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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-Q (Mark One) For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2012 OR For the transition period from to Commission file number: 000-50726 Google Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 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) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No At July 19, 2012, there were 261,972,044 shares of Google’s Class A common stock outstanding and 65,061,280 shares of Google’s Class B common stock outstanding. QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Delaware 77-0493581 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer Non-accelerated filer (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2012

OR

For the transition period from to Commission file number: 000-50726

Google Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ⌧ No �

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ⌧ No �

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes � No ⌧

At July 19, 2012, there were 261,972,044 shares of Google’s Class A common stock outstanding and 65,061,280 shares of Google’s Class B common stock outstanding.

⌧ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

� TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Delaware 77-0493581(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

Large accelerated filer ⌧ Accelerated filer �

Non-accelerated filer (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) � Smaller reporting company �

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Google Inc. Form 10-Q

For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Page No.

Note About Forward-Looking Statements 1

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1 Financial Statements 3

Consolidated Balance Sheets—December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012 (unaudited) 3

Consolidated Statements of Income—Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2011 and 2012 (unaudited) 4

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income—Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2011 and 2012 (unaudited) 5

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows—Six Months Ended June 30, 2011 and 2012 (unaudited) 6

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) 7

Item 2 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 29

Item 3 Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 46

Item 4 Controls and Procedures 47

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1 Legal Proceedings 48

Item 1A Risk Factors 48

Item 2 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 62

Item 5 Other Information 62

Item 6 Exhibits 62

Signature 63

Exhibit Index 64

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NOTE ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, among other things, statements regarding:

as well as other statements regarding our future operations, financial condition and prospects, and business strategies. Forward-looking statements may appear throughout this report, including without limitation, the following sections: Part I, Item 2, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors.” Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “predicts,” “projects,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause our actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and in particular, the risks discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of this report and those discussed in other documents we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). We undertake no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Given these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

As used herein, “Google,” “we,” “our,” and similar terms include Google Inc. and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.

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• the growth of our business and revenues and our expectations about the factors that influence our success;

• seasonal fluctuations in internet usage and traditional retail seasonality, which are likely to cause fluctuations in our

quarterly results;

• our plans to continue to invest in systems, facilities, and infrastructure, increase our hiring, provide competitive

compensation programs, and continue our current pace of acquisitions;

• the potential for declines in our revenue growth rate;

• our expectation that growth in advertising revenues from our websites will continue to exceed that from our Google

Network Members’ websites, which will have a positive impact on our operating margins;

• our expectation that we will continue to pay most of the fees we receive from advertisers to our Google Network

Members;

• our expectations about the impact of our acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (Motorola) on our results and

business and our ability to realize the expected benefits from the acquisition and successfully implement our plans and expectations for Motorola’s business;

• our expectation that we will continue to take steps to improve the relevance of the ads we deliver and to reduce the

number of accidental clicks;

• fluctuations in aggregate paid clicks and average cost-per-click;

• our belief that our foreign exchange risk management program will not fully offset the exposure to fluctuations in

foreign currency exchange rates; • the increase of costs related to hedging activities under our foreign exchange risk management program;

• our expectation that our cost of revenues, research and development expenses, sales and marketing expenses, and

general and administrative expenses will increase in dollars and may increase as a percentage of revenues;

• our potential exposure in connection with pending investigations and proceedings;

• our expectations about our board of directors’ intention to declare a dividend of shares of the new Class C capital

stock, as well as the timing of that dividend, if declared and paid;

• our expectation that our traffic acquisition costs will fluctuate in the future;

• continued investments in international markets; • our future compensation expenses; • fluctuations in our effective tax rate; • the sufficiency of our sources of funding; • our payment terms to certain advertisers, which may increase our working capital requirements; and • fluctuations in our capital expenditures;

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“Google” and other trademarks of ours appearing in this report are our property. This report contains additional trade names and trademarks of other companies. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trade names or trademarks to imply an endorsement or sponsorship of us by such companies, or any relationship with any of these companies.

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Google Inc.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (In millions, except share and par value amounts which are reflected in thousands,

and par value per share amounts)

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

As of December 31,

2011

As of June 30,

2012 (unaudited) Assets

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents $ 9,983 $ 15,437 Marketable securities 34,643 27,685

Total cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities (including securities loaned of $2,778 and $2,789) 44,626 43,122

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $133 and $187 5,427 6,866 Inventories 35 634 Receivable under reverse repurchase agreements 745 475 Deferred income taxes, net 215 146 Prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets 1,710 2,614

Total current assets 52,758 53,857 Prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets, non-current 499 2,263 Non-marketable equity securities 790 1,040 Property and equipment, net 9,603 10,909 Intangible assets, net 1,578 7,862 Goodwill 7,346 10,120

Total assets $ 72,574 $ 86,051

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable $ 588 $ 2,419 Short-term debt 1,218 3,218 Accrued compensation and benefits 1,818 1,626 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 1,370 2,750 Accrued revenue share 1,168 1,175 Securities lending payable 2,007 1,916 Deferred revenue 547 767 Income taxes payable, net 197 157

Total current liabilities 8,913 14,028 Long-term debt 2,986 2,987 Deferred revenue, non-current 44 97 Income taxes payable, non-current 1,693 1,898 Deferred income taxes, net, non-current 287 1,509 Other long-term liabilities 506 811 Stockholders’ equity:

Convertible preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, 100,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding — 0

Class A and Class B common stock and additional paid-in capital, $0.001 par value per share: 9,000,000 shares authorized (Class A 6,000,000, Class B 3,000,000) and 12,000,000 shares authorized (Class A 9,000,000, Class B 3,000,000); 324,895 (Class A 257,553, Class B 67,342) and par value of $325 (Class A $258, Class B $67) and 326,944 (Class A 261,584, Class B 65,360) and par value of $327 (Class A $262, Class B $65) shares issued and outstanding 20,264 21,357

Class C capital stock, $0.001 par value per share: 3,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding 0 0

Accumulated other comprehensive income 276 84

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See accompanying notes.

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Retained earnings 37,605 43,280

Total stockholders’ equity 58,145 64,721

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 72,574 $ 86,051

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Google Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (In millions, except per share amounts)

See accompanying notes.

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Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)

Revenues:

Google (advertising and other) $9,026 $10,964 $17,602 $21,609 Motorola (hardware and other) 0 1,250 0 1,250

Costs and expenses:

Cost of revenues – Google (advertising and other) 3,172 3,984 6,107 7,773 Cost of revenues – Motorola (hardware and other) 0 1,029 0 1,029 Research and development 1,234 1,585 2,456 3,026 Sales and marketing 1,091 1,433 2,117 2,702 General and administrative 648 980 1,244 1,737 Charge related to the resolution of Department of Justice investigation 0 0 500 0

Total costs and expenses 6,145 9,011 12,424 16,267

Income from operations 2,881 3,203 5,178 6,592 Interest and other income, net 204 254 300 410

Income before income taxes 3,085 3,457 5,478 7,002 Provision for income taxes 580 672 1,174 1,327

Net income $2,505 $ 2,785 $ 4,304 $ 5,675

Net income per share of Class A and Class B common stock:

Basic $ 7.77 $ 8.54 $ 13.37 $ 17.42

Diluted $ 7.68 $ 8.42 $ 13.19 $ 17.17

Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:

Cost of revenues – Google (advertising and other) $ 51 $ 82 $ 100 $ 156 Cost of revenues – Motorola (hardware and other) 0 5 0 5 Research and development 247 291 484 590 Sales and marketing 74 120 152 217 General and administrative 63 160 130 246

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Google Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (In millions)

See accompanying notes.

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Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)

Net income $ 2,505 $ 2,785 $4,304 $5,675 Other comprehensive income (loss):

Change in foreign currency translation adjustment 119 (433) 457 (318) Available-for-sale investments:

Change in net unrealized gains 169 14 165 210 Less: reclassification adjustment for net gains included in net

income (61) (41) (79) (148)

Net change (net of tax effect of $19, $28, $2, and $10) 108 (27) 86 62

Cash flow hedges:

Change in unrealized gains (3) 174 (66) 139 Less: reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income (3) (52) (12) (75)

Net change (net of tax effect of $4, $72, $55, and $38) (6) 122 (78) 64

Other comprehensive income (loss) 221 (338) 465 (192)

Comprehensive income $ 2,726 $ 2,447 $4,769 $5,483

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Google Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (In millions)

See accompanying notes.

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Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 (unaudited)

Operating activities

Net income $ 4,304 $ 5,675 Adjustments:

Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment 648 851 Amortization of intangible and other assets 208 330 Stock-based compensation expense 866 1,214 Excess tax benefits from stock-based award activities (33) (55) Deferred income taxes 464 191 Gain on sale of marketable equity securities 0 (44) Gain on divestiture of business 0 (188) Other 55 (12) Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and divestiture:

Accounts receivable (24) 79 Income taxes, net (98) 1,169 Inventories (1) 170 Prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets (147) (1,188) Accounts payable 77 (80) Accrued expenses and other liabilities 297 (243) Accrued revenue share 6 23 Deferred revenue 69 54

Net cash provided by operating activities 6,691 7,946

Investing activities

Purchases of property and equipment (1,807) (1,381) Purchases of marketable securities (20,955) (15,542) Maturities and sales of marketable securities 13,627 22,657 Investments in non-marketable equity securities (343) (202) Cash collateral related to securities lending (424) (91) Investments in reverse repurchase agreements (270) 270 Acquisitions, net of cash acquired and proceeds received from divestiture, and purchases of

intangible and other assets (863) (9,946)

Net cash used in investing activities (11,035) (4,235)

Financing activities

Net proceeds (payments) from stock-based award activities 88 (184) Excess tax benefits from stock-based award activities 33 55 Proceeds from issuance of debt, net of costs 8,030 7,751 Repayment of debt (7,304) (5,753)

Net cash provided by financing activities 847 1,869

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 187 (126)

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (3,310) 5,454 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 13,630 9,983

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 10,320 $ 15,437

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information

Cash paid for taxes $ 864 $ 1,003 Cash paid for interest $ 0 $ 37 Non-cash financing activity:

Fair value of stock-based awards assumed in connection with acquisition of Motorola $ 0 $ 41

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Google Inc.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

Note 1. Google Inc. and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Nature of Operations

We were incorporated in California in September 1998. We were re-incorporated in the State of Delaware in August 2003. We generate revenues primarily by delivering relevant, cost-effective online advertising in our Google segment. In addition, as a result of our acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (Motorola) on May 22, 2012, we generate revenues from sales of mobile devices in our Motorola Mobile (Mobile) segment and digital set-top boxes in our Motorola Home (Home) segment. See Notes 8 and 14 for further discussion of the acquisition and our segment information.

Basis of Consolidation The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Google Inc. and our wholly-owned subsidiaries. All

intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

Unaudited Interim Financial Information The accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2012, the Consolidated Statements of Income for the

three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2012, the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2012, and the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2012 are unaudited. These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). In our opinion, the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for the fair presentation of our financial position as of June 30, 2012, our results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2012, and our cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2012. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2012.

These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 filed with the SEC on January 26, 2012.

Prior period balance related to inventories has been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

Use of Estimates The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and

assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed in the financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to the accounts receivable and sales allowances, fair values of financial instruments, inventory valuation, intangible assets and goodwill, useful lives of intangible assets and property and equipment, fair values of stock-based awards, income taxes, and contingent liabilities, among others. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities.

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Revenue Recognition The following table presents our revenues by revenue source (in millions, unaudited):

We recognize revenues when the services or goods have been provided or delivered, the fees we charge are fixed or determinable, we and our advertisers or other customers understand the specific nature and terms of the agreed upon transactions, and collectability is reasonably assured.

Google Google AdWords is our auction-based advertising program that enables advertisers to place text-based and display

ads on our websites and our Google Network Members’ websites. Display advertising comprises the videos, text, images, and other interactive ads that run across the web on computers and mobile devices, including smart phones and handheld computers such as netbooks and tablets. Most of our AdWords customers pay us on a cost-per-click basis, which means that an advertiser pays us only when a user clicks on one of its ads. We also offer AdWords on a cost-per-impression basis that enables advertisers to pay us based on the number of times their ads appear on our websites and our Google Network Members’ websites as specified by the advertisers.

Google AdSense refers to the online programs through which we distribute our advertisers’ AdWords ads for display on our Google Network Members’ websites, as well as programs to deliver ads on television broadcasts.

We recognize as revenues the fees charged to advertisers each time a user clicks on one of the ads that appears next to the search results or content on our websites or our Google Network Members’ websites. For those advertisers using our AdWords cost-per-impression pricing, we recognize as revenues the fees charged to advertisers each time their ads are displayed on our websites or our Google Network Members’ websites. We report our Google AdSense revenues on a gross basis principally because we are the primary obligor to our advertisers.

We record deferred revenue upon invoicing or when cash payments are received in advance of our performance in the underlying agreement in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012

Google:

Advertising revenues:

Google websites $6,232 $ 7,542 $12,111 $14,854 Google Network Members’ websites 2,484 2,983 4,911 5,896

Total advertising revenues 8,716 10,525 17,022 20,750 Other revenues 310 439 580 859

Total Google revenues (advertising and other) 9,026 10,964 17,602 21,609 Motorola:

Total Motorola revenues (hardware and other) 0 1,250 0 1,250

Total revenues $9,026 $12,214 $17,602 $22,859

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Motorola Our Motorola business is comprised of two operating segments. The Mobile segment is focused on mobile wireless

devices and related products and services. The Home segment is focused on technologies and devices that provide video entertainment services to consumers by enabling subscribers to access a variety of interactive digital television services.

For hardware product sales, revenue recognition generally occurs when products have been shipped, risk of loss has transferred to the customer, objective evidence exists that customer acceptance provisions have been met, no significant obligations remain and allowances for discounts, price protection, returns and customer incentives can be reasonably and reliably estimated. Recorded revenues are reduced by these allowances. Where these allowances cannot be reasonably and reliably estimated, we recognize revenue at the time the product sells through the distribution channel to the end customer.

For arrangements that include multiple deliverables, primarily for products that contain software essential to the hardware products’ functionality and services, we allocate revenue to each unit of accounting based on their relative selling prices. In such circumstances, we use a hierarchy to determine the selling prices to be used for allocating revenue: (i) vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value (VSOE), (ii) third-party evidence of selling price (TPE), and (iii) best estimate of the selling price (ESP). VSOE generally exists only when we sell the deliverable separately and is the price actually charged by us for that deliverable. ESPs reflect our best estimates of what the selling prices of elements would be if they were sold regularly on a stand-alone basis.

Inventories Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market, computed using the first-in, first-out method.

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Note 2. Net Income Per Share of Class A and Class B Common Stock

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per share of Class A and Class B common stock (in millions, except share amounts which are reflected in thousands and per share amounts):

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Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited) Class A Class B Class A Class B Class A Class B Class A Class B Basic net income per share:

Numerator Allocation of undistributed earnings $ 1,967 $ 538 $ 2,223 $ 562 $ 3,372 $ 932 $ 4,519 $ 1,156

Denominator Weighted-average common shares outstanding 253,080 69,148 260,390 65,882 252,150 69,728 259,417 66,369

Number of shares used in per share computation 253,080 69,148 260,390 65,882 252,150 69,728 259,417 66,369

Basic net income per share $ 7.77 $ 7.77 $ 8.54 $ 8.54 $ 13.37 $ 13.37 $ 17.42 $ 17.42

Diluted net income per share: Numerator

Allocation of undistributed earnings for basic computation $ 1,967 $ 538 $ 2,223 $ 562 $ 3,372 $ 932 $ 4,519 $ 1,156

Reallocation of undistributed earnings as a result of conversion of Class B to Class A shares 538 0 562 0 932 0 1,156 0

Reallocation of undistributed earnings to Class B shares 0 (6) 0 (7) 0 (11) 0 (16)

Allocation of undistributed earnings $ 2,505 $ 532 $ 2,785 $ 555 $ 4,304 $ 921 $ 5,675 $ 1,140 Denominator

Number of shares used in basic computation 253,080 69,148 260,390 65,882 252,150 69,728 259,417 66,369 Weighted-average effect of dilutive securities

Add: Conversion of Class B to Class A common

shares outstanding 69,148 0 65,882 0 69,728 0 66,369 0 Employee stock options, including warrants

issued under Transferable Stock Option program 2,653 43 2,857 38 2,990 49 2,907 40

Restricted stock units 1,155 0 1,664 0 1,341 0 1,771 0

Number of shares used in per share computation 326,036 69,191 330,793 65,920 326,209 69,777 330,464 66,409

Diluted net income per share $ 7.68 $ 7.68 $ 8.42 $ 8.42 $ 13.19 $ 13.19 $ 17.17 $ 17.17

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The net income per share amounts are the same for Class A and Class B common stock because the holders of each class are legally entitled to equal per share distributions whether through dividends or in liquidation.

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Note 3. Cash and Investments Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities consisted of the following (in millions):

The following tables summarize unrealized gains and losses related to our investments in marketable securities designated as available-for-sale (in millions):

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As of December 31,

2011

As of June 30,

2012 (unaudited) Cash and cash equivalents:

Cash $ 4,712 $ 7,463 Cash equivalents:

Time deposits 534 436 Money market and other funds 4,462 7,538 U.S. government agencies 275 0

Total cash and cash equivalents 9,983 15,437

Marketable securities:

Time deposits 495 404 U.S. government agencies 6,226 2,184 U.S. government notes 11,579 8,933 Foreign government bonds 1,629 1,606 Municipal securities 1,794 1,382 Corporate debt securities 6,112 6,118 Agency residential mortgage-backed securities 6,501 6,942 Marketable equity securities 307 116

Total marketable securities 34,643 27,685

Total cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities $ 44,626 $ 43,122

The balances at December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012 included $1.3 billion and $1.4 billion of cash collateral received in connection with our securities lending program, which was invested in reverse repurchase agreements maturing within three months. See below for further discussion on this program.

As of December 31, 2011

Adjusted

Cost

Gross Unrealized

Gains

Gross Unrealized

Losses Fair

Value

Time deposits $ 495 $ 0 $ 0 $ 495 U.S. government agencies 6,211 15 0 6,226 U.S. government notes 11,475 104 0 11,579 Foreign government bonds 1,608 32 (11) 1,629 Municipal securities 1,775 19 0 1,794 Corporate debt securities 6,023 187 (98) 6,112 Agency residential mortgage-backed securities 6,359 147 (5) 6,501 Marketable equity securities 228 79 0 307

Total $34,174 $ 583 $ (114) $34,643

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Gross unrealized gains and losses on cash equivalents were not material at December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012.

We recognized gross realized gains of $94 million and $135 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and $76 million and $209 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012. We recognized gross realized losses of $19 million and $33 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and $21 million and $34 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012. We determine realized gains and losses on the sale of marketable securities on a specific identification method, and we reflect such gains and losses as a component of interest and other income, net, in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income.

The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of our investments in marketable securities, excluding marketable equity securities, designated as available-for-sale and classified by the contractual maturity date of the securities (in millions):

The following tables present gross unrealized losses and fair values for those investments that were in an unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012, aggregated by investment category and the length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous loss position (in millions):

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As of June 30, 2012

Adjusted

Cost

Gross Unrealized

Gains

Gross Unrealized

Losses Fair

Value (unaudited)Time deposits $ 404 $ 0 $ 0 $ 404 U.S. government agencies 2,166 18 0 2,184 U.S. government notes 8,852 81 0 8,933 Foreign government bonds 1,562 50 (6) 1,606 Municipal securities 1,364 18 0 1,382 Corporate debt securities 5,877 273 (32) 6,118 Agency residential mortgage-backed securities 6,796 149 (3) 6,942 Marketable equity securities 127 6 (17) 116

Total $27,148 $ 595 $ (58) $27,685

As of June 30,

2012 (unaudited) Due in 1 year $ 5,753 Due in 1 year through 5 years 8,300 Due in 5 years through 10 years 5,301 Due after 10 years 8,215

Total $ 27,569

As of December 31, 2011 Less than 12 Months 12 Months or Greater Total

Fair Value Unrealized

Loss Fair Value Unrealized

Loss Fair Value Unrealized

Loss

Foreign government bonds $ 302 $ (11) $ 6 $ 0 $ 308 $ (11) Corporate debt securities 2,160 (97) 17 (1) 2,177 (98) Agency residential mortgage-backed

securities 716 (3) 19 (2) 735 (5)

Total $ 3,178 $ (111) $ 42 $ (3) $ 3,220 $ (114)

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Securities Lending Program From time to time, we enter into securities lending agreements with financial institutions to enhance investment

income. We loan selected securities which are secured by collateral in the form of cash or securities. Cash collateral is invested in reverse repurchase agreements. We classify loaned securities as cash equivalents or marketable securities in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. We record the cash collateral as an asset with a corresponding liability. We classify reverse repurchase agreements maturing within three months as cash equivalents and those longer than three months as receivable under reverse repurchase agreements in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. For lending agreements collateralized by securities, we do not record an asset or liability as we are not permitted to sell or repledge the associated collateral.

Note 4. Debt and Credit Facility Short-Term Debt

We have a debt financing program of up to $3.0 billion through the issuance of commercial paper. Net proceeds fromthis program are used for general corporate purposes. At December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012, we had $750 million and $2.8 billion of outstanding commercial paper recorded as short-term debt with weighted-average interest rate of 0.1%.

We have a secured promissory note in the amount of $468 million with an interest rate of 1.0% maturing in December 2012. Proceeds were used for the acquisition of an office building in New York City. As of December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012, the outstanding balance was $468 million.

The estimated fair value of the short-term debt approximated its carrying value at December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012.

Long-Term Debt In May 2011, we issued $3.0 billion of unsecured senior notes in three tranches as described in the table below

(collectively, the Notes) (in millions):

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As of June 30, 2012 Less than 12 Months 12 Months or Greater Total

Fair Value Unrealized

Loss Fair Value Unrealized

Loss Fair Value Unrealized

Loss (unaudited)

Foreign government bonds $ 397 $ (4) $ 9 $ (2) $ 406 $ (6) Corporate debt securities 827 (24) 157 (8) 984 (32) Agency residential mortgage-backed

securities 704 (3) 0 0 704 (3) Marketable equity securities 93 (17) 0 0 93 (17)

Total $ 2,021 $ (48) $ 166 $ (10) $ 2,187 $ (58)

OutstandingBalance

as of June 30,

2012 (unaudited)

1.25% Notes due on May 19, 2014 $ 1,000 2.125% Notes due on May 19, 2016 1,000 3.625% Notes due on May 19, 2021 1,000 Unamortized discount for the Notes above (13)

Total $ 2,987

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The effective interest yields of the 2014, 2016, and 2021 Notes were 1.258%, 2.241%, and 3.734%. Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on May 19 and November 19 of each year. We may redeem the Notes at any time in whole or from time to time in part at specified redemption prices. We are not subject to any financial covenants under the Notes. We used the net proceeds from the issuance of the Notes to repay a portion of our outstanding commercial paper and for general corporate purposes. The total estimated fair value of the Notes was approximately $3.2 billion, which is based on quoted prices for our publicly-traded debt as of June 30, 2012.

Credit Facility In conjunction with the commercial paper program, we have a $3.0 billion revolving credit facility expiring in July 2016.

The interest rate for the credit facility is determined based on a formula using certain market rates. At December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012, we were in compliance with the financial covenant in the credit facility and no amounts were outstanding.

Note 5. Derivative Financial Instruments We enter into foreign currency contracts with financial institutions to reduce the risk that our cash flows and earnings

will be adversely affected by foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. We use certain interest rate derivative contracts to hedge interest rate exposures on our fixed income securities and our anticipated debt issuance. Our program is not designated for trading or speculative purposes.

We recognize derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value. We record changes in the fair value (i.e., gains or losses) of the derivatives in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income as interest and other income, net, as part of revenues, or to accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Cash Flow Hedges We use foreign currency options designated as cash flow hedges to hedge certain forecasted revenue transactions

denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. The notional principal of foreign exchange contracts to purchase U.S. dollars with Euros was €€ 2.8 billion (or approximately $3.8 billion) and €€ 3.8 billion (or approximately $4.9 billion) at December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012; the notional principal of foreign exchange contracts to purchase U.S. dollars with British pounds was £1.4 billion (or approximately $2.2 billion) and £1.7 billion (or approximately $2.6 billion) at December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012; and the notional principal of foreign exchange contracts to purchase U.S. dollars with Canadian dollars was C$504 million (or approximately $490 million) and C$615 million (or approximately $591 million) at December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012. These foreign exchange contracts have maturities of 36 months or less.

During the second quarter of 2012, we began to hedge the variability of forecasted interest payments using forward-starting interest swaps. The total notional amount of these forward-starting interest swaps was $1.0 billion as of June 30, 2012 with terms calling for us to receive interest at a variable rate and to pay interest at a fixed rate. These forward-starting interest swaps effectively fix the benchmark interest rate on an anticipated debt issuance of $1.0 billion in 2014, and they will be terminated upon issuance of the debt.

We initially report any gain or loss on the effective portion of a cash flow hedge as a component of AOCI and subsequently reclassify to revenues or interest expense when the hedged transactions are recorded. If the hedged transactions become probable of not occurring, the corresponding amounts in AOCI would be reclassified to interest and other income, net. Further, we exclude the change in the time value of the options from our assessment of hedge effectiveness. We record the premium paid or time value of an option on the date of purchase as an asset. Thereafter, we recognize any change to this time value in interest and other income, net.

At June 30, 2012, the effective portion of our cash flow hedges before tax effect was $255 million, of which $201 million is expected to be reclassified from AOCI to revenues within the next 12 months.

Fair Value Hedges We use forward contracts designated as fair value hedges to hedge foreign currency risks for our investments

denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Gains and losses on these contracts are recognized in interest and other income, net, along with the offsetting losses and gains of the related hedged items. We exclude changes in the time value for forward contracts from the assessment of hedge effectiveness and recognize them in interest and other income, net. The notional principal of foreign exchange contracts to purchase U.S. dollars with foreign currencies was $1.0 billion and $1.0 billion at December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012.

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Other Derivatives Other derivatives not designated as hedging instruments consist of forward and option contracts that we use to

hedge intercompany transactions and other monetary assets or liabilities denominated in currencies other than the local currency of a subsidiary. We recognize gains and losses on these contracts as well as the related costs in interest and other income, net, along with the losses and gains of the related hedged items. The notional principal of foreign exchange contracts to purchase U.S. dollars with foreign currencies was $2.3 billion and $3.1 billion at December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012. The notional principal of foreign exchange contracts to sell U.S. dollars for foreign currencies was $472 million and $453 million at December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012. The notional principal of foreign exchange contracts to purchase Euros with other foreign currencies was €€ 711 million (or approximately $929 million) and €€ 786 million (or approximately $979 million) at December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012. The notional principal of foreign exchange contracts to sell Euros for other foreign currencies was €€ 10 million (or approximately $12 million) at June 30, 2012 and no such contracts were outstanding at December 31, 2011.

