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
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 to grant pre-approvals, before the professional from the independent registered accounting firm is engaged by Alphabet or its subsidiaries to render the service. If a pre-approval is obtained from the Audit Committee delegate, the auditor may be engaged to commence the service, but the service must still be presented to the full Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. All services provided to us by Ernst & Young LLP in 2023 and 2024 were pre-approved by the Audit Committee. Alphabet2025 Proxy Statement 58

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Report of the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Board of Directors The Audit and Compliance Committee of the Board of Directors of Alphabet is comprised entirely of independent directors who meet the independence requirements of the Listing Rules of Nasdaq and the SEC. The Audit and Compliance Committee operates pursuant to a charter that is available on our Investor Relations website at https://abc.xyz/investor/ board-and-governance/acc/. The Audit and Compliance Committee oversees Alphabet’s financial reporting process and internal control structure on behalf of our Board. Management is responsible for the preparation, presentation, and integrity of the financial statements and the effectiveness of Alphabet’s internal control over financial reporting. Alphabet’s independent auditors are responsible for expressing an opinion as to the conformity of Alphabet’s consolidated financial statements with generally accepted accounting principles and as to the effectiveness of Alphabet’s internal control over financial reporting. In performing its responsibilities, the Audit and Compliance Committee has reviewed and discussed with management and the independent auditors the audited consolidated financial statements in Alphabet’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. The Audit and Compliance Committee has also discussed with Ernst & Young LLP, Alphabet’s independent auditors, the matters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 1301, “Communications with Audit and Compliance Committees” issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The Audit and Compliance Committee received written disclosures and the letter from the independent auditors pursuant to the applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the independent auditors’ communications with the Audit and Compliance Committee concerning independence, and the Audit and Compliance Committee discussed with the auditors their independence. Based on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Audit and Compliance Committee unanimously recommended to our Board that the audited consolidated financial statements be included in Alphabet’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended