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The following table presents the share repurchase activity during the three months ended December 31, 2020:
+Added: Purchased Average
+Added: per Share Total Number
Part of Publicly
+Added: Programs (1) Approximate
Dollar Value of
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(Shares in thousands)
−Removed: October 1 – 31, 2019
−Removed: November 1 – 30, 2019
−Removed: December 1 – 31, 2019
−Removed: Effective February 7, 2019, our Board authorized the repurchase of our common stock in the amount of approximately $602.9 million, in addition to the $397.1 million remaining available for repurchase under the previous share repurchase program, for a total repurchase authorization of up to $1.0 billion under the share repurchase program.
−Removed: Effective February 6, 2020, our Board authorized the repurchase of our common stock in the amount of $743.0 million, in addition to the $257.0 million that remained available for repurchases under the share repurchase program, for a total repurchase authorization of up to $1.0 billion under the program.
+Added: October 1 – 31, 2020 271 $205.95 271 $ 449.8 million
+Added: November 1 – 30, 2020 282 $197.67 282 $ 394.1 million
+Added: December 1 – 31, 2020 279 $209.14 279 $ 335.6 million
+Added: (1) Effective February 6, 2020, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of our common stock in the amount of $743.0 million, in addition to the $257.0 million that remained available for repurchases under the share repurchase program, for a total repurchase authorization of up to $1.0 billion under the program.
+Added: (2) Effective February 11, 2021, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of our common stock in the amount of $747.0 million, in addition to the $253.0 million that remained available for repurchases under the share repurchase program, for a total repurchase authorization of up to $1.0 billion under the program.
The share repurchase program has no expiration date.
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The stock price performance on the following graph is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.
+Added: 12/31/15 12/31/16 12/31/17 12/31/18 12/31/19 12/31/20
VeriSign, Inc.
+Added: $ 100 $ 87 $ 131 $ 170 $ 221 $ 248
S&P 500 Index $ 100 $ 112 $ 136 $ 130 $ 171 $ 203
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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
−Removed: The following table sets forth selected financial data as of and for the last five fiscal years.
+Added: The following table sets forth selected financial data for, and as of the end of, each of the last five fiscal years.
The information set forth below is not necessarily indicative of results of future operations, and should be read in conjunction with Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Form 10-K, to fully understand factors that may affect the comparability of the information presented below.
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Year Ended December 31,
+Added: 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
+Added: Revenues $ 1,265 $ 1,232 $ 1,215 $ 1,165 $ 1,142
Operating income $ 824 $ 806 $ 767 $ 708 $ 687
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Earnings per share:
−Removed: Net income for 2018 includes a $52.0 million after-tax gain recognized in 2018 related to the sale of customer contracts of our security services business.
+Added: Basic $ 7.08 $ 5.17 $ 5.13 $ 4.56 $ 4.12
+Added: Diluted $ 7.07 $ 5.15 $ 4.75 $ 3.68 $ 3.42
+Added: (1) Net income for 2020 includes the recognition of $204.2 million of previously unrecognized income tax benefits.
+Added: Net income for 2018 includes a $52.0 million after-tax gain related to our divested security services business.
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
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As of December 31,
+Added: 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities (1) (2) $ 1,167 $ 1,218 $ 1,270 $ 2,415 $ 1,798
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Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.