We also use exchange-traded interest rate futures contracts and “To Be Announced” (TBA) forward purchase commitments of mortgage-backed assets to hedge interest rate risks on certain fixed income securities. The TBA contracts meet the definition of derivative instruments in cases where physical delivery of the assets is not taken at the earliest available delivery date. Our interest rate futures and TBA contracts (together interest rate contracts) are not designated as hedging instruments. We recognize gains and losses on these contracts as well as the related costs in interest and other income, net. The gains and losses are generally economically offset by unrealized gains and losses in the underlying available-for-sale securities, which are recorded as a component of AOCI until the securities are sold or other-than-temporarily impaired, at which time the amounts are moved from AOCI into interest and other income, net. Thetotal notional amounts of interest rate contracts outstanding were $100 million at December 31, 2011 and no such contracts were outstanding at June 30, 2012.

The fair values of our outstanding derivative instruments were as follows (in millions):

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Balance Sheet Location

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments

As of December 31,

2011

As of June 30,

2012 (unaudited)

Derivative Assets

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

Foreign exchange contracts

Prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets, current and non-current $ 333 $ 395

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

Foreign exchange contracts

Prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets, current 4 14

Total $ 337 $ 409

Derivative Liabilities

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

Foreign exchange contracts

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities $ 5 $ 2

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

Foreign exchange contracts

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 1 0

Total $ 6 $ 2

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The effect of derivative instruments in cash flow hedging relationships on income and AOCI is summarized below (in millions):

The effect of derivative instruments in fair value hedging relationship on income is summarized below (in millions):

The effect of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on income is summarized below (in millions):

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Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationship Increase (Decrease) in Gains Recognized in AOCI

on Derivatives Before Tax Effect (Effective Portion) Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)

Foreign exchange contracts $ (6) $ 275 $ (115) $ 220

Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationship Gains Reclassified from AOCI into Income (Effective Portion) Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30, Location 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)Foreign exchange contracts Revenues $ 4 $ 81 $ 18 $ 119

Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationship Gains (Losses) Recognized in Income on Derivatives (Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing and Ineffective Portion)

Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30, Location 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)Foreign exchange contracts

Interest and other income, net $ (58) $ (120) $ (171) $ (246)

Gains (losses) related to the ineffective portion of the hedges were not material in all periods presented.

Derivatives in Fair Value Hedging Relationship Gains (Losses) Recognized in Income on Derivatives

Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, Location 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)

Foreign exchange contracts

Interest and otherincome, net $ (21) $ 36 $ (59) $ 16

Hedged item

Interest and otherincome, net 18 (38) 53 (21)

$ (3) $ (2) $ (6) $ (5)

Losses related to the amount excluded from effectiveness testing of the hedges were $3 million and $6 million for thethree and six months ended June 30, 2011, and $2 million and $5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012.

Derivatives not Designated as Hedging Instruments Gains (Losses) Recognized in Income on Derivatives

Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, Location 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)Foreign exchange contracts

Interest and otherincome, net $ (7) $ 0 $ 0 $ (25)

Interest rate contracts

Interest and otherincome, net (9) (7) (9) (5)

$ (16) $ (7) $ (9) $ (30)

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Note 6. Fair Value Measurements

We measure our cash equivalents, marketable securities, auction rate securities (ARS), and foreign currency and interest rate derivative contracts at fair value. Fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or a liability. A three-tier fair value hierarchy is established as a basis for considering such assumptions and for inputs used in the valuation methodologies in measuring fair value:

Level 1 - Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets. Level 2 - Include other inputs that are directly or indirectly observable in the marketplace. Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activities.

The fair value hierarchy also requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.

We classify our cash equivalents and marketable securities within Level 1 or Level 2. This is because we value our cash equivalents and marketable securities using quoted market prices or alternative pricing sources and models utilizing market observable inputs. We classify our investments in ARS within Level 3 because they are valued using valuation models with significant unobservable marketable inputs. We classify our foreign currency and interest rate derivative contracts primarily within Level 2 as the valuation inputs are based on quoted prices and market observable data of similar instruments.

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below (in millions):

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Description

Fair Value Measurement at Reporting Date Using

As of December 31,

2011

Quoted Prices in Active Markets

for Identical Assets(Level 1)

Significant OtherObservable

Inputs (Level 2)

Significant Unobservable

Inputs (Level 3)

Assets

Cash equivalents:

Time deposits $ 534 $ 0 $ 534 $ 0 Money market and other funds 4,462 3,202 1,260 0 U.S. government agencies 275 0 275 0

Marketable securities:

Time deposits 495 0 495 0 U.S. government agencies 6,226 0 6,226 0 U.S. government notes 11,579 11,579 0 0 Foreign government bonds 1,629 0 1,629 0 Municipal securities 1,794 0 1,794 0 Corporate debt securities 6,112 0 6,112 0 Agency residential mortgage-

backed securities 6,501 0 6,501 0 Marketable equity securities 307 307 0 0

Derivative contracts 337 0 337 0 Auction rate securities 118 0 0 118

Total $ 40,369 $ 15,088 $ 25,163 $ 118

Liabilities

Derivative contracts $ 6 $ 0 $ 6 $ 0

Total $ 6 $ 0 $ 6 $ 0

This balance represents cash collateral received in connection with our securities lending program, which was invested in reverse repurchase agreements maturing within three months.

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Note 7. Balance Sheet Components Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following (in millions):

Property and Equipment Property and equipment consisted of the following (in millions):

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Description

Fair Value Measurement at Reporting Date Using

As of June 30,

2012

Quoted Prices in Active Markets

for Identical Assets(Level 1)

Significant OtherObservable

Inputs (Level 2)

Significant Unobservable

Inputs (Level 3)

(unaudited)

Assets

Cash equivalents:

Time deposits $ 436 $ 0 $ 436 $ 0 Money market and other funds 7,840 6,407 1,433 0

Marketable securities:

Time deposits 404 0 404 0 U.S. government agencies 2,184 0 2,184 0 U.S. government notes 8,933 8,933 0 0 Foreign government bonds 1,606 0 1,606 0 Municipal securities 1,382 0 1,382 0 Corporate debt securities 6,118 0 6,118 0 Agency residential mortgage-backed

securities 6,942 0 6,942 0 Marketable equity securities 116 116 0 0

Derivative contracts 409 0 409 0 Auction rate securities 86 0 0 86

Total $36,456 $ 15,456 $ 20,914 $ 86

Liabilities

Derivative contracts $ 2 $ 0 $ 2 $ 0

Total $ 2 $ 0 $ 2 $ 0

This balance represents cash collateral received in connection with our securities lending program, which was invested in reverse repurchase agreements maturing within three months.

As of December 31,

2011

As of June 30,

2012 (unaudited) Raw materials and work in process $ 0 $ 159 Finished goods 35 475

Inventories $ 35 $ 634

As of December 31,

2011

As ofJune 30,

2012 (unaudited)Information technology assets $ 6,060 $ 6,869 Land and buildings 5,228 5,829 Construction in progress 2,128 2,232 Leasehold improvements 919 1,139 Furniture and fixtures 65 68

Total 14,400 16,137 Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization 4,797 5,228

Property and equipment, net $ 9,603 $ 10,909

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income The components of accumulated other comprehensive income were as follows (in millions):

Note 8. Acquisitions On May 22, 2012, we completed our acquisition of Motorola, a provider of innovative technologies, products and

services that enable a range of mobile and wireline digital communication, information and entertainment experiences. The acquisition is expected to protect and advance our Android ecosystem and enhance competition in mobile computing. Under the transaction, we acquired all outstanding common shares of Motorola for $40 per share and all vested Motorola stock options and restricted stock units, for a total purchase price of approximately $12.4 billion in cash. In addition, we assumed $401 million of unvested Motorola stock options and restricted stock units, which will be recorded as stock-based compensation expense over the weighted-average remaining service periods of approximately 2.9 years. Transaction costs were approximately $50 million, which were recorded as general and administrative expense as incurred.

The fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed was based upon a preliminary valuation and our estimates and assumptions are subject to change within the measurement period. The primary areas of the purchase price that are not yet finalized are related to certain legal matters, income taxes, and residual goodwill. Of the $12.4 billion total purchase price, $2.9 billion was cash acquired, $5.5 billion was attributed to patents and developed technology, $2.6 billion to goodwill, $730 million to customer relationships, and $670 million to other net assets acquired.

The goodwill of $2.6 billion is primarily attributed to the synergies expected to arise after the acquisition. The amount of goodwill expected to be deductible for tax purposes is zero.

Supplemental information on an unaudited pro forma basis, as if the Motorola acquisition had been consummated on January 1, 2011, is presented as follows (in millions, except per share amounts):

These pro forma results are based on estimates and assumptions, which we believe are reasonable. They are not necessarily indicative of our consolidated results of operations in future periods or the results that actually would have

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As of December 31,

2011

As of June 30,

2012 (unaudited) Foreign currency translation adjustment $ (148) $ (466) Net unrealized gains on available-for-sale investments, net of taxes 327 389 Unrealized gains on cash flow hedges, net of taxes 97 161

Accumulated other comprehensive income $ 276 $ 84

Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)

Revenues $12,310 $13,929 $23,822 $26,379 Net income $ 2,284 $ 2,802 $ 3,679 $ 5,490 Net income per share of Class A and Class B common stock – diluted $ 7.00 $ 8.46 $ 11.26 $ 16.59

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been realized had we been a combined company during the periods presented. The pro forma results include adjustments primarily related to amortization of acquired intangible assets, severance and benefit arrangements in connection with the acquisition, and stock-based compensation expenses for assumed unvested stock options and restricted stock units.

During the six months ended June 30, 2012, we completed 24 other acquisitions and purchases of intangible assets for a total cash consideration of approximately $458 million, of which $245 million was attributed to goodwill, $230 million to acquired intangible assets, and $17 million to net liabilities assumed. These acquisitions generally enhance the breadth and depth of our expertise in engineering and other functional areas, our technologies, and our product offerings. The amount of goodwill expected to be deductible for tax purposes is zero.

Pro forma results of operations for these acquisitions have not been presented because they are not material to the consolidated results of operations, either individually or in aggregate.

For all acquisitions completed during the six months ended June 30, 2012, patents and developed technology have a weighted-average useful life of 9.0 years, customer relationships have a weighted-average useful life of 7.5 years and trade names and other have a weighted-average useful life of 9.3 years.

Note 9. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the six months ended June 30, 2012 were as follows (in millions,

unaudited):

As a result of the acquisition of Motorola, we have three operating segments: Google, Mobile, and Home. Amounts of goodwill allocated to the Mobile and Home segments were not material. See Note 14 for further discussion of segment information.

Information regarding our acquisition-related intangible assets is as follows (in millions):

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Balance as of December 31, 2011 $ 7,346 Goodwill acquired 2,831 Goodwill adjustment (57)

Balance as of June 30, 2012 $10,120

As of December 31, 2011

GrossCarryingAmount

AccumulatedAmortization

Net Carrying

Value

Patents and developed technology $1,451 $ 698 $ 753 Customer relationships 1,288 573 715 Trade names and other 359 249 110

Total $3,098 $ 1,520 $1,578

As of June 30, 2012

GrossCarryingAmount

AccumulatedAmortization

Net Carrying

Value (unaudited)

Patents and developed technology $7,127 $ 875 $6,252 Customer relationships 2,048 688 1,360 Trade names and other 519 269 250

Total $9,694 $ 1,832 $7,862

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Amortization expense of acquisition-related intangible assets was $106 million and $201 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and $193 million and $317 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012. As of June 30, 2012, expected amortization expense for acquisition-related intangible assets for each of the next five years and thereafter was as follows (in millions, unaudited):

Note 10. Interest and Other Income, Net The components of interest and other income, net, were as follows (in millions):

Note 11. Contingencies Legal Matters

Antitrust Investigations On June 23, 2011, we received a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC)

Bureau of Competition and a subpoena from FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection relating to a review by the FTC of our business practices, including search and advertising. State attorneys general from the states of Texas, Ohio, and Mississippi have issued similar CIDs. We are cooperating with the FTC and the state attorneys general and are responding to their information requests.

The European Commission’s (EC) Directorate General for Competition has also opened an investigation into various antitrust-related complaints against us. On February 10, 2010, we received notification from the EC about three antitrust complaints filed by Ciao, Ejustice, and Foundem, respectively. On November 30, 2010, the EC formally opened proceedings against us. Since November 2010, 1plusV, parent company of Ejustice, and VfT, an association of business listings providers in Germany, have filed similar complaints against us. On March 31, 2011, Microsoft Corporation submitted a similar complaint to the EC against us. On the same day, the EC notified us of additional complaints filed by Elfvoetbal, Hotmaps, Interactive Lab, and nnpt.it, and on August 30, 2011 of a complaint by dealdujour.pro. In addition, in December 2011, the Spanish Association of Daily Newspaper Publishers also submitted a complaint to the EC against us. In January 2012, Twenga brought a complaint against us and, in February 2012, the German newspaper associations, Bundesverband Deutscher Zeitungsverleger (BDZV) and Verband Deutscher Zeitschriftenverleger (VDZ), also brought a complaint against us with the EC. In March and April of 2012, the EC asked us to comment on Expedia’s, Tripadvisor’s, Odigeo’s and Streetmap’s complaints against us. We believe we have adequately responded to all of the allegations made against us. We are cooperating with the EC and responding to its information requests.

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Remainder of 2012 $ 622 2013 1,108 2014 1,036 2015 883 2016 824 2017 780 Thereafter 2,609

$7,862

Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)Interest income $ 212 $ 180 $ 402 $ 362 Interest expense (13) (22) (17) (42) Realized gains on available-for-sale investments, net 75 55 102 175 Foreign currency exchange losses, net (72) (149) (200) (292) Gain on divestiture of business 0 188 0 188 Other 2 2 13 19

Interest and other income, net $ 204 $ 254 $ 300 $ 410

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Argentina’s Comision Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia, the Competition Commission of India, and the Korea Fair Trade Commission in South Korea have also opened an investigation into certain business practices.

EPA Investigation In February 2009, we learned of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigation into an alleged release

of refrigerant at one of our smaller data center facilities, which we acquired from DoubleClick, and the accuracy of related statements and records. We are cooperating with the EPA and have provided documents and other materials.

Patent and Intellectual Property Claims We have had patent, copyright, and trademark infringement lawsuits filed against us claiming that certain of our

products, services, and technologies, including Android, Google Search, Google AdWords, Google AdSense, Google Books, Google News, Google Image Search, Google Chrome, Google Talk, Google Voice, Motorola devices and YouTube, infringe the intellectual property rights of others. Adverse results in these lawsuits may include awards of substantial monetary damages, costly royalty or licensing agreements, or orders preventing us from offering certain features, functionalities, products, or services, and may also cause us to change our business practices, and require development of non-infringing products or technologies, which could result in a loss of revenues for us and otherwise harm our business. In addition, the ITC (U.S. International Trade Commission) has increasingly become an important forum to litigate intellectual property disputes because an ultimate loss for a company or its suppliers in an ITC action could result in a prohibition on importing infringing products into the U.S. Since the U.S. is an important market, a prohibition on importation could have an adverse effect on us, including preventing us from importing many important products into the U.S. or necessitating workarounds that may limit certain features of our products.

Furthermore, many of our agreements with our customers and partners require us to indemnify them for certain intellectual property infringement claims against them, which would increase our costs as a result of defending such claims, and may require that we pay significant damages if there were an adverse ruling in any such claims. Our customers and partners may discontinue the use of our products, services, and technologies, as a result of injunctions or otherwise, which could result in loss of revenues and adversely impact our business.

Other We are also regularly subject to claims, suits, government investigations, and other proceedings involving

competition and antitrust (such as the pending investigations by the FTC and the EC described above), intellectual property, privacy, tax, labor and employment, commercial disputes, content generated by our users, goods and services offered by advertisers or publishers using our platforms, personal injury and other matters. Such claims, suits, government investigations, and other proceedings could result in fines, civil or criminal penalties, or other adverse consequences.

Certain of our outstanding legal matters include speculative claims for substantial or indeterminate amounts of damages. We record a liability when we believe that it is both probable that a loss has been incurred, and the amount can be reasonably estimated. We evaluate, on a monthly basis, developments in our legal matters that could affect the amount of liability that has been previously accrued, and make adjustments as appropriate. Significant judgment is required to determine both likelihood of there being and the estimated amount of a loss related to such matters.

With respect to our outstanding legal matters, based on our current knowledge, we believe that the amount or range of reasonably possible loss will not, either individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on our business, consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. However, the outcome of such legal matters is inherently unpredictable and subject to significant uncertainties.

We expense legal fees in the period in which they are incurred.

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Income Taxes We are under audit by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and various other tax authorities. We have reserved for

potential adjustments to our provision for income taxes that may result from examinations by, or any negotiated agreements with, these tax authorities, and we believe that the final outcome of these examinations or agreements will not have a material effect on our results of operations. If events occur which indicate payment of these amounts is unnecessary, the reversal of the liabilities would result in the recognition of tax benefits in the period we determine the liabilities are no longer necessary. If our estimates of the federal, state, and foreign income tax liabilities are less than the ultimate assessment, a further charge to expense would result.

Note 12. Stockholders’ Equity The following table presents the weighted-average assumptions used to estimate the fair values of the stock options

granted in the period presented:

There were no stock options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2012.

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Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)Risk-free interest rate 2.5% 1.0% 2.4% 1.0% Expected volatility 33% 29% 33% 29% Expected life (in years) 6.2 5.3 5.8 5.3 Dividend yield 0 0 0 0 Weighted-average estimated fair value of options

granted during the period $209.97 $193.80 $210.28 $193.80

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The following table summarizes the activities for our stock options for the six months ended June 30, 2012:

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Options Outstanding

Number of

Shares

Weighted-Average

Exercise Price

Weighted- Average

Remaining Contractual

Term (in years)

AggregateIntrinsic

Value (in millions)

(unaudited)

Balance at December 31, 2011 9,807,252 $ 357.92

Granted 1,374,577 $ 578.12

Exercised (734,011) $ 297.48

Forfeited/canceled (98,652) $ 429.36

Balance at June 30, 2012 10,349,166 $ 390.77 5.7 $ 2,016

Vested and exercisable as of June 30, 2012 6,798,207 $ 333.88 4.4 $ 1,677 Vested and exercisable as of June 30, 2012

and expected to vest thereafter 9,881,860 $ 385.63 5.7 $ 1,971

The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying awards and the closing stock price of $580.07 of our Class A common stock on June 29, 2012. Includes options granted in connection with the acquisition of Motorola. Options expected to vest reflect an estimated forfeiture rate.

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The following table summarizes additional information regarding outstanding, exercisable, and vested and exercisable stock options at June 30, 2012:

The above tables include approximately 1.4 million warrants held by selected financial institutions that were stock options purchased from employees under our Transferable Stock Option (TSO) program, with a weighted-average exercise price of $347.61 and a weighted-average remaining life of 1.1 years.

During the six months ended June 30, 2012, the number of shares underlying TSOs sold to selected financial institutions under the TSO program was 493,534 at a total value of $132 million, or an average price of $267.73 per share, including an average premium of $11.08 per share. The premium is calculated as the difference between (a) the sale price of the TSO and (b) the intrinsic value of the TSO, which we define as the excess, if any, of the price of our Class A common stock at the time of the sale over the exercise price of the TSO.

The total grant date fair value of stock options vested during the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 was $123 million and $250 million. The total grant date fair value of stock options vested during the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 was $162 million and $288 million. The aggregate intrinsic value of all stock options and warrants exercised during the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 was $68 million and $313 million. The aggregate intrinsic value of all stock options and warrants exercised during the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 was $68 million and $232 million. These amounts do not include the aggregate sales price of stock options sold under our TSO program.

As of June 30, 2012, there was $567 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding stock options. This amount is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.4 years. To the extent the forfeiture rate is different from what we have anticipated, stock-based compensation related to these awards will be different from our expectations.

The following table summarizes the activities for our unvested restricted stock units (RSUs) for the six months ended June 30, 2012:

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Options Outstanding Options Exercisable Options Vested and

Exercisable

Range of Exercise Prices

Number of Shares

Weighted-Average

RemainingLife

(in years)

Weighted-AverageExercise

Price Number of

Shares

Weighted-Average Exercise

Price Number of

Shares

Weighted-AverageExercise

Price (unaudited)

$0.30–$94.80 251,940 2.0 $ 27.39 251,940 $ 27.39 243,207 $ 25.28 $117.84–$198.41 348,960 2.3 $179.09 348,960 $179.09 348,960 $179.09 $205.96–$298.86 461,483 2.7 $277.11 459,762 $277.07 459,762 $277.07 $300.97–$399.00 4,937,566 4.4 $309.67 4,102,720 $309.64 4,102,720 $309.64 $401.78–$499.07 1,284,132 6.6 $443.89 841,902 $442.43 841,902 $442.43 $501.27–$595.35 1,932,984 7.8 $535.85 708,037 $527.57 708,037 $527.57 $601.17–$699.35 1,132,021 9.5 $628.94 93,539 $612.46 93,539 $612.46 $710.84 80 5.5 $710.84 80 $710.84 80 $710.84

$0.30–$710.84 10,349,166 5.7 $390.77 6,806,940 $333.56 6,798,207 $333.88

Unvested Restricted Stock Units

Number of

Shares

Weighted- Average

Grant-Date Fair Value

(unaudited)

Unvested at December 31, 2011 8,822,648 $ 520.27 Granted 5,594,051 $ 516.45 Vested (1,740,221) $ 491.76 Forfeited/canceled (307,095) $ 519.09

Unvested at June 30, 2012 12,369,383 $ 522.56

Expected to vest after June 30, 2012 10,741,572 $ 522.56

Includes RSUs granted in connection with the acquisition of Motorola. RSUs expected to vest reflect an estimated forfeiture rate.

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As of June 30, 2012, there was $5.5 billion of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested RSUs. This amount is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.0 years. To the extent the actual forfeiture rate is different from what we have anticipated, stock-based compensation related to these awards will be different from our expectations.

Stock Dividend In April 2012, our board of directors approved amendments to our certificate of incorporation that would, among

other things, create a new class of non-voting capital stock (Class C capital stock). The amendments authorize 3 billion shares of Class C capital stock and also increase the authorized shares of Class A common stock from 6 billion to 9 billion. The amendments are reflected in our Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (New Charter), the adoption of which was approved by stockholders at our 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 21, 2012. We have announced the intention of our board of directors to consider a distribution of shares of the Class C capital stock as a dividend to our holders of Class A and Class B common stock (Dividend). The Class C capital stock will have no voting rights, except as required by applicable law. Except as expressly provided in the New Charter, shares of Class C capital stock will have the same rights and privileges and rank equally, share ratably and be identical in all other respects to the shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock as to all matters.

The par value per share of our shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock will remain unchanged at $0.001 per share after the Dividend. On the effective date of the Dividend, there will be a transfer between retained earnings and common stock and the amount transferred will be equal to the $0.001 par value of the Class C capital stock that is issued. We will give retroactive effect to prior period share and per share amounts in our consolidated financial statements for the effect of the Dividend, such that prior periods are comparable to current period presentation.

Note 13. Income Taxes We are subject to income taxes in the U.S. and numerous foreign jurisdictions. Significant judgment is required in

evaluating our uncertain tax positions and determining our provision for income taxes. Our total unrecognized tax benefits were $1,564 million and $1,755 million as of December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012. Our total unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect our effective tax rate were $1,350 million and $1,528 million as of December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012. Our existing tax positions will continue to generate an increase in liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits.

Our effective tax rate could fluctuate significantly on a quarterly basis and could be adversely affected to the extent earnings are lower than anticipated in countries that have lower statutory rates and higher than anticipated in countries that have higher statutory rates. Our effective tax rate could also fluctuate due to the net gains and losses recognized by legal entities on certain hedges and related hedged intercompany and other transactions under our foreign exchange risk management program, by changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets or liabilities, or by changes in tax laws, regulations, or accounting principles, as well as certain discrete items. In addition, we are subject to the continuous examination of our income tax returns by the IRS and other tax authorities. We regularly assess the likelihood of adverse outcomes resulting from these examinations to determine the adequacy of our provision for income taxes.

Note 14. Information about Segments and Geographic Areas Prior to the second quarter of 2012, our chief operating decision makers (i.e., chief executive officer and his direct

reports) reviewed financial information presented on a consolidated basis, accompanied by disaggregated information about revenues by geographic region for purposes of allocating resources and evaluating financial performance. As a result of our Motorola acquisition in the second quarter of 2012, our chief operating decision makers review financial information for the following three operating segments:

Our chief operating decision makers do not evaluate operating segments using asset information.

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• Google – includes our advertising and other non-advertising businesses

• Mobile – includes our mobile device business acquired from Motorola

• Home – includes our digital set-top box business acquired from Motorola

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The following table sets forth revenues and operating income (loss) by operating segment (in millions):

A reconciliation of the total segment operating income to the consolidated operating income is as follows (in millions):

Unallocated items including stock-based compensation expense, a charge related to severance and benefit arrangements in connection with the Motorola acquisition, and a charge related to resolution of Department of Justice investigation, are not allocated to each segment because we do not include this information in our measurement of the performance of our operating segments.

Revenues by geography are based on the billing addresses of our customers for the Google segment, and the ship-to addresses of our customers for the Mobile and the Home segments. The following tables set forth revenues and long-lived assets by geographic area (in millions):

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Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)Google:

Revenues $9,026 $10,964 $17,602 $21,609 Operating income 3,316 3,988 6,544 7,933

Mobile:

Revenues 0 843 0 843 Operating loss 0 (41) 0 (41)

Home:

Revenues 0 407 0 407 Operating income 0 3 0 3

Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)

Total segment operating income $ 3,316 $ 3,950 $ 6,544 $ 7,895 Unallocated items (435) (747) (1,366) (1,303)

Consolidated operating income $ 2,881 $ 3,203 $ 5,178 $ 6,592

Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)

Revenues:

United States $4,155 $ 5,696 $ 8,160 $10,570 United Kingdom 976 1,186 1,946 2,336 Rest of the world 3,895 5,332 7,496 9,953

Total revenues $9,026 $12,214 $17,602 $22,859

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The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Overview Google is a global technology leader focused on improving the ways people connect with information. Our

innovations in web search and advertising have made our website a top internet property and our brand one of the most recognized in the world. Our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. We serve three primary constituencies:

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As of December 31,

2011

As of June 30,

2012 (unaudited) Long-lived assets:

United States $ 15,963 $ 19,265 International 3,853 12,929

Total long-lived assets $ 19,816 $ 32,194

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

• Users. We provide users with products and services that enable people to more quickly and easily find, create,

and organize information that is useful to them.

