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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8–A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
     
Maryland   94-3281941
 
(State of Incorporation or Organization)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
Pier 1, Bay 1, San Francisco, California   94111
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
     
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. þ   If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. o

Securities Act registration file number to which this form relates: File No. 333-68283

Securities to be Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

         
Title of Each Class   Name of Each Exchange on Which
to be so Registered   Each Class is to be Registered
 
6 ½% Series L Cumulative Redeemable
Preferred Stock, $.01 par value		   New York Stock Exchange
 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None
(Title of Class)

(Title of Class)

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Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.
Item 2. Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 3.16
Exhibit 3.17
Exhibit 4.3

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Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

     The description of the 6  ½% Series L Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), of AMB Property Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Registrant”), is incorporated by reference to the information set forth under the caption “Description of Series L Preferred Stock” in the prospectus supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in the form in which it was filed on June 19, 2003 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The prospectus supplement supplements the prospectus contained in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-68283), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 17, 1998. The Preferred Stock is expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Item 2. Exhibits.

     Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits for registration statements on Form 8-A, the documents listed below are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:

     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
3.1     Articles of Incorporation of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-35915)).
     
3.2     Certificate of Correction of Registrant’s Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the
8 ½% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998).
     
3.3     Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 8 5/8% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 1999).
     
3.4     Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 8.75% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 1999).
     
3.5     Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 7.75% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1999).
     
3.6     Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 7.75% Series E Cumulative Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 14, 1999).
     
3.7     Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 7.95% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 14, 2000).

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Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
3.8     Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 7.95% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 29, 2000).
     
3.9     Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 8.125% Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 29, 2000).
     
3.10   Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 8.00% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 23, 2001).
     
3.11   Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 7.95% Series J Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 3, 2001).
     
3.12   Articles Supplementary Redesignating and Reclassifying all 2,200,000 Shares of the 8.75% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock as Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 7, 2001).
     
3.13   Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 7.95% Series K Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 23, 2002).
     
3.14   Articles Supplementary Redesignating and Reclassifying 130,000 Shares of 7.95% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock as Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002).
     
3.15   Articles Supplementary Redesignating and Reclassifying all 20,000 Shares of 7.95% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock as Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002).
     
3.16   Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 6 ½% Series L Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock.
     
3.17   Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant.
     
4.1     Form of Certificate for Common Stock of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-35915)).
     
4.2     Form of Certificate for 8.5% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5(2) of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1998).
     
4.3     Form of Certificate for 6 ½% Series L Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of Registrant.

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SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

         
Date: June 20, 2003   AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION
         
    By:   /s/ Tamra D. Browne
       
        Tamra D. Browne
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary

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EXHIBIT INDEX

     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
3.1     Articles of Incorporation of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-35915)).
     
3.2     Certificate of Correction of Registrant’s Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the
8 ½% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998).
     
3.3     Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 8 5/8% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 1999).
     
3.4     Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 8.75% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 1999).
     
3.5     Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 7.75% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1999).
     
3.6     Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 7.75% Series E Cumulative Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 14, 1999).
     
3.7     Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 7.95% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 14, 2000).
     
3.8     Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 7.95% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 29, 2000).
     
3.9     Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 8.125% Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 29, 2000).
     
3.10   Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 8.00% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 23, 2001).
     
3.11   Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 7.95% Series J Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on

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Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
    October 3, 2001).
     
3.12   Articles Supplementary Redesignating and Reclassifying all 2,200,000 Shares of the 8.75% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock as Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 7, 2001).
     
3.13   Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 7.95% Series K Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 23, 2002).
     
3.14   Articles Supplementary Redesignating and Reclassifying 130,000 Shares of 7.95% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock as Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002).
     
3.15   Articles Supplementary Redesignating and Reclassifying all 20,000 Shares of 7.95% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock as Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002).
     
3.16   Articles Supplementary establishing and fixing the rights and preferences of the 6 ½% Series L Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock.
     
3.17   Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant.
     
4.1     Form of Certificate for Common Stock of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-35915)).
     
4.2     Form of Certificate for 8.5% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5(2) of Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1998).
     
4.3     Form of Certificate for 6 ½% Series L Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of Registrant.

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