Executive Vice President, Technology and Chief Security Officer · Verisign Inc (VRSN)

Danny McPherson

FY2025 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Danny McPherson as a named executive officer of Verisign; the record below is that year, complete. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$5,622,680

2nd of 5 named executive officers at Verisign by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Verisign, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 10, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Danny McPherson compensation by year

Verisign Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as Verisign reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2025
Salary$571,437
Bonus$0
Stock awards$4,399,438
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive$639,335
Pension and deferred compensation$0
All other$12,470
Total$5,622,680

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Verisign Inc DEF 14A filed April 10, 2026, accession 0001014473-26-000013, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Verisign Inc filed document, accession 0001014473-26-000013. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 10, 2026.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU13,616$3,308,007—
RSU9,078$2,205,500—
RSU9,018$2,190,923—
RSU5,071$1,231,999—
RSU4,852$1,178,793—
RSU2,366$574,820—
RSU1,094$265,787—
RSU729$177,111—
RSU354$86,004—
RSU119$28,911—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Verisign Inc's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

11 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 10, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-10-26Sale—3,256$303.8930,548.42
2026-09-15Tax withholding—20.69$297.2633,804.42
2026-08-15Tax withholding—255.43$284.2434,024.52
2026-08-15Tax withholding—257.49$284.2433,767.02
2026-08-15Tax withholding—214.07$284.2434,279.95
2026-06-15Tax withholding—82.22$272.9634,450.02
2026-05-15Tax withholding—254.88$297.5734,726.51
2026-05-15Tax withholding—213.77$297.5734,981.39

The 8 most recent of 11 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Verisign’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
D. James BidzosExecutive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer$15,536,674
Danny McPherson · this pageExecutive Vice President, Technology and Chief Security Officer$5,622,680
Thomas IndelicartoExecutive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary$4,911,344
George Kilguss, IIIFormer Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,939,312
John CalysExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,397,586

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