• Advertisers. We provide advertisers with cost-effective ways to deliver online and offline ads to customers

across Google-owned websites and through the Google Network, which is the network of third parties that use our advertising programs to deliver relevant ads with their search results and content.

• Google Network Members and Other Content Providers. We provide members of our Google Network with our Google AdSense programs. These include programs through which we distribute our advertisers’ AdWords ads for display on the websites of our Google Network Members. We share most of the fees these ads generate with our Google Network Members, thereby creating an important revenue stream for them. In addition, we have entered into arrangements with other content providers under which we distribute or license their video and other content, and we may display ads next to or as part of this content on the pages of our websites. We share most of the fees these ads generate with these content providers, thereby creating an important revenue stream for these partners.

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As a result of our acquisition of Motorola, we also provide innovative technologies, products and services that enable a range of mobile and wireline digital communication, information and entertainment experiences. Motorola’s integrated products and platforms deliver rich multimedia content, such as voice, video, messaging and Internet-based applications and services to multiple screens, such as mobile devices, including smartphones and media tablets, televisions and personal computers.

Our Motorola business is comprised of two segments. The Mobile segment is focused on mobile wireless devices and related products and services. The Home segment is focused on technologies and devices that provide video entertainment services to consumers by enabling subscribers to access a variety of interactive digital television services.

Recent Development In April 2012, our board of directors approved amendments to our certificate of incorporation that would, among

other things, create Class C capital stock. The amendments authorize 3 billion shares of Class C capital stock and also increase the authorized shares of Class A common stock from 6 billion to 9 billion. The amendments are reflected in our New Charter, the adoption of which was approved by stockholders at our 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 21, 2012. We have announced the intention of our board of directors to consider a distribution of shares of the Class C capital stock as a dividend to our holders of Class A and Class B common stock. The Class C capital stock will have no voting rights, except as required by applicable law. Except as expressly provided in the New Charter, shares of Class C capital stock will have the same rights and privileges and rank equally, share ratably and be identical in all other respects to the shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock as to all matters.

How We Generate Revenue We generate revenues from our Google business primarily by delivering online advertising, and from our Motorola

business primarily by selling hardware products.

Google (Advertising and Other) Advertising revenues made up 97% of our Google revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and

96% of our Google revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012. We derive most of our other revenues from our enterprise products, as well as our display advertising management services to advertisers, ad agencies, and publishers.

Google AdWords is our auction-based advertising program that enables advertisers to place text-based and display ads on our websites and our Google Network Members’ websites. Display advertising comprises the videos, text, images, and other interactive ads that run across the web on computers and mobile devices, including smart phones and handheld computers such as netbooks and tablets. Most of our AdWords advertisers pay us on a cost-per-click basis, which means that an advertiser pays us only when a user clicks on one of its ads. We also offer AdWords on a cost-per-impression basis that enables advertisers to pay us based on the number of times their ads appear on our websites and our Google Network Members’ websites as specified by the advertisers. For advertisers using our AdWords cost-per-click pricing, we recognize as revenue the fees charged to advertisers each time a user clicks on one of the ads that appears next to the search results or content on our websites or our Google Network Members’ websites. For advertisers using our AdWords cost-per-impression pricing, we recognize as revenue the fees charged to advertisers each time their ads are displayed on our websites or our Google Network Members’ websites. Our AdWords agreements are generally terminable at any time by our advertisers.

Google AdSense refers to the online programs through which we distribute our advertisers’ AdWords ads for display on our Google Network Members’ websites, as well as programs to deliver ads on television broadcasts. Our AdSense programs include AdSense for search and AdSense for content.

AdSense for search is our online service for distributing relevant ads from our advertisers for display with search results on our Google Network Members’ websites. To use AdSense for search, most of our AdSense for search partners add Google search functionality to their web pages in the form of customizable Google search boxes. When visitors to these websites search either the website or the internet using these customizable search boxes, we display relevant ads on the search results pages, targeted to match user search queries. Ads shown through AdSense for search are text ads.

AdSense for content is our online service for distributing ads from our advertisers that are relevant to content on our Google Network Members’ websites. Under this program, we use automated technology to analyze the meaning of the content on the web page and serve relevant ads based on the meaning of such content. For example, a web page on an

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automotive blog that contains an entry about vintage cars might display ads for vintage car parts or vintage car shows. These ads are displayed in spaces that our AdSense for content partners have set aside on their websites. AdSense for content allows a variety of ad types to be shown, including text ads, image ads, Google Video Ads, link units (which are sets of clickable links to topic pages related to page content), themed units (which are regular text ads with graphic treatments that change seasonally and by geography), and gadget ads (which are customized “mini-sites” that run as ads on AdSense publisher websites).

For our online AdSense program, our advertisers pay us a fee each time a user clicks on one of our advertisers’ ads displayed on our Google Network Members’ websites or, for those advertisers who choose our cost-per-impression pricing, as their ads are displayed. To date, we have paid most of these advertiser fees to our Google Network Members, and we expect to continue doing so for the foreseeable future. We recognize these advertiser fees as revenue and the portion of the advertiser fee we pay to our Google Network Members as traffic acquisition costs under cost of revenues. Google Network Members do not pay any fees associated with the use of our AdSense program on their websites.

Our agreements with Google Network Members consist largely of uniform online “click-wrap” agreements that members enter into by interacting with our registration websites. The standard agreements have no stated term and are terminable at will. Agreements with our larger members are individually negotiated. Both the standard agreements and the negotiated agreements require us to share with the Google Network Member most of the advertiser fees generated by users clicking on ads on the Google Network Member’s website or, for advertisers who choose our cost-per-impression pricing, as the ads are displayed on the Google Network Member’s website. For example, under our standard agreements, we pay 51% and 68% of the fees collected from advertisers to our Google Network Members in AdSense for search and AdSense for content, respectively.

We have entered into arrangements with certain content providers under which we distribute or license their video and other content. Our agreements with content providers are typically standard agreements with no stated term and are terminable at will. Agreements with our larger members are individually negotiated. Both the standard agreements and the negotiated agreements require us to pay the content providers for the content we license. In a number of these arrangements, we display ads on the pages of our websites from which the content is viewed and share most of the fees these ads generate with the content providers. We recognize these advertiser fees as revenue and the fees we pay to our content providers as content acquisition costs under cost of revenues.

We believe the factors that influence the success of our advertising programs include the following:

Motorola (Hardware and Other) We generate revenues from our Motorola business through two segments. The Mobile segment designs,

manufactures, sells and services wireless mobile devices, including smartphones and media tablets, with integrated software and accessory products, and licenses intellectual property. The Home segment designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services set-top boxes for digital and Internet protocol (IP) video, satellite and terrestrial broadcast networks, and Internet protocol television (IPTV) distribution systems, broadband access network infrastructure platforms, and associated software solutions to cable TV and telecommunication service providers.

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• The relevance, objectivity, and quality of our search results and the relevance and quality of ads displayed with

each search results page.

• The number of searches initiated at our websites and our Google Network Members’ websites and the underlying

purpose of these searches (for instance, whether they are for academic research, to find a news article, or to find a product or service).

• Our ability to increase traffic on our websites and our Google Network Members’ websites via new and improved

ad formats, through devices other than personal computers, such as mobile devices and tablets. • The number and prominence of ads displayed on our websites and our Google Network Members’ websites.

• The number of visits to, and the content of, our Google Network Members’ websites and certain of our websites

and the relevance and quality of the ads we display next to this content.

• The advertisers’ return on investment from advertising campaigns on our websites or our Google Network

Members’ websites compared to other forms of advertising.

• The total advertising spending budgets of each advertiser.

• The number of advertisers and the breadth of items advertised.

• The amount we ultimately pay our Google Network Members, distribution partners, and our content providers for

traffic, access points, and content, compared to the amount of revenues we generate.

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Trends in Our Business Advertising transactions continue to shift from offline to online as the digital economy evolves. This has contributed

to the rapid growth of our business since inception, resulting in substantially increased revenues, and we expect that our business will continue to grow. However, our revenue growth rate has generally declined over time, and it could do so in the future as a result of a number of factors, including increasing competition, our investments in new business strategies, products, services, and technologies, changes in our product mix, query growth rates and how users make queries, challenges in maintaining our growth rate as our revenues increase to higher levels, and increasing maturity of the online advertising market and other markets in which we participate. Mobile devices are also significant gateways to information now. We expect that our revenue growth rate will also be affected by evolving consumer preferences in this market, as well as advertising trends and the acceptance by mobile users of our products and services. In addition, if there is a further general economic downturn, this may result in fewer commercial queries by our users and may cause advertisers to reduce the amount they spend on online advertising, including the amount they are willing to pay for each click or impression, which could negatively affect the growth rate of our revenues. We plan to continue to invest aggressively in our core areas of strategic focus.

The main focus of our advertising programs is to provide relevant and useful advertising to our users, reflecting our commitment to constantly improve their overall web experience. As a result, we expect to continue to take steps to improve the relevance of the ads displayed on our websites and our Google Network Members’ websites. These steps include not displaying ads that generate low click-through rates or that send users to irrelevant or otherwise low quality websites and terminating our relationships with those Google Network Members whose websites do not meet our quality requirements. We may also continue to take steps to reduce the number of accidental clicks by our users. These steps could negatively affect the growth rate of our revenues.

Both seasonal fluctuations in internet usage and traditional retail seasonality have affected, and are likely to continue to affect, our business. Internet usage generally slows during the summer months, and commercial queries typically increase significantly in the fourth quarter of each year. These seasonal trends have caused, and will likely continue to cause, fluctuations in our quarterly results, including fluctuations in sequential revenues, as well as aggregate paid click and average cost-per-click growth rates.

The operating margin we realize on revenues generated from ads placed on our Google Network Members’ websites through our AdSense program is significantly lower than the operating margin we realize from revenues generated from ads placed on our websites because most of the advertiser fees from ads served on Google Network Members’ websites are shared with our Google Network Members. For the past five years, growth in advertising revenues from our websites has generally exceeded that from our Google Network Members’ websites. This trend has had a positive impact on our operating margins, and we expect that this will continue for the foreseeable future, although the relative rate of growth in revenues from our websites compared to the rate of growth in revenues from our Google Network Members’ websites may vary over time. Also, the margins on advertising revenues from mobile devices and other newer advertising formats are generally lower than those from desktop computers and tablets. We expect this trend to continue in the near future.

We conduct our Motorola business in highly competitive markets, facing both new and established competitors. The markets for many of our products are characterized by rapidly changing technologies, frequent new product introductions, changing consumer trends, short product life cycles, consumer loyalty and evolving industry standards. Market disruptions caused by new technologies, the entry of new competitors, consolidations among our customers and competitors, changes in regulatory requirements, changes in economic conditions, supply chain interruptions or other factors, can introduce volatility into our businesses. Meeting all of these challenges requires consistent operational planning and execution and investment in technology, resulting in innovative products that meet the needs of our customers around the world.

From an overall business perspective, we continue to invest aggressively in our systems, data centers, corporate facilities, information technology infrastructure, and employees. We expect to increase our hiring in the remainder of 2012 and provide competitive compensation programs for our employees. Our full-time employee headcount was 28,768 at June 30, 2011 and 54,604 at June 30, 2012, which includes 20,293 headcount as a result of the acquisition of Motorola. Acquisitions will also remain an important component of our strategy and use of capital, and we expect our current pace of acquisitions to continue. We expect our cost of revenues will increase in dollars and may increase as a percentage of revenues in future periods, primarily as a result of forecasted increases in traffic acquisition costs, data center costs, content acquisition costs, credit card and other transaction fees, manufacturing and inventory-related costs, and other costs. In particular, traffic acquisition costs as a percentage of advertising revenues may increase in the future if we are unable to continue to improve the monetization or generation of revenues from traffic on our websites and our Google Network Members’ websites.

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As we expand our advertising programs and other products to international markets, we continue to increase our exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency to U.S. dollar exchange rates. We have a foreign exchange risk management program that is designed to reduce our exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. However, this program will not fully offset the effect of fluctuations on our revenues and earnings.

Results of Operations We completed our acquisition of Motorola on May 22, 2012 (the acquisition date). The operating results of Motorola

were included in our Consolidated Statement of Income from the acquisition date through June 30, 2012.

The following table presents our historical operating results as a percentage of our revenues for the periods indicated:

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Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)

Consolidated Statements of Income Data:

Revenues:

Google (advertising and other) 100.0% 89.8% 100.0% 94.5% Motorola (hardware and other) 0 10.2 0 5.5

Costs and expenses:

Cost of revenues – Google (advertising and other) 35.1 32.6 34.7 34.0 Cost of revenues – Motorola (hardware and other) 0 8.4 0 4.5 Research and development 13.7 13.0 14.0 13.2 Sales and marketing 12.1 11.7 12.0 11.8 General and administrative 7.2 8.1 7.1 7.7 Charge related to resolution of Department of Justice

investigation 0 0 2.8 0

Total costs and expenses 68.1 73.8 70.6 71.2

Income from operations 31.9 26.2 29.4 28.8 Interest and other income, net 2.3 2.1 1.7 1.8

Income before income taxes 34.2 28.3 31.1 30.6 Provision for income taxes 6.4 5.5 6.6 5.8

Net income 27.8% 22.8% 24.5% 24.8%

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Revenues The following table presents our revenues, by revenue source, for the periods presented (in millions):

The following table presents our revenues, by business, as a percentage of total revenues for the periods presented:

The following table presents our Google revenues, by revenue source, as a percentage of total Google revenues for the periods presented:

Our revenues increased $3,188 million and $5,257 million from the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 to the three and six months ended June 30, 2012. These increases resulted primarily from an increase in advertising revenues generated by Google websites of $1,310 million and $2,743 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012. In addition, the increases were attributed to an increase in advertising revenues generated by Google Network Members’ websites of $499 million and $985 million. The increase in advertising revenues for Google websites and Google Network Members’ websites resulted primarily from an increase in the number of paid clicks through our advertising programs, partially offset by a decrease in the average cost-per-click paid by our advertisers. The increase in the number of paid clicks generated through our advertising programs was due to an increase in aggregate traffic, certain monetization improvements including new ad formats, the continued global expansion of our products, advertisers, and user base, as well as an increase in the number of Google Network Members. The decrease in the average cost-per-click paid by our advertisers was driven by various factors, such as the general strengthening of the U.S dollar compared to certain foreign currencies (primarily the Euro), the changes in platform mix due to traffic growth in

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Three Months Ended

June 30 Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)

Google:

Advertising revenues:

Google websites $6,232 $ 7,542 $12,111 $14,854 Google Network Members’ websites 2,484 2,983 4,911 5,896

Total advertising revenues 8,716 10,525 17,022 20,750 Other revenues 310 439 580 859

Total Google revenues (advertising and other) 9,026 10,964 17,602 21,609 Motorola:

Total Motorola revenues (hardware and other) 0 1,250 0 1,250

Total revenues $9,026 $12,214 $17,602 $22,859

Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)

Google (advertising and other) 100% 90% 100% 95% Motorola (hardware and other) 0 10 0 5

Total revenues 100% 100% 100% 100%

Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)

Advertising revenues:

Google websites 69% 69% 69% 69% Google Network Members’ websites 28 27 28 27

Total advertising revenues 97 96 97 96 Google websites as % of advertising revenues 72 72 71 72 Google Network Members’ websites as % of

advertising revenues 28 28 29 28 Other revenues 3% 4% 3% 4%

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mobile devices, where the average cost-per-click is typically lower compared to desktop computers and tablets, and the changes in geographical mix due to traffic growth in emerging markets, where the average cost-per-click is typically lower compared to more mature markets.

In addition, the increase in our revenues from the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 to the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 resulted from the inclusion of revenues from our Motorola business of $1.3 billion, of which $843 million was from the Mobile segment and $407 million from the Home segment.

Improvements in our ability to ultimately monetize increased traffic primarily relate to enhancing the end user experience, including providing end users with ads that are more relevant to their search queries or to the content on the Google Network Members’ websites they visit. For instance, these improvements include increasing site links to be full size links with the URL (uniform resource locator), moving a portion of the first line of the ad to the heading to better promote the content of the ad, providing an option to preview the ad, and moving the ad’s URL to a separate line below the heading for greater page format consistency.

Aggregate paid clicks on Google websites and Google Network Members’ websites increased approximately 42% from the three months ended June 30, 2011 to the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 40% from the six months ended June 30, 2011 to the six months ended June 30, 2012. Average cost-per-click on Google websites and Google Network Members’ websites decreased approximately 16% from the three months ended June 30, 2011 to the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 14% from the six months ended June 30, 2011 to the six months ended June 30, 2012. The rate of change in aggregate paid clicks and average cost-per-click, and their correlation with the rate of change in revenues, has fluctuated and may fluctuate in the future because of various factors, including the revenue growth rates on our websites compared to those of our Google Network Members, advertiser competition for keywords, changes in foreign currency exchange rates, seasonality, the fees advertisers are willing to pay based on how they manage their advertising costs, changes in advertising quality or formats, and general economic conditions. In addition, traffic growth in emerging markets compared to more mature markets and across various advertising verticals and channels, including mobile devices, also contributes to these fluctuations. Changes in aggregate paid clicks and average cost-per-click may not be indicative of our performance or advertiser experiences in any specific geographic market, vertical, or industry.

We believe that the increase in the number of paid clicks on Google websites and Google Network Members’ websites is substantially the result of our commitment to improving the relevance and quality of both our search results and the advertisements displayed, which we believe results in a better user experience, which in turn results in more searches, advertisers, and Google Network Members and other partners.

Revenues by Geography The following table presents our Google domestic and international revenues as a percentage of Google revenues,

determined based on the billing addresses of our customers for our Google business:

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Three Months Ended

June 30,Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)

United States 46% 46% 46% 46% United Kingdom 11% 11% 11% 11% Rest of the world 43% 43% 43% 43%

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The following table presents our consolidated domestic and international revenues as a percentage of consolidated revenues, determined based on the billing addresses of our customers for our Google business, and shipping addresses of our customers for our Motorola business:

The general strengthening of the U.S. dollar relative to certain foreign currencies (primarily the Euro) from the three months ended June 30, 2011 to the three months ended June 30, 2012 had an unfavorable impact on our international revenues. Had foreign exchange rates remained constant in these periods, our revenues from the United Kingdom would have been $30 million, or 2.6%, higher and our revenues from the rest of the world would have been approximately $349 million, or 6.6%, higher in the three months ended June 30, 2012. This is before consideration of hedging gains of $7 million and $74 million recognized to revenues from the United Kingdom and the rest of the world in the three months ended June 30, 2012.

The general strengthening of the U.S. dollar relative to certain foreign currencies (primarily the Euro) from the six months ended June 30, 2011 to the six months ended June 30, 2012 had an unfavorable impact on our international revenues. Had foreign exchange rates remained constant in these periods, our revenues from the United Kingdom would have been $26 million, or 1.1%, higher and our revenues from the rest of the world would have been approximately $420 million, or 4.3%, higher in the six months ended June 30, 2012. This is before consideration of hedging gains of $11 million and $107 million recognized to revenues from the United Kingdom and the rest of the world in the six months ended June 30, 2012.

Although we expect to continue to make investments in international markets, these investments may not result in an increase in our international revenues as a percentage of total revenues in 2012 or thereafter. See Note 14 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information about geographic areas.

Costs and Expenses Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues consists primarily of traffic acquisition costs. Traffic acquisition costs consist of amounts ultimately paid to our Google Network Members under AdSense arrangements and to certain other partners (our distribution partners) who distribute our toolbar and other products (collectively referred to as access points) or otherwise direct search queries to our website (collectively referred to as distribution arrangements). These amounts are primarily based on the revenue share and fixed fee arrangements with our Google Network Members and distribution partners.

Certain distribution arrangements require us to pay our partners based on a fee per access point delivered and not exclusively—or at all—based on revenue share. These fees are non-refundable. Further, these arrangements are terminable at will, although under the terms of certain contracts we or our distribution partners may be subject to penalties in the event of early termination. We recognize fees under these arrangements over the estimated useful lives of the access points (approximately two years) to the extent we can reasonably estimate those lives and they are longer than one year, or based on any contractual revenue share, if greater. Otherwise, the fees are charged to expense as incurred. The estimated useful life of the access points is based on the historical average period of time they generate traffic and revenues.

Cost of revenues also includes the expenses associated with the operation of our data centers, including depreciation, labor, energy, and bandwidth costs, amortization of acquired intangible assets, credit card and other transaction fees related to processing customer transactions, manufacturing and inventory-related costs, as well as content acquisition costs. We have entered into arrangements with certain content providers under which we distribute or license their video and other content. In a number of these arrangements, we display ads on the pages of our websites from which the content is viewed and share most of the fees these ads generate with the content providers. To the extent we are obligated to make guaranteed minimum revenue share payments to our content providers, we recognize as content acquisition costs the contractual revenue share amount or on a straight-line basis, whichever is greater, over the terms of the agreements.

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Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)United States 46% 47% 46% 46% United Kingdom 11% 10% 11% 10% Rest of the world 43% 43% 43% 44%

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The following tables present our cost of revenues and cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues by business, and our traffic acquisition costs and traffic acquisition costs as a percentage of advertising revenues in the Google business, for the periods presented (dollars in millions):

Cost of revenues increased $1,841 million from the three months ended June 30, 2011 to the three months ended June 30, 2012. The increase was primarily related to the inclusion of cost of revenues from our Motorola business of $1,029 million. Additionally, there was an increase in traffic acquisition costs of $338 million resulting from more advertiser fees generated through our AdSense program and an increase in traffic acquisition costs of $152 million from our distribution arrangements as a result of more traffic directed to our websites, as well as more distribution fees paid. In addition, there was an increase in data center costs of $152 million primarily resulting from the depreciation of additional information technology assets and an increase in labor, energy, and bandwidth costs, and an increase in content acquisition costs of $91 million primarily related to content displayed on YouTube.

Cost of revenues increased $2,695 million from the six months ended June 30, 2011 to the six months ended June 30, 2012. The increase was primarily related to the inclusion of cost of revenues from our Motorola business of $1,029 million. Additionally, there was an increase in traffic acquisition costs of $680 million resulting from more advertiser fees generated through our AdSense program and an increase in traffic acquisition costs of $282 million from our distribution arrangements as a result of more traffic directed to our websites, as well as more distribution fees paid. In addition, there was an increase in data center costs of $399 million primarily resulting from the depreciation of additional information technology assets and an increase in labor, energy, and bandwidth costs, and an increase in content acquisition costs of $173 million primarily related to content displayed on YouTube.

We expect cost of revenues will increase in dollar amount and may increase as a percentage of revenues in the remainder of 2012 and in future periods, primarily as a result of forecasted increases in traffic acquisition costs, data center costs, manufacturing and inventory-related costs, content acquisition costs, credit card and other transaction fees, and other costs. Traffic acquisition costs as a percentage of advertising revenues may fluctuate in the future based on a number of factors, including the following:

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Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)Cost of revenues – Google (advertising and other) $3,172 $3,984 $6,107 $7,773 Cost of revenues – Motorola (hardware and other) 0 1,029 0 1,029

Total cost of revenues $3,172 $5,013 $6,107 $8,802

Cost of revenues – Google (advertising and other) as a percentage of Google revenues 35.1% 36.3% 34.7% 36.0%

Cost of revenues – Motorola (hardware and other) as a percentage of Motorola revenues 0 82.3% 0 82.3%

Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)Traffic acquisition costs related to AdSense

arrangements $1,755 $2,093 $3,455 $4,135 Traffic acquisition costs related to distribution

arrangements 355 507 693 975

Traffic acquisition costs $2,110 $2,600 $4,148 $5,110

Traffic acquisition costs as a percentage of advertising revenues in the Google business 24.2% 24.7% 24.4% 24.6%

• The relative growth rates of revenues from our websites and from our Google Network Members’ websites.

• Whether we are able to enter into more AdSense arrangements that provide for lower revenue share obligations

or whether increased competition for arrangements with existing and potential Google Network Members results in less favorable revenue share arrangements.

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Research and Development The following table presents our research and development expenses, and research and development expenses as

a percentage of revenues, for the periods presented (dollars in millions):

Research and development expenses consist primarily of compensation and related costs for personnel responsible for the research and development of new and existing products and services. We expense research and development costs as incurred.

Research and development expenses increased $351 million from the three months ended June 30, 2011 to the three months ended June 30, 2012, which includes $143 million related to Motorola. The remaining increase of $208 million was primarily due to an increase in labor and facilities-related costs of $112 million, largely as a result of a 13% increase in research and development headcount. In addition, there was an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $32 million.

Research and development expenses increased $570 million from the six months ended June 30, 2011 to the six months ended June 30, 2012, which includes $143 million related to Motorola. The remaining increase of $427 million was primarily due to an increase in labor and facilities-related costs of $208 million, largely as a result of a 13% increase in research and development headcount. In addition, there was an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $94 million.

We expect that research and development expenses will increase in dollar amount and may increase as a percentage of revenues in the remainder of 2012 and in future periods because we expect to continue to invest in building necessary employee and systems infrastructures required to support the development of new, and improve existing, products and services.

Sales and Marketing The following table presents our sales and marketing expenses, and sales and marketing expenses as a percentage

of revenues, for the periods presented (dollars in millions):

Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of compensation and related costs for personnel engaged in customer service, sales, and sales support functions, as well as advertising and promotional expenditures.

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• Whether we are able to continue to improve the monetization of traffic on our websites and our Google Network

Members’ websites.

• The relative growth rates of expenses associated with distribution arrangements and the related revenues generated, including whether we share with certain existing and new distribution partners proportionately more of the aggregate advertising fees that we earn from paid clicks derived from search queries these partners direct to our websites.

Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)Research and development expenses $1,234 $1,585 $2,456 $3,026 Research and development expenses as a percentage of

revenues 13.7% 13.0% 14.0% 13.2%

Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)Sales and marketing expenses $1,091 $1,433 $2,117 $2,702 Sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of

revenues 12.1% 11.7% 12.0% 11.8%

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Sales and marketing expenses increased $342 million from the three months ended June 30, 2011 to the three months ended June 30, 2012, which includes $147 million related to Motorola. The remaining increase of $195 million was primarily due to an increase in labor and facilities-related costs of $112 million, largely as a result of an 18% increase in sales and marketing headcount, as well as an increase in advertising and promotional expenses of $39 million. In addition, there was an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $27 million.

