Insider trade

Officer sold ~$1.36M of VRSN shares in the open market

Traded Apr 28, 2026 · Filed Apr 30, 2026

VerisignVRSN

~$1.36M
Reported value · 5,000 sh @ $271.0213: 35K
Holds after · shares reported: +6.1%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +7.3%, $270.40 → $286.90 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Verisign's - Technology & CSO sold $1.36M of Verisign shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Apr 28, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Apr 30, 2026

Officer$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$1,355,107

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

5 days after results of Apr 23, 2026, 86 days before results of Jul 23, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $270.40 on Apr 28, 2026, 28% above its 52-week low and 12% below its high, after a 12% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $211.49 (Feb 23, 2026) to $305.98 (Jul 28, 2025), 62% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $241.26 on Mar 16, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+3.6%	+1.8%	+1.9%
30 days	+10.4%	+5.5%	+4.8%
90 days	+8.3%	+1.5%	+6.8%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001940987-26-000012
Filed / recorded: Apr 30, 2026, 12:46 AM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: VERISIGN INC/CA
Issuer CIK: 1014473
Ticker: VRSN
Reporting person: Danny R Mcpherson
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: EVP - Technology & CSO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Apr 28, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 5,000
Price per share: $271.0213
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 35,195.1627
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price reported in Column 4 is the weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $270.88 to $271.1501, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range.

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Routine share withholding; mechanical by default.

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