SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
McPherson Danny R

(Last) (First) (Middle)
12061 BLUEMONT WAY

(Street)
RESTON VA 20190

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/26/2022
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
VERISIGN INC/CA [ VRSN ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
EVP- Engineering, Ops. & CSO
5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 22,042(1) D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Includes Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) from the following grants made prior to the time of the Reporting Person's Section 16 appointment by the Company's Board of Directors effective July 26, 2022: 658 RSUs granted on February 11, 2019; 1,379 RSUs granted on February 10, 2020; 2,904 RSUs granted on February 16, 2021; 5,619 RSUs granted on February 14, 2022; and 947 RSUs granted on April 25, 2022. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one (1) share of VeriSign common stock once vested. Twenty-five percent (25%) of each grant vests on the first anniversary of the applicable date of grant and ratably (6.25%) each of the following twelve quarters thereafter, subject to applicable taxes upon delivery.
Remarks:
Thomas C. Indelicarto, Attorney-in-Fact for Danny R. McPherson 08/04/2022
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of George E. Kilguss, III, Thomas C. Indelicarto and Terence
 E. Kaden, or each of them acting singly, and with full power of
substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of VeriSign, Inc. (the "Company"),
 Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any successor forms thereto, (each a "Form" and
collectively, the "Forms") and any amendment or amendments to
any such Form, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form,
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and file such
Form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or market or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
 foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
 attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in
fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise
of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, or the rules thereunder.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities (including
derivative securities) issued by the Company and security-based
swap agreements involving such securities, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
This Power of Attorney revokes all powers of attorney previously executed
for the specific purpose of filing Forms.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 25th day of July, 2022.

/s/ Danny Ray McPherson
Signature

Danny Ray McPherson
Printed Name