13F-HR 1 inftable390.txt COVER PAGE, INFORMATION TABLE, SUMMARY PAGE FORM 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 09-30-2011 Check here if Amendment []; Amendment Number: This Amendment (Check only one): [] is a restatement. [] adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: AMBS Investment Counsel, LLC Address: 625 Kenmoor SE Suite 307 Grand Rapids, MI 49546 13F File Number: 028-03412 The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained here in is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person signing this report on behalf of reporting manager: Name: Kathleen A. Maciejewski Title: Chief Compliance Officer Phone: 616-949-8160 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: Kathleen A. Maciejewski, Grand Rapids, MI, 11-03-2011 Report Type (Check only one): [x] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. [ ] 13F NOTICE. [ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager: NONE FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE ------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- -------- 3M Co. COM 88579Y101 6690 93190.000SH SOLE 82980.000 10210.000 AT&T COM 00206R102 7387 258995.000SH SOLE 231472.000 27523.000 Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 7052 137895.000SH SOLE 122970.000 14925.000 Abraxas Petroleum Corp. COM 003830106 66 25000.000SH SOLE 25000.000 Advance Auto Parts COM 00751Y106 8093 139300.000SH SOLE 125380.000 13920.000 Aecom Technology Corp. COM 00766T100 5188 293630.000SH SOLE 265070.000 28560.000 Aflac, Inc. COM 001055102 3777 108080.000SH SOLE 97805.000 10275.000 Alexco Resource Corp. COM 01535P106 102 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000 Anadarko Petroleum Corp. COM 032511107 6063 96154.000SH SOLE 86499.000 9655.000 Apache Corp. COM 037411105 3904 48660.000SH SOLE 43175.000 5485.000 Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 2687 438976.000SH SOLE 397151.000 41825.000 Bard, C.R. COM 067383109 259 2958.000 SH SOLE 2958.000 Barrick Gold Corp. COM 067901108 4327 92745.000SH SOLE 81375.000 11370.000 Becton Dickinson & Co. COM 075887109 3304 45065.000SH SOLE 44745.000 320.000 Bemis Co COM 081437105 4909 167490.000SH SOLE 151465.000 16025.000 Berkshire Hathaway Cl B COM 084670207 418 5882.000 SH SOLE 2100.000 3782.000 Capital One Financial Corp. COM 14040H105 5922 149420.000SH SOLE 136245.000 13175.000 Chevron Corp. COM 166764100 7336 79230.000SH SOLE 72975.000 6255.000 Chimera Investment Corp. COM 16934Q109 28 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 Cisco Systems Inc. COM 17275R102 7971 514260.000SH SOLE 464660.000 49600.000 Coca-Cola Company COM 191216100 3697 54720.000SH SOLE 39830.000 14890.000 Colgate Palmolive COM 194162103 459 5175.000 SH SOLE 3975.000 1200.000 Conagra Foods Inc. COM 205887102 6036 249210.000SH SOLE 225125.000 24085.000 Dejour Enterprise Ltd. COM 24486R103 15 60000.000SH SOLE 60000.000 Dow Chemical COM 260543103 5869 261300.000SH SOLE 235675.000 25625.000 Doxa Energy Ltd. COM 261223101 4 20000.000SH SOLE 20000.000 Dynacor Gold Mines, Inc. COM 26779X101 7 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 EMC Corp. COM 268648102 3212 153020.000SH SOLE 125475.000 27545.000 Encanto Potash Corp. COM 29251N104 5 30000.000SH SOLE 30000.000 Endeavour Silver Corp. COM 29258Y103 108 12000.000SH SOLE 12000.000 Enterprise Products Prtns LP COM 293792107 220 5490.000 SH SOLE 1860.000 3630.000 Exxon Mobil Corp. COM 30231G102 1814 24982.000SH SOLE 13970.000 11012.000 FedEx Corp. COM 31428X106 6113 90320.000SH SOLE 81245.000 9075.000 Fire River Gold Corp. COM 31811Q106 4 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 General Electric COM 369604103 5599 367838.868SH SOLE 317328.868 50510.000 Gilead Sciences, Inc. COM 375558103 3605 92915.000SH SOLE 88515.000 4400.000 