMON STOCK 459200101 237569 1637500 SH SOLE 1637500 0 0 Intel Corp. COMMON STOCK 458140100 974842 25599838 SH SOLE 24887535 0 712303 Iron Mountain Inc. COMMON STOCK 46284V101 486158 12497627 SH SOLE 12164221 0 333406 Keysight Technologies Inc. COMMON STOCK 49338L103 333 8000 SH SOLE 8000 0 0 KLA-Tencor Corporation COMMON STOCK 482480100 361520 3410564 SH SOLE 3320150 0 90414 Lam Research Corp. COMMON STOCK 512807108 4626 25000 SH SOLE 25000 0 0 Mastercard Incorporated COMMON STOCK 57636Q104 450921 3193492 SH SOLE 3084460 0 109032 Mattel, Inc. COMMON STOCK 577081102 248676 16064364 SH SOLE 16064364 0 0 McKesson Corp. COMMON STOCK 58155Q103 680823 4432150 SH SOLE 4338299 0 93851 Mondelez International Inc., Class A COMMON STOCK 609207105 473910 11655438 SH SOLE 11297584 0 357854 MDU Resources Group Inc. COMMON STOCK 552690109 407406 15699658 SH SOLE 15267392 0 432266 McCormick & Co. COMMON STOCK 579780206 80572 785000 SH SOLE 785000 0 0 Motorola Solutions Inc. COMMON STOCK 620076307 479480 5649582 SH SOLE 5519105 0 130477 Micron Technology Inc. COMMON STOCK 595112103 196650 5000000 SH SOLE 5000000 0 0 Nielsen Holdings PLC COMMON STOCK G6518L108 103625 2500000 SH SOLE 2500000 0 0 National Oilwell Varco Inc. COMMON STOCK 637071101 224814 6292013 SH SOLE 6129965 0 162048 Novartis AG (ADR) COMMON STOCK 66987V109 811095 9447817 SH SOLE 9215149 0 232668 Northwest Natural Gas Co. COMMON STOCK 667655104 25599 397500 SH SOLE 397500 0 0 Patterson Companies Inc. COMMON STOCK 703395103 334252 8648177 SH SOLE 8438617 0 209560 Procter & Gamble Co. COMMON STOCK 742718109 334576 3677466 SH SOLE 3555054 0 122412 Progressive Corp. COMMON STOCK 743315103 41157 850000 SH SOLE 850000 0 0 Pentair plc COMMON STOCK G7S00T104 471546 6938585 SH SOLE 6755789 0 182796 Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. COMMON STOCK 73755L107 32708 1700000 SH SOLE 1700000 0 0 PPG Industries Inc. COMMON STOCK 693506107 266850 2455827 SH SOLE 2379966 0 75861 Perrigo Co. plc COMMON STOCK G97822103 191055 2257000 SH SOLE 2257000 0 0 Public Storage COMMON STOCK 74460D109 413186 1930865 SH SOLE 1880009 0 50856 Praxair Inc. COMMON STOCK 74005P104 896957 6418753 SH SOLE 6239233 0 179520 PayPal Holdings Inc. COMMON STOCK 70450Y103 311376 4862964 SH SOLE 4701050 0 161914 QUALCOMM Inc. COMMON STOCK 747525103 404819 7809000 SH SOLE 7809000 0 0 Redwood Trust Inc. COMMON STOCK 758075402 17919 1100000 SH SOLE 1100000 0 0 Signature Bank COMMON STOCK 82669G104 167732 1310000 SH SOLE 1310000 0 0 Starbucks Corp. COMMON STOCK 855244109 498863 9288076 SH SOLE 8983420 0 304656 Charles Schwab Corp. COMMON STOCK 808513105 584995 13374369 SH SOLE 13053401 0 320968 SEI Investments Co. COMMON STOCK 784117103 70350 1152153 SH SOLE 1152153 0 0 Shaw Communications Inc., Class B COMMON STOCK 82028K200 96642 4200000 SH SOLE 4200000 0 0 Sempra Energy COMMON STOCK 816851109 411103 3602061 SH SOLE 3505586 0 96475 Sysco Corp. COMMON STOCK 871829107 399791 7410401 SH SOLE 7221848 0 188553 Teleflex Inc. COMMON STOCK 879369106 91949 380000 SH SOLE 380000 0 0 Thomson Reuters Corp. COMMON STOCK 884903105 50927 1110000 SH SOLE 1110000 0 0 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (ADR) COMMON STOCK 874039100 225 6000 SH SOLE 6000 0 0 United Parcel Service Inc., Class B COMMON STOCK 911312106 775391 6456753 SH SOLE 6301707 0 155046 VF Corp. COMMON STOCK 918204108 917717 14436327 SH SOLE 14123487 0 312840 Verisk Analytics Inc. COMMON STOCK 92345Y106 528471 6352573 SH SOLE 6177335 0 175238 WD-40 Co. COMMON STOCK 929236107 146604 1310136 SH SOLE 1266709 0 43427 Wells Fargo & Co. COMMON STOCK 949746101 842519 15276856 SH SOLE 14900609 0 376247 Waste Management Inc. COMMON STOCK 94106L109 424362 5421765 SH SOLE 5246648 0 175117 Dentsply Sirona Inc. COMMON STOCK 24906P109 126498 2115000 SH SOLE 2115000 0 0 Xylem Inc. COMMON STOCK 98419M100 376681 6014390 SH SOLE 5859332 0 155058