Sales and marketing expenses increased $585 million from the six months ended June 30, 2011 to the six months ended June 30, 2012, which includes $147 million related to Motorola. The remaining increase of $438 million was primarily due to an increase in labor and facilities-related costs of $227 million, largely as a result of an 18% increase in sales and marketing headcount, as well as an increase in advertising and promotional expenses of $117 million. In addition, there was an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $46 million.

We expect that sales and marketing expenses will increase in dollar amount and may increase as a percentage of revenues in the remainder of 2012 and in future periods, as we expand our business globally, increase advertising and promotional expenditures in connection with new and existing products, and increase the level of service we provide to our advertisers, Google Network Members, and other partners.

General and Administrative The following table presents our general and administrative expenses, and general and administrative expenses as

a percentage of revenues, for the periods presented (dollars in millions):

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation and related costs for personnel and facilities,and include costs related to our facilities, finance, human resources, information technology, and legal organizations, and fees for professional services. Professional services are principally comprised of outside legal, audit, information technology consulting, and outsourcing services.

General and administrative expenses increased $332 million from the three months ended June 30, 2011 to the three months ended June 30, 2012, which includes $164 million related to Motorola, of which $119 million was a charge related to severance and benefit arrangements. The remaining increase of $168 million was primarily due to an increase in fees for professional services of $63 million, the majority of which was related to legal costs, as well as an increase in amortization of intangible assets of $48 million. In addition, there was an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $28 million.

General and administrative expenses increased $493 million from the six months ended June 30, 2011 to the six months ended June 30, 2012, which includes $164 million related to Motorola, of which $119 million was a charge related to severance and benefit arrangements. The remaining increase of $329 million was primarily due to an increase in fees for professional services of $105 million, the majority of which was related to legal costs, an increase in labor and facilities-related costs of $68 million, primarily as a result of a 22% increase in general and administrative headcount, as well as an increase in amortization of intangible assets of $63 million. In addition, there was an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $46 million.

As we expand our business and incur additional expenses, we expect general and administrative expenses will increase in dollar amount and may increase as a percentage of revenues in the remainder of 2012 and in future periods.

Charge Related to the Resolution of Department of Justice Investigation In connection with a resolution of an investigation by the United States Department of Justice into the use of Google

advertising by certain advertisers, we accrued $500 million during the first quarter of 2011, which was paid in August 2011 upon final resolution of that matter.

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Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)

General and administrative expenses $ 648 $ 980 $1,244 $1,737 General and administrative expenses as a percentage of

revenues 7.2% 8.1% 7.1% 7.7%

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Stock-Based Compensation The following table presents our stock-based compensation, and stock-based compensation as a percentage of

revenues, for the periods presented (dollars in millions):

Stock-based compensation increased $223 million and $348 million from the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 to the three and six months ended June 30, 2012. This increase was primarily due to additional stock awards issued to existing and new employees, as well as awards issued in connection with the acquisition of Motorola.

We estimate stock-based compensation to be approximately $2.6 billion in 2012 and $4.7 billion thereafter. This estimate does not include expenses to be recognized related to employee stock awards that are granted after June 30, 2012 or non-employee stock awards that have been or may be granted. In addition, to the extent forfeiture rates are different from what we have anticipated, stock-based compensation related to these awards will be different from our expectations.

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Three Months Ended

June 30, Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)

Stock-based compensation $ 435 $ 658 $866 $1,214 Stock-based compensation as a percentage of revenues 4.8% 5.4% 4.9% 5.3%

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Interest and Other Income, Net Interest and other income, net, increased $50 million from the three months ended June 30, 2011 to the three

months ended June 30, 2012. This increase was primarily driven by a gain on divestiture of business of $188 million, partially offset by an increase in foreign currency exchange loss of $77 million, a decrease in interest income of $32 million, and a decrease in realized gains on investments of $20 million.

Interest and other income, net, increased $110 million from the six months ended June 30, 2011 to the six months ended June 30, 2012. This increase was primarily driven by a gain on divestiture of business of $188 million, an increase in realized gains on investments of $73 million, partially offset by an increase in foreign currency exchange loss of $92 million, a decrease in interest income of $40 million, and an increase in interest expenses of $25 million.

The costs of our foreign exchange hedging activities that we recognized to interest and other income, net, are primarily a function of the notional amount of the option and forward contracts and their related duration, and the movement of the foreign exchange rates relative to the strike prices of the contracts, as well as the volatility of the foreign exchange rates.

As we expand our international business, we believe costs related to hedging activities under our foreign exchange risk management program may increase in dollar amount in the remainder of 2012 and in future periods.

Provision for Income Taxes The following table presents our provision for income taxes, and the effective tax rate for the periods presented

(dollars in millions):

Our provision for income taxes increased from the three months ended June 30, 2011 to the three months ended June 30, 2012, primarily as a result of increases in federal income taxes, driven by higher taxable income year over year. Our effective tax rate increased from the three months ended June 30, 2011 to the three months ended June 30, 2012, primarily as a result of the expiration of Federal research credit in 2011.

Our provision for income taxes increased from the six months ended June 30, 2011 to the six months ended June 30, 2012, primarily as a result of increases in federal income taxes, driven by higher taxable income year over year. Our effective tax rate decreased from the six months ended June 30, 2011 to the six months ended June 30, 2012, primarily as a result of a discrete item recognized related to an investigation by the Department of Justice in the three months ended March 31, 2011.

Our effective tax rate could fluctuate significantly on a quarterly basis and could be adversely affected to the extent earnings are lower than anticipated in countries where we have lower statutory rates and higher than anticipated in countries where we have higher statutory rates. Our effective tax rate could also fluctuate due to the net gains and losses recognized by legal entities on certain hedges and related hedged intercompany and other transactions under our foreign exchange risk management program, by changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets or liabilities, or by changes in tax laws, regulations, or accounting principles, as well as certain discrete items. In addition, we are subject to the continuous examination of our income tax returns by the IRS and other tax authorities. We regularly assess the likelihood of adverse outcomes resulting from these examinations to determine the adequacy of our provision for income taxes.

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Three Months Ended

June 30,Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 2011 2012 (unaudited)

Provision for income taxes $ 580 $ 672 $1,174 $1,327 Effective tax rate 18.8% 19.4% 21.4% 19.0%

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Liquidity and Capital Resources In summary, our cash flows were as follows (in millions):

At June 30, 2012, we had $43.1 billion of cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities. Cash equivalents and marketable securities are comprised of time deposits, money market and other funds, including cash collateral received related to our securities lending program, highly liquid debt instruments of the U.S. government and its agencies, debt instruments issued by foreign governments and municipalities in the U.S., corporate securities, and mortgage-backed securities.

As of June 30, 2012, $27.3 billion of the $43.1 billion of cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities was held by our foreign subsidiaries. If these funds are needed for our operations in the U.S., we would be required to accrue and pay U.S. taxes to repatriate these funds. However, our intent is to permanently reinvest these funds outside of the U.S. and our current plans do not demonstrate a need to repatriate them to fund our U.S. operations.

Our principal sources of liquidity are our cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities, as well as the cash flow that we generate from our operations. At June 30, 2012, we had unused letters of credit for approximately $39 million. We believe that our sources of funding will be sufficient to satisfy our currently anticipated cash requirements through at least the next 12 months. Our liquidity could be negatively affected by a decrease in demand for our products and services. In addition, we may make acquisitions or license products and technologies complementary to our business and may need to raise additional capital through future debt or equity financing to provide for greater flexibility to fund any such acquisitions and licensing activities. Additional financing may not be available at all or on terms favorable to us.

We have established a debt financing program of up to $3.0 billion through the issuance of commercial paper. Net proceeds from the commercial paper program are used for general corporate purposes. As of June 30, 2012, we had $2.8 billion of outstanding commercial paper recorded as short-term debt, with a weighted-average interest rate of 0.1% that matures at various dates through September 2012. Average commercial paper borrowings during the three months ended June 30, 2012 were $2.5 billion, and the maximum amount of commercial paper borrowings outstanding during the three months ended June 30, 2012 was $2.8 billion. In conjunction with this program, we established a $3.0 billion revolving credit facility expiring in July 2016. Interest rate for the credit facility is determined based on a formula using certain market rates. As of June 30, 2012, we were in compliance with the financial covenant in this credit facility and no amounts were outstanding.

Additionally, as of June 30, 2012, we had a $468 million secured promissory note outstanding recorded as short-term debt, with an interest rate of 1.0% that matures in December 2012.

In May 2011, we issued $3.0 billion of unsecured senior notes in three equal tranches, due in 2014, 2016, and 2021, with stated interest rates of 1.25%, 2.125%, and 3.625%. The net proceeds from the sale of the notes were used to repay a portion of our outstanding commercial paper and for general corporate purposes. As of June 30, 2012, the total carrying value and estimated fair value of these notes were $3.0 billion and $3.2 billion. The estimated fair value was based on quoted prices for our publicly-traded debt as of June 30, 2012. We are not subject to any financial covenants under the notes.

Cash Provided by Operating Activities Cash provided by operating activities consists of net income adjusted for certain non-cash items, primarily including

amortization, depreciation, deferred income taxes, excess tax benefits from stock-based award activities, and stock-based compensation expense, as well as gain on divestiture of business and the effect of changes in working capital and other activities.

Cash provided by operating activities in the six months ended June 30, 2012 was $7,946 million and consisted of net income of $5,675 million, adjustments for non-cash items of $2,099 million, a gain on divestiture of business of $188 million and cash used in working capital and other activities of $16 million. Adjustments for non-cash items primarily consisted of $1,214 million of stock-based compensation expense, $851 million of depreciation and amortization expense on property and equipment, $330 million of amortization

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Six Months Ended

June 30, 2011 2012 (unaudited)

Net cash provided by operating activities $ 6,691 $ 7,946 Net cash used in investing activities (11,035) (4,235) Net cash provided by financing activities 847 1,869

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of intangible and other assets, and $191 million of deferred income taxes. In addition, the decrease in cash from changes in working capital activities primarily consisted of an increase in prepaid revenue share, expenses, and other assets of $1,188 million and a decrease in accrued expenses and other liabilities of $243 million. These decreases were partially offset by a net increase in income taxes payable and deferred income taxes of $1,169 million and a decrease in inventories of $170 million.

Cash provided by operating activities in the six months ended June 30, 2011 was $6,691 million and consisted of net income of $4,304 million, adjustments for non-cash items of $2,208 million, and cash provided by working capital and other activities of $179 million. Adjustments for non-cash items primarily consisted of $866 million of stock-based compensation expense, $648 million of depreciation and amortization expense on property and equipment, $464 million of deferred income taxes, and $208 million of amortization of intangible and other assets. In addition, the increase in cash from changes in working capital activities primarily consisted of an increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities of $297 million primarily due to a charge recorded related to a potential resolution of an investigation by the Department of Justice, an increase in accounts payable of $77 million primarily a result of the growth of our business, and an increase in deferred revenue of $69 million. These increases were partially offset by an increase in prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets of $148 million and a net decrease in income taxes payable and deferred income taxes of $98 million. The decrease in income taxes payable and deferred income taxes reflected primarily increased estimated income taxes paid during the second quarter of 2011 with respect to the year ended December 31 2011, partially offset by additional tax obligations accrued.

As we expand our business internationally, we have offered payment terms to certain advertisers that are standard in their locales but longer than terms we would generally offer to our domestic advertisers. This may increase our working capital requirements and may have a negative effect on cash provided by our operating activities.

Cash Used In Investing Activities Cash used in investing activities in the six months ended June 30, 2012 of $4,235 million was primarily attributable to

$12.4 billion paid in connection with the acquisition of Motorola, net of $2.9 billion of cash acquired, and capital expenditures of $1,381 million related primarily to our facilities, data centers, and related equipment. These decreases were partially offset by net maturities and sales of marketable securities of $7,115 million. Also, in connection with our securities lending program, there was a decrease in investments in reverse repurchase agreements of $270 million and a cash collateral return of $91 million.

Cash used in investing activities in the six months ended June 30, 2011 of $11.0 billion was primarily attributable to net purchases of marketable securities of $7,328 million, capital expenditures of $1,807 million related principally to our facilities, data centers and related equipment, and cash consideration used in acquisitions and other investments of $1,206 million, including $676 million paid in connection with the acquisition of ITA. Also, in connection with our securities lending program, we returned $424 million of cash collateral and invested $270 million in certain reverse repurchase agreements.

In order to manage expected increases in internet traffic, advertising transactions, and new products and services, and to support our overall global business expansion, we expect to make significant investments in our systems, data centers, corporate facilities, and information technology infrastructure in the remainder of 2012 and thereafter. However, the amount of our capital expenditures has fluctuated and may continue to fluctuate on a quarterly basis.

In addition, we expect to spend a significant amount of cash on acquisitions and other investments from time to time. These acquisitions generally enhance the breadth and depth of our expertise in engineering and other functional areas, our technologies, and our product offerings.

Cash Provided by Financing Activities Cash provided by financing activities in the six months ended June 30, 2012 of $1,869 million was primarily driven by

net proceeds of $1,998 million from short-term debt issued under our commercial paper program. This was partially offset by net payments for stock-based award activities of $184 million.

Cash provided by financing activities in the six months ended June 30, 2011 of $847 million was primarily driven by net proceeds of $726 million of debt issued and stock-based award activities of $88 million.

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Contractual Obligations We recorded long-term taxes payable of $205 million in the six months ended June 30, 2012 related to tax positions

for which the timing of the ultimate resolution is uncertain. At this time, we are unable to make a reasonably reliable estimate of the timing of payments in individual years beyond 12 months due to uncertainties in the timing of tax audit outcomes.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates We prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the

U.S. (U.S. GAAP). In doing so, we have to make estimates and assumptions that affect our reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, as well as related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. In some cases, we could reasonably have used different accounting policies and estimates. In some cases, changes in the accounting estimates are reasonably likely to occur from period to period. Accordingly, actual results could differ materially from our estimates. To the extent that there are material differences between these estimates and actual results, our financial condition or results of operations will be affected. We base our estimates on past experience and other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, and we evaluate these estimates on an ongoing basis. We refer to accounting estimates of this type as critical accounting policies and estimates, which we discuss further below. We have reviewed our critical accounting policies and estimates with the audit committee of our board of directors.

Income Taxes We are subject to income taxes in the U.S. and numerous foreign jurisdictions. Significant judgment is required in

evaluating our uncertain tax positions and determining our provision for income taxes.

Although we believe we have adequately reserved for our uncertain tax positions, no assurance can be given that the final tax outcome of these matters will not be different. We adjust these reserves in light of changing facts and circumstances, such as the closing of a tax audit or the refinement of an estimate. To the extent that the final tax outcome of these matters is different than the amounts recorded, such differences will impact the provision for income taxes in the period in which such determination is made. The provision for income taxes includes the impact of reserve provisions and changes to reserves that are considered appropriate, as well as the related net interest.

Our effective tax rates have differed from the statutory rate primarily due to the tax impact of foreign operations, state taxes, certain benefits realized related to stock award activities, and research and experimentation tax credits. The effective tax rates were 18.8% and 19.4% for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2012 and 21.4% and 19.0% for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2012. Our future effective tax rates could be adversely affected by earnings being lower than anticipated in countries where we have lower statutory rates and higher than anticipated in countries where we have higher statutory rates, the net gains and losses recognized by legal entities on certain hedges and related hedged intercompany and other transactions under our foreign exchange risk management program, changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets or liabilities, or changes in tax laws, regulations, or accounting principles, as well as certain discrete items. In addition, we are subject to the continuous examination of our income tax returns by the IRS and other tax authorities. We regularly assess the likelihood of adverse outcomes resulting from these examinations to determine the adequacy of our provision for income taxes.

Loss Contingencies We are regularly subject to claims, suits, government investigations, and other proceedings involving competition

and antitrust, intellectual property, privacy, tax, labor and employment disputes, content generated by our users, goods and services offered by advertisers or publishers using our platforms, and other matters. Certain of these matters include speculative claims for substantial or indeterminate amounts of damages. We record a liability when we believe that it is both probable that a loss has been incurred, and the amount can be reasonably estimated. We evaluate, on a monthly basis, developments in our legal matters that could affect the amount of liability that has been previously accrued, and make adjustments as appropriate. Significant judgment is required to determine both likelihood of there being and the estimated amount of a loss related to such matters. Until the final resolution of such matters, there may be an exposure to loss in excess of the amount recorded, and such amounts could be material. Should any of our estimates and assumptions change or prove to have been incorrect, it could have a material impact on our business, consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. See Note 11 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information regarding contingencies.

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Stock-Based Compensation Our stock-based compensation expense is estimated at the grant date based on the award’s fair value as calculated

by the Black-Scholes-Merton (BSM) option pricing model and is recognized as expense over the requisite service period. The BSM model requires various highly judgmental assumptions including expected volatility and expected term. If any of the assumptions used in the BSM model changes significantly, stock-based compensation expense may differ materially in the future from that recorded in the current period. In addition, we are required to estimate the expected forfeiture rate and only recognize expense for those shares expected to vest. We estimate the forfeiture rate based on historical experience and our expectations regarding future pre-vesting termination behavior of employees. To the extent our actual forfeiture rate is different from our estimate, stock-based compensation expense is adjusted accordingly.

Available Information Our website is located at www.google.com, and our investor relations website is located at

http://investor.google.com. The following filings are available through our investor relations website after we file them with the SEC: Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and our Proxy Statements for our annual meetings of stockholders, for the last three years. These filings are also available for download free of charge on our investor relations website. We also provide a link to the section of the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov that has all of our public filings, including Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, all amendments to those reports, our Proxy Statements, and other ownership related filings. Further, a copy of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is located at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room can be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.

We webcast our earnings calls and certain events we participate in or host with members of the investment community on our investor relations website. Additionally, we provide notifications of news or announcements regarding our financial performance, including SEC filings, investor events, press and earnings releases, and blogs as part of our investor relations website. Investors and others can receive notifications of new information posted on our investor relations website in real time by signing up for email alerts and RSS feeds. Further corporate governance information, including our certificate of incorporation, bylaws, governance guidelines, board committee charters, and code of conduct, is also available on our investor relations website under the heading “Corporate Governance.” The contents of our websites are not intended to be incorporated by reference into this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or in any other report or document we file with the SEC, and any references to our websites are intended to be inactive textual references only.

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We are exposed to financial market risks, including changes in currency exchange rates and interest rates.

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk Economic Exposure

We transact business in various foreign currencies and have significant international revenues, as well as costs denominated in foreign currencies. This exposes us to the risk of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. We purchase foreign exchange option contracts to reduce the volatility of cash flows related to forecasted revenues denominated in certain foreign currencies. The objective of the foreign exchange contracts is to better ensure that the U.S. dollar-equivalent cash flows are not adversely affected by changes in the U.S. dollar/foreign currency exchange rates. These contracts are designated as cash flow hedges. The gain on the effective portion of a cash flow hedge is initially reported as a component of AOCI and subsequently reclassified into revenues when the hedged revenues are recorded or as interest and other income, net, if the hedged transaction becomes probable of not occurring. Any gain after a hedge is de-designated or related to an ineffective portion of a hedge is recognized as interest and other income, net, immediately.

At December 31, 2011, the notional principal and fair value of foreign exchange contracts to purchase U.S. dollars with Euros were €€ 2.8 billion (or approximately $3.8 billion) and $232 million; the notional principal and fair value of foreign exchange contracts to purchase U.S. dollars with British pounds were £1.4 billion (or approximately $2.2 billion) and $80 million; and the notional principal and fair value of foreign exchange contracts to purchase U.S. dollars with Canadian dollars were C$504 million (or approximately $490 million) and $17 million. At June 30, 2012, the notional principal and fair value of foreign exchange contracts to purchase U.S. dollars with Euros were €€ 3.8 billion (or approximately $4.9 billion) and $303 million; the notional principal and fair value of foreign exchange contracts to purchase U.S. dollars with British pounds were £1.7 billion (or approximately $2.6 billion) and $73 million; and the notional principal and fair value of foreign exchange contracts to purchase U.S. dollars with Canadian dollars were C$615 million (or approximately $591 million) and $14 million. These foreign exchange option contracts have maturities of 36 months or less. We may enter into similar contracts in other foreign currencies in the future.

We considered the historical trends in currency exchange rates and determined that it was reasonably possible that changes in exchange rates of 20% for our foreign currencies instruments could be experienced in the near term.

If the U.S. dollar weakened by 20%, the amount recorded in AOCI before tax effect would have been approximately $244 million lower at June 30, 2012, and the total amount of expense recorded as interest and other income, net, would have been approximately $103 million higher in the three months ended June 30, 2012. If the U.S. dollar strengthened by 20%, the amount recorded in AOCI before tax effect would have been approximately $1.5 billion higher at June 30, 2012, and the total amount of expense recorded as interest and other income, net, would have been approximately $161 million higher in the three months ended June 30, 2012.

Transaction Exposure Our exposure to foreign currency transaction gains and losses is the result of certain net receivables due from our

foreign subsidiaries and customers being denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the subsidiary, primarily the Euro and the British pound. Our foreign subsidiaries primarily conduct their businesses in local currency. We have entered into foreign exchange contracts to offset the foreign exchange risk on certain monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the local currency of the subsidiary.

The notional principal of foreign exchange contracts to purchase U.S. dollars with foreign currencies was $2.3 billion and $3.1 billion at December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012. The notional principal of foreign exchange contracts to sell U.S. dollars for foreign currencies was $472 million and $453 million at December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012. The notional principal of foreign exchange contracts to purchase Euros with other foreign currencies was €€ 711 million (or approximately $929 million) and €€ 786 million (or approximately $979 million) at December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012. The notional principal of foreign exchange contracts to sell Euros for other foreign currencies was €€ 10 million (or approximately $12 million) at June 30, 2012 and no such contracts were outstanding at December 31, 2011.

We considered the historical trends in currency exchange rates and determined that it was reasonably possible that adverse changes in exchange rates of 20% for all currencies could be experienced in the near term. These changes would have resulted in an adverse impact on income before income taxes of approximately $27 million and $38 million at December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012. The adverse impact at December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012 is after consideration of the offsetting effect of approximately $503 million and $635 million from foreign exchange contracts in

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place for the months of December 2011 and June 2012. These reasonably possible adverse changes in exchange rates of 20% were applied to total monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the local currencies at the balance sheet dates to compute the adverse impact these changes would have had on our income before income taxes in the near term.

Interest Rate Risk We invest our excess cash primarily in highly liquid debt instruments of the U.S. government and its agencies,

municipalities in the U.S., debt instruments issued by foreign governments, time deposits, money market and other funds, mortgage-backed securities, and corporate debt securities. By policy, we limit the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer.

Investments in both fixed rate and floating rate interest earning securities carry a degree of interest rate risk. Fixed rate securities may have their fair market value adversely impacted due to a rise in interest rates, while floating rate securities may produce less income than predicted if interest rates fall. Due in part to these factors, our income from investments may decrease in the future. However, we use certain interest rate derivative contracts to hedge interest rate risk of our fixed income securities.

During the second quarter of 2012, we began to hedge the variability of forecasted interest payments using forward-starting interest swaps. The total notional amount of these swaps was $1.0 billion as of June 30, 2012, with terms calling for us to receive interest at a variable rate and to pay interest at a fixed rate. These forward-starting interest swaps effectively fix the benchmark interest rate on an anticipated debt issuance of $1.0 billion in 2014, and they will be terminated upon issuance of the debt.

When entering into forward-starting interest rate swaps, we are subject to market risk with respect to changes in the underlying benchmark interest rate that impacts the fair value of the forward-starting interest swaps. We manage market risk by matching the terms of the swaps with the critical terms of the expected debt issuance.

We considered the historical volatility of interest rates and determined that it was reasonably possible that an adverse change of 100 basis points could be experienced in the near term. A hypothetical 1.00% (100 basis points) increase in interest rates would have resulted in a decrease in the fair values of our marketable securities of approximately $934 million and $860 million at December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012, after taking into consideration of the offsetting effect from interest rate derivative contracts outstanding as of December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012. A hypothetical 1.00% (100 basis points) decrease in interest rates would have resulted in a decrease in the fair values of our forward-starting interest swaps of approximately $106 million at June 30, 2012.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness

of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of June 30, 2012, our disclosure controls and procedures are designed at a reasonable assurance level and are effective to provide reasonable assurance that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended June 30,

2012 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and

procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

For a description of our material pending legal proceedings, please refer to Note 11 “Contingencies—Legal Matters” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Our operations and financial results are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including those described below, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and the trading price of our Class A common stock.

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry We face intense competition. If we do not continue to innovate and provide products and services that are

useful to users, we may not remain competitive, and our revenues and operating results could be adversely affected.

Our business is rapidly evolving and intensely competitive, and is subject to changing technologies, shifting user needs, and frequent introductions of new products and services. Our ability to compete successfully depends heavily on providing products and services that make using the internet a more useful and enjoyable experience for our users and delivering innovative products and technologies to the marketplace. With our acquisition of Motorola, the competitive pressure to innovate will now encompass a wider range of products and services, including products and services that may be outside of our historical core business.

We have many competitors in different industries, including general purpose search engines, vertical search engines and e-commerce sites, social networking sites, traditional media companies, wireless mobile device companies, and providers of online products and services. Our current and potential competitors range from large and established companies to emerging start-ups. Established companies have longer operating histories and more established relationships with customers and users, and they can use their experience and resources in ways that could affect our competitive position, including by making acquisitions, investing aggressively in research and development, aggressively initiating intellectual property claims (whether or not meritorious) and competing aggressively for advertisers and websites. Emerging start-ups may be able to innovate and provide products and services faster than we can.

Our competitors are constantly developing innovations in web search, online advertising, wireless mobile devices, and web-based products and services. The research and development of new, technologically advanced products is also a complex and uncertain process requiring high levels of innovation and investment, as well as the accurate anticipation of technology, market trends and consumer needs. As a result, we must continue to invest significant resources in research and development, including through acquisitions, in order to enhance our web search technology and our existing products and services, and introduce new products and services that people can easily and effectively use. If we are unable to provide quality products and services, then acceptance rates for our products and services could decline and affect consumer and advertiser perceptions of our brand. In addition, these new products and services may present new and difficult technological and legal challenges, and we may be subject to claims if users of these offerings experience service disruptions or failures or other issues. Our operating results would also suffer if our innovations are not responsive to the needs of our users, advertisers, and Google Network Members, are not appropriately timed with market opportunities, or are not effectively brought to market. As technology continues to develop, our competitors may be able to offer user experiences that are, or that are seen to be, substantially similar to or better than ours. This may force us to compete in different ways and expend significant resources in order to remain competitive. If our competitors are more successful than we are in developing compelling products or in attracting and retaining users, advertisers, and content providers, our revenues and operating results could be adversely affected.

Our ongoing investment in new business strategies and new products, services, and technologies is inherently risky, and could disrupt our ongoing businesses.