Goldcorp, Inc. COM 380956409 981 21500.000SH SOLE 21500.000 Golden Phoenix Minerals, Inc. COM 381149103 4 50000.000SH SOLE 50000.000 Grainger W.W. COM 384802104 598 4000.000 SH SOLE 4000.000 Great Basin Gold Ltd. COM 390124105 42 25000.000SH SOLE 25000.000 Great Panther Silver Ltd. COM 39115V101 38 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000 H.J. Heinz COM 423074103 220 4350.000 SH SOLE 4350.000 Hathor Exploration Limited COM 419018106 38 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 Hecla Mining Co. COM 422704106 96 18000.000SH SOLE 18000.000 Hewlett Packard Company COM 428236103 4546 202473.000SH SOLE 181583.000 20890.000 Honeywell International, Inc. COM 438516106 206 4700.000 SH SOLE 4700.000 IBM COM 459200101 4179 23900.000SH SOLE 19835.000 4065.000 JPMorgan Chase & Co. COM 46625H100 6236 207051.000SH SOLE 185736.000 21315.000 Kaminak Gold Corp. COM 48356P202 29 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 Kellogg Company COM 487836108 227 4267.000 SH SOLE 2467.000 1800.000 Keycorp New COM 493267108 3793 639595.000SH SOLE 577345.000 62250.000 Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. COM 50015Q100 115 22000.000SH SOLE 22000.000 Kohl's Corp. COM 500255104 7725 157340.000SH SOLE 141715.000 15625.000 Majescor Resources Inc. COM 760960203 9 50000.000SH SOLE 50000.000 Marsh & McLennan COM 571748102 3784 142535.000SH SOLE 135435.000 7100.000 McDonalds Corp. COM 580135101 788 8975.000 SH SOLE 4775.000 4200.000 Merck & Company COM 58933Y105 259 7935.000 SH SOLE 1135.000 6800.000 Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 285 11450.000SH SOLE 2450.000 9000.000 Morgan Stanley COM 617446448 2954 218680.000SH SOLE 197880.000 20800.000 Mylan Labs COM 628530107 4356 256405.000SH SOLE 231080.000 25325.000 Newmont Mining Corp. COM 651639106 2297 36485.000SH SOLE 29795.000 6690.000 Oracle Corp. COM 68389X105 8670 301660.000SH SOLE 271920.000 29740.000 Parker Hannifin Corp. COM 701094104 6436 101951.000SH SOLE 91719.000 10232.000 Pfizer COM 717081103 440 24915.000SH SOLE 2975.000 21940.000 Procter & Gamble COM 742718109 208 3300.000 SH SOLE 1700.000 1600.000 Prophecy Coal Corp. COM 74345B104 38 80000.000SH SOLE 80000.000 Prophecy Platinum Corp. COM 74345Y104 35 13000.000SH SOLE 13000.000 Royal Dutch Shell PLC - Class COM 780259206 560 9105.000 SH SOLE 705.000 8400.000 Royal Dutch Shell PLC Cl B-ADR COM 780259107 8312 133962.994SH SOLE 117875.994 16087.000 Rye Patch Gold Corp COM 783727100 5 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000 Sandstrom Gold Ltd. COM 80013R107 10 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 Silvercorp Metals Inc. COM 82835P103 123 15600.000SH SOLE 15600.000 Staples, Inc. COM 855030102 6509 489420.000SH SOLE 441580.000 47840.000 Star Gas Partners, L.P. COM 85512C105 49 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 Stryker Corp. COM 863667101 2509 53227.000SH SOLE 44667.000 8560.000 Symantec Corp. COM 871503108 3039 186420.000SH SOLE 156605.000 29815.000 Taku Gold Corp. COM 874072101 1 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000 Taseko Mines Ltd. COM 876511106 38 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000 U.S. Bancorp COM 902973304 5306 225415.000SH SOLE 202725.000 22690.000 US Silver Corp. COM 90343P101 49 100000.000SH SOLE 100000.000 United Health Group Inc. COM 91324P102 6404 138865.000SH SOLE 125970.000 12895.000 Verizon Communications COM 92343V104 8106 220276.000SH SOLE 196171.000 24105.000 W.R. Berkley Corp. COM 084423102 4493 151320.000SH SOLE 144030.000 7290.000 WalMart Stores COM 931142103 6781 130662.000SH SOLE 116557.000 14105.000 Williams Cos. Inc. COM 969457100 2031 83450.000SH SOLE 69840.000 13610.000
FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 85 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $236,213