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2012 GAAP Financial Results
For the year ended Dec. 31, 2012, Verisign reported revenue of $874 million, up 13 percent from $772 million in 2011. Verisign reported net income of $320 million and diluted EPS of $1.95 in 2012, compared to net income of $143 million and diluted EPS of $0.86 in 2011. The operating margin for 2012 was 52.4 percent compared to 42.7 percent in 2011.

2012 Non-GAAP Financial Results
Verisign reported, on a non-GAAP basis, net income of $322 million and diluted EPS of $1.97 for 2012, compared to net income of $249 million and diluted EPS of $1.49 in 2011. The non-GAAP operating margin for 2012 was 56.2 percent compared to 49.7 percent in 2011. A table reconciling the GAAP to the non-GAAP results (which excludes items described below) is appended to this release.

Financial Highlights

•Verisign ended the fourth quarter of 2012 with Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities and Restricted Cash of $1.56 billion, an increase of $211 million from year-end 2011. •Cash flow from operations was $171 million for the fourth quarter of 2012 and $538 million for the full year 2012, compared with $124 million for the same quarter in 2011 and $336 million for the full year 2011. •Deferred revenues ended the fourth quarter of 2012 totaling $813 million, an increase of $84 million from year-end 2011. •Capital expenditures were $13 million in the fourth quarter and $53 million for the full year. •During the fourth quarter, Verisign repurchased approximately 2.3 million shares of its common stock for a cost of $94 million. During the full year 2012, Verisign repurchased approximately 7.7 million shares of its common stock for a cost of $315 million. On Dec. 5, 2012, the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to approximately $458.8 million of our common stock, in addition to the approximately $541.2 million of our common stock remaining available for repurchase under the previous 2010 Share Buyback Program, for a total repurchase of up to $1.0 billion of Verisign common stock. At Dec. 31, 2012, approximately $976 million remained available and authorized for share repurchases. •For purposes of calculating diluted EPS, the fourth quarter diluted share count included 6.4 million shares related to the convertible debentures. These represent dilutive shares and not shares that have been issued. There was no dilution from the convertible debentures in the same quarter of 2011. •Due to the stock price not exceeding the convertible debentures trigger during the fourth quarter of 2012, the debentures are no longer convertible starting Jan. 1, 2013. Consequently, the debt component of the convertible debentures, the related embedded derivative, and deferred tax liability were reclassified from current liabilities to long-term liabilities, while the associated unamortized debt issuance costs were reclassified from current assets to long-term assets, as of Dec. 31, 2012.

Business and Corporate Highlights

•Verisign Registry Services added 1.25 million net new names and ended the fourth quarter with 121.1 million active domain names in the zone for .com and .net, representing a 6.4 percent increase year over year. •Verisign processed 8.0 million and 33.1 million new domain name registrations for .com and .net, representing 0.9 percent and 3.0 percent increase year over year, in the fourth quarter and full year 2012 periods, respectively. •On Nov. 30, 2012, Verisign announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce approved the renewal of Verisign's revised agreement, on the terms described in that announcement, with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), to serve as the authoritative registry operator for the .com registry for the term commencing on Dec. 1, 2012 through Nov. 30, 2018. •On Dec. 19, 2012, Verisign announced that as of July 1, 2013, the registry fee for .net domain names will increase from $5.11 to $5.62.