Insider trade

Director purchased ~$4K of VRSN shares in the open market

Traded Nov 25, 2025 · Filed Mar 26, 2026

~$4K
Reported value · 15.91 sh @ $250.17: 5,203.47
Holds after · shares reported: +12.2%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +13.2%, $255.68 → $286.90 on Oct 1

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 spent $4K of their very own money to buy 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: Nov 25, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Mar 26, 2026

DirectorIndirect holding<$25KHoldings +0%

Context

Classification

open market purchase

Code P — open-market or private purchase

Absolute commitment

~$3,980

Shares × reported transaction price

Size band

<$25K

Ownership change

+0.3%

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

Rarity

Not enough history to judge

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

Cluster activity

No other insider purchases within 30 days

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

Timing vs results

33 days after results of Oct 23, 2025, 72 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 $255.68 on Nov 25, 2025, 38% above its 52-week low and 16% below its high, after a 4% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $185.16 (Nov 26, 2024) to $305.98 (Jul 28, 2025), 58% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $265.01 on Oct 14, 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	+3.6%	+1.7%	+1.9%
30 days	+6.8%	+10.9%	-4.0%
90 days	+0.5%	+13.7%	-13.2%
180 days	+19.4%	+19.9%	-0.5%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001869319-26-000004
Filed / recorded: Mar 26, 2026, 12:35 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: Nov 25, 2025
Transaction code: P
Shares / units: 15.909
Price per share: $250.17
Acquired / disposed: Acquired (A)
Shares owned after: 5,203.471
Ownership form: Indirect — by The Armstrong Family Trust
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

Represents 15.909 shares of common stock acquired through the reinvestment of dividends.

Around the same time

6mo ago

26.73Shares · @ $275.26

Routine share withholding; mechanical by default.

Why it stands out Official record

Officer sold6mo ago

~$134KReported value · 498 sh @ $270.06

39K → 38K shares held−1% of their stake

Verisign's Gen Counsel & Secretary sold $134K of Verisign shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Why it stands out Official record

Officer sold6mo ago

~$136KReported value · 498 sh @ $274.00

39K → 39K shares held−1% of their stake

Verisign's Gen Counsel & Secretary sold $136K 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.

Why it stands out

Dates, kept separate

Context

After it was reported

Source receipt

Footnotes from the filing

Around the same time

26.73Shares · @ $275.26

~$134KReported value · 498 sh @ $270.06

~$136KReported value · 498 sh @ $274.00

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