---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001014473-25-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRSN"
cik: "0001014473"
company_name: "VERISIGN INC/CA"
filed_at: "2025-06-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T10:03:33.907241+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# VeriSign director Thomas Frist III resigns after 10 years; board to shrink

## Summary
- Director Thomas F. Frist, III resigned from VeriSign board effective June 10, 2025.
- Resignation due to other personal and professional time commitments; board accepted.
- Board expects to reduce its size following the departure.
- Frist served on the board for 10 years; no replacement announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001014473-25-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRSN
- cik: 0001014473
- company_name: VERISIGN INC/CA
- filed_at: 2025-06-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447325000030/0001014473-25-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447325000030/vrsn-20250610.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001014473-25-000030
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001014473-25-000030.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001014473-25-000030.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas F. Frist, III resigned as Director at VERISIGN INC/CA.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 10, 2025, Thomas F. Frist, III submitted his resignation to the Board of Directors of VeriSign, Inc. (the "Company"), citing other personal and professional time commitments.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447325000030/0001014473-25-000030-index.htm

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