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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549   _________________________________________________ FORM 8-K _____________________________________________________________ CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 17, 2025 ____________________________________________________________ ALPHABET INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)  _______________________________________________________________ Delaware 001-37580 61-1767919 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.) 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View , CA 94043 (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) ( 650 ) 253-0000 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) Not Applicable     (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)   ______________________________________________________________ Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): ☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value GOOGL Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq Global Select Market) Class C Capital Stock, $0.001 par value GOOG Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq Global Select Market) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). 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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ Item 8.01.     Other Events. On April 17, 2025, Judge Leonie M. Brinkema of U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a mixed decision in the U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) case against Google LLC ("Google"), a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., ruling that the DOJ failed to show that Google’s advertiser tools or acquisitions of DoubleClick and AdMeld were anticompetitive, but that Google’s publisher tools violated antitrust laws by excluding rivals. Google plans to appeal the adverse portion of this decision. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. ALPHABET INC. Date: April 17, 2025 /s/ KATHRYN W. HALL Kathryn W. Hall Assistant Secretary