13F-HR 1 inftable450.txt COVER PAGE, INFORMATIONAL 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: 03-31-2013 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, 4-24-2013 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 6933 65215.000SH SOLE 56415.000 8800.000 AT&T COM 00206R102 7151 194900.000SH SOLE 168567.000 26333.000 AbbVie Inc. COM 00287Y109 4087 100230.000SH SOLE 87710.000 12520.000 Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 3503 99180.000SH SOLE 86660.000 12520.000 Abraxas Petroleum Corp. COM 003830106 58 25000.000SH SOLE 25000.000 Aflac, Inc. COM 001055102 4167 80105.000SH SOLE 70655.000 9450.000 Alexco Resource Corp. COM 01535P106 53 16000.000SH SOLE 16000.000 Anadarko Petroleum Corp. COM 032511107 6795 77704.000SH SOLE 68899.000 8805.000 Apache Corp. COM 037411105 2696 34945.000SH SOLE 30365.000 4580.000 Apple Inc. COM 037833100 3727 8420.000 SH SOLE 6814.000 1606.000 Autoliv, Inc. COM 052800109 5416 78330.000SH SOLE 69670.000 8660.000 Bank of America Corp. COM 060505104 3684 302455.000SH SOLE 281790.000 20665.000 Bard, C.R. COM 067383109 273 2708.000 SH SOLE 2708.000 Barrick Gold Corp. COM 067901108 3746 127410.000SH SOLE 113560.000 13850.000 Bemis Co COM 081437105 4904 121515.000SH SOLE 107145.000 14370.000 Berkshire Hathaway Cl B COM 084670207 563 5400.000 SH SOLE 1750.000 3650.000 Capital One Financial Corp. COM 14040H105 5780 105190.000SH SOLE 93840.000 11350.000 Central Fund of Canada Ltd COM 153501101 254 13100.000SH SOLE 5100.000 8000.000 Chevron Corp. COM 166764100 6588 55448.000SH SOLE 49618.000 5830.000 Cisco Systems Inc. COM 17275R102 7823 374410.000SH SOLE 329410.000 45000.000 Claude Resources, Inc. COM 182873109 7 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000 Coca-Cola Company COM 191216100 3792 93760.000SH SOLE 65030.000 28730.000 Colgate Palmolive COM 194162103 446 3775.000 SH SOLE 2575.000 1200.000 Comerica Inc COM 200340107 219 6100.000 SH SOLE 6100.000 Conagra Foods Inc. COM 205887102 6677 186450.000SH SOLE 163920.000 22530.000 Dejour Enterprise Ltd. COM 24486R103 15 75000.000SH SOLE 75000.000 Denison Mines Corp. COM 248356107 14 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 Disney Co COM 254687106 224 3950.000 SH SOLE 3950.000 Dow Chemical COM 260543103 6167 193690.000SH SOLE 169315.000 24375.000 Dupont COM 263534109 234 4760.000 SH SOLE 2060.000 2700.000 Dynacor Gold Mines, Inc. COM 26779X101 13 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 EMC Corp. COM 268648102 2969 124265.000SH SOLE 97645.000 26620.000 EV Energy Partner LP COM 26926V107 218 4000.000 SH SOLE 4000.000 Emerson Electric Company COM 291011104 246 4400.000 SH SOLE 4400.000 Endeavour Silver Corp. COM 29258Y103 124 20000.000SH SOLE 20000.000 Energy Fuels Inc. COM 292671104 2 11060.000SH SOLE 11060.000 Ensco International, Inc. COM G3157S106 4642 77370.000SH SOLE 67475.000 9895.000 Enterprise Products Prtns LP COM 293792107 390 6474.000 SH SOLE 1860.000 4614.000 Exxon Mobil Corp. COM 30231G102 1995 22137.000SH SOLE 11125.000 11012.000 FedEx Corp. COM 31428X106 6325 64410.000SH SOLE 56315.000 8095.000 General Electric COM 369604103 8097 350230.868SH SOLE 299145.868 51085.000 General Mills COM 370334104 212 4295.000 SH SOLE 1225.000 3070.000 Goldcorp, Inc. COM 380956409 773 23000.000SH SOLE 23000.000 Grainger W.W. COM 384802104 838 3725.000 SH SOLE 3725.000 Great Panther Silver Ltd. COM 39115V101 26 20000.000SH SOLE 20000.000 Hecla Mining Co. COM 422704106 79 20000.000SH SOLE 20000.000 Honeywell