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Commitments And Contingencies
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments And Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies
The following table represents the minimum payments required by Verisign under certain purchase obligations, certain U.S. income tax obligations, leases, and the interest payments and principal on the Senior Notes:
Purchase ObligationsTransition TaxSenior NotesTotal
(In millions)
2024$49.3 $19.4 $72.6 $141.3 
202518.7 24.3 559.5 602.5 
20261.6 — 46.4 48.0 
20270.1 — 596.4 596.5 
20280.2 — 20.3 20.5 
Thereafter0.1 — 800.6 800.7 
Total$70.0 $43.7 $2,095.8 $2,209.5 
The amounts in the table above exclude $7.1 million of unrecognized tax benefits, as the Company is unable to reasonably estimate the ultimate amount or time of settlement of those liabilities.
Verisign enters into certain purchase obligations with various vendors. The Company’s significant purchase obligations include firm commitments with telecommunication carriers, other service providers and the fixed portion of registry fees related to the operation of certain top-level domains. Registry fees for top-level domains that we operate where the amounts are variable or passed-through to registrars have been excluded from the table above.
The Company has an agreement with Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) to be the sole registry operator for domain names in the .com registry through November 30, 2024. Under this agreement, the Company pays ICANN on a quarterly basis, $0.25 for each annual term of a domain name registered or renewed during such quarter. The Company incurred registry fees for the .com registry of $38.1 million in 2023, $39.9 million in 2022, and $40.6 million in 2021.
In connection with the .com Registry Agreement with ICANN, the Company is required to make annual payments of $4.0 million to ICANN through 2025 to support efforts to maintain the security and stability of the DNS. The payments for 2024 and 2025 are included in Purchase obligations in the table above.
Verisign leases a small portion of its office space and a portion of its data center facilities under operating leases, the longest of which extends into 2026. Rental expenses under operating leases were not material in any period presented. Operating lease obligations for 2024 through 2026 are included in Purchase obligations in the table above.
The Transition Tax amounts in the table above are the remaining installments of U.S. income taxes payable on our accumulated foreign earnings pursuant to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.