FilingsForm 4

Arete Trust, with Alphabet officer John Kent Walker as trustee, sold $2.48 million of shares on Mar 27, 2026

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Published Oct 28, 2026 · 09:11 UTCFiled Mar 31, 2026

Value$2.48 million, held indirectly

Shares8,993, held indirectly

Average price$275.89

FiledMar 31

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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 8,993 shares for $2.48 million on Mar 27, 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 $275.89 a share, and after the last sale line the form states 51,808 shares of Class C Capital Stock held indirectly by the trust; the form also lists lines for gifts. The filing was made on Mar 31, 2026 and is on SEC EDGAR.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

How each figure was checked12 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 held5 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 form8,993Our database
value of the trades on the form$2.48 millionOur database
date of the first trade on the formMar 27, 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 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$275.89Our database
shares the form states after the last sale lineafter the last sale line the form states 51808 shares of Class C Capital Stock held indirectly (By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees)Our database
the other lines on the formThe form also lists 2 lines for gift.Our database
the day the form was filedMar 31, 2026Our database

The record

Issuer: Alphabet (CIK 1652044, filed as Alphabet Inc.)
Form: 4
Accession: 0001193125-26-135334
Filed: Mar 31, 2026
Period of report: Mar 27, 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) · 2,677 Class C Capital Stock at $273.91 · Mar 27, 2026 · disposed, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 58,124 held after · footnote F1
Line 2: S (sale) · 1,516 Class C Capital Stock at $274.93 · Mar 27, 2026 · disposed, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 56,608 held after · footnote F2
Line 3: S (sale) · 1,400 Class C Capital Stock at $276.21 · Mar 27, 2026 · disposed, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 55,208 held after · footnote F3
Line 4: S (sale) · 2,100 Class C Capital Stock at $277.42 · Mar 27, 2026 · disposed, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 53,108 held after · footnote F4
Line 5: S (sale) · 1,300 Class C Capital Stock at $278.30 · Mar 27, 2026 · disposed, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 51,808 held after · footnote F5
Line 6: G (gift) · 8,993 Class C Capital Stock at $0.00 · Mar 31, 2026 · disposed, directly · 23,508 held after
Line 7: G (gift) · 8,993 Class C Capital Stock at $0.00 · Mar 31, 2026 · acquired, indirectly, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees · 60,801 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 $273.53 to $273.54, 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 (5) 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 $274.53 to $275.53 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 $275.73 to $276.73 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 $276.83 to $277.83 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 $277.92 to $278.92 inclusive.
Footnote F6: 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 F7: 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: Sale 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.