GOOGL insider filing: Ram Shriram receives routine 2,016-share stock grant
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
On 07/02/2025 Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) director K. Ram Shriram filed a Form 4 disclosing the receipt of 2,016 Class C Google Stock Units (GSUs) as his annual director equity award. The GSUs carry a zero-dollar purchase price and convert 1-for-1 into Class C shares as they vest—1/48th each month over a four-year schedule, contingent on continued board service.
After the award, Shriram reports direct ownership of 345,683 Class C and 261,966 Class A shares, plus additional direct GSUs and previously issued units. Indirectly, he and related family trusts, a limited partnership, and spouse accounts hold more than 4.5 million Class A and Class C shares. The filing shows no open-market purchases or sales and represents routine compensation rather than a change in insider sentiment or corporate control.
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Insights
TL;DR: Routine director grant of 2,016 GSUs; no buying/selling signal; negligible impact on Alphabet’s float.
The July 2, 2025 Form 4 for director Ram Shriram documents a standard annual equity grant—2,016 GSUs vesting monthly over 48 months. Because the shares are issued at no cost and the amount is immaterial relative to Alphabet’s 12.6 billion diluted share count, dilution is de minimis. The filing also reconfirms Shriram’s substantial long-term stake (≈4.8 million shares across classes and entities), but does not indicate net accumulation or divestiture. From a governance and signaling perspective the transaction is neutral: it neither strengthens nor weakens insider confidence and has no foreseeable earnings or cash-flow implications. Accordingly, the disclosure is classified as not impactful for investors.
Insider Trade Summary
| Type | Security | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant/Award | Class C Google Stock Units | 2,016 | $0.00 | -- |
| holding | Class A Common Stock | -- | -- | -- |
| holding | Class A Common Stock | -- | -- | -- |
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| holding | Class A Common Stock | -- | -- | -- |
| holding | Class C Capital Stock | -- | -- | -- |
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| holding | Class C Capital Stock | -- | -- | -- |
| holding | Class C Google Stock Units | -- | -- | -- |
| holding | Class C Google Stock Units | -- | -- | -- |
| holding | Class C Google Stock Units | -- | -- | -- |
| holding | Class C Capital Stock | -- | -- | -- |
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| holding | Class C Capital Stock | -- | -- | -- |
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| holding | Class A Common Stock | -- | -- | -- |
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Footnotes (1)
- The Google Stock Units (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. 1/48 of GSUs will vest on the 25th day of each month following the grant date for 19 months and on the 1st day of each month for the following 29 months, subject to continued service on the Board on the applicable vesting dates. Annual Director grant. The Reporting Person is both trustee and sole annuitant of the Ram Shriram Trust UA 09/10/2021. The Reporting Person's spouse is both trustee and sole annuitant of the Vijay Shriram Trust UA 09/10/2021. The Reporting Person is trustee and beneficiary of the 2022 RS Irrevocable Trust UAD 10/28/2022. The Reporting Person's spouse is trustee and beneficiary of the 2022 VS Irrevocable Trust UAD 10/28/2022. 1/48th of GSUs vested on July 25, 2022 and an additional 1/48th of GSUs vests on the 25th day of each month thereafter, subject to continued service on the Board on the applicable vesting dates. 1/48th of GSUs vested on July 25, 2023 and an additional 1/48th of GSUs vests on the 25th day of each month thereafter, subject to continued service on the Board on the applicable vesting dates. 1/48 of GSUs will vest on the 25th day of each month following the grant date for 31 months and on the 1st day of each month for the following 17 months, subject to continued service on the Board on the applicable vesting dates. The Reporting Person is both trustee and sole annuitant of the 2025 RS Irrevocable Trust dated 4/10/25. The Reporting Person's spouse is both trustee and sole annuitant of the 2025 VS Irrevocable Trust dated 4/10/25.