International, Inc. COM 438516106 241 3200.000 SH SOLE 3200.000 IAMGOLD Corporation COM 450913108 86 12000.000SH SOLE 12000.000 IBM COM 459200101 2932 13747.000SH SOLE 10792.000 2955.000 Intel Corp. COM 458140100 5053 231403.000SH SOLE 198653.000 32750.000 JPMorgan Chase & Co. COM 46625H100 7297 153761.000SH SOLE 134531.000 19230.000 Kaminak Gold Corp. COM 48356P202 11 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 Kellogg Company COM 487836108 275 4267.000 SH SOLE 2467.000 1800.000 Keycorp New COM 493267108 4702 472120.000SH SOLE 413670.000 58450.000 Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. COM 50015Q100 182 20000.000SH SOLE 20000.000 Kohl's Corp. COM 500255104 5149 111615.000SH SOLE 97350.000 14265.000 Marsh & McLennan COM 571748102 3685 97055.000SH SOLE 86830.000 10225.000 Mart Resources, Inc. COM 572903102 17 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 McDonalds Corp. COM 580135101 753 7550.000 SH SOLE 3350.000 4200.000 Merck & Company COM 58933Y105 365 8260.000 SH SOLE 1460.000 6800.000 Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 5551 194050.000SH SOLE 154125.000 39925.000 Morgan Stanley COM 617446448 3596 163590.000SH SOLE 144865.000 18725.000 Mylan Inc. COM 628530107 8351 288397.000SH SOLE 252347.000 36050.000 New Gold Inc. COM 644535106 227 25000.000SH SOLE 25000.000 Newmont Mining Corp. COM 651639106 2264 54050.000SH SOLE 43010.000 11040.000 News Corporation COM 65248E104 6858 224770.000SH SOLE 196070.000 28700.000 Oculus Innovative Sciences Inc COM 67575P108 46 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000 Oracle Corp. COM 68389X105 6088 188302.000SH SOLE 166737.000 21565.000 Pengrowth Energy Corp COM 70706P104 92 18000.000SH SOLE 18000.000 Pfizer COM 717081103 719 24915.000SH SOLE 2975.000 21940.000 Platinum Group Metals Ltd. COM 72765Q205 14 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 Prophecy Coal Corp. COM 74345B104 10 80000.000SH SOLE 80000.000 Prophecy Platinum Corp. COM 74345Y104 9 13000.000SH SOLE 13000.000 Royal Dutch Shell PLC - Class COM 780259206 547 8400.000 SH SOLE 8400.000 Royal Dutch Shell PLC Cl B-ADR COM 780259107 5571 83374.000SH SOLE 71986.999 11387.001 Rye Patch Gold Corp COM 783727100 6 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000 Seadrill Ltd. COM G7945E105 232 6230.000 SH SOLE 6230.000 Silver Wheaton Corp. COM 828336107 313 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 Silvercorp Metals Inc. COM 82835P103 106 27000.000SH SOLE 27000.000 Sprott Resource Lending Corp. COM 85207J100 14 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 Star Gas Partners, L.P. COM 85512C105 45 10000.000SH SOLE 10000.000 Statoil ASA-Spon Adr COM 85771p102 224 9117.000 SH SOLE 5000.000 4117.000 Stryker Corp. COM 863667101 6719 102987.000SH SOLE 90052.000 12935.000 Symantec Corp. COM 871503108 7986 323585.000SH SOLE 287100.000 36485.000 Taseko Mines Ltd. COM 876511106 42 15000.000SH SOLE 15000.000 U.S. Bancorp COM 902973304 5412 159500.000SH SOLE 139935.000 19565.000 US Silver & Gold Inc. COM 90346L107 18 13400.000SH SOLE 13400.000 United Health Group Inc. COM 91324P102 5766 100785.000SH SOLE 88865.000 11920.000 Verizon Communications COM 92343V104 7885 160420.000SH SOLE 139140.000 21280.000 W.R. Berkley Corp. COM 084423102 3355 75620.000SH SOLE 70895.000 4725.000 WalMart Stores COM 931142103 6168 82432.000SH SOLE 71962.000 10470.000
FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 91 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $237,930