FilingsForm 4

A trust of which Alphabet officer John Kent Walker was a trustee sold $3.28 million of Class C stock on Feb 18, 2025

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Published Oct 28, 2026 · 11:10 UTCFiled Feb 20, 2025

Value$3.28 million, held indirectly

Shares17,690, held indirectly

Average price$185.51

FiledFeb 20

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Arete Trust, of which John Kent Walker, Alphabet's president of global affairs and chief legal officer, was a trustee, sold 17,690 Class C shares on Feb 18, 2025, at an average of $185.51 a share, for $3.28 million. The Form 4, the form an insider files when trading the company's shares, says the sale transactions were made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, a schedule set in advance, adopted on May 29, 2024. The form also lists gifts of 17,690 Class C shares on Feb 19, 2025: one line for shares acquired and held indirectly through Arete Trust, one for shares disposed of from a direct holding. The form was filed Feb 20, 2025 and is on the SEC's EDGAR database.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

How each figure was checked12 facts

Alphabet Form 4 0000950170-25-023879: ownerJohn Kent Walker (filed as WALKER JOHN KENT)Our database
Alphabet Form 4 0000950170-25-023879: relationshipofficer (President, Global Affairs, CLO)Our database
Alphabet Form 4 0000950170-25-023879: holding4 sale lines held indirectly (By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees)Our database
Alphabet Form 4 0000950170-25-023879: shares17,690Our database
Alphabet Form 4 0000950170-25-023879: average price$185.51Our database
Alphabet Form 4 0000950170-25-023879: value$3.28 millionOur database
Alphabet Form 4 0000950170-25-023879: first dateFeb 18, 2025Our database
Alphabet Form 4 0000950170-25-023879: shares afterafter the last sale line the form states 43111 shares of Class C Capital Stock held indirectly (By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees)Our database
Alphabet Form 4 0000950170-25-023879: rule 10b5 1ticked: the filing marks a transaction on the form as made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan; the box is one answer for the whole form. The form's remarks say: "All sale transactions reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan adopted by the Reporting Person on May 29, 2024."Our database
Alphabet Form 4 0000950170-25-023879, line 5gift (code G): 17,690 shares acquired on Feb 19, 2025 at $0 per share; held indirectly (By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees); 60,801 owned after the lineOur database
Alphabet Form 4 0000950170-25-023879, line 6gift (code G): 17,690 shares disposed on Feb 19, 2025 at $0 per share; held directly; 23,501 owned after the lineOur database
Alphabet Form 4 0000950170-25-023879: filed onFeb 20, 2025Our database

The record

Issuer: Alphabet (CIK 1652044, filed as Alphabet Inc.)
Form: 4
Accession: 0000950170-25-023879
Filed: Feb 20, 2025
Period of report: Feb 18, 2025
Reporting owner: John Kent Walker (CIK 1238734, filed as WALKER JOHN KENT)
Relationship: officer (President, Global Affairs, CLO)
Rule 10b5-1 checkbox: Ticked
Line 1: S (sale) · 3,280 Class C Capital Stock at $184.4019 · Feb 18, 2025 · disposed, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 57,521 held after · footnote F1
Line 2: S (sale) · 8,208 Class C Capital Stock at $185.4251 · Feb 18, 2025 · disposed, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 49,313 held after · footnote F2
Line 3: S (sale) · 5,602 Class C Capital Stock at $186.1207 · Feb 18, 2025 · disposed, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 43,711 held after · footnote F3
Line 4: S (sale) · 600 Class C Capital Stock at $187.0467 · Feb 18, 2025 · disposed, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 43,111 held after · footnote F4
Line 5: G (gift) · 17,690 Class C Capital Stock at $0.00 · Feb 19, 2025 · acquired, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 60,801 held after
Line 6: G (gift) · 17,690 Class C Capital Stock at $0.00 · Feb 19, 2025 · disposed, directly · 23,501 held after
Footnote F1: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $183.82 to $183.81. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to any security holder of Alphabet Inc. or the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnotes (1) through (4) to this Form 4 .
Footnote F2: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $184.84 to $185.83.
Footnote F3: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $185.87 to $186.86.
Footnote F4: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $186.87 to $187.86.
Footnote F5: Class C Google Stock Units (GSUs) entitle the Reporting Person to receive one share of Alphabet Inc. Class C capital stock for each share underlying the GSUs as each GSUs vests. 1/6th of the GSUs vested on June 25, 2023 and an additional 1/12th of the GSUs vests quarterly thereafter until the GSUs are fully vested, subject to continuing employment on the applicable vesting dates.
Footnote F6: 1/6th of the GSUs vested on June 25, 2024; 1/12th of the GSUs vested on September 25, 2024, and an additional 1/12th of the GSUs vests quarterly thereafter on the 25th day of the month until the GSUs are fully vested, subject to continued employment on the applicable vesting dates.
Remarks: All sale transactions reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan adopted by the Reporting Person on May 29, 2024.