Insider trade

CEO sold ~$162K of VRSN shares in the open market

Traded Nov 13, 2025 · Filed Nov 14, 2025

VerisignVRSN

~$162K
Reported value · 640 sh @ $252.7494: 450K
Holds after · shares reported: +14.1%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +13.7%, $251.51 → $286.90 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The boss of Verisign sold $162K 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: Nov 13, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Nov 14, 2025

CEO$100K–$500K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$161,760

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

21 days after results of Oct 23, 2025, 84 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 $251.51 on Nov 13, 2025, 41% above its 52-week low and 18% below its high, after a 9% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $178.25 (Nov 19, 2024) to $305.98 (Jul 28, 2025), 57% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $275.44 on Oct 2, 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	-0.6%	-1.9%	+1.3%
30 days	-4.3%	+1.3%	-5.7%
90 days	-13.7%	+1.4%	-15.1%
180 days	+16.7%	+10.5%	+6.2%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001204816-25-000041
Filed / recorded: Nov 14, 2025, 3:03 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: Nov 13, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 640
Price per share: $252.7494
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 450,210.7009
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 $252.34 to $253.22, 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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