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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 1999
Registration No. 333-05511
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-3
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Silicon Valley Bancshares
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 91-1962278
(State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3003 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara, California 95054
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
JOHN C. DEAN
Chief Executive Officer
SILICON VALLEY BANCSHARES
3003 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara, California 95054
(408) 654-7400
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(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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Copies to:
A. Catherine Ngo, Esq.
Silicon Valley Bancshares
3003 Tasman Drive
Santa Clara, California 95054
(408) 654-7400
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Pursuant to Rule 414 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement is hereby expressly
adopted by the registrant as the successor to Silicon Valley Bancshares, a
California corporation, as its own registration statement for all purposes under
the Securities Act and under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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SIGNATURES
THE REGISTRANT. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has
duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No.1 to the Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Santa Clara, State of California, on April 22, 1999.
SILICON VALLEY BANCSHARES
By: /s/ John C. Dean
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John C. Dean
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal executive officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment Number One to the Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature Title Date
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/s/ John C. Dean President, Chief Executive Officer and April 22, 1999
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John C. Dean
/s/ Christopher T. Lutes Executive Vice President and Chief April 22, 1999
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Christopher T. Lutes and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Daniel J. Kelleher Chairman of the Board April 22, 1999
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Daniel J. Kelleher
/s/ Gary K. Barr Director April 22, 1999
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Gary K. Barr
/s/ James F. Burns, Jr. Director April 22, 1999
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James F. Burns, Jr.
/s/ David M. deWilde Director April 22, 1999
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David M. deWilde
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/s/ James R. Porter Director April 22, 1999
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James R. Porter
/s/ Ann R. Wells Director April 22, 1999
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Ann R. Wells
/s/ Stephen E. Jackson Director April 22, 1999
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Stephen E. Jackson
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