As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 2002 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, as amended MIPS Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (Full titles of the plans) ----------------------------- John E. Bourgoin Chief Executive Officer and President MIPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1225 Charleston Road Mountain View, CA 94043-1353 (Name and address of agent for service) ----------------------------- (650) 567-5000 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ================================================================================ CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ================================================================================ Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Title of Securities to be Amount to be Offering Price Aggregate Amount of Registered Registered(1) Per Share(2) Offering Price Registration Fee Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value 1,764,493 $1.42 $2,505,580.06 $230.51 (1) Represents 1,568,439 shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued under the 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended, and 196,054 shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended. (2) The price shown is the average of the bid and asked price of the Class A Common Stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market on September 24, 2002, in accordance with Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), 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 Statements on Form S-8 (Reg. Numbers 333-65693, 333-95339, 333-44526 and 333-66028), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on October 15, 1998, January 25, 2000, August 25, 2000 and July 27, 2001, respectively, are incorporated by reference herein. 2 PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 8. Exhibits See Exhibit Index. 3 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 September 25, 2002. MIPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. By: /s/ John E. Bourgoin ------------------------------------- John E. Bourgoin President, Chief Executive Officer and Director SIGNATURES and POWER OF ATTORNEY 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. In addition, each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John E. Bourgoin and Kevin C. Eichler, each alone to act as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with the full power of substitution, for him and in his name in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments, including pre-effective and post-effective amendments, and supplements to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the Registrant's 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, 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. Signature Title Date - ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- --------------- /s/ John F. Bourgoin - ---------------------------------- Chairman of the Board, President, John E. Bourgoin Chief Executive Officer, and Director (Principal Executive Officer) September 25, 2002 /s/ Kevin C. Eichler - ---------------------------------- Vice President and Chief Financial Kevin C. Eichler Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) September 25, 2002 /s/ Kenneth L. Coleman - ---------------------------------- Director September 25, 2002 Kenneth L. Coleman /s/ Fred M. Gibbons - ---------------------------------- Director September 25, 2002 Fred M. Gibbons /s/ Anthony B. Holbrook - ---------------------------------- Director September 25, 2002 Anthony B. Holbrook /s/ Benjamin A. Horowitz - ---------------------------------- Director September 25, 2002 Benjamin A. Horowitz /s/ William M. Kelly - ---------------------------------- Director September 25, 2002 William M. Kelly EXHIBIT INDEX Item 8. Exhibits The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement: 4.1* MIPS Technologies, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended. 4.2* MIPS Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended. 5.1 Opinion of Shearman & Sterling as to the validity of the shares being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement. 23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors of the Registrant. 23.2 Consent of Shearman & Sterling (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 Commission on September 22, 1999.