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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 thereon, voting together as a single class. Unless marked to the contrary, proxies received will be voted AGAINST the stockholder proposal. Alphabet Recommendation

| OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE AGAINST 
 THE STOCKHOLDER PROPOSAL.                        |

Alphabet2025 Proxy Statement 78

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Proposal Number 9:
Stockholder Proposal Regarding a Report on the Due Diligence Process to Assess Human Rights Risks in CAHRA Zevin Asset Management, on behalf of Denise Bergman and Pamela Rogers, has advised us that it intends to submit the following proposal for consideration at the Annual Meeting. RESOLVED:Shareholders request that the Board of Directors commission an independent third-party report, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary information, on the due diligence process Alphabet Inc. (Alphabet) uses to determine whether customers’ use of products and services for surveillance, censorship, and/or military purposes contributes to human rights harms in conflict-affected and high-risk areas (CAHRA). 1 SUPPORTING STATEMENT Shareholders seek information, at board and management discretion, through a report that:

| • | Discusses how risks associated with customer use of products and services                                       
 for surveillance, censorship, and/or military purposes in CAHRA are assessed, mitigated, and reported upon; and |
| • | Assesses if additional policies, practices, and governance measures are needed to mitigate                      
 risks.                                                                                                          |

WHEREAS:CAHRA are increasing globally, with 30 percent more people killed in 2024 than 2023 and the number of conflicts doubling in the last five years. 2A survey of 1,200 CEOs indicated 97 percent of respondents altered investment plans due to geopolitical volatility, 3while another study found that 84 percent of the world’s 26 largest investors identified “geopolitical confrontation” as a top three systemic risk. 4 Alphabet’s Human Rights Policy commits the company to “responsible decision-making around emerging technologies.” 5Research indicates that Alphabet is providing products and services to customers in CAHRA, which may be contributing to violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) and human rights, including:

| 1.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Supporting cloud data centers in Saudi Arabia for the state’s access                                                             
 to user data and well-documented surveillance, detention,