As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2001
Registration No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
VERISIGN, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware 94-3221585
(State or Other Jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
VeriSign, Inc.
1350 Charleston Road
Mountain View, California 94043-1331
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Dana L. Evan
Chief Financial Officer
VeriSign, Inc.
1350 Charleston Road
Mountain View, California 94043-1331
(650) 961-7500
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Jeffrey R. Vetter, Esq.
Fenwick & West LLP
Two Palo Alto Square
Palo Alto, California 94306
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Amount Maximum
to be Offering Price Proposed Maximum Aggregate Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered Registered Per Share Offering Price Registration Fee
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Common stock, $0.001 par value per share 1,986,785 (1) $36.74 (2) $72,994,481 (2) $18,249
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(1) Represents shares automatically reserved for issuance upon exercise of
options granted under the Registrant's 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Shares available for issuance under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan were
initially registered on a registration statement on Form S-8 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 1998 (Registration
No. 333-45237).
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in
accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933 and
based upon the average of the high and low sales prices reported on the
Nasdaq National Market on April 17, 2001. For the Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, this amount is multiplied by 85%, which is the percentage of the price
per share applicable to purchases under such plan.
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
This registration statement on Form S-8 registers 1,986,785 additional
shares of common stock automatically reserved for issuance under the
Registrant's 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, pursuant to the terms of that
plan. This registration statement on Form S-8 hereby incorporates by reference
the contents of the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-8
(Registration No. 333-45237) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on January 30, 1998
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Mountain View, State of California, on this 24 day of
April, 2001.
VERISIGN, INC.
By: /s/ Stratton D. Sclavos
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Stratton D. Sclavos
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Stratton D. Sclavos, Dana L. Evan,
and James Ulam, and each of them acting individually, as his attorney-in-fact,
each with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign
any and all amendments to this registration statement on Form S-8, and to file
the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection herewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of said attorneys-in-fact, or any substitute, may do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated:
Signature Title Date
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Principal Executive Officer
And Director:
/s/ Stratton D. Sclavos President, Chief Executive Officer April 24, 2001
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Stratton D. Sclavos
Principal Financial and
Principal Accounting Officer:
/s/ Dana L. Evan Executive Vice President of April 24, 2001
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Dana L. Evan and Chief Financial Officer
Additional Directors:
/s/ D. James Bidzos Chairman of the Board April 24, 2001
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D. James Bidzos
/s/ William Chenevich Director April 24, 2001
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William Chenevich
/s/ Kevin R. Compton Director April 24, 2001
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Kevin R. Compton
/s/ David J. Cowan Director April 24, 2001
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David J. Cowan
/s/ Greg Reyes Director April 24, 2001
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Greg Reyes
/s/ Timothy Tomlinson Director April 24, 2001
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Timothy Tomlinson
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number Exhibit Title
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5.01 Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP.
23.01 Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (included in Exhibit 5.01).
23.02 Consent of KPMG LLP
24.01 Power of Attorney (see page 2).
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