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 (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 (I.R.S. Employer or Organization) Identification No.) 505 Montgomery Street, Fifth Floor, California 94111 - ----------------------------------------------- ---------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) 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 ------------------- ------------------------------ Series A 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) 1 DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED. The description of the Series A 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 "Series A Preferred Stock" in the Prospectus included as part of the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-58107) in the form in which it was filed on June 30, 1998 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as amended from time to time. EXHIBITS. Pursuant to Instruction II of the Instructions as to Exhibits for registration statements on Form 8-A, the documents listed below are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement: