---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001652044-26-000059"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GOOGL"
cik: "0001652044"
company_name: "Alphabet Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-05T20:40:20+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T20:41:31.696010+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alphabet appoints Marsida Saraci as Principal Accounting Officer effective June 5, 2026

## Summary
- Marsida Saraci, age 47, appointed VP and Controller as Principal Accounting Officer; joined Alphabet in 2011, previously Deputy Controller.
- Saraci receives GSUs of $280,000 vesting in 1/20th monthly increments starting July 2026.
- Additionally, GSUs of $440,000 vesting in 1/32nd monthly increments from July 2026.
- GSU awards calculated using average closing price of Class C stock in June 2026; each GSU converts to one Class C share.
- Saraci previously worked at KPMG for over 8 years before joining Alphabet in April 2011.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001652044-26-000059
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GOOGL
- cik: 0001652044
- company_name: Alphabet Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-05T20:40:20+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204426000059/0001652044-26-000059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204426000059/goog-20260602.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Marsida Saraci was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at Alphabet Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: On June 5, 2026, Alphabet Inc. (“Alphabet”) announced the appointment of Marsida Saraci, Vice President and Controller, as its Principal Accounting Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204426000059/0001652044-26-000059-index.htm

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