We have invested and expect to continue to invest in new business strategies, products, services, and technologies. Such endeavors may involve significant risks and uncertainties, including distraction of management from current operations, insufficient revenues to offset liabilities assumed and expenses associated with these new

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

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investments, inadequate return of capital on our investments, and unidentified issues not discovered in our due diligence of such strategies and offerings. Because these new ventures are inherently risky, no assurance can be given that such strategies and offerings will be successful and will not adversely affect our reputation, financial condition, and operating results.

Acquisitions and investments could result in operating difficulties, dilution, and other harmful consequences that may adversely impact our business and results of operations.

Acquisitions are an important element of our overall corporate strategy and use of capital, and we expect our current pace of acquisitions to continue. These transactions could be material to our financial condition and results of operations. We also expect to continue to evaluate and enter into discussions regarding a wide array of potential strategic transactions. The process of integrating an acquired company, business, or technology has created, and will continue to create, unforeseen operating difficulties and expenditures. The areas where we face risks include:

Our failure to address these risks or other problems encountered in connection with our past or future acquisitions and investments could cause us to fail to realize the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions or investments, incur unanticipated liabilities, and harm our business generally.

Future acquisitions could also result in dilutive issuances of our equity securities, the incurrence of debt, contingent liabilities, or amortization expenses, or write-offs of goodwill, any of which could harm our financial condition or results. Also, the anticipated benefit of many of our acquisitions may not materialize.

We generate a significant portion of our revenues from advertising, and the reduction in spending by or loss of advertisers could seriously harm our business.

We generated 96% of Google revenues from our advertisers in 2011 and in the six months ended June 30, 2012. Following our acquisition of Motorola, we still expect a significant portion of our revenues to come from advertising. Our advertisers can generally terminate their contracts with us at any time. Advertisers will not continue to do business with us if their investment in advertising with us does not generate sales leads, and ultimately customers, or if we do not deliver their advertisements in an appropriate and effective manner. If we are unable to remain competitive and provide value to our advertisers, they may stop placing ads with us, which would adversely affect our revenues and business.

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• Diversion of management time and focus from operating our business to acquisition integration challenges.

• Implementation or remediation of controls, procedures, and policies at the acquired company.

• Integration of the acquired company’s accounting, human resource, and other administrative systems, and

coordination of product, engineering, and sales and marketing functions.

• Transition of operations, users, and customers onto our existing platforms.

• Failure to obtain required approvals on a timely basis, if at all, from governmental authorities, or conditions placed upon approval, under competition and antitrust laws which could, among other things, delay or prevent us from completing a transaction, or otherwise restrict our ability to realize the expected financial or strategic goals of an acquisition.

• In the case of foreign acquisitions, the need to integrate operations across different cultures and languages and

to address the particular economic, currency, political, and regulatory risks associated with specific countries.

• Failure to successfully further develop the acquired business or technology.

• Cultural challenges associated with integrating employees from the acquired company into our organization,

and retention of employees from the businesses we acquire.

• Liability for activities of the acquired company before the acquisition, including patent and trademark

infringement claims, violations of laws, commercial disputes, tax liabilities, and other known and unknown liabilities.

• Litigation or other claims in connection with the acquired company, including claims from terminated employees,

customers, former stockholders, or other third parties.

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In addition, expenditures by advertisers tend to be cyclical, reflecting overall economic conditions and budgeting and buying patterns. Adverse macroeconomic conditions can also have a material negative impact on the demand for advertising and cause our advertisers to reduce the amounts they spend on advertising, which could adversely affect our revenues and business.

Our revenue growth rate could decline over time, and we anticipate downward pressure on our operating margin in the future.

Our revenue growth rate could decline over time as a result of a number of factors, including increasing competition, changes in our product mix, query growth rates and how users make queries, the challenges in maintaining our growth rate as our revenues increase to higher levels, the increasing maturity of the online advertising market and the other markets in which we participate and the success of our investments in new business strategies, products, services, and technologies, such as our acquisition of Motorola.

The revenue growth rate of our Motorola business will also depend on a number of factors, including our reliance on several large customers, the absence of long-term exclusivity arrangements with such customers, our ability to gain significant market share in the mobile devices space, our reliance on third-party distributors, representatives and retailers to sell certain of its products and the successful implementation of our product and operating system strategies. Furthermore, industry consolidation in the telecommunications and cable industries could negatively impact Motorola’s business because there would be fewer network operators and it could be more difficult to replace any lost customers. Any of these factors could have a negative impact on Motorola’s business and have an adverse effect on our consolidated financial results.

We believe our operating margin will experience downward pressure as a result of increasing competition and increased expenditures for many aspects of our business, including Motorola. For instance, our operating margin will experience downward pressure if a greater percentage of our revenues comes from ads placed on our Google Network Members’ websites compared to revenues generated through ads placed on our own websites or if we spend a proportionately larger amount to promote the distribution of certain products, including Google Chrome. Both the margin on revenues we generate from our Google Network Members and the margin on revenues from our Motorola business is significantly less than the margin on revenues we generate from advertising on our websites. Also, the margins on advertising revenues from mobile devices and newer advertising formats are generally less than the margin on revenues we generate from advertising on our websites. Additionally, the margin we earn on revenues generated from our Google Network Members could decrease in the future if we pay an even larger percentage of advertising fees to our Google Network Members.

We are subject to increased regulatory scrutiny that may negatively impact our business. The growth of our company and our expansion into a variety of new fields implicate a variety of new regulatory

issues, and we have experienced increased regulatory scrutiny as we have grown. In particular, we are cooperating with the regulatory authorities in the United States and abroad, including the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the European Commission (EC), and several state attorneys general in investigations they are conducting with respect to our business and its impact on competition. Legislators and regulators, including those conducting investigations in the U.S. and Europe, may make legal and regulatory changes, or interpret and apply existing laws, in ways that make our products and services less useful to our users, require us to incur substantial costs, expose us to unanticipated civil or criminal liability, or cause us to change our business practices. These changes or increased costs could negatively impact our business and results of operations in material ways.

We are regularly subject to claims, suits, government investigations, and other proceedings that may result in adverse outcomes.

We are regularly subject to claims, suits, government investigations, and other proceedings involving competition and antitrust (such as the pending investigations by the FTC and the EC), intellectual property, privacy, tax, labor and employment, commercial disputes, content generated by our users, goods and services offered by advertisers or publishers using our platforms, and other matters. Our acquisition of Motorola also exposes us to the risk of product liability and other litigation involving assertions about product defects, as well as health and safety, hazardous materials usage, and other environmental concerns. In addition, our Motorola business faces intellectual property litigation, as further discussed later, that exposes us to the risk of exclusion and cease and desist orders, which could limit our ability to sell Motorola products.

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Such claims, suits, government investigations, and proceedings are inherently uncertain and their results cannot be predicted with certainty. Regardless of the outcome, such legal proceedings can have an adverse impact on us because of legal costs, diversion of management resources, and other factors. Determining reserves for our pending litigation is a complex, fact-intensive process that requires significant judgment. It is possible that a resolution of one or more such proceedings could result in substantial fines and penalties that could adversely affect our business, consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows in a particular period. These proceedings could also result in reputational harm, criminal sanctions, consent decrees, or orders preventing us from offering certain features, functionalities, products, or services, requiring a change in our business practices or product recalls or other field action, or requiring development of non-infringing or otherwise altered products or technologies. Any of these consequences could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Our business depends on a strong brand, and failing to maintain and enhance our brand would hurt our ability to expand our base of users, advertisers, Google Network Members, and other partners.

The brand identity that we have developed has significantly contributed to the success of our business. Maintaining and enhancing the “Google” brand is critical to expanding our base of users, advertisers, Google Network Members, and other partners. We believe that the importance of brand recognition will increase due to the relatively low barriers to entry in the internet market. Our brand may be negatively impacted by a number of factors, including data protection and security issues, service outages, and product malfunctions. If we fail to maintain and enhance the “Google” brand, or if we incur excessive expenses in this effort, our business, operating results, and financial condition will be materially and adversely affected. Maintaining and enhancing our brand will depend largely on our ability to be a technology leader and continue to provide high-quality innovative products and services, which we may not do successfully.

A variety of new and existing U.S. and foreign laws could subject us to claims or otherwise harm our business.

We are subject to numerous U.S. and foreign laws and regulations covering a wide variety of subject matters. New laws and regulations (or new interpretations of existing laws and regulations) may also impact our business. The costs of compliance with these laws and regulations are high and are likely to increase in the future. Any failure on our part to comply with these laws and regulations can result in negative publicity and diversion of management time and effort and may subject us to significant liabilities and other penalties.

Furthermore, many of these laws were adopted prior to the advent of the internet and related technologies and, as a result, do not contemplate or address the unique issues of the internet and related technologies. The laws that do reference the internet are being interpreted by the courts, but their applicability and scope remain uncertain. For example, the laws relating to the liability of providers of online services are currently unsettled both within the U.S. and abroad. Claims have also been, or may be, threatened and filed against us under both U.S. and foreign laws for defamation, invasion of privacy and other tort claims, unlawful activity, patent, copyright and trademark infringement, or other theories based on the nature and content of the materials searched and the ads posted by our users, our products and services, or content generated by our users. Moreover, recent amendments to U.S. patent laws will become effective in 2012 and may affect our ability to protect our innovations and defend against claims of patent infringement.

In addition, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act has provisions that limit, but do not necessarily eliminate, our liability for caching or hosting, or for listing or linking to, third-party websites that include materials that infringe copyrights or other rights, so long as we comply with the statutory requirements of this act. Any future legislation impacting these safe harbors may adversely impact us. Various U.S. and international laws restrict the distribution of materials considered harmful to children and impose additional restrictions on the ability of online services to collect information from minors. In the area of data protection, many states have passed laws requiring notification to users when there is a security breach for personal data, such as California’s Information Practices Act. We face similar risks and costs as our products and services are offered in international markets and may be subject to additional regulations.

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We are, and may in the future be, subject to intellectual property or other claims, which are costly to defend, could result in significant damage awards, and could limit our ability to use certain technologies in the future.

Internet, technology, and media companies own large numbers of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets and frequently enter into litigation based on allegations of infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights. In addition, patent holding companies may continue to seek to monetize patents they have purchased or otherwise obtained. As we have grown, the intellectual property rights claims against us have increased and may continue to increase as we develop new products, services, and technologies.

We have had patent, copyright, and trademark infringement lawsuits filed against us claiming that certain of our products, services, and technologies, including Android, Google Search, Google AdWords, Google AdSense, Motorola, Google Books, Google News, Google Image Search, Google Chrome, Google Talk, Google Voice, and YouTube, infringe the intellectual property rights of others. Third parties have also sought broad injunctive relief against Motorola by filing claims in the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) for exclusion and cease and desist orders, which could limit our ability to sell Motorola products in the U.S. or elsewhere if our products or those of our customers or suppliers are found to infringe the intellectual property subject to the claims. Adverse results in any of these lawsuits may include awards of substantial monetary damages, costly royalty or licensing agreements (if licenses are available at all), or orders preventing us from offering certain features, functionalities, products, or services, and may also cause us to change our business practices, and require development of non-infringing products or technologies, which could result in a loss of revenues for us and otherwise harm our business.

In addition, many of our agreements with our customers and partners, including certain suppliers, require us to indemnify them for certain intellectual property infringement claims against them, which could increase our costs as a result of defending such claims, and may require that we pay significant damages if there were an adverse ruling in any such claims. Such customers and partners may also discontinue the use of our products, services, and technologies, as a result of injunctions or otherwise, which could result in loss of revenues and adversely impact our business. Moreover, supplier provided intellectual property indemnities to us, when obtainable, may not cover all damages and losses suffered by us and our customers from malfunctioning products.

Regardless of the merits of the claims, intellectual property claims are often time consuming, expensive to litigate or settle, and cause significant diversion of management attention. To the extent such intellectual property infringement claims are successful, they may have an adverse effect on our business, consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Our intellectual property rights are valuable, and any inability to protect them could reduce the value of our products, services, and brand.

Our patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights are important assets for us. Various events outside of our control pose a threat to our intellectual property rights, as well as to our products, services and technologies. For example, effective intellectual property protection may not be available in every country in which our products and services are distributed or made available through the internet. Also, the efforts we have taken to protect our proprietary rights may not be sufficient or effective.

Although we seek to obtain patent protection for our innovations, it is possible we may not be able to protect some of these innovations. Moreover, because of our long-term interests in open source, we may not have adequate patent protection for certain innovations that later turn out to be important. Furthermore, there is always the possibility, despite our efforts, that the scope of the protection gained will be insufficient or that an issued patent may be deemed invalid or unenforceable.

We also seek to maintain certain intellectual property as trade secrets. The secrecy could be compromised by outside parties, or by our employees, which could cause us to lose the competitive advantage resulting from these trade secrets.

We also face risks associated with our trademarks. For example, there is a risk that the word “Google” could become so commonly used that it becomes synonymous with the word “search.” If this happens, we could lose protection for this trademark, which could result in other people using the word “Google” to refer to their own products, thus diminishing our brand.

Any significant impairment of our intellectual property rights could harm our business and our ability to compete. Also, protecting our intellectual property rights is costly and time consuming. Any increase in the unauthorized use of our intellectual property could make it more expensive to do business and harm our operating results.

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We may be subject to legal liability associated with providing online services or content. We host and provide a wide variety of services and products that enable users to exchange information, advertise

products and services, conduct business, and engage in various online activities both domestically and internationally. The law relating to the liability of providers of these online services and products for activities of their users is still somewhat unsettled both within the U.S. and internationally. Claims have been threatened and have been brought against us for defamation, negligence, breaches of contract, copyright or trademark infringement, unfair competition, unlawful activity, tort, including personal injury, fraud, or other theories based on the nature and content of information which we publish or to which we provide links or that may be posted online or generated by us or by third parties, including our users. In addition, we are and have been and may again in the future be subject to domestic or international actions alleging that certain content we have generated or third-party content that we have made available within our services violates laws in domestic and international jurisdictions.

We also arrange for the distribution of third-party advertisements to third-party publishers and advertising networks, and we offer third-party products, services, or content. We may be subject to claims concerning these products, services, or content by virtue of our involvement in marketing, branding, broadcasting, or providing access to them, even if we do not ourselves host, operate, provide, or provide access to these products, services, or content. Defense of any such actions could be costly and involve significant time and attention of our management and other resources, may result in monetary liabilities or penalties, and may require us to change our business in an adverse manner.

More people are using devices other than personal computers to access the internet. If users do not widely adopt versions of our web search technology, products, or operating systems developed for these devices, our business could be adversely affected.

The number of people who access the internet through devices other than personal computers, including mobile phones, smartphones, handheld computers such as netbooks and tablets, video game consoles, and television set-top devices, has increased dramatically in the past few years. The lower resolution, functionality, and memory associated with some alternative devices make the use of our products and services through such devices more difficult and the versions of our products and services developed for these devices may not be compelling to users, manufacturers, or distributors of alternative devices. Each manufacturer or distributor may establish unique technical standards for its devices, and our products and services may not work or be viewable on these devices as a result. As new devices and new platforms are continually being released, it is difficult to predict the problems we may encounter in developing versions of our products and services for use on these alternative devices and we may need to devote significant resources to the creation, support, and maintenance of such devices. If we are unable to attract and retain a substantial number of alternative device manufacturers, distributors, and users to our products and services, or if we are slow to develop products and technologies that are more compatible with alternative devices, we will fail to capture a significant share of an increasingly important portion of the market for online services, which could adversely affect our business.

Privacy concerns relating to our technology could damage our reputation and deter current and potential users from using our products and services.

From time to time, concerns have been expressed by regulators and others about whether our products, services, or processes compromise the privacy of users and others. Concerns about, or regulatory actions involving our practices with regard to the collection, use, disclosure, or security of personal information or other privacy related matters, even if unfounded, could damage our reputation and adversely affect operating results. While we strive to comply with all applicable data protection laws and regulations, as well as our own posted privacy policies, the failure or perceived failure to comply may result, and in some cases has resulted, in inquiries and other proceedings or actions against us by government entities or others, or could cause us to lose users and customers, which could potentially have an adverse effect on our business.

In addition, as nearly all of our products and services are web-based, the amount of data we store for our users on our servers (including personal information) has been increasing. Any systems failure or compromise of our security that results in the release of our users’ data could seriously limit the adoption of our products and services, as well as harm our reputation and brand and, therefore, our business. We expect to continue to expend significant resources to protect against security breaches. The risk that these types of events could seriously harm our business is likely to increase as we expand the number of web-based products and services we offer, and operate in more countries.

Regulatory authorities around the world are considering a number of legislative and regulatory proposals concerning data protection. In addition, the interpretation and application of consumer and data protection laws in the

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U.S., Europe and elsewhere are often uncertain and in flux. It is possible that these laws may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent with our data practices. If so, in addition to the possibility of fines, this could result in an order requiring that we change our data practices, which could have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations. Complying with these various laws could cause us to incur substantial costs or require us to change our business practices in a manner adverse to our business.

With our acquisition of Motorola, we face a number of manufacturing and supply chain risks that, if not properly managed, could adversely impact our financial results and prospects.

With our acquisition of Motorola, we face a number of risks related to manufacturing and supply chain management. For instance, the products we sell may have quality issues resulting from the design or manufacture of the product, or from the software used in the product. Sometimes, these issues may be caused by components we purchase from other manufacturers or suppliers. If the quality of our Motorola products does not meet our customers’ expectations or our products are found to be defective, then our sales and operating earnings, and ultimately our reputation, could be negatively impacted.

We rely on third parties to manufacture many of Motorola’s assemblies and finished products, and we have third-party arrangements for the design of some components and parts. Our Motorola business could be negatively affected if we are not able to engage third parties with the necessary capabilities or capacity on reasonable terms, or if those we engage fail to meet their obligations (whether due to financial difficulties or other reasons), or make adverse changes in the pricing or other materials terms of our arrangements with them.

Motorola, like many electronics manufacturers, has also experienced supply shortages and price increases in the past driven by raw material availability, manufacturing capacity, labor shortages, industry allocations, natural disasters and significant changes in the financial or business condition of its suppliers. Workaround plans to address shortages have entailed in the past, and could entail in the future, increased freight costs for expedited shipments. We cannot assure you that we will not experience shortages or other supply chain disruptions in the future or that they will not negatively impact our operations. In addition, some of the components we use in our Motorola products are available only from a single source or limited sources, and we cannot assure you that we would be able to find replacement vendors on favorable terms or at all in the event of a supply chain disruption.

Additionally, because many of our supply contracts have volume-based pricing or minimum purchase requirements, if the volume of our Motorola sales decreases or does not reach projected targets, we could face increased materials and manufacturing costs or other financial liabilities that could make our Motorola products more costly per unit to manufacture and therefore less competitive and negatively impact our financial results. Further, certain of our competitors may negotiate more favorable contractual terms based on volume and other commitments that may provide them with competitive advantages and may impact our supply.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act included disclosure requirements regarding the use of “conflict” minerals mined from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries (DRC) and procedures regarding a manufacturer’s efforts to prevent the sourcing of such “conflict” minerals. While final rules are not yet implemented, these rules could limit the pool of suppliers who can provide us DRC “conflict free” components and parts, and we may not be able to obtain DRC conflict free products or supplies in sufficient quantities for our operations. Also, since our supply chain is complex, we may face reputational challenges with our customers, stockholders and other stakeholders if we are unable to sufficiently verify the origins for the conflict minerals used in our products.

If our security measures are breached, or if our services are subject to attacks that degrade or deny the ability of users to access our products and services, our products and services may be perceived as not being secure, users and customers may curtail or stop using our products and services, and we may incur significant legal and financial exposure.

Our products and services involve the storage and transmission of users’ and customers’ proprietary information, and security breaches expose us to a risk of loss of this information, litigation, and potential liability. We experience cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis, and as a result, unauthorized parties have obtained, and may in the future obtain, access to our data or our users’ or customers’ data. Our security measures may also be breached due to employee error, malfeasance, or otherwise. Additionally, outside parties may attempt to fraudulently induce employees, users, or customers to disclose sensitive information in order to gain access to our data or our users’ or customers’ data. Any such breach or unauthorized access could result in significant legal and financial exposure, damage to our reputation, and a loss of confidence in the security of our products and services that could potentially have an adverse effect on our

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business. Because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, disable or degrade service, or sabotage systems change frequently and often are not recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. If an actual or perceived breach of our security occurs, the market perception of the effectiveness of our security measures could be harmed and we could lose users and customers.

Web spam and content farms could decrease our search quality, which could damage our reputation and deter our current and potential users from using our products and services.

“Web spam” refers to websites that attempt to violate a search engine’s quality guidelines or that otherwise seek to rank higher in search results than a search engine’s assessment of their relevance and utility would rank them. Although English-language web spam in our search results has been significantly reduced, and web spam in most other languages is limited, we expect web spammers will continue to seek ways to improve their rankings inappropriately. We continuously combat web spam, including through indexing technology that makes it harder for spam-like, less useful web content to rank highly. We face challenges from low-quality and irrelevant content websites, including “content farms,” which are websites that generate large quantities of low-quality content to help them improve their search rankings. We are continually launching algorithmic changes focused on low-quality websites. If web spam and content farms continue to increase on Google, this could hurt our reputation for delivering relevant information or reduce user traffic to our websites. In addition, as we continue to take actions to improve our search quality and reduce low-quality content, this may in the short run reduce our AdSense revenues, since some of these websites are AdSense partners.

Interruption or failure of our information technology and communications systems could hurt our ability to effectively provide our products and services, which could damage our reputation and harm our operating results.

The availability of our products and services depends on the continuing operation of our information technology and communications systems. Our systems are vulnerable to damage or interruption from earthquakes, terrorist attacks, floods, fires, power loss, telecommunications failures, computer viruses, computer denial of service attacks, or other attempts to harm our systems. Some of our data centers are located in areas with a high risk of major earthquakes. Our data centers are also subject to break-ins, sabotage, and intentional acts of vandalism, and to potential disruptions if the operators of these facilities have financial difficulties. Some of our systems are not fully redundant, and our disaster recovery planning cannot account for all eventualities. The occurrence of a natural disaster, a decision to close a facility we are using without adequate notice for financial reasons, or other unanticipated problems at our data centers could result in lengthy interruptions in our service. In addition, our products and services are highly technical and complex and may contain errors or vulnerabilities. Any errors or vulnerabilities in our products and services, or damage to or failure of our systems, could result in interruptions in our services, which could reduce our revenues and profits, and damage our brand.

Our international operations expose us to additional risks that could harm our business, operating results, and financial condition.

Our international operations are significant to our revenues and net income, and we plan to further expand internationally. International revenues accounted for approximately 54% of our consolidated revenues in 2011 and in the six months ended June 30, 2012, and more than half of our user traffic has been coming from outside the U.S. In certain international markets, we have limited operating experience and may not benefit from any first-to-market advantages or otherwise succeed.

Our Motorola business also has many manufacturing, research and development, administrative and sales facilities outside the U.S., and more than half of our Motorola employees are employed outside the U.S. Most of our Motorola suppliers’ operations are outside the U.S. and nearly all of our Motorola products (other than some prototypes) are manufactured outside the U.S., primarily in China, Taiwan and Brazil. If our manufacturing in these regions is disrupted, our overall capacity could be significantly reduced and sales or profitability could be negatively impacted. We require these suppliers and business partners to operate in compliance with applicable laws, regulations and company policies regarding workplace and employment practices, environmental compliance and intellectual property licensing, but we do not control them or their practices. If one of these suppliers or business partners violates labor or other laws or implements practices that are regarded as unethical, we could experience supply chain disruptions, canceled orders, terminations of or damage to key relationships, and damage to our reputation. If one of our suppliers or business partners fails to procure necessary license rights to third-party intellectual property, legal action could ensue that could impact the salability of our products and expose us to financial obligations to third parties. Any of these events could have a negative impact on our financial results and prospects.

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Moreover, in connection with our operations in Brazil, we have had and continue to have legal disputes and controversies, including tax, labor and trade compliance controversies and other legal matters that take many years to resolve. We incur legal and other costs in managing and defending these matters and expect to continue to incur such costs. Based on our assessment of these matters, we have recorded reserves on only a small portion of the total potential exposure. It is, however, very difficult to predict the outcome of legal disputes and controversies, including litigation, in Brazil and our ultimate exposure may be greater than our current assessments and related reserves.

In addition to risks described elsewhere in this section, our international operations expose us to other risks, including the following:

In addition, compliance with complex foreign and U.S. laws and regulations that apply to our international operations increases our cost of doing business. These numerous and sometimes conflicting laws and regulations include internal control and disclosure rules, data privacy and filtering requirements, anti-corruption laws, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and other local laws prohibiting corrupt payments to governmental officials, and antitrust and competition regulations, among others. Violations of these laws and regulations could result in fines and penalties, criminal sanctions against us, our officers, or our employees, prohibitions on the conduct of our business and on our ability to offer our products and services in one or more countries, and could also materially affect our brand, our international expansion efforts, our ability to attract and retain employees, our business, and our operating results. Although we have implemented policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with these laws and regulations, there can be no assurance that our employees, contractors, or agents will not violate our policies.

Furthermore, our Motorola business has had, and continues to have, a policy requiring our suppliers, business partners and customers to operate in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations and Motorola’s code of business conduct regarding working conditions, employment practices, environmental compliance and trademark and copyright licensing. However, we do not control their labor and other business practices. If one of our suppliers violates labor or other laws or implements labor or other business practices that are regarded as unethical, the shipment of finished products to us could be interrupted, orders could be canceled, relationships could be terminated and our reputation could be damaged. If one of our suppliers fails to procure necessary license rights to trademarks, copyrights or patents owned by third parties, legal action could be taken against us that could impact the salability of our products and expose us to financial obligations to third parties. Any of these events could have an adverse effect on our revenues and results of operations and harm our brand.

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• Changes in local political, economic, social, and labor conditions, which may adversely harm our business.

• Restrictions on foreign ownership and investments, and stringent foreign exchange controls that might prevent

us from repatriating cash earned in countries outside the U.S.

• Import and export requirements, tariffs, trade disputes and barriers, and customs classifications that may

prevent us from offering products or providing services to a particular market and may increase our operating costs.

• Potential injunctions from importation into the U.S. of our Motorola products manufactured outside the U.S. in

an ITC matter. • Longer payment cycles in some countries, increased credit risk, and higher levels of payment fraud. • Still developing foreign laws and legal systems.

• Uncertainty regarding liability for services and content, including uncertainty as a result of local laws and lack of

legal precedent.

• Different employee/employer relationships, existence of workers’ councils and labor unions, and other

challenges caused by distance, language, and cultural differences, making it harder to do business in certain jurisdictions.

