VeriSign (VRSN)

Notice of the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

TO OUR STOCKHOLDERS:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of VeriSign, Inc. will be held at our corporate offices located at 487 East Middlefield Road, Mountain View, California on Friday, May 26, 2006 at 10:00 a.m., Pacific Time. The 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is being held for the following purposes:

1. To elect four Class II directors of VeriSign, each to serve a three-year term, or until a successor has been elected and qualified or until the director’s earlier resignation or removal.

2. To approve our 2006 Equity Incentive Plan that will replace our 1998 Directors Stock Option Plan, 1998 Equity Incentive Plan, and 2001 Stock Incentive Plan.

3. To ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2006.

4. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

The foregoing items of business are more fully described in the proxy statement accompanying this Notice.

Only stockholders of record at the close of business on March 31, 2006 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or any adjournment thereof.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

/s/ James M. Ulam

James M. Ulam

Secretary

Mountain View, California

April 10, 2006

WHETHER OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND PROMPTLY RETURN THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE OR COMPLETE THE PROXY ELECTRONICALLY OR BY PHONE AS DESCRIBED ON THE PROXY CARD AND UNDER “INTERNET AND TELEPHONE VOTING” IN THE ATTACHED PROXY STATEMENT SO THAT YOUR SHARES MAY BE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING.

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