Verisign VRSN Insider Ownership

NASDAQ VRSN

$307.46 +0.93 (+0.30%)

As of: Oct 21, 2026 · 3:34 PM EDT

Insider Holdings by Owner

9.84Mn Shares

Insider Ownership Statistics

as of 30 Sep, 2026

Insider Ownership

10.68%

▼-0.116% pp QoQ

Shares Held by Insiders

9.70Mn

filed for Sep 2026

▼-1.07% QoQ

Shares Outstanding

90.80Mn

90,800,000 shares

Direct Holdings

663.25K

Indirect: 9.03Mn

Net Shares Traded (QoQ)

-105.02K

net selling in Sep 2026

Insiders Holding Shares

with Form 4 holdings on file

Shares Owned by Insiders

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Insider Ownership Summary

Updated Oct 16, 2026

Over the trailing 12 months, VRSN insiders bought $15,512 worth of shares (57 shares) and sold $37.89 million worth (141.99K shares) in open-market trades.

Counted by insider, open-market buying of VRSN stock in the past 12 months came from one insider and selling from 4 insiders.
Among Verisign's insiders, Courtney D. Armstrong (Director) was the largest open-market buyer over the past 12 months, purchasing $15,512 of stock (57 shares), most recently on August 27, 2026.
On the selling side, D. James Bidzos (Executive Chairman, President, CEO) was the top open-market seller of Verisign over the past 12 months, with $32.63 million sold (122K shares) and the latest sale on October 13, 2026.
Apart from open-market trades, VRSN insiders received 75.92K shares in stock awards and gave up 25.25K shares to cover taxes or exercise prices in the past 12 months.
Per Business Quant data, Verisign insiders hold 9.69Mn shares in total based on their latest Form 4 filings, or 10.67% of the 90.8Mn shares outstanding; that total is down 1.15% from 9.8Mn shares at the end of Q2 2026 and down 2.69% from 9.96Mn shares at the end of Q3 2025.
Indirect holdings, through trusts, partnerships, family members and other entities, make up 93.23% (9.03Mn shares) of Verisign's insider total, with the other 6.77% (655.65K shares) held directly.
Business Quant counts 13 insiders with holdings in Verisign stock, among the officers, directors and 10% owners who have filed a Form 4 in the past two years.
Verisign's three biggest insider holders are Berkshire Hathaway Inc (10% owner, 8.99Mn shares), D. James Bidzos (Executive Chairman, President, CEO, 375.13K shares) and George E. Kilguss III (EVP and CFO, 123.2K shares), based on their latest Form 4 filings.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc alone accounts for 92.78% of the shares held by Verisign insiders.
In the last 12 months, 96 Form 4 filings with transactions in VRSN stock came from 10 insiders.
The insider holdings and trades above for Verisign reflect Form 4 filings through October 14, 2026.

Form 4 Holdings

Insiders Holding VRSN

Insiders 16

Shares held 9.84Mn

Of outstanding 10.84%

#	Insider	Position	Direct	Indirect	Total	Share of Insiders	Last Filed
1	Hathaway Inc Berkshire	TenPercentOwner	0	8,989,880	8,989,880	91.3%	01 Aug, 2025
2	D James Bidzos	Exec. Chairman, Pres, Ceo	375,127	0	375,127	3.8%	14 Oct, 2026
3	George E Iii Kilguss	Evp And Cfo	123,197	0	123,197	1.3%	16 May, 2025
4	Todd B Strubbe	President Coo	111,551	0	111,551	1.1%	22 Feb, 2024
5	Roger H/Ca Moore	Director	44,802	0	44,802	0.5%	24 Jul, 2024
6	Danny R Mcpherson	Evp Technology Cso	33,804	0	33,804	0.3%	16 Sep, 2026
7	Thomas C Indelicarto	Evp, Gen Counsel Secretary	31,895	0	31,895	0.3%	09 Oct, 2026
8	John Calys	Evp, Chief Financial Officer	30,886	0	30,886	0.3%	16 Sep, 2026
9	Kathleen A Cote	Director	29,125	0	29,125	0.3%	22 Jul, 2026
10	Jamie S Gorelick	Director	0	23,154	23,154	0.2%	22 Jul, 2026
11	Thomas F Iii Frist	Director	16,218	0	16,218	0.2%	24 Jul, 2024
12	Timothy Tomlinson	Director	0	15,284	15,284	0.2%	21 Aug, 2025
13	Courtney D Armstrong	Director	1,789	5,232	7,021	0.1%	31 Aug, 2026
14	Yehuda Ari Buchalter	Director	5,514	0	5,514	0.1%	22 Jul, 2026
15	Debra Mccann	Director	2,780	0	2,780	0.0%	22 Jul, 2026
16	Matthew J Desch	Director	1,628	0	1,628	0.0%	22 Jul, 2026

Each row is that insider’s most recently reported position, from Form 4 filings over the last 60 months — which is why this total does not tie to the quarterly series above, where a quarter counts only the insiders who filed in it. Shares held through a fund or institutional portfolio are counted on the institutional ownership page instead.

Form 4 Filings

3,372 Insider Transactions

Source SEC Form 4

Latest quarter Sep 2026

Date	Insider	Position	Transaction	Shares	Price	Value	Shares Held After	Ownership
13 Oct, 2026	D James Bidzos	Exec. Chairman, Pres, Ceo	Disposed S	700	$300.56	$210.39K	377,727	Direct
13 Oct, 2026	D James Bidzos	Exec. Chairman, Pres, Ceo	Disposed S	500	$302.08	$151.04K	377,227	Direct
13 Oct, 2026	D James Bidzos	Exec. Chairman, Pres, Ceo	Disposed S	1,500	$303.08	$454.62K	375,727	Direct
13 Oct, 2026	D James Bidzos	Exec. Chairman, Pres, Ceo	Disposed S	500	$305.39	$152.70K	375,227	Direct
13 Oct, 2026	D James Bidzos	Exec. Chairman, Pres, Ceo	Disposed S	100	$306.55	$30.66K	375,127	Direct
08 Oct, 2026	Thomas C Indelicarto	Evp, Gen Counsel Secretary	Disposed S	500	$293.14	$146.57K	31,895	Direct
06 Oct, 2026	D James Bidzos	Exec. Chairman, Pres, Ceo	Disposed S	1,800	$291.63	$524.94K	379,927	Direct
06 Oct, 2026	D James Bidzos	Exec. Chairman, Pres, Ceo	Disposed S	1,100	$292.83	$322.11K	378,827	Direct
06 Oct, 2026	D James Bidzos	Exec. Chairman, Pres, Ceo	Disposed S	400	$294.09	$117.64K	378,427	Direct
01 Oct, 2026	Thomas C Indelicarto	Evp, Gen Counsel Secretary	Disposed S	500	$284.38	$142.19K	32,395	Direct
29 Sep, 2026	D James Bidzos	Exec. Chairman, Pres, Ceo	Disposed S	300	$276.68	$83.00K	384,727	Direct
29 Sep, 2026	D James Bidzos	Exec. Chairman, Pres, Ceo	Disposed S	800	$278.01	$222.41K	383,927	Direct
29 Sep, 2026	D James Bidzos	Exec. Chairman, Pres, Ceo	Disposed S	2,000	$279.29	$558.59K	381,927	Direct
29 Sep, 2026	D James Bidzos	Exec. Chairman, Pres, Ceo	Disposed S	200	$279.86	$55.97K	381,727	Direct
22 Sep, 2026	D James Bidzos	Exec. Chairman, Pres, Ceo	Disposed S	802	$299.20	$239.96K	387,525	Direct
22 Sep, 2026	D James Bidzos	Exec. Chairman, Pres, Ceo	Disposed S	200	$302.50	$60.50K	387,325	Direct
22 Sep, 2026	D James Bidzos	Exec. Chairman, Pres, Ceo	Disposed S	397	$303.94	$120.67K	386,928	Direct
22 Sep, 2026	D James Bidzos	Exec. Chairman, Pres, Ceo	Disposed S	601	$305.19	$183.42K	386,327	Direct
22 Sep, 2026	D James Bidzos	Exec. Chairman, Pres, Ceo	Disposed S	200	$306.64	$61.33K	386,127	Direct
22 Sep, 2026	D James Bidzos	Exec. Chairman, Pres, Ceo	Disposed S	1,100	$308.90	$339.79K	385,027	Direct

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