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This excerpt taken from the VRSN DEF 14A filed Jul 27, 2007.

Mergers, Consolidations and Change of Control

The Purchase Plan provides that, in the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of VeriSign, the offering period will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of the proposed action, provided that the Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, fix a different date for termination of the Purchase Plan and may give each participant the opportunity to purchase shares under the Purchase Plan prior to the termination.

 

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The Purchase Plan provides that, in the event of certain “change-in-control” transactions, the Purchase Plan will continue for all offering periods that began prior to the transaction and shares will be purchased based on the fair market value of the surviving corporation’s stock on each purchase date.

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