3/A 1 NASDAQ0001214177 Officer VeriSign, Inc. 000101447394-3221585 01/08/03 3/A UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Lin, Judy 487 East Middlefield Road Mountain View, CA 94043 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 1/15/2003 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN) 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner [X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) EVP and GM, Security Services: ISG 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 01/15/03 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) [X] Form filed by One Reporting Person [ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1)Title of Security 2)Amount of 3) 4)Nature of Securities D Indirect Beneficially or Beneficial Owned I Ownership ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 53,989 D Direct Table II Derivative Securitites Beneficially Owned ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Derivative Security 2)Date Exercisable 3)Title and Amount of 4)Conver- 5)Ownership 6)Nature of and Expiration Date Securities Underlying sion or Form of Indirect (Month/Day/Year) Derivative Security exercise Derivative Beneficial price of Security Ownership Date Expira- Amount or Deri- Direct(D) Exer- tion Number of vative or cisable Date Title Shares Security Indirect(I) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Incentive Stock Option (right to(1) 06/27/04 Common Stock 20,624 $0.5625 D Direct buy) Incentive Stock Option (right to(1) 12/19/04 Common Stock 18,000 $2.0000 D Direct buy) Incentive Stock Option (right to(1) 08/17/05 Common Stock 20,096 $6.8750 D Direct buy) Incentive Stock Option (right to(2) 07/30/06 Common Stock 3,708 $37.0625 D Direct buy) Incentive Stock Option (right to(3) 08/01/07 Common Stock 661 $151.2500 D Direct buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option (1) 08/17/05 Common Stock 4,904 $6.8750 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option (4) 05/24/09 Common Stock 50,000 $10.0800 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option (5) 03/05/06 Common Stock 136,000 $26.0625 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option (6) 07/30/06 Common Stock 16,292 $37.0625 D Direct (right to buy) Non-Qualified Stock Option (3) 08/01/07 Common Stock 79,339 $151.2500 D Direct (right to buy) Incentive Stock Option (right to(1) 12/13/03 Common Stock 27,500 $0.3750 D Direct buy) Explanation of Responses: (1) Immediately (2) 1,010 options are exercisable immediately and 2,698 options vest and become exercisable on July 30, 2003. (3) Option to purchase 80,000 shares granted August 1, 2000, will become exercisable as to 25% of the aggregate number of shares granted on 08/01/2001, and as to an additional 6.25% of the aggregate number of shares granted each succeeding quarter thereafter until ful ly vested. (4) 25% of the total options granted vest and become exercisable one year after the date of grant and thereafter with respect to 6.25% o f the shares each quarter until fully vested. (5) 126,000 options are exercisable immediately and thereafter with respect to 6.25% of the shares each quarter until fully vested. (6) 15,240 options are exercisable immediately and 1,052 options vest and become exercisable on July 30, 2003. - To correct previously reported holdings which were miscalculated in consideration of Ms. Lin's 08/17/1998 grant. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /S/ By: Donald T Rozak Jr, as attorney-in-fact For: Judy Lin DATE 04/07/03