BIDZOS D JAMES 4
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Verisign (VRSN) CEO James Bidzos Sells Shares
What Happened
- James Bidzos, Verisign's Executive Chairman, President & CEO and a company director, sold a total of 3,300 Verisign shares in open-market transactions on June 16, 2026. The sales consisted of 1,500 shares at a weighted avg $273.37 ($410,057), 700 shares at a weighted avg $274.07 ($191,850), and 1,100 shares at a weighted avg $275.47 ($303,019), for total proceeds of approximately $904,926. These were sales (not purchases), which are commonly routine and do not by themselves indicate management’s view of the company.
Key Details
- Transaction date: June 16, 2026 (reported on Form 4 filed June 17, 2026).
- Individual trades: 1,500 shares @ $273.37 (weighted avg; range $272.84–$273.81), 700 shares @ $274.07 (weighted avg; range $273.86–$274.67), 1,100 shares @ $275.47 (weighted avg; range $274.90–$275.87).
- Total shares sold: 3,300; total reported proceeds ≈ $904,926.
- Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the supplied filing details.
- Footnotes: Weighted-average prices reported; each block was executed in multiple transactions across the stated price ranges. The filer will provide breakdowns to the SEC upon request.
- Timeliness: Filing appears timely (transaction 6/16/2026; Form 4 filed 6/17/2026).
Context
- These were open-market sales (Form 4 code S). There is no indication in the provided filing of a 10b5-1 plan, option exercise, award, gift, or tax-withholding event tied to these sales.
- For retail investors, note that insider sales can be for many personal or routine reasons (diversification, taxes, liquidity) and are not definitive signals about company fundamentals.