3/A 1NASDAQ 0001204432 Director VeriSign, Inc. 0001014473 94-3221585 01/02/01 3/A UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Kriens, Scott G. 487 East Middlefield Road Mountain View, CA 94043 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 1/2/2001 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN) 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) Director 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 01/10/01 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) [X] Form filed by One Reporting Person [ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /S/ By: Donald T Rozak Jr, as attorney-in-fact For: Scott G. Kriens DATE 01/02/03
Table I Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1)Title of Security 2)Amount of 3) 4)Nature of Securities D Indirect Beneficially or Beneficial Owned I Ownership - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 80,000 I Kriens 1996 Trust (1) Table II Derivative Securitites Beneficially Owned - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Derivative Security 2)Date Exercisable 3)Title and Amount of 4)Conver- 5)Ownership 6)Nature of and Expiration Date Securities Underlying sion or Form of Indirect (Month/Day/Year) Derivative Security exercise Derivative Beneficial price of Security Ownership Date Expira- Amount or Deri- Direct(D) Exer- tion Number of vative or cisable Date Title Shares Security Indirect(I) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Put Option (obligation to buy) (3) 01/19/01 Common Stock 7,500 $85.0000 D Direct Non-Qualified Stock Option (2) 01/02/11 Common Stock 25,000 D Direct (right to buy) Explanation of Responses: (1) Form of ownership originally designated as being "Direct" when in fact it should have been designated as "Indirect," with nature of indirect beneficial ownership being the Kriens 1996 Trust, as now corrected by this amended Form 3. (2) Are exercisable as to 6.25% of the shares each quarter after the date of grant. (3) Exercisable immediately.