• Natural disasters, military or political conflicts, including war and other hostilities, and public health issues and

outbreaks.

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Finally, since we conduct business in currencies other than U.S. dollars but report our financial results in U.S. dollars, we face exposure to fluctuations in currency exchange rates. Although we hedge a portion of our international currency exposure, significant fluctuations in exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies may adversely affect our net income. Additionally, hedging programs are inherently risky and could expose us to additional risks that could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

If we were to lose the services of Larry, Sergey, Eric, or other key personnel, we may not be able to execute our business strategy.

Our future success depends in a large part upon the continued service of key members of our senior management team. In particular, Larry Page and Sergey Brin are critical to the overall management of Google and the development of our technology. Along with our Executive Chairman Eric E. Schmidt, they also play a key role in maintaining our culture and setting our strategic direction. All of our executive officers and key employees are at-will employees, and we do not maintain any key-person life insurance policies. The loss of key personnel could seriously harm our business.

We rely on highly skilled personnel and, if we are unable to retain or motivate key personnel, hire qualified personnel, or maintain our corporate culture, we may not be able to grow effectively.

Our performance largely depends on the talents and efforts of highly skilled individuals. Our future success depends on our continuing ability to identify, hire, develop, motivate, and retain highly skilled personnel for all areas of our organization. Competition in our industry for qualified employees is intense, and certain of our competitors have directly targeted our employees. In addition, our compensation arrangements, such as our equity award programs, may not always be successful in attracting new employees and retaining and motivating our existing employees. Our continued ability to compete effectively depends on our ability to attract new employees and to retain and motivate our existing employees.

In addition, we believe that our corporate culture fosters innovation, creativity, and teamwork. As our organization grows, and we are required to implement more complex organizational management structures, we may find it increasingly difficult to maintain the beneficial aspects of our corporate culture. This could negatively impact our future success.

Our business depends on continued and unimpeded access to the internet by us and our users. Internet access providers may be able to block, degrade, or charge for access to certain of our products and services, which could lead to additional expenses and the loss of users and advertisers.

Our products and services depend on the ability of our users to access the internet, and certain of our products require significant bandwidth to work effectively. Currently, this access is provided by companies that have significant market power in the broadband and internet access marketplace, including incumbent telephone companies, cable companies, mobile communications companies, and government-owned service providers. Some of these providers have taken, or have stated that they may take, measures that could degrade, disrupt, or increase the cost of user access to certain of our products by restricting or prohibiting the use of their infrastructure to support or facilitate our offerings, or by charging increased fees to us or our users to provide our offerings. Such interference could result in a loss of existing users and advertisers, and increased costs, and could impair our ability to attract new users and advertisers, thereby harming our revenues and growth.

New technologies could block our ads, which would harm our business. Technologies have been developed (including by us) that can block the display of our ads and that provide tools to

users to opt out of our advertising products. Most of our revenues are derived from fees paid to us by advertisers in connection with the display of ads on web pages for our users. As a result, such technologies and tools could adversely affect our operating results.

We are exposed to fluctuations in the market values of our investment portfolio. Given the global nature of our business, we have investments both domestically and internationally. Credit ratings

and pricing of these investments can be negatively impacted by liquidity, credit deterioration or losses, financial results, or other factors. As a result, the value or liquidity of our cash equivalents and marketable securities could decline and result in a material impairment, which could materially adversely affect our financial condition and operating results.

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We may have exposure to greater than anticipated tax liabilities.

Our future income taxes could be adversely affected by earnings being lower than anticipated in jurisdictions that have lower statutory tax rates and higher than anticipated in jurisdictions that have higher statutory tax rates, by changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, as a result of gains on our foreign exchange risk management program, or changes in tax laws, regulations, or accounting principles, as well as certain discrete items. We are subject to regular review and audit by both domestic and foreign tax authorities. Any adverse outcome of such a review or audit could have a negative effect on our operating results and financial condition. In addition, the determination of our worldwide provision for income taxes and other tax liabilities requires significant judgment, and there are many transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. Although we believe our estimates are reasonable, the ultimate tax outcome may differ from the amounts recorded in our financial statements and may materially affect our financial results in the period or periods for which such determination is made.

Our operating results may fluctuate, which makes our results difficult to predict and could cause our results to fall short of expectations.

Our operating results may fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, many outside of our control. As a result, comparing our operating results on a period-to-period basis may not be meaningful, and you should not rely on our past results as an indication of our future performance. Our quarterly, year-to-date, and annual expenses as a percentage of our revenues may differ significantly from our historical or projected rates. Our operating results in future quarters may fall below expectations. Any of these events could cause our stock price to fall. Each of the risk factors listed in this section in addition to the following factors may affect our operating results:

Because our business is changing and evolving, our historical operating results may not be useful to you in predicting our future operating results. In addition, advertising spending has historically been cyclical in nature, reflecting overall economic conditions, as well as budgeting and buying patterns. Also, user traffic tends to be seasonal. Our rapid growth has tended to mask the cyclicality and seasonality of our business. As our growth rate has slowed, the cyclicality and seasonality in our business has become more pronounced and caused our operating results to fluctuate.

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• Our ability to continue to attract users to our websites and satisfy existing users on our websites.

• Our ability to monetize (or generate revenues from) traffic on our websites and our Google Network Members’

websites.

• Our ability to attract advertisers to our AdWords program, and our ability to attract websites to our AdSense

program.

• The mix in our revenues between those generated on our websites and those generated through our Google

Network and other factors, such as changes in product mix and the geographic mix of our revenues that can affect revenue growth rates and margins.

• The amount of revenues and expenses generated and incurred in currencies other than U.S. dollars, and our

ability to manage the resulting risk through our foreign exchange risk management program.

• The amount and timing of operating costs and expenses and capital expenditures related to the maintenance

and expansion of our businesses, operations, and infrastructure.

• Our focus on long-term goals over short-term results.

• The results of our investments in risky projects, including new business strategies and new products, services,

technologies and acquisitions.

• Our ability to keep our websites operational at a reasonable cost and without service interruptions.

• Our ability to generate significant revenues from services in which we have invested considerable time and

resources, such as Google Wallet.

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Motorola could be subject to significant liability under a Tax Sharing Agreement with Motorola Solutions Inc. (Motorola Solutions) if the Merger or subsequent transactions were to cause the spinoff of Motorola from Motorola Solutions (the Spinoff) to fail to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

In connection with the Spinoff, Motorola and Motorola Solutions entered into a Tax Sharing Agreement (the Tax Sharing Agreement) under which Motorola agreed not to take any of certain actions during the two-year period ending January 4, 2013, without the receipt of a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service or an opinion of tax counsel, in either case acceptable to Motorola Solutions in its discretion, to the effect that such action will not affect the tax-free status of the Spinoff and certain related transactions (or the waiver by Motorola Solutions of the requirement to obtain the private letter ruling or opinion of tax counsel). Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz issued an opinion to Motorola and to Motorola Solutions, dated August 14, 2011, to the effect that, based on representations made by Motorola and Motorola Solutions and subject to the limitations and qualifications set out in the opinion, the acquisition of Motorola will not affect the tax-free status of the Spinoff and certain related transactions. Motorola Solutions accepted that opinion as satisfying the requirements of the Tax Sharing Agreement with respect to the acquisition.

Notwithstanding acceptance of the opinion by Motorola Solutions, under the Tax Sharing Agreement, which remains in effect, Motorola must indemnify Motorola Solutions and its affiliates against any and all tax-related liabilities incurred by them relating to the Spinoff and certain related transactions to the extent caused by Motorola. This obligation is not capped and could subject Motorola to substantial liabilities. Moreover, restrictions under the Tax Sharing Agreement may limit our ability to pursue strategic transactions with respect to Motorola’s stock or assets, or to engage in new business or other transactions intended to maximize the value of Motorola’s business.

Risks Related to Ownership of Our Stock The trading price for our Class A common stock may continue to be volatile, and if the shares of the new

class of non-voting Class C capital stock are distributed as expected, the trading price of that class may also be volatile and may affect the trading price for the Class A common stock.

The trading price of our Class A common stock has at times experienced substantial price volatility and may continue to be volatile. For example, from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012, the closing price of our Class A common stock ranged from $490.92 per share to $668.28 per share. The trading price of our Class A common stock may fluctuate widely in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control. These factors include, among others:

In addition, our board of directors approved amendments to our certificate of incorporation in April 2012 that would, among other things, create a new class of non-voting capital stock, known as Class C capital stock. The amendments authorize 3 billion shares of Class C capital stock and also increase the authorized shares of Class A common stock from 6 billion to 9 billion. The amendments are reflected in our new certificate of incorporation, the adoption of which was approved by stockholders at our 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 21, 2012. We have announced the intention of our board of directors to consider a distribution of shares of the Class C capital stock as a dividend to our holders of Class A and Class B common stock.

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• Quarterly variations in our results of operations or those of our competitors.

• Announcements by us or our competitors of acquisitions, new products, significant contracts, commercial

relationships, or capital commitments. • Recommendations by securities analysts or changes in earnings estimates.

• Announcements about our earnings that are not in line with analyst expectations, the risk of which is enhanced

because it is our policy not to give guidance on earnings.

• Announcements by our competitors of their earnings that are not in line with analyst expectations.

• Commentary by industry and market professionals about our products, strategies, and other matters affecting

our business and results, regardless of its accuracy.

• The volume of shares of Class A common stock available for public sale.

• Sales of Class A common stock by us or by our stockholders (including sales by our directors, executive

officers, and other employees).

• Short sales, hedging, and other derivative transactions on shares of our Class A common stock (including

derivative transactions under our TSO program).

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Although we plan to list the Class C capital stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market, we cannot predict whether, or to what extent, a liquid trading market will develop for the Class C capital stock. If it does not or if the Class C capital stock isnot attractive to targets as an acquisition currency or to our employees as an incentive, we may not achieve our objectives in creating this new class. As in the case of the Class A common stock, the trading price for the Class C capital stock may also be volatile and affected by the factors noted above, as well as by the difference in voting rights as between the Class A common stock and the Class C capital stock, the volume of Class C capital stock available for public sale and sales by us and our stockholders of Class C capital stock, including by institutional investors that may be unwilling, unable or choose not to hold non-voting shares they receive as part of the stock dividend, if it is declared and paid. Whether or not the Class C capital stock is included in stock indices in the future may also affect the trading prices of the Class A common stock and the Class C capital stock.

In addition, the stock market in general, and the market for technology companies in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. These broad market and industry factors may harm the market price of our Class A common stock, and, if approved and issued, our Class C capital Stock, regardless of our actual operating performance.

The concentration of our stock ownership limits our stockholders’ ability to influence corporate matters. Our Class B common stock has 10 votes per share and our Class A common stock has one vote per share. As of

June 30, 2012, Larry, Sergey, and Eric beneficially owned approximately 92% of our outstanding Class B common stock, representing approximately 66% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock. Larry, Sergey, and Eric therefore have significant influence over management and affairs and over all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and significant corporate transactions, such as a merger or other sale of our company or our assets, for the foreseeable future. In addition, as noted above, the creation of the Class C capital stock was approved by stockholders at our 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 21, 2012 and we have announced the intention of our board of directors to consider a stock dividend of shares of this new class. Because the Class C capital stock carries no voting rights (except as required by applicable law), the issuance of the Class C capital stock, including in future stock-based acquisition transactions and to fund employee equity incentive programs, could prolong the duration of Larry and Sergey’s current relative ownership of our voting power and their ability to elect all of our directors and to determine the outcome of most matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders. Together with Eric, they would also continue to be able to control any required stockholder vote with respect to certain change in control transactions involving Google (including an acquisition of Google by another company).

This concentrated control limits or severely restricts our stockholders’ ability to influence corporate matters and, as a result, we may take actions that our stockholders do not view as beneficial. As a result, the market price of our Class A common stock and, if issued, our Class C capital stock could be adversely affected.

Provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law could discourage a takeover that stockholders may consider favorable.

Provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control or changes in our management. These provisions include the following:

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• Our certificate of incorporation provides for a dual class common stock structure. As a result of this structure, Larry, Sergey, and Eric have significant influence over all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and significant corporate transactions, such as a merger or other sale of our company or our assets. This concentrated control could discourage others from initiating any potential merger, takeover, or other change of control transaction that other stockholders may view as beneficial. As noted above, the issuance of the Class C capital stock could have the effect of prolonging the influence of Larry, Sergey, and Eric.

• Our board of directors has the right to elect directors to fill a vacancy created by the expansion of the Board of

Directors or the resignation, death, or removal of a director, which prevents stockholders from being able to fill vacancies on our board of directors.

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As a Delaware corporation, we are also subject to certain Delaware anti-takeover provisions. Under Delaware law, a corporation may not engage in a business combination with any holder of 15% or more of its outstanding voting stock unless the holder has held the stock for three years or, among other things, the Board of Directors has approved the transaction. Our board of directors could rely on Delaware law to prevent or delay an acquisition of us.

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• Our stockholders may not act by written consent. As a result, a holder, or holders, controlling a majority of our

capital stock would not be able to take certain actions without holding a stockholders’ meeting.

• Our certificate of incorporation prohibits cumulative voting in the election of directors. This limits the ability of

minority stockholders to elect director candidates.

• Stockholders must provide advance notice to nominate individuals for election to the Board of Directors or to propose matters that can be acted upon at a stockholders’ meeting. These provisions may discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of our company.

• Our board of directors may issue, without stockholder approval, shares of undesignated preferred stock. The

ability to issue undesignated preferred stock makes it possible for our board of directors to issue preferred stock with voting or other rights or preferences that could impede the success of any attempt to acquire us.

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Results of Google’s Transferable Stock Option (TSO) Program

Under our TSO program, eligible employees are able to sell vested stock options to participating financial institutions in an online auction as an alternative to exercising options using the traditional method and then selling the underlying shares. The following table provides information with respect to sales by our employees of TSOs during the three months ended June 30, 2012 (unaudited):

In April 2009, we amended our TSO program to allow participation by executive officers (other than Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Eric E. Schmidt). The following table provides information with respect to sales by our executive officers of TSOs during the three months ended June 30, 2012 (unaudited):

On July 18, 2012, Google’s board of directors approved the adoption of Google’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.02 to this Form 10-Q. Google’s Bylaws were amended to make certain technical and administrative changes.

See the Exhibit Index following the signature page to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a list of exhibits filed or furnished with this report, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.

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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Aggregate Amounts Weighted-Average Per Share

Amounts

Period

Number of SharesUnderlying TSOs Sold

SalePrice of

TSOs Sold TSO

Premium

Exercise Price of

TSOs Sold

Sale Price of

TSOs Sold TSO

Premium (in thousands)

April 1-30 51,962 $ 13,246 $ 680 $ 365.58 $ 254.91 $ 13.08 May 1-31 157,087 43,722 1,251 341.21 278.33 7.97 June 1-30 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total (except weighted-average per share amounts) 209,049 $ 56,968 $ 1,931 $ 347.27 $ 272.51 $ 9.24

The TSO program is generally active during regular trading hours for The Nasdaq Stock Market when our trading window is open. However, we have the right to suspend the TSO program at any time for any reason, including for maintenance and other reasons. TSO premium is calculated as the difference between (a) the sale price of the TSO and (b) the intrinsic value of the TSO, which we define as the excess, if any, of the price of our Class A common stock at the time of the sale over the exercise price of the TSO.

Aggregate Amounts

Executive Officer

Number of SharesUnderlying TSOs Sold

Sale Price of

TSOs Sold TSO

Premium (in thousands)

Nikesh Arora 3,195 $ 959 $ 2 Patrick Pichette 9,291 1,813 302

Total 12,486 $ 2,772 $ 304

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

(1) (2) (2)

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

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GOOGLE INC.

Date: July 24, 2012 By: /s/ PATRICK PICHETTE Patrick Pichette Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal financial officer and duly authorized signatory)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

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Exhibit Number

Description

Incorporated by reference herein Form Date

3.01

*

Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Google Inc., as filed on June 22, 2012

3.02

*

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Google Inc., effective as of July 18, 2012

10.01

Agreement dated April 27, 2012, between Nikesh Arora and Google Inc.

Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 00050726)

April 30, 2012

10.02

Google Inc. 2012 Stock Plan

Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 00050726)

June 26, 2012

10.03

Google Inc. 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan for Employees and Consultants of Motorola Mobility

Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 00050726)

June 26, 2012

10.04

Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. 2011 Incentive Compensation Plan

Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-181661)

May 24, 2012

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*

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

31.01

*

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.02

*

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.01

Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

101.INS XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

* Filed herewith.

‡ Furnished herewith.

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Exhibit 3.01

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF GOOGLE INC.

a Delaware corporation

GOOGLE INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies as follows:

A. The name of the Corporation is Google Inc. The Corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 22, 2002.

B. This Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and restates, integrates and further amends the provisions of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation.

C. The text of the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Google Inc. has caused this Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by the undersigned officer, thereunto duly authorized, this 22nd day of June 2012.

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GOOGLE INC.a Delaware corporation

By: /S/ LARRY PAGE

Name: Larry Page Title: Chief Executive Officer

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EXHIBIT A

ARTICLE I

The name of this corporation is Google Inc. (hereinafter, the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE II

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

ARTICLE III

The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE IV

Section 1. Authorized Shares. This Corporation is authorized to issue nine billion (9,000,000,000) shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), three billion (3,000,000,000) shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”, and together with the Class A Common Stock, the “Common Stock”), three billion (3,000,000,000) shares of Class C Capital Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Class C Capital Stock”), and one hundred million (100,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share. The number of authorized shares of any class or classes of stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, voting together as a single class.

Section 2. Common Stock. A statement of the designations of each class of Common Stock and the powers, preferences and rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof is as follows:

(a) Voting Rights.

(i) Except as otherwise provided herein or by applicable law, the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall at all times vote together as one class on all matters (including the election of directors) submitted to a vote or for the consent of the stockholders of the Corporation.

(ii) Each holder of shares of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Class A Common Stock held as of the applicable date on any matter that is submitted to a vote or for the consent of the stockholders of the Corporation.

(iii) Each holder of shares of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to ten (10) votes for each share of Class B Common Stock held as of the applicable date on any matter that is submitted to a vote or for the consent of the stockholders of the Corporation.

(b) Dividends. Subject to the preferences applicable to any series of Preferred Stock, if any, outstanding at any time, the holders of Class A Common Stock and the holders of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to share equally, on a per share basis, in such dividends and other distributions of cash, property or shares of stock of the Corporation as may be declared by the Board of Directors from time to time with respect to the Common Stock

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out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor; provided, however, that in the event that such dividend is paid in the form of shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire Common Stock, the holders of Class A Common Stock shall receive Class A Common Stock or rights to acquire Class A Common Stock, as the case may be, and the holders of Class B Common Stock shall receive Class B Common Stock or rights to acquire Class B Common Stock, as the case may be.

(c) Liquidation. Subject to the preferences applicable to any series of Preferred Stock, if any outstanding at any time, in the event of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, distribution of assets or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of Class A Common Stock and the holders of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to share equally, on a per share basis, all assets of the Corporation of whatever kind available for distribution to the holders of Common Stock.

(d) Subdivision or Combinations. If the Corporation in any manner subdivides or combines the outstanding shares of one class of Common Stock, the outstanding shares of the other class of Common Stock will be subdivided or combined in the same manner.

(e) Equal Status. Except as expressly provided in this Article IV, Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall have the same rights and privileges and rank equally, share ratably and be identical in all respects as to all matters. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) in the event of a merger, consolidation or other business combination requiring the approval of the holders of the Corporation’s capital stock entitled to vote thereon (whether or not the Corporation is the surviving entity), the holders of the Class A Common Stock shall have the right to receive, or the right to elect to receive, the same form of consideration, if any, as the holders of the Class B Common Stock and the holders of the Class A Common Stock shall have the right to receive, or the right to elect to receive, at least the same amount of consideration, if any, on a per share basis as the holders of the Class B Common Stock, and (ii) in the event of (x) any tender or exchange offer to acquire any shares of Common Stock by any third party pursuant to an agreement to which the Corporation is a party or (y) any tender or exchange offer by the Corporation to acquire any shares of Common Stock, pursuant to the terms of the applicable tender or exchange offer, the holders of the Class A Common Stock shall have the right to receive, or the right to elect to receive, the same form of consideration as the holders of the Class B Common Stock and the holders of the Class A Common Stock shall have the right to receive, or the right to elect to receive, at least the same amount of consideration on a per share basis as the holders of the Class B Common Stock.

(f) Conversion.

(i) As used in this Section 2(f), the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Founder” shall mean either Larry Page or Sergey Brin, each as a natural living person, and

“Founders” shall mean both of them.

(2) “Class B Stockholder” shall mean (a) the Founders, (b) the registered holder of a share of Class B Common Stock on July 6, 2004 (the “Effective Time”), (c) each natural person who Transferred shares of Class B Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Class B Common Stock) prior to the Effective Time to a Permitted Entity that, as of the Effective Time, complies with the applicable exception for such Permitted Entity specified in Section 2(f)(iii)(2), and (d) the initial registered holder of any shares of Class B Common Stock that were originally issued by the Corporation after the Effective Time.

(3) “Permitted Entity” shall mean, with respect to any individual Class B Stockholder, any trust, account, plan, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company specified in Section 2(f)(iii)(2) established by or for such individual Class B Stockholder, so long as such entity meets the requirements of the exception set forth in Section 2(f)(iii)(2) applicable to such entity.

(4) “Transfer” of a share of Class B Common Stock shall mean any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, hypothecation or other transfer or disposition of such share or any legal or beneficial interest in such

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share, whether or not for value and whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law. A “Transfer” shall also include, without limitation, a transfer of a share of Class B Common Stock to a broker or other nominee (regardless of whether or not there is a corresponding change in beneficial ownership), or the transfer of, or entering into a binding agreement with respect to, Voting Control over a share of Class B Common Stock by proxy or otherwise; provided, however, that the following shall not be considered a “Transfer” within the meaning of this Section 2(f)(i)(4):

a) the granting of a proxy to officers or directors of the Corporation at the request of the Board of Directors of the Corporation in connection with actions to be taken at an annual or special meeting of stockholders;

b) entering into a voting trust, agreement or arrangement (with or without granting a proxy) solely with stockholders who are Class B Stockholders, that (A) is disclosed either in a Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation, (B) either has a term not exceeding one (1) year or is terminable by the Class B Stockholder at any time and (C) does not involve any payment of cash, securities, property or other consideration to the Class B Stockholder other than the mutual promise to vote shares in a designated manner; or

c) the pledge of shares of Class B Common Stock by a Class B Stockholder that creates a mere security interest in such shares pursuant to a bona fide loan or indebtedness transaction so long as the Class B Stockholder continues to exercise Voting Control over such pledged shares; provided, however, that a foreclosure on such shares of Class B Common Stock or other similar action by the pledgee shall constitute a “Transfer.”

(5) “Voting Control” with respect to a share of Class B Common Stock shall mean the power (whether exclusive or shared) to vote or direct the voting of such share of Class B Common Stock by proxy, voting agreement or otherwise.

(ii) Each share of Class B Common Stock shall be convertible into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock at the option of the holder thereof at any time upon written notice to the transfer agent of the Corporation.

(iii) Each share of Class B Common Stock shall automatically, without any further action, convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock upon a Transfer of such share, other than a Transfer:

(1) from a Founder, or such Founder’s Permitted Entities, to the other Founder, or such Founder’s Permitted Entities.

(2) by a Class B Stockholder who is a natural person to any of the following Permitted Entities, and from any of the following Permitted Entities back to such Class B Stockholder and/or any other Permitted Entity established by or for such Class B Stockholder:

a) a trust for the benefit of such Class B Stockholder and for the benefit of no other person, provided such Transfer does not involve any payment of cash, securities, property or other consideration (other than an interest in such trust) to the Class B Stockholder and, provided, further, that in the event such Class B Stockholder is no longer the exclusive beneficiary of such trust, each share of Class B Common Stock then held by such trust shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock;

b) a trust for the benefit of persons other than the Class B Stockholder so long as the Class B Stockholder has sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held by such trust, provided such Transfer does not involve any payment of cash, securities, property or other consideration (other than an interest in such trust) to the Class B Stockholder, and, provided,

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further, that in the event the Class B Stockholder no longer has sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held by such trust, each share of Class B Common Stock then held by such trust shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock;

c) a trust under the terms of which such Class B Stockholder has retained a “qualified interest” within the meaning of §2702(b)(1) of the Code and/or a reversionary interest so long as the Class B Stockholder has sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held by such trust; provided, however, that in the event the Class B Stockholder no longer has sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held by such trust, each share of Class B Common Stock then held by such trust shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock;

d) an Individual Retirement Account, as defined in Section 408(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a pension, profit sharing, stock bonus or other type of plan or trust of which such Class B Stockholder is a participant or beneficiary and which satisfies the requirements for qualification under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code; provided that in each case such Class B Stockholder has sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held in such account, plan or trust, and provided, further, that in the event the Class B Stockholder no longer has sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held by such account, plan or trust, each share of Class B Common Stock then held by such trust shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock;

e) a corporation in which such Class B Stockholder directly, or indirectly through one or more Permitted Entities, owns shares with sufficient Voting Control in the corporation, or otherwise has legally enforceable rights, such that the Class B Stockholder retains sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held by such corporation; provided that in the event the Class B Stockholder no longer owns sufficient shares or has sufficient legally enforceable rights to enable the Class B Stockholder to retain sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held by such corporation, each share of Class B Common Stock then held by such corporation shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock;

f) a partnership in which such Class B Stockholder directly, or indirectly through one or more Permitted Entities, owns partnership interests with sufficient Voting Control in the partnership, or otherwise has legally enforceable rights, such that the Class B Stockholder retains sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held by such partnership; provided that in the event the Class B Stockholder no longer owns sufficient partnership interests or has sufficient legally enforceable rights to enable the Class B Stockholder to retain sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held by such partnership, each share of Class B Common Stock then held by such partnership shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock; or

g) a limited liability company in which such Class B Stockholder directly, or indirectly through one or more Permitted Entities, owns membership interests with sufficient Voting Control in the limited liability company, or otherwise has legally enforceable rights, such that the Class B Stockholder retains sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held by such limited liability company; provided that in the event the Class B Stockholder no longer owns sufficient membership interests or has sufficient legally enforceable rights to enable the Class B Stockholder to retain sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held by such limited liability company, each share of Class B Common Stock then held by such limited liability company shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the shares of Class B Common Stock held by the Permitted Entity of a Class B Stockholder would constitute stock of a “controlled corporation” (as defined in Section 2036(b)(2) of the Code) upon the death of such Class B Stockholder, and the Transfer of shares Class B Common Stock by such Class B Stockholder to the Permitted Entity did not involve a bona fide sale for an adequate and full consideration in money or money’s worth (as contemplated by Section 2036(a) of the Code), then such shares will not automatically convert to Class A Common Stock if the Class B Stockholder does not directly or indirectly retain Voting Control over such shares until such time as the shares of Class B Common Stock would no longer constitute stock of a “controlled corporation” pursuant to the Code upon the death of such Class B Stockholder (such time is referred to as the “Voting Shift”). If the Class B Stockholder does not, within five (5) business days following the mailing of the Corporation’s proxy statement for the first annual or special meeting of stockholders following the Voting Shift, directly or indirectly through one or more Permitted Entities assume sole dispositive power and exclusive Voting Control with respect to such shares of Class B Common Stock, each such share of Class B Common Stock shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock.

