FilingsForm 4

Alphabet chief executive Sundar Pichai sold $10.01 million of shares on Mar 18, 2026

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Published Oct 28, 2026 · 09:11 UTCFiled Mar 18, 2026

Value$10.01 million

Shares32,500

Average price$307.89

FiledMar 18

Written by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model, from public records. Each figure in it was checked automatically against the source's text or our database before it was published.

Sundar Pichai, a director and officer (Chief Executive Officer) of Alphabet, sold 32,500 shares for $10.01 million on Mar 18, 2026, a Form 4 (the form an insider files when trading the company's shares) shows. The sales were made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan that, the form's remarks say, Pichai adopted on December 2, 2024. The average price was $307.89 a share, and after the last sale line the form states 1,642,060 shares of Class C Capital Stock held directly. The filing was made on Mar 18, 2026 and is on SEC EDGAR.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

How each figure was checked10 facts

who traded, as the reporting owner signs the formSundar Pichai (filed as Pichai Sundar)Our database
the reporting owner's relationship to the companydirector and officer (Chief Executive Officer)Our database
the side of the trades on the formsaleOur database
shares in the trades on the form32,500Our database
value of the trades on the form$10.01 millionOur database
date of the first trade on the formMar 18, 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: "Sale transactions reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan adopted by the Reporting Person on December 2, 2024."Our database
average price of the shares in the trades$307.89Our database
shares the form states after the last sale lineafter the last sale line the form states 1642060 shares of Class C Capital Stock held directlyOur database
the day the form was filedMar 18, 2026Our database

The record

Issuer: Alphabet (CIK 1652044, filed as Alphabet Inc.)
Form: 4
Accession: 0001193125-26-114850
Filed: Mar 18, 2026
Period of report: Mar 16, 2026
Reporting owner: Sundar Pichai (CIK 1534753, filed as Pichai Sundar)
Relationship: director and officer (Chief Executive Officer)
Rule 10b5-1 checkbox: Ticked
Line 1: A (grant or award) · 183 Class C Google Stock Units at $0.00 · Mar 16, 2026 · acquired, directly · 265,184 held after · footnotes F1, F2 and F3
Line 2: S (sale) · 6,193 Class C Capital Stock at $306.21 · Mar 18, 2026 · disposed, directly · 1,668,367 held after · footnote F6
Line 3: S (sale) · 8,102 Class C Capital Stock at $307.11 · Mar 18, 2026 · disposed, directly · 1,660,265 held after · footnote F7
Line 4: S (sale) · 6,621 Class C Capital Stock at $308.18 · Mar 18, 2026 · disposed, directly · 1,653,644 held after · footnote F8
Line 5: S (sale) · 9,969 Class C Capital Stock at $309.00 · Mar 18, 2026 · disposed, directly · 1,643,675 held after · footnote F9
Line 6: S (sale) · 1,615 Class C Capital Stock at $310.18 · Mar 18, 2026 · disposed, directly · 1,642,060 held after · footnote F10
Footnote F1: Class C GSUs entitle the Reporting Person to receive one share of Alphabet Inc. Class C capital stock for each share underlying the GSU as GSU vests. 1/12th of the grant will vest March 25, 2026. An additional 1/36th will vest on the 25th day of the month from April 25, 2026 through January 25, 2027, and on the 1st day of the month from March 1, 2027 through January 1, 2029, subject to continuing employment on the applicable vesting dates.
Footnote F2: Represents the dividend equivalent units (DEUs) that accrued on the Reporting Person's GSUs held as of March 9, 2026, in connection with the cash dividend that was declared by the Issuer and distributed on March 16, 2026. These DEUs will vest on the same schedule as the GSUs on which the DEUs accrued. Each DEU entitles the Reporting Person to receive one share of Alphabet Inc. Class C capital stock for each share underlying the DEU as each DEU vests.
Footnote F3: Conists of 183 DEUs and 265,001GSUs.
Footnote F4: The Reporting Person is sole trustee and sole annuitant of the Sundararajan Pichai 2026 Annuity Trust dtd 02/23/2026.
Footnote F5: The Reporting Person's spouse is sole trustee and sole annuitant of the Anjali Pichai 2026 Annuity Trust dtd 02/18/2026.
Footnote F6: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $305.60 to $306.60 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 (6) to (10) to this Form 4.
Footnote F7: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $306.61 to $307.61, 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 $307.61 to $308.61, inclusive.
Footnote F9: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $308.61 to $309.61, inclusive.
Footnote F10: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $309.82 to $310.82, inclusive.
Remarks: Sale transactions reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan adopted by the Reporting Person on December 2, 2024.