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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000896881-12-000006
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120630
FILED AS OF DATE: 20120718
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120718
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20120718
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMBS INVESTMENT COUNSEL LLC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000896881
IRS NUMBER: 522191156
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 13F-HR
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-03412
FILM NUMBER: 12967004
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: WATERS CIRCLE
STREET 2: 1241 E. BELTLINE, NE , SUITE 150
CITY: GRAND RAPIDS
STATE: MI
ZIP: 49525
BUSINESS PHONE: 6169498160
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: WATERS CIRCLE
STREET 2: 1241 E. BELTLINE, NE, SUITE 150
CITY: GRAND RAPIDS
STATE: MI
ZIP: 49525
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMBS INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC /MI
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990319
13F-HR
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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: 06-30-2012
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, 07-18-2012
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 7576 84555.000SH SOLE 74595.000 9960.000
AECOM Technology Corp. COM 00766T100 5444 330960.000SH SOLE 291775.000 39185.000
AT&T COM 00206R102 8571 240355.000SH SOLE 213097.000 27258.000
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 8033 124605.000SH SOLE 111435.000 13170.000
Abraxas Petroleum Corp. COM 003830106 80 25000.000SH SOLE 25000.000
Aflac, Inc. COM 001055102 4234 99410.000SH SOLE 89410.000 10000.000
Alexco Resource Corp. COM 01535P106 66 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. COM 032511107 5247 79259.000SH SOLE 70654.000 8605.000
Apache Corp. COM 037411105 3901 44390.000SH SOLE 39065.000 5325.000
Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 3102 379181.000SH SOLE 354606.000 24575.000
Bard, C.R. COM 067383109 291 2708.000 SH SOLE 2708.000
Barrick Gold Corp. COM 067901108 3387 90160.000SH SOLE 79035.000 11125.000
Bemis Co COM 081437105 4817 153705.000SH SOLE 137910.000 15795.000
Berkshire Hathaway Cl B COM 084670207 490 5882.000 SH SOLE 2100.000 3782.000
Capital One Financial Corp. COM 14040H105 7405 135475.000SH SOLE 122950.000 12525.000
Chevron Corp. COM 166764100 7582 71865.000SH SOLE 65760.000 6105.000
Cisco Systems Inc. COM 17275R102 8086 470920.000SH SOLE 421820.000 49100.000
Claude Resources, Inc. COM 182873109 9 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000
Coca-Cola Company COM 191216100 3935 50325.000SH SOLE 36160.000 14165.000
Colgate Palmolive COM 194162103 539 5175.000 SH SOLE 3975.000 1200.000
Conagra Foods Inc. COM 205887102 5955 229675.000SH SOLE 206290.000 23385.000
Dejour Enterprise Ltd. COM 24486R103 17 75000.000SH SOLE 75000.000
Denison Mines Corp. COM 248356107 13 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000
Disney Co COM 254687106 211 4350.000 SH SOLE 4350.000
Dow Chemical COM 260543103 7580 240620.000SH SOLE 214805.000 25815.000
Doxa Energy Ltd. COM 261223101 3 20000.000SH SOLE 20000.000
Dupont COM 263534109 241 4760.000 SH SOLE 2060.000 2700.000
Dynacor Gold Mines, Inc. COM 26779X101 5 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000
EMC Corp. COM 268648102 3530 137720.000SH SOLE 112525.000 25195.000
EV Energy Partner LP COM 26926V107 202 4000.000 SH SOLE 4000.000
Emerson Electric Company COM 291011104 224 4800.000 SH SOLE 4800.000
Encanto Potash Corp. COM 29251N104 8 30000.000SH SOLE 30000.000
Endeavour Silver Corp. COM 29258Y103 162 20000.000SH SOLE 20000.000
Energy Fuels Inc. COM 292671104 2 11060.000SH SOLE 11060.000
Enterprise Products Prtns LP COM 293792107 332 6474.000 SH SOLE 1860.000 4614.000
Exxon Mobil Corp. COM 30231G102 2125 24832.000SH SOLE 13820.000 11012.000
FedEx Corp. COM 31428X106 7518 82060.000SH SOLE 73415.000 8645.000
Fire River Gold Corp. COM 31811Q106 1 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000
General Electric COM 369604103 9173 440168.868SH SOLE 387708.868 52460.000
Gilead Sciences, Inc. COM 375558103 4299 83825.000SH SOLE 80325.000 3500.000
