Insider trade

CEO sold ~$298K of VRSN shares in the open market

Traded Dec 16, 2025 · Filed Dec 19, 2025

VerisignVRSN

~$298K
Reported value · 1,227 sh @ $242.819: 425K
Holds after · shares reported: +18.4%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +12.5%, $242.25 → $286.90 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The boss of Verisign sold $298K 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 16, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Dec 19, 2025

CEO$100K–$500K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$297,939

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

54 days after results of Oct 23, 2025, 51 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 $242.25 on Dec 16, 2025, 27% above its 52-week low and 21% below its high, little changed over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $191.44 (Dec 18, 2024) to $305.98 (Jul 28, 2025), 44% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $244.56 on Nov 3, 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	+0.9%	+1.4%	-0.5%
30 days	+1.7%	-0.4%	+2.1%
90 days	-1.8%	-3.0%	+1.3%
180 days	+8.6%	+8.9%	-0.3%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001204816-25-000050
Filed / recorded: Dec 19, 2025, 3:52 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 16, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 1,227
Price per share: $242.819
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 425,099.1378
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 $242.46 to $243.19, 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.