13F-HR 1 inftable430.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: 09-30-2012 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, 11-06-2012 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 7523 81395.000SH SOLE 71645.000 9750.000 AT&T COM 00206R102 8839 234455.000SH SOLE 207397.000 27058.000 Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 8253 120370.000SH SOLE 107350.000 13020.000 Abraxas Petroleum Corp. COM 003830106 57 25000.000SH SOLE 25000.000 Aflac, Inc. COM 001055102 4622 96525.000SH SOLE 86525.000 10000.000 Alexco Resource Corp. COM 01535P106 65 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000 Anadarko Petroleum Corp. COM 032511107 6689 95664.000SH SOLE 86259.000 9405.000 Apache Corp. COM 037411105 3665 42385.000SH SOLE 37855.000 4530.000 Apple Computer Inc. COM 037833100 3883 5821.000 SH SOLE 4763.000 1058.000 Autoliv, Inc. COM 052800109 2382 38440.000SH SOLE 31780.000 6660.000 Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 3292 372855.000SH SOLE 348280.000 24575.000 Bard, C.R. COM 067383109 283 2708.000 SH SOLE 2708.000 Barrick Gold Corp. COM 067901108 5054 121030.000SH SOLE 108430.000 12600.000 Bemis Co COM 081437105 4722 150055.000SH SOLE 134260.000 15795.000 Berkshire Hathaway Cl B COM 084670207 507 5750.000 SH SOLE 2100.000 3650.000 Capital One Financial Corp. COM 14040H105 7493 131440.000SH SOLE 119115.000 12325.000 Central Gold Trust COM 153546106 225 3300.000 SH SOLE 3300.000 Chevron Corp. COM 166764100 8143 69860.000SH SOLE 64040.000 5820.000 Cisco Systems Inc. COM 17275R102 8719 456615.000SH SOLE 408015.000 48600.000 Claude Resources, Inc. COM 182873109 12 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000 Coca-Cola Company COM 191216100 3659 96455.000SH SOLE 68425.000 28030.000 Colgate Palmolive COM 194162103 555 5175.000 SH SOLE 3975.000 1200.000 Conagra Foods Inc. COM 205887102 6217 225345.000SH SOLE 200360.000 24985.000 Dejour Enterprise Ltd. COM 24486R103 17 75000.000SH SOLE 75000.000 Denison Mines Corp. COM 248356107 15 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 Disney Co COM 254687106 227 4350.000 SH SOLE 4350.000 Dow Chemical COM 260543103 6775 234000.000SH SOLE 208785.000 25215.000 Doxa Energy Ltd. COM 261223101 2 20000.000SH SOLE 20000.000 Dupont COM 263534109 239 4760.000 SH SOLE 2060.000 2700.000 Dynacor Gold Mines, Inc. COM 26779X101 9 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 EMC Corp. COM 268648102 3573 131025.000SH SOLE 103905.000 27120.000 EV Energy Partner LP COM 26926V107 248 4000.000 SH SOLE 4000.000 Emerson Electric Company COM 291011104 212 4400.000 SH SOLE 4400.000 Endeavour Silver Corp. COM 29258Y103 200 20000.000SH SOLE 20000.000 Energy Fuels Inc. COM 292671104 2 11060.000SH SOLE 11060.000 Ensco International, Inc. COM G3157S106 5028 92160.000SH SOLE 82250.000 9910.000 Enterprise Products Prtns LP COM 293792107 347 6474.000 SH SOLE 1860.000 4614.000 Exxon Mobil Corp. COM 30231G102 2237 24457.000SH SOLE 13445.000 11012.000 FedEx Corp. COM 31428X106 6680 78940.000SH SOLE 70395.000 8545.000 Fire River Gold Corp. COM 31811Q106 1 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 General Electric COM 369604103 9756 429568.868SH SOLE 377108.868 52460.000 Gilead Sciences, Inc. COM 375558103 2733 41200.000SH SOLE 39450.000 1750.000 Goldcorp, Inc. COM 380956409 1055 23000.000SH SOLE 23000.000 Golden Phoenix Minerals, Inc. COM 381149103 1 50000.000SH SOLE 50000.000 Grainger W.W. COM 384802104 776 3725.000 SH SOLE 3725.000 Great Panther Silver Ltd. COM 39115V101 46 20000.000SH SOLE 20000.000 H.J. Heinz COM 423074103 243 4350.000 SH SOLE 4350.000 Hecla Mining Co. COM 422704106 