VeriSign (VRSN)

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The principal processes of the Committee in carrying out its oversight responsibilities are set forth below. These processes are set forth as a guide with the understanding that the Committee may supplement them as appropriate and may establish policies and procedures from time to time that it deems necessary or advisable in fulfilling its responsibilities.

1. The Committee will have the authority to determine the form and amount of compensation to be paid or awarded to all employees of the Company. The Committee may delegate authority to subcommittees of the Committee or to executive officers of the Company with respect to compensation determinations for persons who are not executive officers of the Company to the extent permitted by applicable law.

2. The Committee will have the authority to determine the form and amount of compensation to be paid or awarded to the Company’s directors, including compensation for service on the Board or on committees of the Board.

3. The Committee will have the sole authority and right, as and when it shall determine to be necessary or appropriate to the functions of the Committee, at the expense of the Company and not at the expense of the members of the Committee, to retain and terminate compensation consultants, legal counsel and other

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advisors of its choosing to assist the Committee in connection with its functions. The Committee shall have the sole authority to approve the fees and other retention terms of such advisors. The Company shall provide for appropriate funding, as determined by the Committee, for payment of compensation to any such advisors employed by the Committee pursuant to this charter.

4. In discharging its responsibilities, the Committee shall have full access to any relevant records of the Company and may also request that any officer or other employee of the Company, including the Company’s senior compensation or human resources executives, the Company’s outside counsel or any other person meet with any members of, or consultants to, the Committee.

5. The Committee will annually review and approve the corporate goals and objectives relevant to CEO compensation and evaluate the CEO performance in light of these goals and objectives. Based on this evaluation, the Committee will make and annually review decisions respecting (i) salary paid to the CEO, (ii) the grant of all cash-based bonuses and equity compensation to the CEO, (iii) the entering into or amendment or extension of any employment contract or similar arrangement with the CEO, (iv) any CEO severance or change in control arrangement, (v) the provision of any perquisites not generally available to other Company employees and (vi) any other CEO compensation matters as from time to time directed by the Board. In determining the long-term incentive component of the CEO’s compensation, the Committee will consider the Company’s performance and relative shareholder return, the value of similar incentive awards to chief executive officers at companies that the Committee determines comparable based on factors it selects, and the incentive awards given to the Company’s CEO in prior years. In making determinations regarding any one of the foregoing components, the Committee shall consider all applicable components of the CEO’s compensation.

6. The Committee will annually review the corporate goals and objectives relevant to executive officers’ compensation. Based on this evaluation, the Committee will annually review decisions respecting (i) salary paid to the executive officers, (ii) the grant of cash-based bonuses and equity compensation provided to the executive officers, (iii) the entering into or amendment or extension of any employment contract or similar arrangement with the executive officers, (iv) executive officers’ severance or change in control arrangement, (v) the provision of any perquisites not generally available to other Company employees and (vi) any other executive officer compensation matters as from time to time directed by the Board. In determining the long-term incentive component of the executive officer’s compensation, the Committee will consider the Company’s performance and relative shareholder return, the value of similar incentive awards to executive officers at companies that the Committee determines comparable based on factors it selects, and the incentive awards given to the Company’s executive officers in prior years. In making determinations regarding any one of the foregoing components, the Committee shall consider all applicable components of the executive officers’ compensation.

7. The Committee will annually review and make recommendations to the Board with respect to adoption and approval of, or amendments to, all cash-based and equity-based incentive compensation plans and arrangements, and the shares and amounts reserved thereunder after taking into consideration the Company’s strategy of long-term and equity-based compensation.

8. The Committee will: (i) approve grants of stock, stock options or stock purchase rights to individuals eligible for such grants (including grants in compliance with Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act to individuals who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act); (ii) interpret the Stock Plans and agreements thereunder; and (iii) determine acceptable forms of consideration for stock acquired pursuant to the Stock Plans. The Committee may delegate to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer the authority to grant options to employees of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company who are not directors or executive officers, provided that no option grant exceeds any limit subsequently established by resolution of the Committee and, provided further, that the price per share is no less than the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.

9. The Committee will meet with the CEO within 90 days after the commencement of each fiscal year to discuss the incentive compensation programs to be in effect for the Company’s executive officers for such fiscal year and the corporate goals and objectives relevant to those programs.

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10. The Committee will periodically review the Company’s procedures with respect to employee loans, and will not approve any arrangement in which the Company, directly or indirectly, extends or maintains credit, arranges for the extension of credit or renews an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or executive officer (or equivalent thereof) of the Company. The Committee will assist the Board and management of the Company in complying with this prohibition.

11. The Committee shall (i) review the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section proposed for inclusion in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and annual proxy statement; (ii) discuss the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section with management and recommend to the Board whether such section should be included in such Annual Report and proxy statement; and (iii) furnish for inclusion in such Annual Report and proxy statement its report with respect to such discussion and recommendation as required by applicable law.

12. The Committee will make regular reports to the Board.

13. The Committee will review this Charter annually and recommend to the Board any changes it determines are appropriate.

14. The Committee will at least annually review its performance and submit a report on its performance to the Board.

15. The Committee will perform any other activities required by applicable law, rules or regulations, including the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and any exchange or market on which the Company’s capital stock is traded, and perform other activities that are consistent with this charter, the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, and governing laws, as the Committee or the Board deems necessary or appropriate.