Alphabet (GOOGL)

=== SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership === Document Type: 4 Period of Report: 2026-02-17 10b5-1 Pre-arranged Plan: Yes --- Issuer --- Name: Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) CIK: 0001652044 --- Reporting Owner --- Name: WALKER JOHN KENT CIK: 0001238734 Role: Officer (President, Global Affairs, CLO) --- Non-Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Class C Capital Stock Date: 2026-02-17 | Code: S (Open market sale) Shares: -1,900 | Price: $297.70 Total Value: $565,630.00 Shares Owned After: 58,901 | Ownership: I (Indirect) | Nature: By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees Footnotes: [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. [Transaction #2] Security: Class C Capital Stock Date: 2026-02-17 | Code: S (Open market sale) Shares: -4,900 | Price: $298.60 Total Value: $1,463,140.00 Shares Owned After: 54,001 | Ownership: I (Indirect) | Nature: By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees Footnotes: [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. [Transaction #3] Security: Class C Capital Stock Date: 2026-02-17 | Code: S (Open market sale) Shares: -4,400 | Price: $299.50 Total Value: $1,317,800.00 Shares Owned After: 49,601 | Ownership: I (Indirect) | Nature: By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees Footnotes: [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. [Transaction #4] Security: Class C Capital Stock Date: 2026-02-17 | Code: S (Open market sale) Shares: -4,200 | Price: $300.81 Total Value: $1,263,402.00 Shares Owned After: 45,401 | Ownership: I (Indirect) | Nature: By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees Footnotes: [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. [Transaction #5] Security: Class C Capital Stock Date: 2026-02-17 | Code: S (Open market sale) Shares: -11,531 | Price: $301.69 Total Value: $3,478,787.39 Shares Owned After: 33,870 | Ownership: I (Indirect) | Nature: By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees Footnotes: [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. [Transaction #6] Security: Class C Capital Stock Date: 2026-02-17 | Code: S (Open market sale) Shares: -14,641 | Price: $302.64 Total Value: $4,430,952.24 Shares Owned After: 19,229 | Ownership: I (Indirect) | Nature: By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees Footnotes: [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. [Transaction #7] Security: Class C Capital Stock Date: 2026-02-17 | Code: S (Open market sale) Shares: -5,402 | Price: $303.41 Total Value: $1,639,020.82 Shares Owned After: 13,827 | Ownership: I (Indirect) | Nature: By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees Footnotes: [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. [Transaction #8] Security: Class C Capital Stock Date: 2026-02-17 | Code: S (Open market sale) Shares: -600 | Price: $304.47 Total Value: $182,682.00 Shares Owned After: 13,227 | Ownership: I (Indirect) | Nature: By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees Footnotes: [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. --- Holdings --- [Holding #1] Security: Class C Capital Stock Ownership: D (Direct) [Holding #2] Security: Class C Google Stock Units Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [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. [Holding #3] Security: Class C Google Stock Units Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [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. --- Footnotes (Complete Index) --- 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. --- Signature --- /s/ /s/ Kenneth Yi, as Attorney-in-Fact for John Kent Walker (2026-02-19)