FilingsForm 4

Arete Trust, with Alphabet officer John Kent Walker as trustee, sold $14.34 million of shares on Feb 17, 2026

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Published Oct 28, 2026 · 09:10 UTCFiled Feb 19, 2026

Value$14.34 million, held indirectly

Shares47,574, held indirectly

Average price$301.45

FiledFeb 19

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John Kent Walker, an Alphabet officer listed as President, Global Affairs, CLO, reported on a Form 4 (the form an insider files when trading the company's shares) that the Arete Trust, with him and Diana Ruth Walsh as trustees, sold 47,574 shares for $14.34 million on Feb 17, 2026. The sales were made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan that, the form's remarks say, Walker adopted as trustee of The Arete Trust on May 5, 2025. The average price was $301.45 a share, and after the last sale line the form states 13,227 shares of Class C Capital Stock held indirectly by the trust. The filing was made on Feb 19, 2026 and is on SEC EDGAR.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

How each figure was checked11 facts

who traded, as the reporting owner signs the formJohn Kent Walker (filed as WALKER JOHN KENT)Our database
the reporting owner's relationship to the companyofficer (President, Global Affairs, CLO)Our database
how the sold shares were held8 sale lines held indirectly (By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees)Our database
the side of the trades on the formsaleOur database
shares in the trades on the form47,574Our database
value of the trades on the form$14.34 millionOur database
date of the first trade on the formFeb 17, 2026Our 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 5, 2025."Our database
average price of the shares in the trades$301.45Our database
shares the form states after the last sale lineafter the last sale line the form states 13227 shares of Class C Capital Stock held indirectly (By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees)Our database
the day the form was filedFeb 19, 2026Our database

The record

Issuer: Alphabet (CIK 1652044, filed as Alphabet Inc.)
Form: 4
Accession: 0001193125-26-060024
Filed: Feb 19, 2026
Period of report: Feb 17, 2026
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) · 1,900 Class C Capital Stock at $297.70 · Feb 17, 2026 · disposed, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 58,901 held after · footnote F1
Line 2: S (sale) · 4,900 Class C Capital Stock at $298.60 · Feb 17, 2026 · disposed, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 54,001 held after · footnote F2
Line 3: S (sale) · 4,400 Class C Capital Stock at $299.50 · Feb 17, 2026 · disposed, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 49,601 held after · footnote F3
Line 4: S (sale) · 4,200 Class C Capital Stock at $300.81 · Feb 17, 2026 · disposed, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 45,401 held after · footnote F4
Line 5: S (sale) · 11,531 Class C Capital Stock at $301.69 · Feb 17, 2026 · disposed, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 33,870 held after · footnote F5
Line 6: S (sale) · 14,641 Class C Capital Stock at $302.64 · Feb 17, 2026 · disposed, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 19,229 held after · footnote F6
Line 7: S (sale) · 5,402 Class C Capital Stock at $303.41 · Feb 17, 2026 · disposed, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 13,827 held after · footnote F7
Line 8: S (sale) · 600 Class C Capital Stock at $304.47 · Feb 17, 2026 · disposed, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 13,227 held after · footnote F8
Footnote F1: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $297.11 to $298.11, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to any security holder of Alphabet Inc. or the staff of the 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 (8) 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 $298.11 to $299.11 inclusive.
Footnote F3: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $299.12 to $300.12 inclusive.
Footnote F4: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $300.18 to $301.18 inclusive.
Footnote F5: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $301.19 to $302.19 inclusive.
Footnote F6: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $302.19 to $303.19 inclusive.
Footnote F7: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $303.20 to $304.20 inclusive.
Footnote F8: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $304.27 to $305.27 inclusive.
Footnote F9: 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, 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 F10: 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 5, 2025.