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 30, 2007

 


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) 253-0000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

 


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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 30, 2007, our Board of Directors approved a discretionary bonus payment to our executive officers not to exceed an aggregate amount of $1,500,000 (the “Discretionary Executive Bonus”). The Discretionary Executive Bonus was approved in recognition of our executive officers’ contributions to our performance in 2006 and will be paid in addition to 2006 Senior Executive Bonus Plan payments, which plan our Board of Directors approved on October 4, 2006. The Board of Directors delegated authority to the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee to determine the allocation of the Discretionary Executive Bonus among our executive officers.


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: February 2, 2007  

/s/ Eric Schmidt

  Eric Schmidt
 

Chairman of the Executive Committee

and Chief Executive Officer