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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 the firms provided no services to Alphabet other than those in support of the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee has evaluated the independence of both consultants and concluded that their work does not raise any conflicts of interest. Say-on-Pay and Say-When-on-Pay We hold our advisory vote on named executive officer compensation (commonly known as a “say-on-pay” vote) every three years, and hold our advisory vote on the frequency of future say-on-pay votes (commonly known as “say-when-on-pay” vote) every six years. We will hold our advisory say-on-pay vote at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders, and will hold our advisory say-when-on-pay vote at the 2029 annual meeting of stockholders. The Compensation Committee annually reevaluates our compensation practices to determine how they might be improved and considers prior say-on-pay vote results, among other considerations, in such reevaluation. Alphabet2025 Proxy Statement 42

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Section 3 — Elements of Pay and Fiscal Year 2024 Pay Decisions Base Salary We use salaries to provide employees, including our named executive officers, a steady income in line with their contributions to our business, skills, experiences, and the job opportunities available to them outside of Alphabet, as appropriate. In 2024, the Compensation Committee maintained the annual salaries of Ruth, Prabhakar, Philipp, and Kent at $1.0 million. Upon hire in 2024, Anat’s annual salary was set at $1.0 million. Sundar’s annual salary remained at $2.0 million. SVP Bonus The discretionary bonus provides individual participants with a maximum $2.0 million annual cash bonus opportunity. The Compensation Committee is responsible for determining the payout of this bonus for each participant, taking into consideration the CEO’s review of company-wide performance and individual contributions made by each participant. For 2024 performance, the Compensation Committee focused on our progress on sustainable operations and product launches, determining a maximum $2.0 million bonus was warranted. For more detailed information and metrics on how we are making progress across a wide range of goals, please see our reports from 2024 at https://about.google/company-info/reports/, including our environmental, supply chain, and economic impact reports. The Compensation Committee then considered Anat, Ruth, Prabhakar, Philipp, and Kent’s