UNITES STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
INFORMATION REQUIRED OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT MANAGE~RS PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13(f) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AND RULES THEREUNDER
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended _____March 31, 2000________
(Please read instructions before preparing form.)
If amended report check here:
_________Parnassus Investments______________________________
Name of Institutional Investment Manager
__One Market, Steuart Tower - Suite #1600, San Francisco, CA 94105____________
Business Address (Street) (City) (State) (ZIP)
__________Howard Fong, Vice President__________________(415) 778-0200__________
Name, Phone No., and Title of Person Duly Authorized to Submit This Report.
ATTENTION
Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a)
The institutional investment manager submitting this Form and its attachments
and the person by whom it is signed represent hereby that all information
contained therein is true, correct and complete. It is understood that all
required items, statements and schedules are considered integral parts of this
Form and that the submission of any amendment represents that all unamended
items, statements and schedules remain true, correct and complete as previously
submitted.
Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
undersigned institutional investment manager has caused this report to be signed
on its behalf in the City of______San Francisco______and State of
____California_____on the ___2_ dav of___ May___, 2000
___Parnassus Investments_______
(Name of Institutional Investment Manager)
(Manual Signature of Person Duly Authorized to Submit This Report)
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Item 1: Name of Issuer Item 2: Item 3: Item 4: Item 5: Shares Item 6: Item 7: Item 8 Voting
Title of Class CUSIP Number Fair Market of Principal Investment Managers Authority
Value Amount Discretion (Shares)
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(a) Sole (b)(c) (a) Sole (b)(c)
Adaptec. Inc. Common Stock 00651F108 3,940 102,000 X 102,000
Autodesk Inc. Common Stock 052769106 14,196 312,000 X 312,000
American International Group Common Stock 026874107 1,643 15,000 X 15,000
Inc.
AnnTaylor Stores Corporation Common Stock 036115103 11,960 520,000 X 520,000
Apex, Inc. Common Stock 037548104 18,897 509,000 X 509,000
Baldor Electric Common Stock 057741100 1,897 105,000 X 105,000
Boston Scientific Common Stock 101137107 8,951 420,000 X 420,000
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Common Stock 110122108 233 4,000 X 4,000
Cardinal Health, Inc. Common Stock 14149Y108 5,872 128,000 X 128,000
Calgon Carbon Corporation Common Stock 129603106 328 50,000 X 50,000
Cognex Corporation Common Stock 192422103 15,576 270,000 X 270,000
Clorox Company Common Stock 189054109 6,963 211,000 X 211,000
Chase Mahattan Corporation Common Stock 16161A108 785 9,000 X 9,000
Compaq Computers Corporation Common Stock 204493100 17,173 645,000 X 645,000
Cisco Systems, Inc. Common Stock 17275R102 1,546 20,000 X 20,000
Delta Air Lines Inc. Common Stock 247361108 10,863 204,000 X 204,000
Dana Corporation Common Stock 235811106 282 10,000 X 10,000
Eastern Enterprises Common Stock 27637F100 2,096 35,000 X 35,000
Enron Corporation Common Stock 293561106 449 6,000 X 6,000
Electro Scientific Common Stock 285229100 28,652 494,000 X 494,000
Industries Inc.
Federal National Mortgage Common Stock 313586109 11,062 196,000 X 196,000
Assoc.
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Common Stock 313400301 16,570 375,000 X 375,000
Gannett Company Common Stock 364730101 211 3,000 X 3,000
Gap, Inc. Common Stock 364760108 10,261 206,000 X 206,000
Heinz (H.J.) Company Common Stock 423074103 349 10,000 X 10,000
Henry Schein, Inc. Common Stock 806407102 11,687 722,000 X 722,000
International Business Common Stock 459200101 590 5,000 X 5,000
Machines Corp.
Intel Corporation Common Stock 458140100 55,810 423,000 X 423,000
J.C. Penney Company Common Stock 708160106 268 18,000 X 18,000
Johnson & Johnson Common Stock 478160104 2,102 30,000 X 30,000
J.P. Morgan & Company Common Stock 616880100 659 5,000 X 5,000
Nordstrom, Inc. Common Stock 655664100 24,780 840,000 X 840,000
Kellogg Company Common Stock 487836108 256 10,000 X 10,000
Kroger Company Common Stock 501044101 9,168 522,000 X 522,000
Lam Research Corporation Common Stock 512807108 13,519 300,000 X 300,000
LSI Logic Corporation Common Stock 502161102 29,546 410,000 X 410,000
Lucent Technologies Inc. Common Stock 549463107 1,036 17,000 X 17,000
Mattel, Inc. Common Stock 577081102 115 11,000 X 11,000
MedQuist Inc. Common Stock 584949101 1,387 51,000 X 51,000
Mentor Graphics Corporation Common Stock 587200106 7,638 505,000 X 505,000
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Common Stock 571748102 552 5,000 X 5,000
Inc.
Minnesota Mining & Common Stock 604059105 443 5,000 X 5,000
Manufacturing Co.
Merck & Company Inc. Common Stock 589331107 13,916 224,000 X 224,000
Micron Technology Inc. Common Stock 595112103 566 4,500 X 4,500
Office Depot, Inc. Common Stock 676220106 5,723 495,000 X 495,000
Oxford Health Plans Inc. Common Stock 691471106 2,303 151,000 X 151,000
Proctor & Gamble Company Common Stock 742718109 788 14,000 X 14,000
SAFECO Corporation Common Stock 786429100 213 8,000 X 8,000
Schering-Plough Corporation Common Stock 806605101 12,495 340,000 X 340,000
The St. Paul Companies Common Stock 792860108 239 7,000 X 7,000
STERIS Corporation Common Stock 859152100 2,306 225,000 X 225,000
Symantec Corporation Common Stock 871503108 19,007 253,000 X 253,000
AT&T Corporation Common Stock 001957109 678 12,000 X 12,000
Target Corporation Common Stock 87612E106 15,847 212,000 X 212,000
UnumProvident Corporation Common Stock 91529Y106 9,993 590,000 X 590,000
U.S. West Inc. Common Stock 912889102 581 8,000 X 8,000
Wells Fargo Company Common Stock 949740104 819 20,000 X 20,000
Whole Foods Market, Inc. Common Stock 966837106 12,597 304,000 X 304,000
Wellman Inc. Common Stock 949702104 6,340 320,000 X 320,000
Washington Mutual Inc. Common Stock 939322103 534 20,000 X 20,000
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common Stock 942683103 4,008 101,000 X 101,000
Dentsply International Inc. Common Stock 249030107 8,654 305,000 X 305,000
Xerox Corporation Common Stock S16139991 520 20,000 X 20,000
Venator Group, Inc. Common Stock 922944103 9,295 1,040,000 X 1,040,000
GRAND TOTALS 477,733
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