VeriSign, Inc. Common Stock

VeriSign, Inc. engages in the provision of critical Internet infrastructure and domain name registry services. The company is headquartered in Reston, Virginia and currently employs 926 full-time employees. The firm helps to enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the domain name system (DNS) and the Internet by providing root zone maintainer services, operating two of the 13 global Internet root servers, and providing registration services and authoritative resolution. The company operates the authoritative directory for all .com, .net, and .name domain names (generic top-level domains or gTLDs), as well as for certain transliterations of .com and .net in a number of different native languages and scripts (internationalized). The company also operates the authoritative directory for all .cc domain names (country code top-level domain or ccTLD). The firm operates the technical or back-end systems for the .edu top-level domain. Its operations infrastructure includes distributed servers, networking, and disaster recovery plans.