VeriSign (VRSN)

Moreover

On October 4, 2005, VeriSign completed its acquisition of Moreover Technologies, Inc. (“Moreover”), a San Francisco, California-based privately-held wholesale aggregator of real-time content for Web sites, search engines and enterprise customers. VeriSign’s purchase price of $29.7 million for all of the outstanding capital stock of Moreover consisted of approximately $28.7 million in cash consideration and $1.0 million in direct transaction costs. The acquisition has been accounted for as a purchase of a business and, accordingly, the total purchase price has been allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on their respective fair values on the acquisition date. Moreover’s results of operations have been included in the consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition. Moreover’s results of operations for periods prior to the date of acquisition were not material when compared with VeriSign’s consolidated results. As a result of the acquisition of Moreover, VeriSign recorded goodwill of $13.9 million and intangible assets of $11.7 million, which have been assigned to the Internet Services Group segment. The goodwill represents the excess value over both tangible and intangible assets acquired. The goodwill in this transaction is attributable to the anticipated ability to offer bloggers, publishers, enterprises and Web portals a more intelligent and scalable, real-time content platform. None of the goodwill for Moreover is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. The overall weighted-average life of the identified amortizable assets acquired in the purchase of Moreover is 5.5 years. These identified intangible assets will be amortized on a straight-line basis over their useful lives.

The in-process research and development acquired in the Moreover acquisition consisted primarily of research and development required for the completion of all planning, design, development, and test activities that are necessary to establish that the product or service can be produced to meet its design specifications including features, functions, and performance.

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DECEMBER 31, 2005, 2004 AND 2003

VeriSign determined the fair value of the acquired in-process research and development by estimating the projected cash flows related to the project or service and future revenues to be earned upon commercialization of the service. VeriSign discounted the resulting cash flows back to their net present values. VeriSign based the net cash flows from such projects on its analysis of the respective markets and estimates of revenues and operating profits related to these projects. The in-process research and development was expensed upon acquisition because they had not yet reached technological feasibility and had no future alternative uses.

The allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on the estimated fair value of Moreover was as follows: