As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 25, 2000 Registration No. 333-______ ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ---------------------- Form S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ---------------------- MIPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter) Delaware 77-0322161 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 1225 Charleston Road Mountain View, CA 94043-1353 (Address of principal executive offices) ---------------------- MIPS Technologies, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan MIPS Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan MIPS Technologies, Inc. Directors' Stock Option Plan (Full titles of the plans) ---------------------- John E. Bourgoin Chief Executive Officer and President MIPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1225 Charleston Road Mountain View, CA 94043-1353 (650) 567-5000 (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service) ---------------------- Copy to: Kenneth Hirschman, Esq. Shearman & Sterling 1550 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025-4100 (650) 330-2228 ---------------------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE =============================================================================================================== Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Title of Securities to be Amount to be Offering Price Aggregate Amount of Registered Registered Per Share(*) Offering Price Registration Fee Class A Common Stock, 1,676,481 $55.3125 $92,730,355 $24,481 $0.001 par value =============================================================================================================== (*) The price shown is the average between the high and low prices of the Class A Common Stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market on January 20, 2000 in accordance with Rule 457(c), and is being used solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8 The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (333-65693), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 15, 1998, are incorporated by reference herein. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 8. Exhibits The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement: 5.1 Opinion of Counsel 10.8* 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended 10.9* Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended 10.10** Directors' Stock Option Plan, as amended 23.1 Consent of Independent Auditors 23.2 Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1) 24.1 Power of Attorney (included on signature page) * Incorporated by reference to the exhibits filed with the Registrant's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 22, 1999. ** Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 21, 1999. II-1 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mountain View, California, on January 24, 2000. MIPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. By: /s/ John E. Bourgoin ----------------------------------------------- John E. Bourgoin President, Chief Executive Officer and Director II-2 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John E. Bourgoin and Kevin C. Eichler, jointly and severally, his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date /s/ John E. Bourgoin Chairman of the Board, President, - ------------------------ Chief Executive Officer, and John E. Bourgoin Director (Principal Executive Officer) January 24, 2000 /s/ Kevin C. Eichler Vice President of Finance and - ------------------------ Administration, Chief Financial Kevin C. Eichler Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) January 24, 2000 Director January 24, 2000 - ------------------------ William M. Kelly /s/ Kenneth L. Coleman Director January 24, 2000 - ------------------------ Kenneth L. Coleman /s/ Teruyasu Sekimoto Director January 24, 2000 - ------------------------ Teruyasu Sekimoto /s/ Kurt Akeley Director January 24, 2000 - ------------------------ Kurt Akeley /s/ Anthony B. Holbrook Director January 24, 2000 - ------------------------ Anthony B. Holbrook /s/ Fred M. Gibbons Director January 24, 2000 - ------------------------ Fred M. Gibbons II-3 EXHIBIT INDEX Item 8. Exhibits The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement: 5.1 Opinion of Counsel 10.8* 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended 10.9* Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended 10.10** Directors' Stock Option Plan, as amended 23.1 Consent of Independent Auditors 23.2 Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1) 24.1 Power of Attorney (included on signature page) * Incorporated by reference to the exhibits filed with the Registrant's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 22, 1999. ** Incorporated by reference to the exhibit filed with the Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 21, 1999. II-4