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This excerpt taken from the GOOG DEF 14A filed Mar 24, 2009.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

Time and Date

2:00 p.m., local time, on Thursday, May 7, 2009

 

Place

Corporate headquarters, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043. For your convenience, we are pleased to offer a live webcast of our Annual Meeting on the Investor Relations section of our web site at investor.google.com.

 

Items of Business

(1)   To elect ten members of the board of directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified.

(2) To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Google’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009.

(3) To approve an amendment to Google’s 2004 Stock Plan to increase the number of authorized shares of Class A common stock issuable under the plan by 8,500,000.

(4) To consider and act upon a stockholder proposal regarding political contribution disclosure, if properly presented at the meeting.

(5) To consider and act upon a stockholder proposal regarding internet censorship, if properly presented at the meeting.

(6) To consider and act upon a stockholder proposal regarding health care reform, if properly presented at the meeting.

(7) 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 the date specified above or at any time and date to which the Annual Meeting may be properly adjourned or postponed.

 

Record Date

You are entitled to vote only if you were a Google stockholder as of the close of business on March 10, 2009 (the “Record Date”).

 

Meeting Admission

You are entitled to attend the Annual Meeting only if you were a Google stockholder as of the close of business on the Record Date or hold a valid proxy for the Annual Meeting. Since seating is limited, admission to the meeting will be on a first-come, first-served basis. You should be prepared to present photo identification for admittance. If you are not a stockholder of record but hold shares through a broker, bank, trustee or nominee (i.e., in street name), you should provide proof of beneficial ownership as of the Record Date, such as your most recent account statement prior to the Record Date, a copy of the voting instruction card provided by your broker, bank, trustee or nominee, or similar evidence of ownership.

 

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If you do not provide photo identification or comply with the other procedures outlined above, you will not be admitted to the Annual Meeting. For security reasons, you and your bags will be subject to search prior to your admittance to the meeting. Please let us know if you plan to attend the meeting by marking the appropriate box on the enclosed proxy card, if you requested to receive printed proxy materials, or, if you vote by telephone or over the internet, by indicating your plans when prompted.

The Annual Meeting will begin promptly at 2:00 p.m., local time. Check-in will begin at 12:30 p.m., local time, and you should allow ample time for the check-in procedures.

 

Voting

Your vote is very important. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we encourage you to read this proxy statement and submit your proxy or voting instructions as soon as possible. For specific instructions on how to vote your shares, please refer to the instructions on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) you received in the mail, the section entitled Questions and Answers About the Proxy Materials and the Annual Meeting beginning on page 3 of this proxy statement or, if you requested to receive printed proxy materials, your enclosed proxy card.

 

By order of the Board of Directors,

Eric Schmidt

Chairman of the Board of Directors and

Chief Executive Officer

This notice of Annual Meeting and proxy statement and form of proxy are being distributed and made available on or about March 25, 2009.

 

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This excerpt taken from the GOOG DEF 14A filed Mar 25, 2008.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

Time and Date

2:00 p.m., local time, on Thursday, May 8, 2008.

 

Place

Corporate headquarters, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043. For your convenience, we are pleased to offer a live webcast of our Annual Meeting on the Investor Relations section of our web site at investor.google.com.

 

Items of Business

(1) To elect ten members of the board of directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified.

(2) To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Google’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008.

(3) To approve an amendment to Google’s 2004 Stock Plan to increase the number of authorized shares of Class A common stock issuable under this plan by 6,500,000.

(4) To consider and act upon a stockholder proposal regarding Internet censorship, if properly presented at the meeting.

(5) To consider and act upon a stockholder proposal regarding the creation of a Board Committee on Human Rights, if properly presented at the meeting.

(6) 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 the date specified above or at any time and date to which the Annual Meeting may be properly adjourned or postponed.

 

Record Date

You are entitled to vote only if you were a Google stockholder as of the close of business on March 11, 2008 (the “Record Date”).

 

Meeting Admission

You are entitled to attend the Annual Meeting only if you were a Google stockholder as of the close of business on the Record Date or hold a valid proxy for the Annual Meeting. Since seating is limited, admission to the meeting will be on a first-come, first-served basis. You should be prepared to present photo identification for admittance. If you are not a stockholder of record but hold shares through a broker, bank, trustee or nominee (i.e., in street name), you should provide proof of beneficial ownership as of the Record Date, such as your most recent account statement prior to the Record Date, a copy of the voting instruction card provided by your broker, bank, trustee or nominee, or similar evidence of ownership.

If you do not provide photo identification or comply with the other procedures outlined above, you will not be admitted to the Annual Meeting. For security reasons, you and your bags will be subject to search prior to your admittance to the meeting.

 

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Please let us know if you plan to attend the meeting by marking the appropriate box on the enclosed proxy card, if you requested to receive printed proxy materials, or, if you vote by telephone or over the Internet, by indicating your plans when prompted.

The Annual Meeting will begin promptly at 2:00 p.m., local time. Check-in will begin at 12:30 p.m., local time, and you should allow ample time for the check-in procedures.

 

Voting

Your vote is very important. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we encourage you to read this proxy statement and submit your proxy or voting instructions as soon as possible. For specific instructions on how to vote your shares, please refer to the instructions on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) you received in the mail, the section entitled Questions and Answers beginning on page 3 of this proxy statement or, if you requested to receive printed proxy materials, your enclosed proxy card.

 

By order of the Board of Directors,

Eric Schmidt

Chairman of the Board of Directors,

Chief Executive Officer and Director

This notice of Annual Meeting and proxy statement and form of proxy are being distributed and made available on or about March 26, 2008.

 

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EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:

DEF 14A
Mar 24, 2009
DEF 14A
Mar 25, 2008

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