Company: GOOGL
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001308179-25-000511
Chunk: 34

Company: Alphabet Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 34
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 equity awards, further aligning their interests with those of stockholders. The Compensation Committee believes that the following risk oversight and compensation design features safeguard against excessive risk-taking:

| • | Our Board as a whole has responsibility for risk oversight and regularly reviews reports on the deliberations of its committees. In addition, our Board reviews the strategic, financial, and execution risks and exposures associated with the financial, operational, and capital decisions that serve as inputs to our compensation programs.                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| • | Through discussions with management, the Compensation Committee gains insight into a reasonable range of future company performance expectations. This information is incorporated into decisions regarding the compensation of our named executive officers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| • | The majority of compensation provided to our named executive officers is delivered through equity awards, with payout based on long-term company performance. Our GSU awards vest over a long-term period, and our PSU awards are earned based on company performance. As the compensation of our named executive officers is tied to long-term performance, their interests are closely aligned with our stockholders’ interests and they are motivated to carefully assess risks to the company to protect their compensation. |
| • | Given that equity compensation comprises a high percentage of our named executive officers’ overall pay:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

| ► | Our equity awards are subject to vesting conditions and performance goals that promote focus on long-term interests rather than only short-term results and create compelling incentives for executive retention.                                                                                                                                                                    |
| ► | Our named executive officers are subject to, and are in compliance with, Alphabet’s minimum stock ownership requirements (detailed in the Minimum Stock Ownership Requirements section on page 47). This ensures that each named executive officer will hold a certain amount of our equity to further align his or her interests with those of our stockholders over the long term. |
| ► | We prohibit all speculative, short-sale, short-term, and hedging transactions involving our securities. As a result, our named executive officers cannot insulate themselves from the effects of poor stock price performance.                                                                                                                                                       |
| ► | We have internal controls over financial reporting, the measurement and calculation of performance relative to goals, and other financial, operational, and compliance policies and practices designed to protect our compensation programs from manipulation by any employee.                                                                                                       |

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