VeriSign reports Q3 2026 results

Item 2.02.

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 22, 2026, VeriSign, Inc. issued a press release reporting its financial results for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2026.¹ A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.²

The information in this Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit

Number

Description

99.1 P ress release of VeriSign, Inc. issued on October 22 , 2026.

104 Inline XBRL for the cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

VERISIGN, INC.

Date: October 22, 2026

By:

/s/ Thomas C. Indelicarto

Thomas C. Indelicarto

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Verisign Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results

RESTON, VA - Oct. 22, 2026 - VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of critical internet infrastructure and domain name registry services, today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2026.

VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Verisign") reported revenue of $443 million for the third quarter of 2026, up 5.7 percent from the same quarter in 2025.³ Operating income was $296 million for the third quarter of 2026, compared to $284 million for the same quarter of 2025.⁴ Verisign reported net income of $213 million and diluted earnings per share (diluted "EPS") of $2.35 for the third quarter of 2026, compared to net income of $213 million and diluted EPS of $2.27 for the same quarter of 2025.⁵ During the third quarter of 2026 the Company recognized a pre-tax operating loss of $7.5 million related to certain assets held for sale, which decreased diluted EPS by $0.06.⁶

"We delivered a strong quarter operationally, having grown the domain name base by 6.1% year-over-year. The rollout of the .web top-level domain is on track, and we opened the limited beta phase of our high-assurance validation service, Verisign Informed™, which can strengthen and enhance existing tools of trust that are deployed world-wide for authenticating data and users," said Jim Bidzos, Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Financial Highlights

• Verisign ended the third quarter of 2026 with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $476 million, a decrease of $104 million from year-end 2025.

• Cash flow from operations was $268 million for the third quarter of 2026, compared to $308 million for the same quarter of 2025.⁷

• Deferred revenues as of September 30, 2026, totaled $1.46 billion, an increase of $79 million from year-end 2025.

• During the third quarter of 2026, Verisign repurchased 0.7 million shares of its common stock for an aggregate cost of $189 million.^{8 8}As of September 30, 2026, there was $1.36 billion remaining for future share repurchases under the share repurchase program, which has no expiration.⁸

• On October 19, 2026, Verisign's Board of Directors approved a cash dividend of $0.81 per share of Verisign's outstanding common stock to stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 17, 2026, payable on November 24, 2026.⁹

Business Highlights

• Verisign ended the third quarter of 2026 with 182.5 million .com and .net domain name registrations in the domain name base, a 6.1 percent increase from the end of the third quarter of 2025, and a net increase of 3.36 million domain names during the third quarter of 2026.

• During the third quarter of 2026, Verisign processed 13.1 million new domain name registrations for .com and .net, compared with 10.6 million for the third quarter of 2025.

• The final .com and .net renewal rate for the second quarter of 2026 was 75.2 percent compared to 75.5 percent for the same quarter of 2025. Renewal rates are not fully measurable until 45 days after the end of the quarter.

Today's Conference Call

Verisign will host a live conference call today at 4:30 p.m. (EDT) to review the third quarter 2026 results. The call will be accessible by direct dial at (888) 676-VRSN (U.S.) or (646) 769-9200 (international), conference ID: Verisign. A listen-only live web cast of the conference call and accompanying slide presentation will also be available at https://investor.verisign.com .

An audio archive of the call will be available at https://investor.verisign.com/events.cfm . This news release and the financial information discussed on today's conference call are available at https://investor.verisign.com .

About Verisign

Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of critical internet infrastructure and domain name registry services, enables internet navigation for many of the world's most recognized domain names. Verisign helps enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the Domain Name System 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 for the .com and .net top-level domains, which support the majority of global e-commerce. To learn more please visit verisign.com .

Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, attempted security breaches, cyber-attacks, and DDoS attacks against our systems and services; the introduction of undetected or unknown defects in our systems or services; vulnerabilities in the global routing system; system interruptions or system failures; advances in quantum computing; damage or interruptions to our data centers, data center systems or resolution systems; increases in the cost of compute and network hardware; risks arising from our operation of root servers and our performance of the Root Zone Maintainer functions; unsuccessful strategic initiatives or launches of new products or services