Alphabet Inc. SVP and Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler filed a Form 4 on October 27, 2026, reporting transactions in Class C Google Stock Units and Class C Capital Stock that occurred on October 25, 2026, on NASDAQ:GOOGL.

Key Highlights

  • GSU conversion: 1,998 Class C Google Stock Units vested and converted into 1,998 shares of Class C Capital Stock at a price of $0 on October 25, 2026.
  • Tax withholding: 2,016 Class C Google Stock Units were withheld to satisfy tax obligations arising from the vesting, at a price of $317.28 per unit.
  • Remaining GSUs (direct): Following the transactions, Schindler directly held 66,269 Class C Google Stock Units under the reported grant, plus 12,188 and 54,040 GSUs under two separately described grants.
  • Class C Capital Stock: Schindler directly held 940,464 shares of Class C Capital Stock following the reported transactions.
  • Indirect holdings: 23 shares of Class C Capital Stock are held indirectly through the Schindler Family Trust U/A DTD 06/14/2017.
  • Reporting person role: Schindler is identified in the filing as SVP, Chief Business Officer of Alphabet Inc.

Schindler GSU Vesting Details and Post-Transaction Holdings at Alphabet

According to the filing, on October 25, 2026, Philipp Schindler experienced the vesting of 1,998 Class C Google Stock Units, which converted into an equal number of shares of Class C Capital Stock at a recorded price of $0. The filing notes this was the vesting of a GSU grant previously reported in a Form 4. Separately, 2,016 Class C Google Stock Units were disposed of under transaction code F, meaning shares were withheld to satisfy tax obligations arising from the vesting, at a price of $317.28 per unit.

After these transactions, the filing reports Schindler directly held 66,269 Class C Google Stock Units under the grant associated with the October 25 activity. The filing also discloses two additional directly held GSU positions: 12,188 units under a grant with a schedule tied to quarterly vesting starting June 25, 2024, and 54,040 units under a separate grant with a vesting schedule running through January 1, 2028. Schindler's direct holdings of Class C Capital Stock stood at 940,464 shares following the reported transactions. An indirect holding of 23 shares of Class C Capital Stock is reported through the Schindler Family Trust U/A DTD 06/14/2017.

The filing was signed by Kenneth Yi as Attorney-in-Fact for Philipp Schindler on October 27, 2026. The vesting schedules described in the filing's footnotes are subject to continued employment on each applicable vesting date, according to the disclosure.

What Was Disclosed

The filing disclosed the vesting of 1,998 Class C GSUs into shares, the withholding of 2,016 GSUs for taxes at $317.28, and Schindler's resulting beneficial ownership of Class C Capital Stock and GSUs at Alphabet Inc. as of October 25, 2026.