Company: GOOGL
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001308179-25-000511
Chunk: 8

Company: Alphabet Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 8
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 liquidity matters; |
|   | •                                                   | Data privacy and security, competition, civil and human rights, sustainability, and reputational risks; and                                                                                                                                          |
|   | •                                                   | Our operations and infrastructure, particularly reliability, business continuity and capacity.                                                                                                                                                       |

| • | Selecting, hiring, compensating, and ongoing monitoring of our independent auditors, and approving the audit and non-audit services they perform.                                                                                                                                    |
| • | Overseeing and monitoring the integrity of our financial statements and our compliance with related legal and regulatory requirements.                                                                                                                                               |
| • | Establishing and overseeing processes and procedures regarding complaints and confidential and anonymous employee submissions about accounting, internal accounting controls, or audit matters.                                                                                      |
| • | Overseeing our internal control function, reviewing the appointment of an internal auditing executive and any significant issues raised by the internal audit team.                                                                                                                  |
| • | Reviewing with management and the independent auditors our annual audited financial statements, quarterly financial statements, earnings announcements, regulatory filings including our annual proxy statement, and other public announcements regarding our results of operations. |
| • | Reviewing and approving related party transactions.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| • | Approving Alphabet’s overall compliance program and reviewing its implementation and effectiveness.                                                                                                                                                                                  |

During 2024, the Audit Committee held eleven meetings and acted by unanimous written/electronic consent once. The Audit Committee currently comprises Roger (Chair), Robin, and Marty, each of whom is a non-employee member of our Board. Our Board has determined that each of the directors serving on the Audit Committee is independent under applicable Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) and SEC rules for Audit Committee membership. Our Board has determined that, based on his professional qualifications and experience described earlier, Roger is an audit committee financial expert as defined under the rules of the SEC, and that each member of the Audit Committee is able to read and understand fundamental financial statements as required by the Listing Rules of Nasdaq. Alphabet2025 Proxy Statement 26

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Leadership Development, Inclusion and Compensation Committee The purpose of the Compensation Committee is to oversee our leadership development and compensation programs for the members of our Board and our employees. The Compensation Committee reports regularly to our full Board on its activities. The Compensation Committee’s responsibilities include but are not limited to:

| • | Establishing, overseeing