(3) by a Class B Stockholder that is a partnership, or a nominee for a partnership, which partnership beneficially held more than five percent (5%) of the total outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock as of the Effective Time, to any person or entity that, at the Effective Time, was a partner of such partnership pro rata in accordance with their ownership interests in the partnership and the terms of any applicable partnership or similar agreement binding the partnership at the Effective Time, and any further Transfer(s) by any such partner that is a partnership or limited liability company to any person or entity that was at such time a partner or member of such partnership or limited liability company pro rata in accordance with their ownership interests in the partnership or limited liability company and the terms of any applicable partnership or similar agreement binding the partnership or limited liability company at the Effective Time. All shares of Class B Common Stock held by affiliated entities shall be aggregated together for the purposes of determining the satisfaction of such five percent (5%) threshold.

(4) by a Class B Stockholder that is a limited liability company, or a nominee for a limited liability company, which limited liability company beneficially held more than five percent (5%) of the total outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock as of the Effective Time, to any person or entity that, at the Effective Time, was a member of such limited liability company pro rata in accordance with their ownership interests in the company and the terms of any applicable agreement binding the company and its members at the Effective Time, and any further Transfer(s) by any such member that is a partnership or limited liability company to any person or entity that was at such time a partner or member of such partnership or limited liability company pro rata in accordance with their ownership interests in the partnership or limited liability company and the terms of any applicable partnership or similar agreement binding the partnership or limited liability company. All shares of Class B Common Stock held by affiliated entities shall be aggregated together for the purposes of determining the satisfaction of such five percent (5%) threshold.

(iv) Each share of Class B Common Stock held of record by a Class B Stockholder who is a natural person, or by such Class B Stockholder’s Permitted Entities, shall automatically, without any further action, convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock upon the death of such Class B Stockholder; provided, however, that:

(1) If a Founder, or such Founder’s Permitted Entity (in either case, the “Transferring Founder”) Transfers exclusive Voting Control (but not ownership) of shares of Class B Common Stock to the other Founder (the “Transferee Founder”) which Transfer of Voting Control is contingent or effective upon the death of the Transferring Founder, then each share of Class B Common Stock that is the subject of such Transfer shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock upon that date which is the earlier of: (a) nine (9) months after the date upon which the Transferring Founder died, or (b) the date upon which the Transferee Founder ceases to hold exclusive Voting Control over such shares of Class B Common Stock; provided, further, that if the Transferee Founder shall die within nine (9) months following the death of the Transferring Founder, then a trustee designated by the Transferee Founder and approved by the Board of

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Directors may exercise Voting Control over: (x) the Transferring Founders’ shares of Class B Common Stock and, in such instance, each such share of Class B Common Stock shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock upon that date which is the earlier of: (A) nine (9) months after the date upon which the Transferring Founder died, or (B) the date upon which such trustee ceases to hold exclusive Voting Control over such shares of Class B Common Stock; and (y) the Transferee Founders’ shares of Class B Common Stock (or shares held by an entity of the type referred to in paragraph (2) below established by or for the Transferee Founder) and, in such instance, each such share of Class B Common Stock shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock upon that date which is the earlier of: (A) nine (9) months after the date upon which the Transferee Founder died, or (B) the date upon which such trustee ceases to hold exclusive Voting Control over such shares of Class B Common Stock; and

(2) If both Founders die simultaneously, a trustee designated by the Founders and approved by the Board of Directors may exercise Voting Control over the Founders’ shares of Class B Common Stock and, in such instance, each such share of Class B Common Stock shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock upon that date which is the earlier of: (a) nine (9) months after the date upon which both Founders died, or (b) the date upon which such trustee ceases to hold exclusive Voting Control over such shares of Class B Common Stock.

(v) The Corporation may, from time to time, establish such policies and procedures relating to the conversion of the Class B Common Stock to Class A Common Stock and the general administration of this dual class common stock structure, including the issuance of stock certificates with respect thereto, as it may deem necessary or advisable, and may request that holders of shares of Class B Common Stock furnish affidavits or other proof to the Corporation as it deems necessary to verify the ownership of Class B Common Stock and to confirm that a conversion to Class A Common Stock has not occurred. A determination by the Secretary of the Corporation that a Transfer results in a conversion to Class A Common Stock shall be conclusive.

(vi) In the event of a conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock to shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to this Section 2, such conversion shall be deemed to have been made at the time that the Transfer of such shares occurred. Upon any conversion of Class B Common Stock to Class A Common Stock, all rights of the holder of shares of Class B Common Stock shall cease and the person or persons in whose names or names the certificate or certificates representing the shares of Class A Common Stock are to be issued shall be treated for all purposes as having become the record holder or holders of such shares of Class A Common Stock. Shares of Class B Common Stock that are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock as provided in this Section 2 shall be retired and may not be reissued.

(g) Reservation of Stock. The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the shares of Class B Common Stock, such number of its shares of Class A Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock.

Section 3. Change in Control Transaction. The Corporation shall not consummate a Change in Control Transaction without first obtaining the affirmative vote, at a duly called annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, of the holders of the greater of: (A) a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, and (B) sixty percent (60%) of the voting power of the shares of capital stock present in person or represented by proxy at the stockholder meeting called to consider the Change in Control Transaction and entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class. For the purposes of this section, a “Change in Control Transaction” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(a) the sale, encumbrance or disposition (other than non-exclusive licenses in the ordinary course of business and the grant of security interests in the ordinary course of business) by the Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets;

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(b) the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or its parent) more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Corporation or such surviving entity or its parent outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or

(c) the issuance by the Corporation, in a transaction or series of related transactions, of voting securities representing more than two percent (2%) of the total voting power of the Corporation before such issuance, to any person or persons acting as a group as contemplated in Rule 13d-5(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (or any successor provision) such that, following such transaction or related transactions, such person or group of persons would hold more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the Corporation, after giving effect to such issuance.

Section 4. Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors is authorized, subject to any limitations prescribed by law, to provide for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in series, and to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the designation, power, preferences, and rights of the shares of each such series and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof. Except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation filed with respect to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together as a class with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon by law or pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation filed with respect to any series of Preferred Stock).

Section 5. Class C Capital Stock. A statement of the designation of the Class C Capital Stock and the powers, preferences and rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof is as follows:

(a) Voting. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, shares of Class C Capital Stock shall have no voting power and the holders thereof, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any matter that is submitted to a vote or for the consent of the stockholders of the Corporation.

(b) Dividends. Subject to the preferences applicable to any series of Preferred Stock, if any, outstanding at any time, the holders of Class C Capital Stock shall be entitled to receive, on a per share basis, the same form and amount of dividends and other distributions of cash, property or shares of stock of the Corporation as may be declared by the Board of Directors from time to time with respect to shares of the Common Stock out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor; provided, however, that in the event that such dividend is paid in the form of shares of Common Stock or rights to acquire Common Stock, the holders of Class C Capital Stock shall receive Class C Capital Stock or rights to acquire Class C Capital Stock, as the case may be.

(c) Conversion upon Liquidation. Immediately prior to the earlier of (i) any distribution of assets of the Corporation to the holders of the Common Stock in connection with a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, distribution of assets or winding up of the Corporation pursuant to Section 2(c) or (ii) any record date established to determine the holders of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to receive such distribution of assets, each outstanding share of the Class C Capital Stock shall automatically, without any further action, convert into and become one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock. The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the shares of Class C Capital Stock pursuant to this Section 5(c), such number of its shares of Class A Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding shares of Class C Capital Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock.

(d) Subdivision or Combinations. If the Corporation in any manner subdivides or combines the outstanding shares of any class of Common Stock, the outstanding shares of the Class C Capital Stock will be

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subdivided or combined in the same manner. The Corporation shall not subdivide or combine the outstanding shares of the Class C Capital Stock unless a subdivision or combination is made in the same manner with respect to each class of Common Stock.

(e) Equal Status. Except as expressly provided in this Article IV, Class C Capital Stock shall have the same rights and privileges and rank equally, share ratably and be identical in all respects to the Common Stock as to all matters. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) in the event of a merger, consolidation or other business combination of the Corporation requiring the approval of the holders of the Corporation’s capital stock entitled to vote thereon (whether or not the Corporation is the surviving entity), the holders of the Class C Capital Stock shall receive the same amount and form of consideration, if any, on a per share basis as the consideration, if any, received by holders of the Class A Common Stock in connection with such merger, consolidation or combination (provided that if holders of Class A Common Stock are entitled to make an election as to the amount or form of consideration such holders shall receive in any such merger, consolidation or combination with respect to their shares of Class A Common Stock, the holders of Class C Capital Stock shall be entitled to make the same election as to their shares of Class C Capital Stock), and (ii) in the event of (x) any tender or exchange offer to acquire any shares of Common Stock by any third party pursuant to an agreement to which the Corporation is a party or (y) any tender or exchange offer by the Corporation to acquire any shares of Common Stock, pursuant to the terms of the applicable tender or exchange offer, the holders of the Class C Capital Stock shall receive the same amount and form of consideration on a per share basis as the holders of the Class A Common Stock (provided that if holders of Class A Common Stock are entitled to make an election as to the amount or form of consideration such holders shall receive in any such tender or exchange offer with respect to their shares of Class A Common Stock, the holders of Class C Capital Stock shall be entitled to make the same election as to their shares of Class C Capital Stock).

ARTICLE V

The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

ARTICLE VI

Section 1. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon them by statute or by this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation.

Section 2. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation. The affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Board of Directors then in office shall be required in order for the Board of Directors to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Corporation’s Bylaws. The Corporation’s Bylaws may also be adopted, amended, altered or repealed by the stockholders of the Corporation. Notwithstanding the above or any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws of the Corporation may not be amended, altered or repealed except in accordance with Article X of the Bylaws. No Bylaw hereafter legally adopted, amended, altered or repealed shall invalidate any prior act of the directors or officers of the Corporation that would have been valid if such Bylaw had not been adopted, amended, altered or repealed.

Section 3.

(a) If, at any time during which shares of capital stock of the Corporation are listed for trading on either The Nasdaq National Market (“Nasdaq”) or the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), holders of the requisite voting power under the then-applicable Nasdaq or NYSE listing standards notify the Corporation in writing of their election to cause the Corporation to rely upon the applicable “controlled company” exemptions (the “Controlled Company Exemption”) to the corporate governance rules and requirements of the Nasdaq or the NYSE (the

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“Exchange Governance Rules”), the Corporation shall call a special meeting of the stockholders to consider whether to approve the election to be held within ninety (90) days of written notice of such election (or, if the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders will be held within ninety (90) days of written notice of such election, the Corporation shall include a proposal to the same effect to be considered at such annual meeting). The Corporation shall not elect to rely upon the Controlled Company Exemption until such time as the Corporation shall have received the approval from holders of at least sixty-six and two thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation at such annual or special meeting.

(b) In the event such approval is obtained, for so long as shares of the capital stock of the Corporation are listed on either the Nasdaq or the NYSE and the Corporation remains eligible for the Controlled Company Exemption under the requirements of the applicable Exchange Governance Rules, then the Board of Directors shall be constituted such that (i) a majority of the directors on the Board of Directors shall be Outside Directors (as defined below), and (ii) the Corporation’s compensation committee and the governance and nominating committee (or such committees serving similar functions as the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall constitute from time to time) shall consist of at least two (2) members of the Board of Directors and shall be composed entirely of Outside Directors. In the event the number of Outside Directors serving on the Board of Directors constitutes less than a majority of the directors on the Board of Directors as a result of the death, resignation or removal of an Outside Director, then the Board of Directors may continue to properly exercise its powers and no action of the Board of Directors shall be so invalidated, provided, that the Board of Directors shall promptly take such action as is necessary to appoint new Outside Director(s) to the Board of Directors.

(c) An “Outside Director” shall mean a director who, currently and for any of the past three years, is and was not an officer of the Corporation (other than service as the chairman of the Board of Directors) or a parent or subsidiary of the Corporation and is not and was not otherwise employed by the corporation or a parent or subsidiary of the Corporation.

Section 4. The chairman of the Board of Directors shall be an Outside Director (as defined above) and shall not hold any other office of the Corporation unless the appointment of the chairman is approved by two-thirds of the members of the Board of Directors then in office, provided, however, that if there is no chief executive officer or president of the Corporation as a result of the death, resignation or removal of such officer, then the chairman of the Board of Directors may also serve in an interim capacity as the chief executive officer of the Corporation until the Board shall appoint a new chief executive officer.

Section 5. The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall establish an audit committee whose principal purpose will be to oversee the Corporation’s and its subsidiaries’ accounting and financial reporting processes, internal systems of control, independent auditor relationships and audits of consolidated financial statements of the Corporation and its subsidiaries. The audit committee will also determine the appointment of the independent auditors of the Corporation and any change in such appointment and ensure the independence of the Corporation’s auditors. In addition, the audit committee will assume such other duties and responsibilities delegated to it by the Board of Directors and specified for it under applicable law and Exchange Governance Rules.

Section 6. The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall establish a corporate governance and nominating committee whose principal duties will be to assist the Board of Directors by identifying individuals qualified to become members of the Board of Directors consistent with criteria approved by the Board of Directors, to recommend to the Board of Directors for its approval the slate of nominees to be proposed by the Board of Directors to the stockholders for election to the Board of Directors, to develop and recommend to the Board of Directors the governance principles applicable to the Corporation, as well as such other duties and responsibilities delegated to it by the Board of Directors and specified for it under applicable law and Exchange Governance Rules. In the event the corporate governance and nominating committee will not be recommending a then incumbent director for inclusion in the slate of nominees to be proposed by the Board of Directors to the stockholders for election to the Board of Directors, and provided such incumbent director has not notified the committee that he or she will be resigning or that he or she does not intend to stand for re-election to the Board of Directors, then, in the

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case of an election to be held at an annual meeting of stockholders, the corporate governance and nominating committee will recommend the slate of nominees to the Board of Directors at least thirty (30) days prior to the latest date required by the provisions of Sections 2.14 (advance notice of stockholder business) and 2.15 (advance notice of director nominations) of the Bylaws of the Corporation (as such provisions may be amended from time to time) for stockholders to submit nominations for directors at such annual meeting, or in the case of an election to be held at a special meeting of stockholders, at least ten (10) days prior to the latest date required by the provisions of Sections 2.14 and 2.15 of the Bylaws for stockholders to submit nominations for directors at such special meeting.

Section 7. The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall establish a compensation committee whose principal duties will be to review employee compensation policies and programs as well as the compensation of the chief executive officer and other executive officers of the Corporation, to recommend to the Board of Directors a compensation program for outside members of the Board of Directors, as well as such other duties and responsibilities delegated to it by the Board of Directors and specified for it under applicable law and Exchange Governance Rules.

Section 8. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide.

Section 9. No stockholder will be permitted to cumulate votes at any election of directors.

Section 10. The number of directors that constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed exclusively in the manner designated in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VII

Section 1. To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware as the same exists or as may hereafter be amended, a director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. If the General Corporation Law of Delaware is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as so amended.

Section 2. The Corporation may indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by law any person made or threatened to bemade a party to an action or proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he, she, his or her testator or intestate is or was a director, officer, employee or agent at the request of the Corporation or any predecessor to the Corporation or serves or served at any other enterprise as a director, officer, employee or agent at the request of the Corporation or any predecessor to the Corporation.

Section 3. Neither any amendment or repeal of any Section of this Article VII, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article VII, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article VII, in respect of any matter occurring, or any action or proceeding accruing or arising or that, but for this Article VII, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

ARTICLE VIII

Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the Bylaws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the statutes) outside of the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

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ARTICLE IX

Section 1. Except as otherwise provided for or fixed by or pursuant to the provisions of Article IV hereof in relation to the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors, created in accordance with the Bylaws of the Corporation, and any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other cause shall be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by a sole remaining director. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

Section 2. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote in the election of directors.

ARTICLE X

Advance notice of new business and stockholder nominations for the election of directors shall be given in the manner and to the extent provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

ARTICLE XI

Section 1. Unless otherwise required by law, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation, for any purpose or purposes, may be called only by (i) the Board of Directors of the Corporation, (ii) the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, (iii) the Chief Executive Officer (or, in the absence of a Chief Executive Officer, the President) of the Corporation, or (iv) a holder, or group of holders, of Common Stock holding more than twenty percent (20%) of the total voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote.

Section 2. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.

ARTICLE XII

The Corporation reserves the right to amend or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation in the manner prescribed by the laws of the State of Delaware and all rights conferred upon stockholders are granted subject to this reservation; provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, or any provision of law that might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of the stock of the Corporation, and, as applicable, such other approvals of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, as are required by law or by this Certificate of Incorporation: (i) the unanimous consent of Board of Directors then in office, and the affirmative vote of the holders at least a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote, shall be required to amend or repeal Article IV, Section 2, Article IV, Section 5 or this clause (i) of Article XII; (ii) the affirmative vote of the holders of the greater of: (A) a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote thereon, or (B) sixty percent (60%) of the voting power of the shares of capital stock present in person or represented by proxy at the stockholder meeting and entitled to vote thereon, shall be required to amend or repeal Article IV, Section 3 or this clause (ii) of Article XII; (iii) the consent of a majority of the members of the Board then in office, and the affirmative vote of the holders at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of the issued and

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outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote shall be required to amend or repeal Article IV, Section 4 and Article XI or this clause (iii) of Article XII; (iv) the unanimous consent of the Board of Directors then in office and the consent of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be required to amend or repeal Article VI, Section 3, 5, 6 or 7 or this clause (iv) of Article XII; and (v) the consent of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board of Directors then in office and the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote shall be required to amend or repeal Article VI, Section 4 or this clause (v) of Article XII.

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Exhibit 3.02

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

GOOGLE INC.

(amended and restated on July 18, 2012)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I — CORPORATE OFFICES 1

1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE 1 1.2 OTHER OFFICES 1

ARTICLE II — MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS 1

2.1 PLACE OF MEETINGS 1 2.2 ANNUAL MEETING 1 2.3 SPECIAL MEETING 1 2.4 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS 2 2.5 MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE 3 2.6 QUORUM 3 2.7 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE 3 2.8 ADMINISTRATION OF THE MEETING 4 2.9 VOTING 4 2.10 NO STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING 5 2.11 RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDER NOTICE; VOTING; GIVING CONSENTS 5 2.12 PROXIES 6 2.13 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE 6 2.14 ADVANCE NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER BUSINESS 6 2.15 ADVANCE NOTICE OF DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS 7

ARTICLE III — DIRECTORS 8

3.1 POWERS 8 3.2 NUMBER OF DIRECTORS 9 3.3 ELECTION, QUALIFICATION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS 9 3.4 RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES 9 3.5 PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE 9 3.6 REGULAR MEETINGS 10 3.7 SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE 10 3.8 QUORUM 10 3.9 WAIVER OF NOTICE 11 3.10 BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING 11 3.11 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE 11 3.12 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS 11 3.13 REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS 12 3.14 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMPLIANCE 12

ARTICLE IV — COMMITTEES 12

4.1 COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS 12 4.2 COMMITTEE MINUTES 12 4.3 MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES 12 4.4 AUDIT COMMITTEE 13

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4.5 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND NOMINATING COMMITTEE 13 4.6 COMPENSATION COMMITTEE 14

ARTICLE V — OFFICERS 14

5.1 OFFICERS 14 5.2 APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS 14 5.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS 15 5.4 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS 15 5.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES 15 5.6 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD 15 5.7 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 16 5.8 PRESIDENTS 16 5.9 VICE PRESIDENTS 16 5.10 SECRETARY 16 5.11 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 17 5.12 TREASURER 17 5.13 ASSISTANT SECRETARY 18 5.14 ASSISTANT TREASURER 18 5.15 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS 18 5.16 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS 18

ARTICLE VI — RECORDS AND REPORTS 19

6.1 MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF RECORDS 19 6.2 INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS 19

ARTICLE VII — GENERAL MATTERS 19

7.1 CHECKS; DRAFTS; EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS 19 7.2 EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS 20 7.3 STOCK CERTIFICATES; PARTLY PAID SHARES 20 7.4 SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES 20 7.5 LOST CERTIFICATES 21 7.6 CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS 21 7.7 DIVIDENDS 21 7.8 FISCAL YEAR 21 7.9 SEAL 22 7.10 TRANSFER OF STOCK 22 7.11 STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTS 22 7.12 REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS 22 7.13 WAIVER OF NOTICE 22 7.14 CHARITABLE FOUNDATION 23

ARTICLE VIII — NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION 23

8.1 NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION 23

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8.2 DEFINITION OF ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION 24 8.3 INAPPLICABILITY 24

ARTICLE IX — INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS 24

9.1

POWER TO INDEMNIFY IN ACTIONS, SUITS OR PROCEEDINGS OTHER THAN THOSE BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION 24

9.2

POWER TO INDEMNIFY IN ACTIONS, SUITS OR PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION 25

9.3 AUTHORIZATION OF INDEMNIFICATION 25 9.4 GOOD FAITH DEFINED 26 9.5 INDEMNIFICATION BY A COURT 26 9.6 EXPENSES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE 26 9.7 NONEXCLUSIVITY OF INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES 27 9.8 INSURANCE 27 9.9 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 27 9.10 SURVIVAL OF INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES 28 9.11 LIMITATION ON INDEMNIFICATION 28 9.12 INDEMNIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS 28 9.13 EFFECT OF AMENDMENT OR REPEAL 28

ARTICLE X — AMENDMENTS 28

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BYLAWS OF GOOGLE INC.

ARTICLE I — CORPORATE OFFICES

1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE.

The registered office of Google Inc. shall be fixed in the corporation’s certificate of incorporation, as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time (as so amended and/or restated, the “Certificate”).

1.2 OTHER OFFICES.

The corporation’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) may at any time establish other offices at any place or places where the corporation is qualified to do business.

ARTICLE II — MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

2.1 PLACE OF MEETINGS.

Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any place within or outside the State of Delaware as designated by the Board. The Board may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as authorized by Section 211(a)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”). In the absence of any such designation or determination, stockholders’ meetings shall be held at the corporation’s principal executive office.

2.2 ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year on a date and at a time designated by the Board. At the annual meeting, directors shall be elected and any other proper business may be transacted.

2.3 SPECIAL MEETING.

Unless otherwise required by law or the Certificate, special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time, for any purpose or purposes, only by (i) the Board, (ii) the Chairman of the Board, (iii) the chief executive officer of the corporation, or (iv) holders of more than twenty percent (20%) of the total voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the corporation then entitled to vote.

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If any person(s) other than the Board calls a special meeting, the request shall:

(i) be in writing;

(ii) specify the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted; and

(iii) be delivered personally or sent by registered mail or by facsimile transmission to the secretary of the corporation.

Upon receipt of such a request, the Board shall determine the date, time and place of such special meeting, which must be scheduled to be held on a date that is within ninety (90) days of receipt by the secretary of the request therefor, and the secretary of the corporation shall prepare a proper notice thereof. No business may be transacted at such special meeting other than the business specified in the notice to stockholders of such meeting.

2.4 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS.

All notices of meetings of stockholders shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with either Section 2.5 or Section 8.1 of these bylaws not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, except as otherwise required by applicable law. The notice shall specify the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Any previously scheduled meeting of stockholders may be postponed, and, unless the Certificate provides otherwise, any special meeting of the stockholders may be cancelled by resolution duly adopted by a majority of the Board members then in office upon public notice given prior to the date previously scheduled for such meeting of stockholders.

Whenever notice is required to be given, under the DGCL, the Certificate or these bylaws, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate with the Secretary of State of Delaware, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful.

Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate or these bylaws, to any stockholder to whom (a) notice of two (2) consecutive annual meetings, or (b) all, and at least two (2) payments (if sent by first-class mail) of dividends or interest on securities during a twelve (12) month period, have been mailed addressed to such person at such person’s address as shown on the records of the corporation and have been returned undeliverable, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to such person shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. If any such person shall deliver to the corporation a written notice setting forth

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such person’s then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such person shall be reinstated. In the event that the action taken by the corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate with the Secretary of State of Delaware, the certificate need not state that notice was not given to persons to whom notice was not required to be given pursuant to Section 230(b) of the DGCL.

The exception in subsection (a) of the above paragraph to the requirement that notice be given shall not be applicable to any notice returned as undeliverable if the notice was given by electronic transmission.

2.5 MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE.

Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be given:

(i) if mailed, when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the corporation’s records;

(ii) if electronically transmitted, as provided in Section 8.1 of these bylaws; or

(iii) otherwise, when delivered.

An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation or of the transfer agent or any other agent of the corporation that the notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

Notice may be waived in accordance with Section 7.13 of these bylaws.

2.6 QUORUM.

Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate or required by law, stockholders representing a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the corporation, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the stockholders. If such quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, then the chairman of the meeting, or the stockholders representing a majority of the voting power of the capital stock at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. The stockholders present at a duly called meeting at which quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.

2.7 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE.

When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless these bylaws otherwise require, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time, place if any thereof, and the means of remote communications if

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any by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the continuation of the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.4 and 2.5 of these bylaws.

2.8 ADMINISTRATION OF THE MEETING.

Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the chairman of the Board or, in the absence thereof, by such person as the chairman of the Board shall appoint, or, in the absence thereof or in the event that the chairman shall fail to make such appointment, any officer of the corporation elected by the Board. In the absence of the secretary of the corporation, the secretary of the meeting shall be such person as the chairman of the meeting appoints.

The Board shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one (1) or more inspector(s), who may include individual(s) who serve the corporation in other capacities, including without limitation as officers, employees or agents, to act at the meeting of stockholders and make a written report thereof. The Board may designate one (1) or more persons as alternate inspector(s) to replace any inspector, who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate has been appointed or is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one (1) or more inspector(s) to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before discharging his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath to faithfully execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspector(s) or alternate(s) shall have the duties prescribed pursuant to Section 231 of the DGCL or other applicable law.

