Insider trade

Director purchased ~$712 of VRSN shares in the open market

Traded Feb 27, 2026 · Filed Mar 4, 2026

~$712
Reported value · 3.24 sh @ $219.44: 882.24
Holds after · shares reported: +28.2%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +12.9%, $227.94 → $292.26 on Oct 5

Courtney D Armstrong, Director's past purchases, 90 days after disclosure: 3 buys, median -3.9% vs S&P 500, beat it 1 of 3 times. Past results, not a forecast.

Why it stands out

A board member of Verisign paid $712 out of pocket for Verisign shares.

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: Feb 27, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Mar 4, 2026

Director<$25KHoldings +0%

Context

Classification

open market purchase

Code P — open-market or private purchase

Absolute commitment

~$712

Shares × reported transaction price

Size band

<$25K

Ownership change

+0.4%

Purchase shares ÷ estimated pre-transaction holdings, from the filing

Rarity

First purchase in 3 months

Confirmed open-market purchases by the same insider in the available history

Largest by this insider

No

Compared with 1 earlier confirmed purchase

Cluster activity

No other insider purchases within 30 days

Distinct insiders at the same issuer with confirmed open-market purchases

Timing vs results

22 days after results of Feb 5, 2026, 55 days before results of Apr 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 $227.94 on Feb 27, 2026, 8% above its 52-week low and 26% below its high, after a 9% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $211.49 (Feb 23, 2026) to $305.98 (Jul 28, 2025), 17% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $249.31 on Jan 14, 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	-1.3%	-1.3%	-0.0%
30 days	+14.9%	-3.8%	+18.8%
90 days	+24.5%	+10.9%	+13.7%
180 days	+20.7%	+12.0%	+8.8%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001869319-26-000002
Filed / recorded: Mar 4, 2026, 2:49 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: Courtney D Armstrong
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Feb 27, 2026
Transaction code: P
Shares / units: 3.244
Price per share: $219.44
Acquired / disposed: Acquired (A)
Shares owned after: 882.244
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Around the same time

Officer sold6mo ago

~$125KReported value · 498 sh @ $250.00

Verisign's Gen Counsel & Secretary sold $125K of Verisign shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Why it stands out Official record

Director bought6mo ago

~$4KReported value · 15.91 sh @ $250.17

A board member of Verisign paid $4K out of pocket for Verisign shares.

Why it stands out Official record

Officer sold7mo ago

~$80KReported value · 332 sh @ $240.62

Verisign's Gen Counsel & Secretary sold $80K of Verisign shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Why it stands out Official record

Courtney D Armstrong, Director's past purchases, 90 days after disclosure: 3 buys, median -3.9% vs S&P 500, beat it 1 of 3 times. Past results, not a forecast.