Alphabet (GOOG) S-8Registration of securities for employees
Filed: 25 Jul 23, 8:17pm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 25, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Alphabet Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware | 61-1767919 | |
(State of Incorporation) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
(650) 253-0000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)
Alphabet Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Stock Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Sundar Pichai
Chief Executive Officer
Alphabet Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
(650) 253-0000
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Jeffrey D. Karpf, Esq. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP One Liberty Plaza New York, NY 10006 | Kent Walker, Esq. Kathryn W. Hall, Esq. Alphabet Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 (650) 253-0000 |
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||
Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E OF FORM S-8
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement is being filed by Alphabet Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), to register 170,000,000 additional shares of its Class C capital stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Class C Capital Stock”) issuable to eligible employees, consultants, contractors, and directors of the Registrant and its affiliates under the Registrant’s Amended and Restated 2021 Stock Plan (the “Plan”). On June 3, 2021, the Registrant filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”): (i) Post-Effective Amendment to Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-256731); (ii) Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-256731); and on July 27, 2022, the Registrant filed with the SEC Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-266339) (collectively, the “Prior Registration Statements”) relating to shares of Class C capital stock issuable to eligible employees, consultants, contractors, and directors of the Registrant under the Plan. The Prior Registration Statements are currently effective. The Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as those to which the Prior Registration Statements relate and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8 regarding Registration of Additional Securities. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements relating to the Plan, including periodic reports that the Registrant filed after the Prior Registration Statements to maintain current information about the Registrant, are incorporated herein by reference and made part of the Registration Statement, except to the extent supplemented, superseded or modified by the specific information set forth below and/or the specific exhibits attached hereto.
PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. | Exhibits. |
Exhibit Number | Exhibit Description | |
3.1‡ | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Alphabet Inc., dated June 3, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-37580) filed with the SEC on June 3, 2022) | |
3.2‡ | Amended and Restated Bylaws of Alphabet Inc. dated October 19, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.02 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-37580) filed with the SEC on October 25, 2022) | |
4.1‡ | Alphabet Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-37580) filed with the SEC on June 8, 2023) | |
4.2‡ | Alphabet Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Stock Plan - Form of Alphabet Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.03 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (file No. 001-37580) filed with the SEC on July 25, 2023) | |
4.3‡ | Alphabet Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Stock Plan - Form of Alphabet 2023 Non-CEO Performance Stock Unit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.02) to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-37580) filed with the SEC on July 25, 2023) | |
4.4‡ | Alphabet Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Stock Plan - Form of Alphabet 2022 CEO Performance Stock Unit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.08.3 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-37580) filed with the SEC on February 3, 2023) |
* | Filed herewith |
‡ | Incorporated herein by reference |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mountain View, State of California, on July 25th, 2023.
ALPHABET INC. | ||
By: | /S/ SUNDAR PICHAI | |
Sundar Pichai | ||
Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Sundar Pichai, Ruth M. Porat, Kent Walker, and Kathryn W. Hall, and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (unless revoked in writing), to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments thereto) to the Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting to such attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as full to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact and agents, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/S/ SUNDAR PICHAI | Chief Executive Officer and Director | July 25, 2023 | ||
Sundar Pichai | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
/S/ RUTH M. PORAT | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | July 25, 2023 | ||
Ruth M. Porat | (Principal Financial Officer) | |||
/S/ AMIE THUENER O’TOOLE | Vice President, Corporate Controller and | July 25, 2023 | ||
Amie Thuener O’Toole | Principal Accounting Officer | |||
(Principal Accounting Officer) | ||||
/S/ LARRY PAGE | Co-Founder and Director | July 25, 2023 | ||
Larry Page | ||||
/S/ SERGEY BRIN | Co-Founder and Director | July 25, 2023 | ||
Sergey Brin | ||||
/S/ FRANCES H. ARNOLD | Director | July 25, 2023 | ||
Frances H. Arnold | ||||
/S/ R. MARTIN CHAVEZ | Director | July 25, 2023 | ||
R. Martin Chávez | ||||
/S/ L. JOHN DOERR | Director | July 25, 2023 | ||
L. John Doerr | ||||
/S/ ROGER W. FERGUSON JR. | Director | July 25, 2023 | ||
Roger W. Ferguson Jr. | ||||
/S/ JOHN L. HENNESSY | Chair of the Board and Director | July 25, 2023 | ||
John L. Hennessy |
/S/ ANN MATHER | Director | July 25, 2023 | ||
Ann Mather | ||||
/S/ K. RAM SHRIRAM | Director | July 25, 2023 | ||
K. Ram Shriram | ||||
/S/ ROBIN L. WASHINGTON | Director | July 25, 2023 | ||
Robin L. Washington |