Goldcorp, Inc. COM 380956409 864 23000.000SH SOLE 23000.000
Golden Phoenix Minerals, Inc. COM 381149103 1 50000.000SH SOLE 50000.000
Grainger W.W. COM 384802104 746 3900.000 SH SOLE 3900.000
Great Panther Silver Ltd. COM 39115V101 33 20000.000SH SOLE 20000.000
H.J. Heinz COM 423074103 237 4350.000 SH SOLE 4350.000
Hecla Mining Co. COM 422704106 95 20000.000SH SOLE 20000.000
Hewlett Packard Company COM 428236103 3694 183688.000SH SOLE 164088.000 19600.000
Honeywell International, Inc. COM 438516106 246 4400.000 SH SOLE 4400.000
IAMGOLD Corporation COM 450913108 118 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000
IBM COM 459200101 4146 21200.000SH SOLE 17185.000 4015.000
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 7500 281422.000SH SOLE 251042.000 30380.000
JPMorgan Chase & Co. COM 46625H100 6857 191906.000SH SOLE 170226.000 21680.000
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 296 4375.000 SH SOLE 650.000 3725.000
Kaminak Gold Corp. COM 48356P202 17 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000
Kellogg Company COM 487836108 210 4267.000 SH SOLE 2467.000 1800.000
Keycorp New COM 493267108 4537 586165.000SH SOLE 522615.000 63550.000
Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. COM 50015Q100 140 17000.000SH SOLE 17000.000
Kohl's Corp. COM 500255104 6581 144660.000SH SOLE 129235.000 15425.000
Majescor Resources Inc. COM 760960203 5 50000.000SH SOLE 50000.000
MarkWest Energy Partners, LP COM 570759100 296 6000.000 SH SOLE 6000.000
Marsh & McLennan COM 571748102 4160 129070.000SH SOLE 122645.000 6425.000
Mart Resources, Inc. COM 572903102 20 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000
McDonalds Corp. COM 580135101 790 8925.000 SH SOLE 4725.000 4200.000
Merck & Company COM 58933Y105 331 7935.000 SH SOLE 1135.000 6800.000
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 437 14285.000SH SOLE 2395.000 11890.000
Morgan Stanley COM 617446448 2951 202245.000SH SOLE 181470.000 20775.000
Mylan Inc. COM 628530107 7953 372155.000SH SOLE 331965.000 40190.000
New Gold Inc. COM 644535106 142 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000
Newmont Mining Corp. COM 651639106 2770 57110.000SH SOLE 45895.000 11215.000
News Corporation COM 65248E104 6191 277745.000SH SOLE 247395.000 30350.000
Oculus Innovative Sciences Inc COM 67575P108 11 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000
Oracle Corp. COM 68389X105 8154 274555.000SH SOLE 245715.000 28840.000
Pfizer COM 717081103 573 24915.000SH SOLE 2975.000 21940.000
Prophecy Coal Corp. COM 74345B104 19 80000.000SH SOLE 80000.000
Prophecy Platinum Corp. COM 74345Y104 27 13000.000SH SOLE 13000.000
Royal Dutch Shell PLC - Class COM 780259206 566 8400.000 SH SOLE 8400.000
Royal Dutch Shell PLC Cl B-ADR COM 780259107 7282 104132.995SH SOLE 92170.995 11962.000
Rye Patch Gold Corp COM 783727100 9 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000
Seadrill Ltd. COM G7945E105 221 6230.000 SH SOLE 6230.000
Silver Wheaton Corp. COM 828336107 268 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000
Silvercorp Metals Inc. COM 82835P103 149 27000.000SH SOLE 27000.000
Staples, Inc. COM 855030102 5880 450590.000SH SOLE 403350.000 47240.000
Star Gas Partners, L.P. COM 85512C105 42 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000
Statoil ASA-Spon Adr COM 85771p102 218 9117.000 SH SOLE 5000.000 4117.000
Stryker Corp. COM 863667101 7014 127297.000SH SOLE 112887.000 14410.000
Symantec Corp. COM 871503108 4931 337475.000SH SOLE 301840.000 35635.000
Taseko Mines Ltd. COM 876511106 40 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000
U.S. Bancorp COM 902973304 6555 203830.000SH SOLE 182365.000 21465.000
US Silver Corp. COM 90343P101 27 20000.000SH SOLE 20000.000
United Health Group Inc. COM 91324P102 7450 127350.000SH SOLE 114980.000 12370.000
Verizon Communications COM 92343V104 8992 202345.000SH SOLE 178740.000 23605.000
W.R. Berkley Corp. COM 084423102 4107 105530.000SH SOLE 100205.000 5325.000
WalMart Stores COM 931142103 7278 104387.000SH SOLE 93492.000 10895.000
Williams Cos. Inc. COM 969457100 2165 75120.000SH SOLE 62835.000 12285.000
FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 94
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $258,738