FilingsForm 4

Arete Trust, of which Alphabet officer John Kent Walker was a trustee, sold $4.64 million of Class C shares on Aug 4, 2025

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Published Oct 28, 2026 · 11:15 UTCFiled Aug 6, 2025

Value$4.64 million, held indirectly

Shares23,820, held indirectly

Average price$194.70

FiledAug 6

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The Arete Trust, of which Alphabet president of global affairs and chief legal officer John Kent Walker was a trustee, sold 23,820 Class C shares for $4.64 million on Aug 4, 2025, at an average price of $194.70 a share. The Form 4, the SEC report an insider files after trading company shares, has its Rule 10b5-1 box ticked, and its remarks say the transaction was made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted as trustee of The Arete Trust on May 29, 2024. The form lists the shares as held indirectly through the trust, and also reports a gift of 17,802 Class C shares on Aug 5, 2025, disposed from directly held shares and acquired by the trust. The form was filed with the SEC on Aug 6, 2025.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

How each figure was checked12 facts

the reporting owner as the dossier names themJohn Kent WalkerOur database
the owner's role on the formofficer (President, Global Affairs, CLO)Our database
the sale line by who held the sharesthe sale lines of this form, by who held the shares: By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees (held indirectly): 23820 shares for 4637754 USDOur database
shares sold23,820Our database
value of the sale$4.64 millionOur database
date of the saleAug 4, 2025Our database
average price of the sale$194.7Our database
the Rule 10b5-1 box and the form's remarksticked: 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: "Transaction reported in this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan adopted by the Reporting Person as Trustee of The Arete Trust on May 29, 2024."Our database
how the sale line was held1 sale line held indirectly (By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees)Our database
gift line, disposed directlygift (code G): 17,802 shares disposed on Aug 5, 2025 at $0 per share; held directly; 23,503 owned after the lineOur database
gift line, acquired by the trustgift (code G): 17,802 shares acquired on Aug 5, 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
the day the form was filedAug 6, 2025Our database

The record

Issuer: Alphabet (CIK 1652044, filed as Alphabet Inc.)
Form: 4
Accession: 0000950170-25-104177
Filed: Aug 6, 2025
Period of report: Aug 4, 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) · 23,820 Class C Capital Stock at $194.70 · Aug 4, 2025 · disposed, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 42,999 held after
Line 2: G (gift) · 17,802 Class C Capital Stock at $0.00 · Aug 5, 2025 · disposed, directly · 23,503 held after
Line 3: G (gift) · 17,802 Class C Capital Stock at $0.00 · Aug 5, 2025 · acquired, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 60,801 held after
Footnote F1: 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 GSU 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 F2: 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.
Footnote F3: The GSUs vest as follows: (i) 27/260th of the grant will vest on each March 25, 2025, June 25, 2025, September 25, 2025 and December 25, 2025; and (ii) 19/260th of the grant will vest quarterly on the 25th day of the month from March 25, 2026 through December 25, 2026, and on the 1st day of the month from April 1, 2027 through January 1, 2028, subject to continued employment on the applicable vesting dates.
Remarks: Transaction reported in this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan adopted by the Reporting Person as Trustee of The Arete Trust on May 29, 2024.