VeriSign (VRSN) Risk Factor Changes

authorization.

Our registrars and resellers sell domain name registrations of other competing registries, including new gTLDs, and some also sell and support their own services for websites such as email, website hosting, and other…

We seek to serve new, developing, and emerging economies in international locations to grow our business.

Factors such as inflation, interest rates, currency fluctuations, trade barriers, tariffs, war, civil unrest, and other political and economic developments and their impact on global economic conditions have in the pa…

The internet is governed under a multi-stakeholder model comprising civil society, the private sector, including for-profit and not-for-profit organizations such as ICANN, governments, including the U.S.

Our Registry Agreements with ICANN require us to implement Consensus Policies and changes mandated by ICANN through temporary specifications or policies (“Temporary Policies”).

•potential concerns of international governments or customers and prospects regarding doing business with U.S.

•potentially conflicting or adverse tax consequences; and

•political and economic tensions between governments and changes in international trade policies and/or the economic and trade sanctions programs administered by the United States including OFAC of the U.S.

applicable to us.

A significant portion of our revenues is derived from customers outside the U.S.

challenges under ICANN’s accountability mechanisms.

In addition, under Amendment 35 to the Cooperative Agreement, we have agreed to continue to operate the .com gTLD in a content-neutral manner and to work within ICANN processes to promote the development of content-ne…

We are subject to social engineering attacks including phishing, spear phishing, whaling, vishing, smishing, and domain spoofing, which are designed to entice people to divulge sensitive information or take actions th…

and capabilities are not effective, our infrastructure could be disrupted, our response times could increase, our ability to meet our service level agreements could be negatively impacted, and our ability to provide r…

Our networks have been, and likely will continue to be, subject to DDoS attacks.

As an operator of critical internet infrastructure, we experience a high rate of cyber-attacks and attempted security breaches targeting our systems and services, including the most sophisticated forms of attacks, suc…

If our services are not widely accepted or adopted in these locations, our business may not grow.

•government regulations affecting the internet, internet access and availability, domain name registrations or the provision of registry services, data security, privacy, or data localization, e-commerce or telecommun…

•the use of mobile applications as the primary engagement mechanism for navigating the internet; and

•public perception of the security of our products and services;

•increased acceptance and adoption of other substitute products and services, including ccTLDs or other gTLDs;

•acceptance and adoption of substitute products and services that enable online presence without a domain name, including social media, e-commerce platforms, website builders and mobile applications;

•regional internet infrastructure development, expansion, penetration and adoption, and the development, maturity and depth of our sales channels;

Our Registry Agreements with ICANN require us to implement Consensus Policies and changes mandated by ICANN through temporary specifications or policies (“Temporary Policies”).

•reliance on third parties in international locations in which we only recently started doing business; and

dissemination of such information, regardless of its veracity, can lead to significant stock price volatility, reputational harm, and the diversion of management’s attention from our core business.

Short selling is the practice of selling securities that the seller does not own but rather has borrowed or intends to borrow from a third party with the intention of subsequently buying lower-priced identical securit…

Short sellers have in the past, and may in the future, engage in efforts to lower the market price of our common stock through the dissemination of false or misleading information.

Finally, AI is subject to increasing regulatory scrutiny and evolving laws, rules and regulations, which may increase our compliance costs and affect our development, adoption, use, implementation and maintenance of A…

We may also experience challenges in the effective or timely adoption of AI technology.

The use of AI technology by third parties may increase our exposure to cybersecurity and data protection risks.

The use of AI technology by third-parties, including our vendors, and our use of AI technology, tools, and services could expose us to cybersecurity, operational, intellectual property and regulatory risks that could…

Our success depends in part on our internally developed technologies and related intellectual property.

During the second quarter of 2025, we began to declare quarterly dividends.

We may not pay any dividends on our common stock in the future.

or (5) affect our competitive position.

Our .com Registry Agreement, and the Cooperative Agreement, including their pricing provisions, have been challenged, and could face challenges in the future, through publicity campaigns, governmental scrutiny, media…