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This excerpt taken from the VRSN DEF 14A filed Jul 27, 2007. Stockholder Proposals for the 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Proposals of stockholders intended to be presented at our 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and included in our proxy statement and form of proxy relating to the meeting, pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, must be received by us at our principal executive offices no later than 120 calendar days before the one year anniversary of the date of this proxy statement, or March 29, 2008. In accordance with our bylaws, we have established an advance notice procedure for stockholder proposals not included in our proxy statement to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders. In general, nominations for the election of directors may be made:
The only business that will be conducted at an annual meeting of our stockholders is business that is brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the chairperson of the meeting or by any stockholder entitled to vote who has delivered timely written notice to the Secretary of VeriSign sixty days or no more than ninety days prior to the first anniversary of this years annual meeting. In the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty days before or more than sixty days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the ninetieth day prior to the annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the sixtieth day prior to the annual meeting or the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by us. The stockholders notice must contain specified information concerning the matters to be brought before the meeting and concerning the stockholder proposing those matters. If a stockholder who has notified us of his intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting does not appear or send a qualified representative to present his proposal at the meeting, we need not present the proposal for a vote at the meeting. We reserve the right to reject, rule out of order, or take other appropriate action with respect to any proposal that does not comply with these and other applicable requirements, including conditions established by the SEC. A copy of the full text of the bylaw provisions discussed above may be obtained by writing to the Secretary of VeriSign and is also available at our website at http://www.verisign.com/verisign-inc/vrsn-investors/Corporate_Governance/index.html. All notices of proposals by stockholders, whether or not included in our proxy materials, should be sent to the Secretary of VeriSign at our principal executive offices at 487 East Middlefield Road, Mountain View, California 94043-4047. |
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