Parnassus Endeavor Fund SM Fourth Quarter 2015 All information, unless otherwise indicated, is as of 12/31/2015 Portfolio Manager Fund Characteristics Fund S&P 500 Index Jerome L. Dodson Ave Weighted Mkt Cap ($Bn) $69.3 $139.5 P/E Ratio 17.8x P/B Ratio • President, Portfolio Manager • With firm since 1984 • Investment industry since 1976 • Portfolio Manager since 2005 • M.B.A., Harvard Business School 1971 • B.S., Political Science, University of California, Berkeley 1965 Firm Overview Parnassus Investments® is an independent and employee-owned investment management company based in San Francisco, CA. Founded in 1984, the firm seeks to invest in businesses that have increasingly relevant products or services, sustainable competitive advantages, quality management teams and ethical business practices. We believe the most attractive opportunities for investments are when companies with good business fundamentals become temporarily undervalued due to market sentiment. Ticker PARWX PFPWX 19.5x CUSIP 701765869 701765406 2.5x Minimum Investment $2,000 $100,000 28 504 Gross Expense Ratio 1.02% 0.87% 63.2% Portfolio Turnover (2015 Annual) Institutional Shares 3.3x Number of Holdings Investor Shares - Net Expense Ratio 0.95% 0.83% 4/29/2005 4/30/2015 Average Weighted Market Cap is the average capitalization of all stocks in the portfolio, weighted by each holding’s size in the portfolio.

Price/Earnings (P/E) Ratio is a ratio of a stock’s current price to its per-share earnings over the past 12 months (or “trailing” 12 months). Price/Book (P/B) Ratio is the ratio of a stock’s latest closing price divided by its book value per share. Fund Statistics (5 Year) Investor Shares S&P 500 Index Alpha 1.01% - Beta 1.03 1.00 0.90 1.00 Sharpe Ratio 1.11 1.08 Standard Deviation 12.70% 11.70% Downside Risk 7.13% Distribution Frequency Annually Total Net Assets $1,372.6MM 3.97% - Active Share 92.17% Style 6.53% Tracking Error Alpha is a measure of performance on a risk-adjusted basis. Alpha takes the volatility (price risk) of a mutual fund and compares its risk-adjusted performance to a benchmark index.

The excess return of the fund relative to the return of the benchmark index is a fund’s alpha. Beta is a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole. A beta of 1.00 means that the share price moves exactly in line with the market.

A beta over 1.00 suggests that the share price will typically be more volatile than the market, and conversely, a beta below 1.00 indicates that the share price will typically be less volatile than the market. R-Squared is a measurement of how closely the portfolio’s performance correlates with the performance of a benchmark index such as the S&P 500 Index. Standard Deviation is a calculation used to measure variability (risk) of a portfolio’s performance.

Sharpe Ratio is a ratio used to measure risk-adjusted performance. It is calculated by subtracting the risk-free rate from the rate of return for a portfolio and dividing the result by the standard deviation of the portfolio Inception Date E  xpenses based on total net assets, net of reimbursement. As described in the Fund’s current prospectus dated May 1, 2015, Parnassus Investments has contractually agreed to limit total operating expenses to 0.95% of net assets for the for the Parnassus Endeavor Fund—Investor Shares and to 0.83% of net assets for the Parnassus Endeavor Fund—Institutional Shares. This agreement will not be terminated prior to May 1, 2016, and may be continued indefinitely by the Adviser on a year-to-year basis. R-Squared Total Assets Under Management: $15.6 billion Fund Facts - returns.

Downside Risk is a statistical measurement of a portfolio’s dispersion below the mean return of a benchmark. Tracking Error is the standard deviation of the difference between the portfolio return and the desired investment benchmark return. Active Share measures the percentage amount your portfolio differs from a passive benchmark. The S&P 500 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates and has been licensed for use by Parnassus Investments.

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and international market and economic conditions. In addition to large-cap companies, the Fund may invest in small- and/ or mid-cap companies, which can be more volatile than large-cap firms. Security holdings in the fund can vary significantly from broad market indexes PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS® 1 Market Street, Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94105 www.parnassus.com (800) 999-3505 .