S-8 1 0001.txt FORM S-8 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 2000 Registration No. 333- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 VERISIGN, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 94-3221585 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer incorporation or organization) identification no.) 1350 Charleston Road Mountain View, California 94043-1331 (Address of principal executive offices) Options of GreatDomains.com, Inc. issued under the GreatDomains.com 1999 Stock Option Plan and assumed by the Registrant in connection with its acquisition of GreatDomains.com (Full titles of the plans) Dana L. Evan Chief Financial Officer VeriSign, Inc. 1350 Charleston Road Mountain View, California 94043-1331 (650) 961-7500 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copies to: Jeffrey R. Vetter, Esq. Fenwick & West LLP Two Palo Alto Square Palo Alto, California 94306 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount Proposed Maximum to be Offering Price Per Aggregate Offering Price Amount of Title of Securities to be Registered Registered Share Proposed Maximum Registration Fee =========================================================================================================================== Common Stock, $0.001 par value per 135,500 (1) $52.47__ (2) $7,109,559__ (2) $1,877 share ===========================================================================================================================
(1) Represents the number of shares subject to options assumed in connection with Registrant's acquisition of GreatDomains.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation, on October 23, 2000. (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS Item 1. Plan Information. (1) Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. (1) (1) Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from the Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I of Form S-8. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference in this registration statement: (a) The Registrant's latest annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission; (b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to in (a) above; (c) The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities registered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Item 4. Description of Securities. Not applicable. Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. Not applicable. Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers and Limitation of Liability. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") authorizes a court to award, or a corporation's board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. As permitted by Section 107 of the DGCL, the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, includes a provision that eliminates the personal liability of its directors to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL (regarding unlawful payments of dividends and unlawful stock purchases or redemptions) or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. II-1 In addition, as permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, the Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended, provide that: (i) the Registrant is required to indemnify to the fullest extent authorized by law, subject to certain very limited exceptions, any person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that she or he is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (an "indemnitee"), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith; (ii) the Registrant is required to advance expenses, as incurred, to its indemnitees in connection with defending a legal proceeding; provided, however, that, if the DGCL so requires, an advancement of expenses to a director or officer will be made only if an undertaking is delivered to the corporation to repay all amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that indemnification is unavailable; (iii) an indemnitee may bring suit against the Registrant to recover the unpaid amount of any claim within 60 days after a written claim has been received by the Registrant; (iv) the rights conferred in the Bylaws, as amended, are not exclusive. The Registrant's obligation to indemnify an indemnitee must be reduced by any amounts such indemnitee receives (1) from insurance policies purchased by the Registrant, (2) from another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise for whom the indemnitee was serving at the request of the Registrant, or (3) under any other applicable indemnification provision; (v) the Registrant may indemnify and advance expenses to employees and agents of the Registrant to the same extent as it provides indemnification and advancement of expenses to its directors and officers, except as otherwise directed by law, its Certificate of Incorporation, the bylaws, agreement or vote. The Registrant has entered into Indemnification Agreements with each of its current directors and executive officers to give such directors and executive officers additional contractual assurances regarding the scope of the indemnification set forth in Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and to provide additional procedural protections. At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director, officer or employee of the Registrant regarding which indemnification is sought, nor is the Registrant aware of any threatened litigation that may result in claims for indemnification. The Registrant, with approval by the Registrant's Board of Directors, has obtained directors' and officers' liability insurance. See also the undertakings set out in response to Item 9. Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed Not applicable Item 8. Exhibits Exhibit No. Description ---------- ----------- 4.01* Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.03 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-40789) filed with the Commission and declared effective January 29, 1998). 4.02* Form of Amended And Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.05 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-40789) filed with the Commission and declared effective January 29, 1998). II-2 4.03* Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.03 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-39212) filed with the Commission and declared effective June 14, 2000). 4.04 GreatDomains.com, Inc.'s 1999 Stock Option Plan. 4.05 Amendment No. 1 to GreatDomains.com, Inc.'s 1999 Stock Option Plan. 5.01 Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP. 23.01 Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (included in Exhibit 5.01). 23.02 Consent of KPMG LLP. 24.01 Power of Attorney (see page 5). * These exhibits were previously filed with the Commission as indicated and are incorporated herein by reference. II-3 Item 9. Undertakings. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bonafide offering thereof. (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bonafide offering thereof. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions discussed in Item 6 hereof, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered hereby, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. II-4 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mountain View, State of California, on the 14th day of November, 2000. VERISIGN, INC. By: /s/ Stratton D. Sclavos ---------------------------------- Stratton D. Sclavos President, Chief Executive Officer and Director POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below and on the following page constitutes and appoints Stratton D. Sclavos, Dana L. Evan and Timothy Tomlinson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- Principal Executive Officer and Director: /s/ Stratton D. Sclavos President, Chief Executive November 14, 2000 -------------------------- Stratton D. Sclavos Officer and Director Principal Financial and Principal Accounting Officer: /s/ Dana L. Evans Vice President of Finance and November 14, 2000 -------------------------- Dana L. Evan Administration and Chief Financial Officer Additional Directors: /s/ D. James Bidzos Director November 14, 2000 -------------------------- D. James Bidzos /s/ William Chenevich Director November 14, 2000 -------------------------- William Chenevich /s/ Kevin R. Compton Director November 14, 2000 -------------------------- Kevin R. Compton
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Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ David J. Cowan Director November 14, 2000 -------------------------- David J. Cowan /s/ Timothy Tomlinson Director November 14, 2000 -------------------------- Timothy Tomlinson /s/ William A. Roper, Jr. Director November 14, 2000 -------------------------- William A. Roper, Jr. /s/ Michael A. Daniels Director November 14, 2000 -------------------------- Michael A. Daniels
II-6 EXHIBIT INDEX ------------- Exhibit No. Description ---------- ----------- 4.01* Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.03 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-40789) filed with the Commission and declared effective January 29, 1998). 4.02* Form of Amended And Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.05 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-40789) filed with the Commission and declared effective January 29, 1998). 4.03* Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.03 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-39212) filed with the Commission and declared effective June 14, 2000). 4.04 GreatDomains.com, Inc.'s 1999 Stock Option Plan. 4.05 Amendment No. 1 to GreatDomains.com, Inc.'s 1999 Stock Option Plan. 5.01 Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP. 23.01 Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (included in Exhibit 5.01). 23.02 Consent of KPMG LLP. 24.01 Power of Attorney (see page 4). * These exhibits were previously filed with the Commission as indicated and are incorporated herein by reference. 1