Pichai Sundar 4

What Happened

• Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL), sold a total of 32,500 shares in open-market transactions on February 18, 2026, generating roughly $9.88 million in proceeds.
  • 5,253 shares at a reported weighted-average price of $302.60 — proceeds $1,589,558 (prices in this block ranged ~$302.07–$303.07).
  • 11,219 shares at $303.64 — proceeds $3,406,537 (prices ranged ~$303.07–$304.07).
  • 14,603 shares at $304.46 — proceeds $4,446,029 (prices ranged ~$304.07–$305.07).
  • 1,425 shares at $305.36 — proceeds $435,138 (prices ranged ~$305.09–$306.09).
• These were sales (S) — routine disposition of shares rather than purchases.

Key Details

• Transaction date: February 18, 2026 (Form filed Feb 20, 2026).
• Aggregate proceeds: about $9.88 million (total reported ~$9,877,262).
• Reported prices are weighted averages; each block was executed in multiple trades within the ranges noted above. The filing states the reporting person will provide details on per-price quantities on request.
• Trades were effected under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted December 2, 2024 (pre-established plan).
• Shares owned after the transaction are not specified in the data provided here.
• No late-filing indication was provided in the supplied information.

Context

• Sales executed under a 10b5-1 plan are pre-scheduled and commonly used by executives to avoid accusations of trading on material nonpublic information; such sales are often routine and not necessarily a signal about company fundamentals.