[Form 4] Alphabet Inc. Insider Trading Activity
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Form Type
4
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Alphabet Inc. executive John Kent Walker reported routine equity compensation activity. On March 16, 2026, he acquired 26 and 47 Class C Google Stock Units at $0 per unit as grant or award-type acquisitions, rather than open-market purchases.
Footnotes explain that these Class C Google Stock Units (GSUs) and related dividend equivalent units (DEUs) each convert into one share of Alphabet Class C capital stock as they vest over time, subject to continued employment. Following these awards, Walker holds 38,103 GSUs and DEUs in one block and 68,367 GSUs and DEUs in another, plus 23,507 Class C shares directly and 60,801 Class C shares indirectly through Arete Trust.
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Insider Trade Summary
4 transactions reported
Mixed
4 txns
Insider
WALKER JOHN KENT
Role
President, Global Affairs, CLO
| Type | Security | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant/Award | Class C Google Stock Units | 26 | $0.00 | -- |
| Grant/Award | Class C Google Stock Units | 47 | $0.00 | -- |
| holding | Class C Capital Stock | -- | -- | -- |
| holding | Class C Capital Stock | -- | -- | -- |
Holdings After Transaction:
Class C Google Stock Units — 38,103 shares (Direct);
Class C Capital Stock — 60,801 shares (Indirect, By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees);
Class C Capital Stock — 23,507 shares (Direct)
Footnotes (1)
- 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. 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. Consists of 302 DEUs and 37,801 GSUs. 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. Consists of 313 DEUs and 68,054 GSUs.
