Company: GOOGL
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001308179-25-000511
Chunk: 52

Company: Alphabet Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 52
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 Directors could be terminated by Alphabet shareholders acting by written consent. This is a good incentive for the Alphabet Directors to have for the benefit of all Alphabet shareholders. Please vote yes: Support for Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent - Proposal 3 Alphabet Opposing Statement

| Our Board of Directors recommends a vote AGAINST                                                            
 the stockholder proposal because:                                                                           
 •  A                                                                                                        
 written consent process does not promote transparent decision-making and could disenfranchise stockholders. 
 •  Stockholder                                                                                              
 meetings offer important protections and advantages that are absent from the written consent process.       |

Stockholder meetings provide a more transparent, informed, and equitable process for all stockholders to exercise their rights Actions taken through a meeting, whether at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, better serve stockholders’ interests because all stockholders are provided an opportunity to participate in an open, transparent, and equitable decision-making process. Some of the protections and advantages of stockholder meetings, which are absent from the written consent process, are as follows:

| • | Accurate and complete information about the proposed action is included in a proxy statement, which is widely distributed to stockholders before the meeting; |

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 Compensation | Audit Matters | Proposals | Q&A |

| • | All stockholders have a chance to engage meaningfully in the process, voice their concerns, offer their perspectives, and cast their votes, and also have greater flexibility to change their decisions before the proposed action becomes effective;                                                                                                                                       |
| • | All communications with respect to proposed actions to be taken at a meeting of stockholders are governed by SEC rules that require fair disclosure to all stockholders, preventing a select group of stockholders (including special-interest investors) from approving critical actions without advance notice to, or participation by, all of the other stockholders or to Alphabet; and |
| • | The Board is able to analyze and provide a recommendation to stockholders on actions proposed to be taken.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

Further, the action by written consent process could create confusion. Different stockholder groups could solicit multiple written consents simultaneously, some of which may be duplicative or contradictory, imposing significant administrative and financial burdens on the company with no corresponding benefit to our stockholders. Our corporate governance practices give our stockholders effective access to our Board and management, promoting transparency and accountability Our corporate governance practices provide meaningful opportunities for