Insider trade

CEO sold ~$6.4K of VRSN shares in the open market

Traded Dec 9, 2025 · Filed Dec 12, 2025

VerisignVRSN

~$6.4K
Reported value · 26 sh @ $246.23: 435K
Holds after · shares reported: +18.3%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +11.8%, $242.57 → $286.90 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The boss of Verisign sold $6.4K 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: Dec 9, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Dec 12, 2025

CEO<$25K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$6,402

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

47 days after results of Oct 23, 2025, 58 days before results of Feb 5, 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 $242.57 on Dec 9, 2025, 27% above its 52-week low and 21% below its high, after a 2% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $191.44 (Dec 18, 2024) to $305.98 (Jul 28, 2025), 45% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $247.22 on Oct 27, 2025. 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	+0.8%	-0.2%	+1.0%
30 days	+2.8%	+2.0%	+0.8%
90 days	-2.8%	-2.3%	-0.5%
180 days	+19.1%	+6.4%	+12.6%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001204816-25-000047
Filed / recorded: Dec 12, 2025, 3:55 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: D James Bidzos
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: Exec. Chairman, Pres, & CEO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Dec 9, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 26
Price per share: $246.23
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 435,179.1378
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

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