5 1NASDAQ 0001198572 Director 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 [ ] 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) Compton, Kevin R. 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) [X] Director [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) Director 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: Kevin R. Compton 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 106,526 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Non-Qualified Stock Option $2.0000 06/27/04 (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option $2.0000 07/26/03 (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option $5.2500 07/25/02 A 12,500 (1) 07/25/12 (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option $9.8125 07/24/08 (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option $41.1875 07/23/09 (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option $47.1700 07/26/11 (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option $76.2500 01/26/11 (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option $184.6250 07/24/10 (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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Non-Qualified Stock Option Common Stock 14,000 14,000 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option Common Stock 40,000 40,000 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option 07/25/02 Common Stock 12,500 12,500 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option Common Stock 30,000 30,000 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option Common Stock 30,000 30,000 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option Common Stock 12,500 12,500 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option Common Stock 5,000 5,000 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option Common Stock 7,500 7,500 D Direct (right to buy) Explanation of Responses: (1) Are exercisable as to 6.25% of the shares each quarter after the date of grant.