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 _____June 30, 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)
_________Bryant Cherry, 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 ___3_ dav of___August___, 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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Adaptec. Inc. Common Stock 00651F108 11,830 520,000 X 520,000
Autodesk Inc. Common Stock 052769106 10,823 312,000 X 312,000
American International Group Common Stock 026874107 1,528 13,000 X 13,000
Inc.
Applied Materials, Inc. Common Stock 038222105 4,713 52,000 X 52,000
AnnTaylor Stores Corporation Common Stock 036115103 10,600 320,000 X 320,000
Apex, Inc. Common Stock 037548104 34,873 740,000 X 740,000
Baldor Electric Common Stock 057741100 764 41,000 X 41,000
Boston Scientific Common Stock 101137107 7,020 320,000 X 320,000
Building Materials Holding Common Stock 120113105 8,610 236,000 X 236,000
Corp.
Cardinal Health, Inc. Common Stock 14149Y108 13,542 183,000 X 183,000
Calgon Carbon Corporation Common Stock 129603106 2,790 360,000 X 360,000
Cognex Corporation Common Stock 192422103 10,402 201,000 X 201,000
Clorox Company Common Stock 189054109 9,455 211,000 X 211,000
Chase Mahattan Corporation Common Stock 16161A108 12,713 276,000 X 276,000
Credence Systems Corporation Common Stock 225302108 11,589 210,000 X 210,000
Compaq Computers Corporation Common Stock 204493100 11,348 445,000 X 445,000
Delta Air Lines Inc. Common Stock 247361108 5,259 104,000 X 104,000
Dana Corporation Common Stock 235811106 212 10,000 X 10,000
Eastern Enterprises Common Stock 27637F100 2,205 35,000 X 35,000
Electronics for Imaging, Inc. Common Stock 286082102 8,100 320,000 X 320,000
Enron Corporation Common Stock 293561106 396 6,000 X 6,000
Electro Scientific Common Stock 285229100 11,977 272,000 X 272,000
Industries Inc.
Federal National Mortgage Common Stock 313586109 14,560 279,000 X 279,000
Assoc.
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Common Stock 313400301 17,739 438,000 X 438,000
Golden West Financial Common Stock 381317106 245 6,000 X 6,000
Corporation
Gap, Inc. Common Stock 364760108 13,671 441,000 X 441,000
Heinz (H.J.) Company Common Stock 423074103 438 10,000 X 10,000
Henry Schein, Inc. Common Stock 806407102 3,407 197,500 X 197,500
International Business Common Stock 459200101 548 5,000 X 5,000
Machines Corp.
INTERFACE, Inc. Common Stock S12655999 57 15,000 X 15,000
Intel Corporation Common Stock 458140100 56,684 424,000 X 424,000
J.C. Penney Company Common Stock 708160106 4,702 255,000 X 255,000
Johnson & Johnson Common Stock 478160104 2,038 20,000 X 20,000
J.P. Morgan & Company Common Stock 616880100 551 5,000 X 5,000
Nordstrom, Inc. Common Stock 655664100 20,265 840,000 X 840,000
Kellogg Company Common Stock 487836108 298 10,000 X 10,000
Kroger Company Common Stock 501044101 11,517 522,000 X 522,000
Lam Research Corporation Common Stock 512807108 11,250 300,000 X 300,000
LSI Logic Corporation Common Stock 502161102 22,217 410,000 X 410,000
Lucent Technologies Inc. Common Stock 549463107 1,007 17,000 X 17,000
Mattel, Inc. Common Stock 577081102 158 12,000 X 12,000
MedQuist Inc. Common Stock 584949101 1,798 52,890 X 52,890
Mentor Graphics Corporation Common Stock 587200106 12,084 608,000 X 608,000
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Common Stock 571748102 418 4,000 X 4,000
Inc.
Minnesota Mining & Common Stock 604059105 418 5,000 X 5,000
Manufacturing Co.
Merck & Company Inc. Common Stock 589331107 15,099 199,000 X 199,000
Micron Technology Inc. Common Stock 595112103 712 8,000 X 8,000
Novellus Systems Common Stock 670008101 820,156 14,500 X 14,500
Proctor & Gamble Company Common Stock 742718109 229 4,000 X 4,000
SAFECO Corporation Common Stock 786429100 219 11,000 X 11,000
Schering-Plough Corporation Common Stock 806605101 16,706 330,000 X 330,000
Symantec Corporation Common Stock 871503108 10,949 203,000 X 203,000
AT&T Corporation Common Stock 001957109 1,107 35,000 X 35,000
Target Corporation Common Stock 87612E106 15,196 262,000 X 262,000
UnumProvident Corporation Common Stock 91529Y106 10,834 540,000 X 540,000
U.S. West Inc. Common Stock 912889102 686 8,000 X 8,000
Wells Fargo Company Common Stock 949740104 775 20,000 X 20,000
Wild Oats Markets, Inc. Common Stock 96808B107 5,465 435,000 X 435,000
Wellman Inc. Common Stock 949702104 1,781 110,000 X 110,000
Washington Mutual Inc. Common Stock 939322103 576 20,000 X 20,000
Dentsply International Inc. Common Stock 249030107 3,235 105,000 X 105,000
Xerox Corporation Common Stock S16139991 208 10,000 X 10,000
Venator Group, Inc. Common Stock 922944103 10,660 1,040,000 X 1,040,000
GRAND TOTALS 482,076
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