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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001014473-22-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRSN"
cik: "0001014473"
company_name: "VERISIGN INC/CA"
filed_at: "2022-01-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T18:49:09.132189+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# VeriSign announces death of Lead Independent Director Louis A. Simpson at age 85

## Summary
- Louis A. Simpson, lead independent director, passed away Jan. 8, 2022 after lengthy illness.
- Simpson served on VeriSign's board for three decades, per CEO Jim Bidzos.
- No immediate successor or governance change disclosed; board remains in place.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001014473-22-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRSN
- cik: 0001014473
- company_name: VERISIGN INC/CA
- filed_at: 2022-01-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447322000003/0001014473-22-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447322000003/vrsn-20220111.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001014473-22-000003.txt

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