Alphabet : 2018 proxy vote results

Notice of 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement

1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, California 94043 [phone]

April 27, 2018

Dear Stockholders:

We are pleased to invite you to attend our 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (Annual Meeting) tobe held on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 9:00 a.m., local time, at our headquarters at 1600 AmphitheatreParkway, Mountain View, California 94043. For your convenience, we are also pleased to offer a live webcast of our Annual Meeting athttps://www.youtube.com/c/AlphabetIR.

Details regarding admission to the Annual Meeting and the business to be conducted are describedin the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (Notice) you received in the mail and in thisproxy statement. We have also made available a copy of our 2017 Annual Report to Stockholders(Annual Report) with this proxy statement. We encourage you to read our Annual Report. It includesour audited financial statements and provides information about our business.

We have elected to provide access to our proxy materials over the Internet under the U.S. Securitiesand Exchange Commission's "notice and access" rules. We are constantly focused on improvingthe ways people connect with information, and believe that providing our proxy materials over theInternet increases the ability of our stockholders to connect with the information they need, whilereducing the environmental impact of our Annual Meeting. If you want more information, please seethe Questions and Answers section of this proxy statement or visit the 2018 Annual Meeting sectionof our Investor Relations website.

Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we hope you will voteas soon as possible. You may vote over the Internet, as well as by telephone, or, if you requestedto receive printed proxy materials, by mailing a proxy or voting instruction form. Please review theinstructions on each of your voting options described in this proxy statement, as well as in the Noticeyou received in the mail.

Also, please let us know if you plan to attend our Annual Meeting by marking the appropriate box onthe enclosed proxy card, if you requested to receive printed proxy materials, or, if you vote by telephoneor over the Internet, by indicating your plans when prompted.

Thank you for your ongoing support of, and continued interest in Alphabet. We look forward to seeingyou at our Annual Meeting.

Sincerely,

Larry Page	Sergey Brin	John L. Hennessy
Chief Executive Officer	President	Chairman of the
Board of Directors

Notice of 2018 Annual Meetingof Stockholders

Wednesday, June 6, 20189:00 a.m., local time

Alphabet's headquarters, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043

LIVE WEBCAST

Available athttps://www.youtube.com/c/AlphabetIR, starting at 9:00 a.m., local time, on Wednesday, June 6, 2018.

ITEMS OF BUSINESS

• 1. To elect eleven members of the Board of Directors of Alphabet (the Board of Directors) to hold office until thenext annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified.

• 2. To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Alphabet's independent registered public accounting firm forthe fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.

• 3. To approve amendments to Alphabet's 2012 Stock Plan to increase the share reserve by 11,500,000 shares of Class C capital stock and to prohibit the repricing of stock options granted under the 2012 Stock Plan without stockholder approval.

• 4. To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting, if properly presented.

• 5. To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding a lobbying report, if properly presented.

• 6. To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding a report on gender pay, if properly presented.

• 7. To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding simple majority vote, if properly presented.

• 8. To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding a sustainability metrics report, if properly presented.

• 9. To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding board diversity and qualifications, if properly presented.

• 10. To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal regarding a report on content governance, if properly presented.

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To consider such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

ADJOURNMENTS AND POSTPONEMENTS

Any action on the items of business described above may be considered at the Annual Meeting at the time and on thedate specified above or at any time and date to which the Annual Meeting may be properly adjourned or postponed.

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RECORD DATE

You are entitled to vote only if you were a stockholder of Alphabet Class A or Class B common stock as of the closeof business on April 18, 2018 (Record Date).

VOTING

Your vote is very important. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we encourage you to read thisproxy statement and submit your proxy or voting instructions as soon as possible. For specific instructions onhow to vote your shares, please refer to the instructions on the Notice you received in the mail, the section titled "Questions and Answers About the Proxy Materials and the Annual Meeting" beginning on page11of this proxy statement or, if you requested to receive printed proxy materials, your enclosed proxy card.

April 27, 2018

By order of the Board of Directors,

Larry Page

John L. Hennessy

Chief Executive Officer

Chairman of the Board of Directors

This notice of Annual Meeting and proxy statement and form of proxy are being distributed and made available on or about April 27, 2018.

In this proxy statement, the words "Alphabet," the "company," "we," "our," "ours," "us" and similar terms refer to Alphabet Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise, and the word "Google" refers to Google LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alphabet.

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