The Board shall be entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to such rules and regulations, if any, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting, including without limitation establishing an agenda of business of the meeting, rules or regulations to maintain order, restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for commencement thereof and the fixing of the date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting (and shall announce such at the meeting).

2.9 VOTING.

The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.11 of these bylaws, subject to Section 217 (relating to voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners of stock) and Section 218 (relating to voting trusts and other voting agreements) of the DGCL.

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Except as otherwise provided in the provisions of Section 213 of the DGCL (relating to the fixing of a date for determination of stockholders of record) or these bylaws, each stockholder shall be entitled to that number of votes for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder as set forth in the Certificate.

In all matters, other than the election of directors and except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate or these bylaws, the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the shares present or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders. Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.

The stockholders of the corporation shall not have the right to cumulate their votes for the election of directors of the corporation.

2.10 NO STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING.

Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the corporation (if the corporation has more than one stockholder at such time) must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.

2.11 RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDER NOTICE; VOTING; GIVING CONSENTS.

In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted and which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other such action.

If the Board does not fix a record date in accordance with these bylaws and applicable law:

(i) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.

(ii) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board is necessary, shall be the first day on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the corporation.

(iii) The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.

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A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

2.12 PROXIES.

Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy authorized by an instrument in writing or by a transmission permitted by law and filed with the secretary of the corporation, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A stockholder may also authorize another person or persons to act for him, her or it as proxy in the manner(s) provided under Section 212(c) of the DGCL or as otherwise provided under Delaware law. The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section 212 of the DGCL.

2.13 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE.

The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The corporation shall not be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the corporation’s principal place of business.

In the event that the corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.

2.14 ADVANCE NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER BUSINESS.

Only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before a meeting of the stockholders of the corporation. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board, (b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board, or (c) a proper matter for stockholder action under the DGCL that has been properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder (i) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.14 and on the record

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date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.14. For such business to be considered properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder such stockholder must, in addition to any other applicable requirements, have given timely notice in proper form of such stockholder’s intent to bring such business before such meeting. To be timely, such stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received by the secretary of the corporation at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the 90 day, nor earlier than the close of business on the 120 day, prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the annual meeting is called for a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10 ) day following the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the meeting was made, whichever occurs first.

To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice to the secretary shall be in writing and shall set forth:

(a) the name and record address of the stockholder who intends to propose the business and the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder;

(b) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to introduce the business specified in the notice;

(c) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting;

(d) any material interest of the stockholder in such business; and

(e) any other information that is required to be provided by the stockholder pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to include information with respect to a stockholder proposal in the proxy statement and form of proxy for a stockholder’s meeting, stockholders must provide notice as required by, and otherwise comply with the requirements of, the Exchange Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

No business shall be conducted at the annual meeting of stockholders except business brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.14. The chairman of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge the proposal of any business not made in compliance with the foregoing procedure.

2.15 ADVANCE NOTICE OF DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS.

Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the corporation, except as may be otherwise provided in the Certificate with respect to the right of holders of Preferred Stock of the corporation to nominate and elect a specified number of directors. To be properly brought before an annual meeting of stockholders, or any special meeting of stockholders called for the

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purpose of electing directors, nominations for the election of director must be (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (b) made by or at the direction of the Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (c) made by any stockholder of the corporation (i) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.15 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.15.

In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice to the secretary must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation, in the case of an annual meeting, in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 2.14, and, in the case of a special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which notice of the date of the special meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the special meeting was made, whichever first occurs.

To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the secretary must set forth:

(a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by the person, (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the stockholder, and (v) any other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for elections of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (including without limitation such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement, if any, as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and

(b) as to such stockholder giving notice, the information required to be provided pursuant to Section 2.14.

Subject to the rights of any holders of Preferred Stock of the corporation, no person shall be eligible for election as a director of the corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.15. If the chairman of the meeting properly determines that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the chairman shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective and such defective nomination shall be disregarded.

ARTICLE III — DIRECTORS

3.1 POWERS.

Subject to the provisions of the DGCL and any limitations in the Certificate, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board.

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3.2 NUMBER OF DIRECTORS.

Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, the authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board, provided the Board shall consist of at least five members. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director’s term of office expires.

3.3 ELECTION, QUALIFICATION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS.

Except as provided in Section 3.4 and Section 3.13 of these bylaws, directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders to hold office until the next annual meeting. Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the Certificate or these bylaws. The Certificate or these bylaws may prescribe other qualifications for directors. Each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

All elections of directors shall be by written ballot, unless otherwise provided in the Certificate. If authorized by the Board, such requirement of a written ballot shall be satisfied by a ballot submitted by electronic transmission, provided that any such electronic transmission must be either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized.

3.4 RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES.

Any director may resign at any time upon written notice or by electronic transmission to the chairman of the Board, with a copy to the secretary of the corporation.

Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock of the corporation then outstanding and unless the Board otherwise determines, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors, or any vacancies on the Board resulting from the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall, unless otherwise required by law, be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board, or by a sole remaining director. When one or more directors resigns and the resignation is effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office as provided in this section in the filling of other vacancies.

3.5 PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE.

The Board may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or outside the State of Delaware.

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Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate or these bylaws, members of the Board, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

3.6 REGULAR MEETINGS.

Regular meetings of the Board may be held with at least five business days prior notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.

3.7 SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE.

Special meetings of the Board for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the chairman of the Board, the chief executive officer, the secretary or any two directors. The person(s) authorized to call special meetings of the Board may fix the place and time of the meeting.

Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be:

(i) delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone;

(ii) sent by United States first-class mail, postage prepaid;

(iii) sent by facsimile; or

(iv) sent by electronic mail,

directed to each director at that director’s address, telephone number, facsimile number or electronic mail address, as the case may be, as shown on the corporation’s records.

If the notice is (i) delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone, (ii) sent by facsimile or (iii) sent by electronic mail, it shall be delivered or sent at least twenty-four (24) hours before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is sent by United States mail, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four days before the time of the holding of the meeting. Any oral notice may be communicated either to the director or to a person at the office of the director who the person giving notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate such notice to the director. The notice need not specify the place of the meeting if the meeting is to be held at the corporation’s principal executive office nor the purpose of the meeting.

3.8 QUORUM.

Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate, at all meetings of the Board, a majority of the authorized number of directors (as determined pursuant to Section 3.2 of these bylaws) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except to adjourn as provided in Section 3.11 of these bylaws. The vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, the Certificate or these bylaws.

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3.9 WAIVER OF NOTICE.

Whenever notice is required to be given under any provisions of the DGCL, the Certificate or these bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.

Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting solely for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the directors, or members of a committee of directors, need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission unless so required by the Certificate or these bylaws.

3.10 BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING.

Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

3.11 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE.

If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board, then a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.

3.12 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS.

Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate or these bylaws, the Board shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors.

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3.13 REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS.

Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any director or the entire Board may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the corporation then entitled to vote in the election of directors.

3.14 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMPLIANCE.

Without otherwise limiting the powers of the Board set forth in Section 3.1 and provided that shares of capital stock of the corporation are listed for trading on either the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) or the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), the corporation shall comply with the corporate governance rules and requirements of the NASDAQ or the NYSE, as applicable.

ARTICLE IV — COMMITTEES

4.1 COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS.

The Board may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board or in these bylaws, shall have and may exercise such lawfully delegable powers and duties as the Board may confer. Each committee will comply with all applicable provisions of: the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the rules and requirements of NASDAQ or NYSE, as applicable, and will have the right to retain independent legal counsel and other advisers at the corporation’s expense.

4.2 COMMITTEE MINUTES.

Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report to the Board when required.

4.3 MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES.

Meetings and actions of committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of:

(i) Section 3.5 (place of meetings and meetings by telephone);

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(ii) Section 3.6 (regular meetings);

(iii) Section 3.7 (special meetings and notice);

(iv) Section 3.8 (quorum);

(v) Section 3.9 (waiver of notice);

(vi) Section 3.10 (action without a meeting); and

(vii) Section 3.11 (adjournment and notice of adjournment).

with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the Board and its members.

Notwithstanding the foregoing:

(i) the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the Board or by resolution of the committee;

(ii) special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the Board; and

(iii) notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The Board may adopt rules for the government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these bylaws.

4.4 AUDIT COMMITTEE.

The Board shall establish an Audit Committee whose principal purpose will be to oversee the corporation’s and its subsidiaries’ accounting and financial reporting processes, internal systems of control, independent auditor relationships and audits of consolidated financial statements of the corporation and its subsidiaries. The Audit Committee will also determine the appointment of the independent auditors of the corporation and any change in such appointment and ensure the independence of the corporation’s auditors. In addition, the Audit Committee will assume such other duties and responsibilities as the Board may confer upon the committee from time to time.

4.5 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND NOMINATING COMMITTEE.

The Board shall establish a Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee whose principal duties will be to assist the Board by identifying individuals qualified to become Board members consistent with criteria approved by the Board, to recommend to the Board for its approval the slate of nominees to be proposed by the Board to the stockholders for election to the Board, to develop and recommend to the Board the governance principles applicable to the corporation, as well as such other duties and responsibilities as the Board may confer upon the committee from time to time. In the event the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee will

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not be recommending a then incumbent director for inclusion in the slate of nominees to be proposed by the Board to the stockholders for election to the Board, and provided such incumbent director has not notified the Committee that he or she will be resigning or that he or she does not intend to stand for re-election to the Board, then, in the case of an election to be held at an annual meeting of stockholders, the Committee will recommend the slate of nominees to the Board at least thirty (30) days prior to the latest date required by the provisions of Sections 2.14 and 2.15 of these bylaws for stockholders to submit nominations for directors at such annual meeting, or in the case of an election to be held at a special meeting of stockholders, at least ten (10) days prior to the latest date required by the provisions of Sections 2.14 and 2.15 of these bylaws for stockholders to submit nominations for directors at such special meeting.

4.6 COMPENSATION COMMITTEE.

The Board shall establish a Compensation Committee whose principal duties will be to review employee compensation policies and programs as well as the compensation of the chief executive officer and other executive officers of the corporation, to recommend to the Board a compensation program for outside Board members, as well as such other duties and responsibilities as the Board may confer upon the committee from time to time.

ARTICLE V — OFFICERS

5.1 OFFICERS.

The officers of the corporation shall be a chief executive officer and a secretary. The corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board, a chairman of the Board, a vice chairman of the Board, one or more presidents, a chief financial officer, a treasurer, one or more vice presidents, one or more assistant vice presidents, one or more assistant treasurers, one or more assistant secretaries, and any such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws.

Any number of offices may be held by the same person, provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 5.6 below, the chairman of the Board shall not hold any other office of the corporation.

5.2 APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS.

The Board shall appoint the officers of the corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5.3 of these bylaws, subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. A failure to elect officers shall not dissolve or otherwise affect the corporation.

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5.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS.

The Board may appoint, or empower the chief executive officer of the corporation, to appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the corporation may require. Each of such officers and agents shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws or as the Board may from time to time determine.

5.4 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS.

Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by an affirmative vote of the majority of the Board at any regular or special meeting of the Board or, except in the case of an officer appointed by the Board, by any officer upon whom such power of removal has been conferred by the Board.

Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice. Unless otherwise specified in the notice of resignation, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party.

5.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES.

Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the Board or as provided in Section 5.2.

5.6 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.

The chairman of the Board shall be a member of the Board and, if present, preside at meetings of the Board and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board or as may be prescribed by these bylaws.

The chairman shall be an Outside Director (as defined in the Certificate) and shall not hold any other office of the corporation unless the appointment of the chairman is approved by two-thirds of the members of the Board then in office, provided, however, that if there is no chief executive officer or president of the corporation as a result of the death, resignation or removal of such officer, then the chairman of the Board may also serve in an interim capacity as the chief executive officer of the corporation until the Board shall appoint a new chief executive officer and, while serving in such interim capacity, shall have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 5.7 of these bylaws.

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5.7 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

Subject to the control of the Board and any supervisory powers the Board may give to the chairman of the Board, the chief executive officer shall have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and affairs of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. The chief executive officer shall, together with any president or presidents of the corporation, also perform all duties incidental to this office that may be required by law and all such other duties as are properly required of this office by the Board of Directors. The chief executive officer shall serve as chairman of and preside at all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence of the chairman of the Board, the chief executive officer shall preside at all meetings of the Board.

5.8 PRESIDENTS.

Subject to the control of the Board and any supervisory powers the Board may give to the chairman of the Board, any president or presidents of the corporation shall, together with the chief executive officer, have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and affairs of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. A president shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for him or her by the Board, these bylaws, the chief executive officer, or the chairman of the Board.

5.9 VICE PRESIDENTS.

In the absence or disability of any president, the vice presidents, if any, in order of their rank as fixed by the Board or, if not ranked, a vice president designated by the Board, shall perform all the duties of a president. When acting as a president, the appropriate vice president shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, that president. The vice presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the Board, these bylaws, the chairman of the Board, the chief executive officer or, in the absence of a chief executive officer, any president.

5.10 SECRETARY.

The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the corporation or such other place as the Board may direct, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of directors, committees of directors, and stockholders. The minutes shall show:

(i) the time and place of each meeting;

(ii) whether regular or special (and, if special, how authorized and the notice given);

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(iv) the number of shares present or represented at stockholders’ meetings; and

(v) the proceedings thereof.

The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the corporation or at the office of thecorporation’s transfer agent or registrar, as determined by resolution of the Board, a share register, or a duplicate share register showing:

(i) the names of all stockholders and their addresses;

(ii) the number and classes of shares held by each;

(iii) the number and date of certificates evidencing such shares; and

(iv) the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.

The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board required to be given by law or by these bylaws. The secretary shall keep the seal of the corporation, if one be adopted, in safe custody and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or by these bylaws.

5.11 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

The chief financial officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, retained earnings and shares. The books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.

The chief financial officer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation with such depositories as the Board may designate. The chief financial officer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board, shall render to the chief executive officer or, in the absence of a chief executive officer, any president and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all his or her transactions as chief financial officer and of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall have other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or these bylaws.

The chief financial officer may be the treasurer of the corporation.

5.12 TREASURER.

The treasurer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, retained earnings and shares. The books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.

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may be ordered by the Board, shall render to the chief executive officer or, in the absence of a chief executive officer, any president and the directors, whenever they request it, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall have other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or these bylaws.

5.13 ASSISTANT SECRETARY.

The assistant secretary, or, if there is more than one, the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the Board (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in the absence of the secretary or in the event of the secretary’s inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may be prescribed by the Board or these bylaws.

5.14 ASSISTANT TREASURER.

The assistant treasurer, or, if there is more than one, the assistant treasurers, in the order determined by the Board (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election), shall, in the absence of the chief financial officer or treasurer or in the event of the chief financial officer’s or treasurer’s inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the chief financial officer or treasurer, as applicable, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may be prescribed by the Board or these bylaws.

5.15 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS.

The chairman of the Board, the chief executive officer, any president, any vice president, the treasurer, the secretary or assistant secretary of this corporation, or any other person authorized by the Board, the chief executive officer, a president or a vice president, is authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf of this corporation all rights incident to any and all shares or other equity interests of any other corporation or entity standing in the name of this corporation. The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such person having the authority.

5.16 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS.

In addition to the foregoing authority and duties, all officers of the corporation shall respectively have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the business of the corporation as may be designated from time to time by the Board.

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ARTICLE VI — RECORDS AND REPORTS

6.1 MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF RECORDS.

The corporation shall, either at its principal executive office or at such place or places as designated by the Board, keep a record of its stockholders listing their names and addresses and the number and class of shares held by each stockholder, a copy of these bylaws, as may be amended to date, minute books, accounting books and other records.

Any such records maintained by the corporation may be kept on, or by means of, or be in the form of, any information storage device or method, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time. The corporation shall so convert any records so kept upon the request of any person entitled to inspect such records pursuant to the provisions of the DGCL. When records are kept in such manner, a clearly legible paper form produced from or by means of the information storage device or method shall be admissible in evidence, and accepted for all other purposes, to the same extent as an original paper form accurately portrays the record.

Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the corporation’s stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent is the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing that authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in Delaware or at its principal executive office.

6.2 INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS.

Any director shall have the right to examine the corporation’s stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records for a purpose reasonably related to his or her position as a director.

ARTICLE VII — GENERAL MATTERS

7.1 CHECKS; DRAFTS; EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS.

From time to time, the Board shall determine by resolution which person or persons may sign or endorse all checks, drafts, other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness that are issued in the name of or payable to the corporation, and only the persons so authorized shall sign or endorse those instruments.

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7.2 EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS.

Except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, the Board, or any officers of the corporation authorized thereby, may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

7.3 STOCK CERTIFICATES; PARTLY PAID SHARES.

The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board, every holder of stock represented by certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the corporation by the chairman or vice-chairman of the Board, or any president or vice-president, and by the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary of such corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

The corporation may issue the whole or any part of its shares as partly paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration to be paid therefor. Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to represent any such partly paid shares, and upon the books and records of the corporation in the case of uncertificated partly paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated. Upon the declaration of any dividend on fully paid shares, the corporation shall declare a dividend upon partly paid shares of the same class, but only upon the basis of the percentage of the consideration actually paid thereon.

7.4 SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES.

If the corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the DGCL, in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

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7.5 LOST CERTIFICATES.

Except as provided in this Section 7.6, no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the corporation and cancelled at the same time. The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.

7.6 CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS.

Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the DGCL shallgovern the construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term “person” includes both a corporation and a natural person.

7.7 DIVIDENDS.

The Board, subject to any restrictions contained in either (i) the DGCL, or (ii) the Certificate, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of its capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the corporation’s capital stock.

The Board may set apart out of any of the funds of the corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve.

7.8 FISCAL YEAR.

The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board and may be changed by the Board.

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7.9 SEAL.

The corporation may adopt a corporate seal, which shall be adopted and which may be altered by the Board. The corporation may use the corporate seal by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

7.10 TRANSFER OF STOCK.

Transfers of stock shall be made only upon the transfer books of the corporation kept at an office of the corporation or by transfer agents designated to transfer shares of the stock of the corporation. Except where a certificate is issued in accordance with Section 7.5 of these bylaws, an outstanding certificate for the number of shares involved shall be surrendered for cancellation before a new certificate is issued therefore. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate, and record the transaction in its books.

7.11 STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTS.

The corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes or series of stock of the corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the corporation of any one or more classes or series owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.

7.12 REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS.

The corporation:

(i) shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends and to vote as such owner;

(ii) shall be entitled to hold liable for calls and assessments on partly paid shares the person registered on its books as the owner of shares; and

(iii) shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of another person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.

7.13 WAIVER OF NOTICE.

Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate or these bylaws, a written waiver, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the

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person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting solely for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission unless so required by the Certificate or these bylaws.

7.14 CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

The establishment by the corporation of a charitable foundation will require Board approval, as will contributions by the corporation to the foundation and disbursements by the foundation. The Board may delegate authority over the foundation to one or more persons who are not directors of the corporation with the approval of two-thirds of the members of the Board.

ARTICLE VIII — NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION

8.1 NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION.

Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders pursuant to the DGCL, the Certificate or these bylaws, any notice to stockholders given by the corporation under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate or these bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if:

(i) the corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the corporation in accordance with such consent; and

(ii) such inability becomes known to the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation or to the transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice.

However, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.

Any notice given pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be deemed given:

(i) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice;

(ii) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice;

(iii) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and

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(iv) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder.

An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the corporation that the notice has been given by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

8.2 DEFINITION OF ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION.

An “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

8.3 INAPPLICABILITY.

Notice by a form of electronic transmission shall not apply to Section 164 (failure to pay for stock; remedies), Section 296 (adjudication of claims; appeal), Section 311 (revocation of voluntary dissolution), Section 312 (renewal, revival, extension and restoration of certificate of incorporation) or Section 324 (attachment of shares of stock) of the DGCL.

ARTICLE IX — INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

9.1 POWER TO INDEMNIFY IN ACTIONS, SUITS OR PROCEEDINGS OTHER THAN THOSE BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION.

Subject to Section 9.3 of this Article IX, the corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as now or hereafter in effect, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person (or the legal representative of such person) is or was a director or officer of the corporation or any predecessor of the corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the corporation serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful.

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9.2 POWER TO INDEMNIFY IN ACTIONS, SUITS OR PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION.

Subject to Section 9.3 of this Article IX, the corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as now or hereafter in effect, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person (or the legal representative of such person) is or was a director or officer of the corporation or any predecessor of the corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the corporation serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

9.3 AUTHORIZATION OF INDEMNIFICATION.

Any indemnification under this Article IX (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 9.1 or Section 9.2 of this Article IX, as the case may be. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (i) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (iv) by the stockholders (but only if a majority of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, if they constitute a quorum of the board of directors, presents the issue of entitlement to indemnification to the stockholders for their determination). Such determination shall be made, with respect to former directors and officers, by any person or persons having the authority to act on the matter on behalf of the corporation. To the extent, however, that a present or former director or officer of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding described above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith, without the necessity of authorization in the specific case.

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9.4 GOOD FAITH DEFINED.

For purposes of any determination under Section 9.3 of this Article IX, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a person shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful, if such person’s action is based on the records or books of account of the corporation or another enterprise, or on information supplied to such person by the officers of the corporation or another enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the corporation or another enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the corporation or another enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the corporation or another enterprise. The term “another enterprise” as used in this Section 9.4 shall mean any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which such person is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent. The provisions of this Section 9.4 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 9.1 or 9.2 of this Article IX, as the case may be.

9.5 INDEMNIFICATION BY A COURT.

Notwithstanding any contrary determination in the specific case under Section 9.3 of this Article IX, and notwithstanding the absence of any determination thereunder, any director or officer may apply to the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware for indemnification to the extent otherwise permissible under Sections 9.1 and 9.2 of this Article IX. The basis of such indemnification by a court shall be a determination by such court that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standards of conduct set forth in Section 9.1 or 9.2 of this Article IX, as the case may be. Neither a contrary determination in the specific case under Section 9.3 of this Article IX nor the absence of any determination thereunder shall be a defense to such application or create a presumption that the director or officer seeking indemnification has not met any applicable standard of conduct. Notice of any application for indemnification pursuant to this Section 9.5 shall be given to the corporation promptly upon the filing of such application. If successful, in whole or in part, the director or officer seeking indemnification shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such application.

9.6 EXPENSES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.

To the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL, or by any other applicable law, expenses incurred by a person who is or was a director or officer in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding; provided, however, that if the DGCL requires, an advance of expenses incurred by any person in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity) shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this Article IX.

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9.7 NONEXCLUSIVITY OF INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES.

The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to this Article IX shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Certificate, any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, it being the policy of the corporation that indemnification of the persons specified in Sections 9.1 and 9.2 of this Article IX shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law. The provisions of this Article IX shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any person who is not specified in Section 9.1 or 9.2 of this Article IX but whom the corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify under the provisions of the DGCL, or otherwise. The corporation is specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advances, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL, or by any other applicable law.

9.8 INSURANCE.

To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL or any other applicable law, the corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article IX.

9.9 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this Article IX, references to “the corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors or officers, so that any person who is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article IX with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. For purposes of this Article IX, references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director or officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the corporation” as referred to in this Article IX.

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9.10 SURVIVAL OF INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES.

The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred by this Article IX shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators and other personal and legal representatives of such a person.

9.11 LIMITATION ON INDEMNIFICATION.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article IX to the contrary, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification (which shall be governed by Section 9.5 hereof), the corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the board of directors of the corporation.

9.12 INDEMNIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS.

The corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the board of directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the corporation similar to those conferred in this Article IX to directors and officers of the corporation.

9.13 EFFECT OF AMENDMENT OR REPEAL.

Neither any amendment or repeal of any Section of this Article IX, nor the adoption of any provision of the Certificate or the bylaws inconsistent with this Article IX, shall adversely affect any right or protection of any director, officer, employee or other agent established pursuant to this Article IX existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision, including without limitation by eliminating or reducing the effect of this Article IX, for or in respect of any act, omission or other matter occurring, or any action or proceeding accruing or arising (or that, but for this Article IX, would accrue or arise), prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

ARTICLE X — AMENDMENTS

The bylaws of the corporation may be adopted, amended or repealed by a majority of the voting power of the stockholders entitled to vote; provided, however, that the corporation may, in its Certificate, also confer the power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws upon the Board. The fact that such power has been so conferred upon the Board shall not divest the stockholders of the power, nor limit their power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws.

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GOOGLE INC. a Delaware corporation

CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION OF AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

The undersigned hereby certifies that he or she is the duly elected, qualified, and acting Chief Executive Officer of Google Inc., a Delaware corporation and that the foregoing amended and restated bylaws, comprising twenty-five (25) pages, were adopted as the corporation’s bylaws on July 18, 2012 by the corporation’s board of directors.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand this 18 day of July, 2012.

/s/ Larry PageLarry PageChief Executive Officer

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Exhibit 12

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

(In millions, except ratios, unaudited) Year Ended December 31,

Six MonthsEnded

June 30, 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Earnings:

Pre-tax income from continuing operations $5,674 $5,854 $8,381 $10,796 $12,326 $ 7,002 Add:

Fixed charges 56 108 109 103 185 161

Pre-tax income from continuing operations plus fixed charges $5,730 $5,962 $8,490 $10,899 $12,511 $ 7,163

Fixed charges:

Interest expense and amortization of capitalized expenses related to indebtedness $ 1 $ 3 $ 1 $ 5 $ 58 $ 42

Estimated interest component included in rent expense 55 105 108 98 127 119

Total fixed charges $ 56 $ 108 $ 109 $ 103 $ 185 $ 161

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 103 55 78 106 68 44

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Exhibit 31.01

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO

EXCHANGE ACT RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a), AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Larry Page, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Google Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: July 24, 2012

/s/ LARRY PAGE Larry Page

Chief Executive Officer(Principal Executive Officer)

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Exhibit 31.02

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO

EXCHANGE ACT RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a), AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Patrick Pichette, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Google Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: July 24, 2012

/s/ PATRICK PICHETTE Patrick Pichette

Senior Vice President andChief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

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Exhibit 32.01

CERTIFICATIONS OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Larry Page, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Google Inc. for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2012, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Google Inc.

I, Patrick Pichette, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Google Inc. for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2012, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Google Inc.

The foregoing certifications are not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for purposes of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Google Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Date: July 24, 2012 By: /s/ LARRY PAGE Name: Larry Page

Title: Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: July 24, 2012 By: /s/ PATRICK PICHETTE Name: Patrick Pichette

Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)