As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 17, 1998. Registration Statement No. 333-52835 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ---------------------- AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-4 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ---------------------- MISSION WEST PROPERTIES (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) CALIFORNIA 95-2635431 6798 (State or other (I.R.S. Employee (Primary Standard jurisdiction of incorporation Identification No.) Industrial Classification or organization) Code Number) 10050 Bandley Drive, Cupertino, California 95014 (408) 725-0700 (Address, including ZIP Code and telephone number of registrant's principal executive offices) MR. CARL E. BERG 10050 Bandley Drive Cupertino, California 95014 ---------------------- (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service) ---------------------- Copies to: ALAN B. KALIN KATHI A. RAWNSLEY Graham & James LLP 600 Hansen Way Palo Alto, California 94304 Tel: (650) 856-6500 Fax: (650) 856-3619 Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public: AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT. If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box. [ ] If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] ______________ If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] ___________________ ---------------------- The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine. INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE. EXPLANATORY NOTE This Amendment No. 1 is only to file Exhibits 10.15, 10.16 and 10.17. PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS ITEM 21. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES. EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION - - ----------- ----------- 2.1* Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of ___________, between the Company and Mission West-Maryland 3.1.1+ Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company 3.1.2+ Bylaws, as amended, of the Company 3.2.1* Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Mission West-Maryland charter 3.2.2* Bylaws of Mission West-Maryland 5.1* Opinion of Graham & James LLP regarding the validity of the securities being registered 5.2* Opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll L.L.P. regarding merger of the Company and Mission West-Maryland II-1 8.1* Opinion of Graham & James LLP regarding certain tax matters 10.1* Form of Agreement of Limited Partnership of Operating Partnership 10.2* Form of Exchange Rights Agreement between the Company and the Limited Partners 10.3.1+ 1997 Stock Option Plan of the Company 10.3.2* Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement 10.3.3* Form of Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement 10.3.4* Form of Director's Stock Option Agreement 10.4* Acquisition Agreement, dated as of May 14, 1998 between the Company, MWP, MWP I, MWP II, MWP III and the Limited Partners 10.5.1* Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 4, 1998 between the Company and the purchasers of Common Stock in a private placement of 5,800,000 shares 10.5.2* Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 4, 1998 between the Company and the purchasers of Common Stock in a private placement of 695,058 shares 10.7* Pending Projects Acquisition Agreement, dated as of ______________, among the Company, the Operating Partnership and the members of the Berg Group 10.8* Berg Land Holdings Option Agreement, dated as of ______________, between the Company and certain members of the Berg Group 10.9* Berg & Berg Enterprises, Inc. Sublease Agreement 10.10.1* Incentive Stock Option Agreement for Michael J. Anderson (400,000 shares of Common Stock) 10.10.2* Incentive Stock Option Agreement for Michael J. Anderson (200,000 shares of Common Stock) 10.11* Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement for Michael J. Anderson (200,000 shares of Common Stock) 10.12* Promissory Note from Michael J. Anderson II-2 10.13* Incentive Stock Option Agreement for Bradley A. Perkins 10.14* Incentive Stock Option Agreement for Marianne K. Aguiar 10.15 Lease Ageement with Apple Computer, Inc. 10.16 Lease Agreement with Cisco Systems, Inc. 10.17 Lease Agreement with Amdahl Corporation 23.1* Consent of Graham & James LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement) 23.2* Consent of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll L.L.P. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.2 to this Registration Statement) 23.3** Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP 23.4** Consent of Coopers & Lybrand LLP 23.5* Consent of BT Commercial 24.1** Powers of Attorney 99.1* Form of Proxy for the Company's Shareholders 99.2* Form of Letter to the Company's Shareholders 99.3** Form of Notice to the Company's Shareholders + Incorporated by reference * To be filed by amendment. ** Previously filed II-3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant has duly caused this to registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cupertino, State of California on June 17, 1998. MISSION WEST PROPERTIES By: /s/ Carl E. Berg ---------------------------------- Carl E. Berg Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated, effective June 17, 1998. SIGNATURE TITLE /s/ Carl E. Berg Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive - - ---------------------------------- Officer, President, Chief Financial Carl E. Berg Officer, Director /s/ Carl E. Berg, attorney-in-fact Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and - - ---------------------------------- Director Michael J. Anderson /s/ Carl E. Berg, attorney-in-fact Director - - ---------------------------------- John C. Bolger II-4 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION - - ----------- ----------- 2.1* Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of ___________, between the Company and Mission West-Maryland 3.1.1+ Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company 3.1.2+ Bylaws, as amended, of the Company 3.2.1* Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Mission West-Maryland charter 3.2.2* Bylaws of Mission West-Maryland 5.1* Opinion of Graham & James LLP regarding the validity of the securities being registered 5.2* Opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll L.L.P. regarding merger of the Company and Mission West-Maryland 8.1* Opinion of Graham & James LLP regarding certain tax matters 10.1* Form of Agreement of Limited Partnership of Operating Partnership 10.2* Form of Exchange Rights Agreement between the Company and the Limited Partners 10.3.1+ 1997 Stock Option Plan of the Company 10.3.2* Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement 10.3.3* Form of Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreement 10.3.4* Form of Director's Stock Option Agreement 10.4* Acquisition Agreement, dated as of May 14, 1998 between the Company, MWP, MWP I, MWP II, MWP III and the Limited Partners 10.5.1* Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 4, 1998 between the Company and the purchasers of Common Stock in a private placement of 5,800,000 shares 10.5.2* Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 4, 1998 between the Company and the purchasers of Common Stock in a private placement of 695,058 shares 10.7* Pending Projects Acquisition Agreement, dated as of ______________, among the Company, the Operating Partnership and the members of the Berg Group 10.8* Berg Land Holdings Option Agreement, dated as of ______________, between the Company and certain members of the Berg Group 10.9* Berg & Berg Enterprises, Inc. Sublease Agreement 10.10.1* Incentive Stock Option Agreement for Michael J. Anderson (400,000 shares of Common Stock) 10.10.2* Incentive Stock Option Agreement for Michael J. Anderson (200,000 shares of Common Stock) 10.11* Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement for Michael J. Anderson (200,000 shares of Common Stock 10.12* Promissory Note from Michael J. Anderson 10.13* Incentive Stock Option Agreement for Bradley A. Perkins 10.14* Incentive Stock Option Agreement for Marianne K. Aguilar 10.15 Lease Agreement with Apple Computer, Inc. 10.16 Lease Agreement with Cisco Systems, Inc. 10.17 Lease Agreement with Amdahl Corporation 23.1* Consent of Graham & James LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement) 23.2* Consent of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll L.L.P. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.2 to this Registration Statement) 23.3** Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP 23.4** Consent of Coopers & Lybrand LLP 23.5* Consent of BT Commercial 24.1** Powers of Attorney 99.1* Form of Proxy for the Company's Shareholders 99.2* Form of Letter to the Company's Shareholders 99.3** Form of Notice to the Company's Shareholders + Incorporated by reference * To be filed by amendment. ** Previously filed