5 1NASDAQ 0001204826 VeriSign, Inc. 0001014473 94-3221585 12/31/02 5 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 5 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP [X] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. [ ] Form 3 Holdings Reported [ ] Form 4 Transactions Reported 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(s) Pereira, Anil H. P. 487 East Middlefield Road Mountain View, CA 94043 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN) 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 12/02 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) EVP and GM, Enterprise/Serv Provider Div 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: Anil H. P. Pereira DATE 02/12/03
Table I Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Security 2)Trans- 3.Trans- 4.Securities Acquired(A) 5)Amount of 6) 7)Nature of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Indirect Date Code A Beneficially D Beneficial (Month/ or Owned at or Ownership Day/Year) Code Amount D Price End of Year I - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 01/08/02 G 60 D 1,964 D Direct Table II (PART 1) Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1 through 6) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Derivative 2)Conversion 3)Trans- 4)Trans- 5)Number of Derivative 6)Date Exercisable and Security or Exercise action action Securities Acquired (A) Expiration Date Price of Date Code or Disposed of (D) Derivative Security Code A D Exercisable Expiration - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Incentive Stock Option (right $6.8750 08/17/05 to buy) Incentive Stock Option (right $37.0625 07/30/06 to buy) Incentive Stock Option (right $151.2500 08/01/07 to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option $10.0800 05/24/02 A 75,000 (1) 05/24/09 (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option $22.7100 02/21/02 A 100,000 (1) 02/21/09 (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option $26.0625 03/05/06 (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option $34.1600 09/06/08 (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option $34.4380 03/15/08 (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option $37.0625 07/30/06 (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option $151.2500 08/01/07 (right to buy) Table II (PART 2) Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1,3 and 7 through 11) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Derivative 3)Trans- 7)Title and Amount 8)Price 9)Number of 10) 11)Nature of Security action of Underlying of Deri- Derivative Indirect Date Securities vative Securities D Beneficial Amount or Security Beneficially or Ownership Number of Owned at I - Title Shares End of Year - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Incentive Stock Option (right Common Stock 3,775 3,775 D Direct to buy) Incentive Stock Option (right Common Stock 6,074 6,074 D Direct to buy) Incentive Stock Option (right Common Stock 661 661 D Direct to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option 05/24/02 Common Stock 75,000 75,000 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option 02/21/02 Common Stock 100,000 100,000 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option Common Stock 72,250 72,250 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option Common Stock 50,000 50,000 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option Common Stock 35,000 35,000 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option Common Stock 4,736 4,736 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option Common Stock 99,339 99,339 D Direct (right to buy) Explanation of Responses: (1) 25% of the total options granted vest and become exercisable one year after the date of grant and thereafter with respect to 6.25% o f the shares each quarter until fully vested.