Ascend Capital’s VeriSign VRSN Stock Holding History

Ascend Capital’s Portfolio VRSN Stock Details VRSN Fund Activity

Bought

Maintained

Sold

Quarter	Market Value	Status	Shares	Change in Stake	Trade Value	Portfolio Weight	Portfolio Position
2016 Q4	–	Sell	-90,563	Closed	-$7.08M	–	173
2016 Q3	$7.08M	Sell	90,563 -10,741	-11%	-$862K	0.43%	76
2016 Q2	$8.76M	Sell	101,304 -1,198	-1%	-$103K	0.57%	67
2016 Q1	$9.07M	Sell	102,502 -190,342	-65%	-$15.6M	0.86%	48
2015 Q4	$25.6M	Sell	292,844 -192,119	-40%	-$16M	0.9%	36
2015 Q3	$34.2M	Sell	484,963 -147,200	-23%	-$10M	1.34%	25
2015 Q2	$39M	Buy	632,163 +451,527	+250%	+$29.1M	1.28%	21
2015 Q1	$12.1M	Sell	180,636 -172,135	-49%	-$10.5M	0.42%	80
2014 Q4	$20.1M	Sell	352,771 -353,136	-50%	-$20.4M	0.77%	46
2014 Q3	$38.9M	Buy	705,907 +29,669	+4%	+$1.6M	1.15%	25
2014 Q2	$33M	Sell	676,238 -167,958	-20%	-$8.37M	1.1%	25
2014 Q1	$45.5M	Buy	844,196 +240,957	+40%	+$13.6M	1.18%	23
2013 Q4	$36.1M	Buy	603,239 +397,719	+194%	+$21.9M	1.1%	28
2013 Q3	$10.5M	Buy	+205,520	New	+$9.92M	0.39%	88

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Berkshire Hathaway Omaha, Nebraska $263B AUM 16.68% 1-Year Est. Return

Capital World Investors Los Angeles, California $733B AUM 35.63% 1-Year Est. Return

Vanguard Group Malvern, Pennsylvania $6.9T AUM 27.45% 1-Year Est. Return

Renaissance Technologies New York $63.9B AUM 45.56% 1-Year Est. Return

State Street Boston, Massachusetts $2.9T AUM 29.55% 1-Year Est. Return

AJO LP Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $199M AUM 109.68% 1-Year Est. Return

D.E. Shaw & Co New York $166B AUM 43.98% 1-Year Est. Return

Principal Financial Group Des Moines, Iowa $187B AUM 18.48% 1-Year Est. Return

Wellington Management Group Boston, Massachusetts $535B AUM 26.23% 1-Year Est. Return

Ascend Capital's VRSN Position: Q4 2016 in Review

Ascend Capital sold out of VeriSign (VRSN) in Q4 2016, closing a stake of 90,563 shares — an estimated $7.08M sold.

Ascend Capital first reported a position in VRSN in Q3 2013 and held it in 13 quarters. The position peaked at $45.5M in Q1 2014. 416 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank hold VRSN as of Q4 2016.

Ascend Capital reported no remaining VeriSign position as of Q4 2016 after selling out during the quarter.
Ascend Capital sold 90,563 VeriSign shares in Q4 2016, an estimated $7.08M.
Ascend Capital first reported a position in VeriSign in Q3 2013 and held it in 13 quarters.
Ascend Capital's VeriSign position peaked at $45.5M in Q1 2014.
416 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank held VeriSign as of Q4 2016.

Based on Ascend Capital's 13F filing for Q4 2016, filed 13 Feb 2017.