GOOGLAlphabet Inc. (Class A)
Deals with insiders in the proxy filed 2026-04-24
Deals between GOOGL and its directors, executives, owners of more than 5% or their families: a relative on the payroll, a plane the company charters from its CEO, a director's company that buys from it. SEC rules (Item 404) make the company list every such deal over $120,000 in its proxy statement.
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Paragraphs about a deal, a person or a relative with nothing like them in the proxy filed 2025-04-25.
Nothing new: every deal in this year's section was reported last year too.
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10 paragraphs quoted as filed
Related Party Transactions Policy and Procedure“Our written Related Party Transactions Policy provides that we will only enter into or ratify a transaction with a related party when our Board, acting through the Audit Committee, determines that the transaction is in the best interests of Alphabet and our shareholders.”
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Related Party Transactions Policy and Procedure“any person who is known to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of any class of our voting securities;”
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Related Party Transactions Policy and Procedure“any immediate family member of any of the persons listed above and any person (other than a tenant or employee) sharing the household of such persons; or • any firm, corporation, partnership, or other entity in which any of the persons listed above is a general partner or principal or in a similar position or in which any of the persons listed above has a five percent or greater beneficial ownership interest.”
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Related Party Transactions Policy and Procedure“A related party is not deemed to have a direct or indirect material interest in a transaction and such transaction is not a related party transaction under our policy if such related party’s interest in such transaction arises only from an ownership interest of less than five percent in, or as a director of, such entity that is a party to the transaction.”
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Related Party Transactions Policy and Procedure“We review all known relationships and transactions in which Alphabet and our directors, executive officers, and significant shareholders or their immediate family members are participants to determine whether such persons have a direct or indirect interest. Our legal staff, in consultation with our finance team, is primarily responsible for developing and implementing processes and controls to obtain information regarding our directors, executive officers, and significant shareholders with respect to related party transactions and then determining, based on the facts and circumstances, whether Alphabet or a related party has a direct or indirect interest in these transactions. On a periodic basis, our legal and finance teams review all transactions involving payments between Alphabet and any company that has our executive officer or director as an officer or director. In addition, our directors and executive officers are required to notify us of any potential related party transactions and provide us with the information regarding such transactions.”
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Related Party Transactions Policy and Procedure“If our legal department determines that a transaction is a related party transaction, the Audit Committee must review the transaction and either approve or disapprove it. If advance approval of a transaction is not feasible, the Chair of the Audit Committee may approve the transaction, and the Audit Committee may ratify the transaction in accordance with the Related Party Transactions Policy. In determining whether to approve or ratify a transaction with a related party, the Audit Committee will take into account all of the relevant facts and circumstances available to it, including, among any other factors it deems appropriate:”
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Related Party Transactions Policy and Procedure“whether the transaction would impair the judgment of a director or executive officer to act in the best interests of Alphabet and our shareholders;”
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Related Party Transactions Policy and Procedure“the potential impact of the transaction on a director’s independence; and • whether the transaction is on terms no less favorable than terms generally available to an unaffiliated third party under the same or similar circumstances.”
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Related Party Transactions Policy and Procedure“Any member of the Audit Committee who is a related party with respect to a transaction under review may not participate in the deliberations or vote on the approval of the transaction.”
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Related Party Transactions Policy and Procedure“If a related party transaction will be ongoing, the Audit Committee may establish guidelines for us to follow in our ongoing dealings with the related party. Thereafter, the Audit Committee, on at least an annual basis, will review and assess ongoing relationships with the related party to monitor compliance with the Audit Committee’s guidelines and that the related party transaction remains appropriate. Based on all relevant facts and circumstances, the Audit Committee will determine if it is in the best interests of Alphabet and our shareholders to continue, modify, or terminate the related party transaction.”
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