Company: GOOGL
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001308179-25-000511
Chunk: 58

Company: Alphabet Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 58
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 of how Alphabet’s charitable partnerships impact its risks related to discrimination against individuals based on their speech or religious exercise.

| (1) | https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights                                                                   |
| (2) | https://deadline.com/2023/06/glaad-letter-human-rights-campaign-social-media-policies-letter-hate-speech-1235425983/;                  
 https:// www.hrc.org/press-releases/new-research-hateful-and-abusive-speech-towards-lgbtq-community-surging-on-twitter-under-elon-musk |
| (3) | https://www.heritage.org/religious-liberty/commentary/misguided-fairness-all-act-would-undermine-religious-liberty                     |
| (4) | https://hrc-prod-requests.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/2023-CEI-Criteria-Toolkit-FINAL.pdf                                               |
| (5) | https://www.newsweek.com/anheuser-busch-stock-drops-20-percent-bud-light-sales-struggle-1803680                                        |
| (6) | https://nypost.com/2023/05/28/target-loses-10b-following-boycott-calls-over-lgbtq-friendly-clothing/                                   |
| (7) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13812241/american-brand-dei-rules-backlash.html                                               |
| (8) | https://www.hrc.org/resources/cei-equality-100-award                                                                                   |
| (9) | https://about.google/intl/ALL_us/belonging/diversity-annual-report/2024/                                                               |

Alphabet2025 Proxy Statement 69

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| Proxy Statement 
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 Compensation | Audit Matters | Proposals | Q&A |

Alphabet Opposing Statement

Our Board of Directors recommends a vote AGAINSTthe stockholder proposal because:

| • | The proposal inappropriately seeks to undermine our ability to manage ordinary business operations and strategic initiatives. |
| • | We already have a well-defined philanthropic program that adheres to strict internal governance and approval procedures.      |
| • | We maintain active oversight of our philanthropic efforts.                                                                    |

Google.org, the charitable arm of Google, has been a well-established component of the company’s business since 2005, and the proposal seeks to microman