Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 


 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

January 17, 2006

 


 

GOOGLE INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   0-50726   77-0493581
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

1600 Amphitheatre Parkway

Mountain View, CA 94043

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(650) 253-4000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 


 

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On January 17, 2006, Google Inc. approved the annual base salaries (effective as of January 1, 2006) of Google’s executive officers after a review of performance and competitive market data. The table below sets forth the annual base salary levels for 2005 and 2006 for the following executive officers of Google:

 

NAME AND POSITION


   YEAR

   BASE SALARY

Eric Schmidt

   2006    $ 1

Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer

   2005    $ 1

Sergey Brin

   2006    $ 1

President of Technology

   2005    $ 1

Larry Page

   2006    $ 1

President of Products

   2005    $ 1

David Drummond

   2006    $ 250,000

Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and General Counsel

   2005    $ 175,000

Omid Kordestani

   2006    $ 250,000

Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations

   2005    $ 175,000

George Reyes

   2006    $ 250,000

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

   2005    $ 175,000

Shona Brown

   2006    $ 250,000

Senior Vice President of Business Operations

   2005    $ 175,000


SIGNATURES

 

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

 

    GOOGLE INC.

Date: January 23, 2006

 

/s/ Eric Schmidt


   

Eric Schmidt

Chairman of the Executive Committee

and Chief Executive Officer