131 20000.000SH SOLE 20000.000 Honeywell International, Inc. COM 438516106 263 4400.000 SH SOLE 4400.000 IAMGOLD Corporation COM 450913108 158 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 IBM COM 459200101 3023 14572.000SH SOLE 11542.000 3030.000 Intel Corp. COM 458140100 6200 273657.000SH SOLE 243277.000 30380.000 JPMorgan Chase & Co. COM 46625H100 7536 186161.000SH SOLE 164781.000 21380.000 Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 301 4375.000 SH SOLE 650.000 3725.000 Kaminak Gold Corp. COM 48356P202 24 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 Kellogg Company COM 487836108 220 4267.000 SH SOLE 2467.000 1800.000 Keycorp New COM 493267108 4970 568700.000SH SOLE 505150.000 63550.000 Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. COM 50015Q100 159 17000.000SH SOLE 17000.000 Kohl's Corp. COM 500255104 7196 140485.000SH SOLE 125160.000 15325.000 Majescor Resources Inc. COM 760960203 9 50000.000SH SOLE 50000.000 MarkWest Energy Partners, LP COM 570759100 327 6000.000 SH SOLE 6000.000 Marsh & McLennan COM 571748102 4471 131770.000SH SOLE 120845.000 10925.000 Mart Resources, Inc. COM 572903102 38 25000.000SH SOLE 25000.000 McDonalds Corp. COM 580135101 828 9025.000 SH SOLE 4825.000 4200.000 Merck & Company COM 58933Y105 361 8010.000 SH SOLE 1210.000 6800.000 Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 6567 220665.000SH SOLE 182600.000 38065.000 Morgan Stanley COM 617446448 3291 196580.000SH SOLE 175805.000 20775.000 Mylan Inc. COM 628530107 8768 359780.000SH SOLE 319990.000 39790.000 NagaCorp Limited COM G6382M109 5 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 New Gold Inc. COM 644535106 183 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000 Newmont Mining Corp. COM 651639106 3149 56220.000SH SOLE 45005.000 11215.000 News Corporation COM 65248E104 6632 270620.000SH SOLE 240270.000 30350.000 Oculus Innovative Sciences Inc COM 67575P108 14 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000 Oracle Corp. COM 68389X105 7267 231000.000SH SOLE 209835.000 21165.000 Pfizer COM 717081103 619 24915.000SH SOLE 2975.000 21940.000 Prophecy Coal Corp. COM 74345B104 12 80000.000SH SOLE 80000.000 Prophecy Platinum Corp. COM 74345Y104 19 13000.000SH SOLE 13000.000 Royal Dutch Shell PLC - Class COM 780259206 583 8400.000 SH SOLE 8400.000 Royal Dutch Shell PLC Cl B-ADR COM 780259107 7211 101137.000SH SOLE 89174.999 11962.001 Rye Patch Gold Corp COM 783727100 9 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000 Seadrill Ltd. COM G7945E105 284 7230.000 SH SOLE 7230.000 Silver Wheaton Corp. COM 828336107 397 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 Silvercorp Metals Inc. COM 82835P103 175 27000.000SH SOLE 27000.000 Star Gas Partners, L.P. COM 85512C105 43 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 Statoil ASA-Spon Adr COM 85771p102 235 9117.000 SH SOLE 5000.000 4117.000 Stryker Corp. COM 863667101 6884 123672.000SH SOLE 109437.000 14235.000 Symantec Corp. COM 871503108 7229 402175.000SH SOLE 363290.000 38885.000 Taseko Mines Ltd. COM 876511106 50 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000 U.S. Bancorp COM 902973304 6732 196275.000SH SOLE 175210.000 21065.000 US Silver & Gold Inc. COM 90346L107 33 13400.000SH SOLE 13400.000 United Health Group Inc. COM 91324P102 6899 124510.000SH SOLE 112140.000 12370.000 Verizon Communications COM 92343V104 8873 194715.000SH SOLE 171610.000 23105.000 W.R. Berkley Corp. COM 084423102 3902 104080.000SH SOLE 98755.000 5325.000 WalMart Stores COM 931142103 7468 101187.000SH SOLE 90292.000 10895.000
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: $265,032