SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* LEWIS RUSSELL S (Last) (First) (Middle) 487 EAST MIDDLEFIELD ROAD (Street) MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VERISIGN INC/CA [ VRSN ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) EVP and GM,
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/11/2003
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	08/11/2003		A		20,000	A	$0	70,000	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$12.88	08/11/2003		A		60,000		11/11/2003(1)	08/11/2013	Common Stock	60,000	$0	60,000	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$10.08							05/24/2003(2)	05/24/2009	Common Stock	100,000		100,000	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$22.71							(2)	02/21/2009	Common Stock	180,000		180,000	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$34.16							(3)	09/06/2008	Common Stock	40,000		40,000	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$34.438							(4)	03/15/2008	Common Stock	40,000		40,000	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$189.535							(5)	03/20/2005	Common Stock	79,523		79,523	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Are exercisable as to 6.25% of the shares each quarter from the date of grant.

2. 25% of the total options granted vest and become exercisable one year after the date of grant and thereafter with respect to 6.25% of the shares each quarter until fully vested.

3. Fifty percent (50%) of the total options granted on September 6, 2001, vest and become exercisable 1 year after the option grant date and thereafter with respect to 6.25% of the shares each quarter.

4. With respect to the first grant of 20,000 options, as of November 20, 2001, 20,000 options to purchase shares were immediately exercisable. With respect to the second grat of 20,000 options, 10,000 options to purchase shares vest and become exercisable on March 15, 2002, and thereafter with respect to 6.25% of the remaining options to purchase shares each quarter until fully vested.

5. As of March 21, 2001, 23,858 options will vest and become exercisable; on March 21, 2002, 23,857 options will vest and become exercisable; and each of 15,904 options will vest and become exercisable on March 21 in 2003 and 2004, respectively

	By: Donald T Rozak Jr, as attorney-in-fact For: Russell S. Lewis	08/13/2003
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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