---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001014473-25-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRSN"
cik: "0001014473"
company_name: "VERISIGN INC/CA"
filed_at: "2025-06-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T02:18:49.107669+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# VeriSign CFO George Kilguss III retires; enters consulting agreement through July 2025

## Summary
- George Kilguss III retired as EVP and CFO of VeriSign effective May 31, 2025.
- Consulting agreement runs June 2–July 24, 2025; fee of $50,000/month, capped at $100,000 total.
- Kilguss will provide advisory services up to 60 hours per month; reimbursed for travel/lodging.
- No successor CFO has been announced; consulting period provides transition support.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001014473-25-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRSN
- cik: 0001014473
- company_name: VERISIGN INC/CA
- filed_at: 2025-06-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447325000028/0001014473-25-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447325000028/vrsn-20250530.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001014473-25-000028
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001014473-25-000028.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001014473-25-000028.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  George E. Kilguss III retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at VERISIGN INC/CA.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: As previously announced, George E. Kilguss III, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of VeriSign, Inc. (the “Company”), retired from the Company effective May 31, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447325000028/0001014473-25-000028-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.