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
X	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* COMPTON KEVIN R (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) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/25/2005
	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	04/25/2005		M		14,000	A	$2	160,526	D
Common Stock	04/25/2005		M		30,000	A	$9.8125	190,526	D
Common Stock	04/25/2005		M		7,813	A	$5.25	198,339	D
Common Stock	04/25/2005		M		1,563	A	$16.9	199,902	D
Common Stock	04/25/2005		M		4,688	A	$12.46	204,590	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)	$2	04/25/2005		M			14,000	09/27/1997(1)	06/27/2007	Common Stock	14,000	$0	0	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$5.25	04/25/2005		M			7,813	10/25/2002(1)	07/25/2012	Common Stock	7,813	$0	0	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$9.8125	04/25/2005		M			30,000	10/24/1998(1)	07/24/2008	Common Stock	30,000	$0	0	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$12.46	04/25/2005		M			4,688	07/25/2007(1)	07/25/2013	Common Stock	4,688	$0	0	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$16.9	04/25/2005		M			1,563	10/26/2004(1)	07/26/2014	Common Stock	1,563	$0	0	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$41.1875							10/23/1999(1)	07/23/2009	Common Stock	30,000		30,000	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$47.17							10/26/2001(1)	07/26/2011	Common Stock	10,938		10,938	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$76.25							04/26/2001(1)	01/26/2011	Common Stock	5,000		5,000	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$184.625							10/24/2000(1)	07/24/2010	Common Stock	7,500		7,500	D

Explanation of Responses:

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

Remarks:

Mr. Compton resigned as a director of VeriSign, Inc. (the "Company") on March 21, 2005, at which time he ceased to be a Section 16 reporting person of the Company.

	By: Donald T. Rozak Jr, as attorney-in-fact For: Kevin R. Compton	04/26/2005
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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