Company: GOOGL
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001308179-25-000511
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Company: Alphabet Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 10
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 The Governance Committee’s purpose is to assist our Board in identifying individuals qualified to become members of our Board consistent with criteria set by our Board and as provided in the Corporate Governance Guidelines, to oversee the evaluation of the Board and management, and to develop and update our corporate governance principles. The Governance Committee’s responsibilities include but are not limited to:

| • | Evaluating Board and Committee composition, including size, tenure, organization, and governance and determining future requirements.                                                                        |
| • | Establishing a policy for considering director nominees; evaluating and recommending candidates for election consistent with Board-approved criteria and as provided by the Corporate Governance Guidelines. |
| • | Reviewing the chair of each committee and making recommendations to our Board.                                                                                                                               |
| • | Reviewing and recommending to our Board director independence determinations.                                                                                                                                |

| • | Taking a leadership role in shaping Alphabet’s corporate governance, including reviewing the corporate governance framework and the Corporate Governance Guidelines and considering corporate governance issues that may arise from time to time, and developing appropriate recommendations to our Board. |
| • | Evaluating stockholder proposals submitted to Alphabet for consideration at the annual meeting of stockholders and providing appropriate oversight.                                                                                                                                                        |

| • | Recommending ways to enhance communications and relations with our stockholders.                                                                                                                                                     |
| • | Overseeing risks and exposures associated with director and management succession planning, corporate governance, and overall Board effectiveness.                                                                                   |
| • | Overseeing our Board’s performance and annual self-evaluation process and developing continuing education programs for our directors.                                                                                                |
| • | Evaluating whether a director who notifies our Board of a change in job responsibilities, including with respect to commitments on other boards, continues to satisfy the Board’s membership criteria and independence requirements. |
| • | Evaluating and recommending termination of service of individual directors to the Board as appropriate, in accordance with governance principles, for cause or for other proper reasons.                                             |

During 2024, the Governance Committee held four meetings. The Governance Committee currently comprises John L. Hennessy (Chair) and Frances, each of whom is a non-employee member of our Board. Our Board has determined that each of the directors serving on the Governance Committee is independent under applicable Nasdaq and SEC rules for Governance Committee membership. Executive Committee The Executive Committee serves as an administrative committee of our Board to act upon and facilitate the consideration by senior management and our Board of certain high-level business and strategic matters. During 2024, the Executive Committee did not hold any meetings. The Executive Committee currently comprises