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This Annual Report (including the Founders’
Letter) contains forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the federal securities laws.
These forward-looking statements include,
but are not limited to, statements related to
improvements to our search engine, our
advertising systems, and our web services and
the expected increase in the number of mobile
searches. These forward-looking statements
are based on current expectations, forecasts and
assumptions and involve a number of risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to
di er materially from those anticipated by these
forward-looking statements. Such risks and
uncertainties include a variety of factors, some
of which are beyond our control. In particular,
such risks and uncertainties include our ability to
innovate, the many risks relating to successful
development and marketing of technology, and
the risk that users of mobile devices do not widely
adopt versions of our web search technology,
products or operating systems developed for
these devices. Additional factors that could cause
results to di er materially from those described
in these forward-looking statements are contained
in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fi scal
year ended December 31, 2008. These forward-
looking statements should not be relied upon as
representing our views as of any subsequent date,
and we undertake no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements to refl ect events or
circumstances after the date they were made.
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Directors
Eric Schmidt
Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive O cer
Google Inc.
Sergey Brin
Co-Founder & President, Technology
Google Inc.
Larry Page
Co-Founder & President, Products
Google Inc.
L. John Doerr
General Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufi eld & Byers
John L. Hennessy
President, Stanford University
Arthur D. Levinson
Chairman & Chief Executive O cer
Genentech, Inc.
Ann Mather
Former Executive Vice President
& Chief Financial O cer
Pixar
Paul S. Otellini
President & Chief Executive O cer
Intel Corporation
K. Ram Shriram
Managing Partner, Sherpalo
Shirley M. Tilghman
President, Princeton University
Executive O cers
Eric Schmidt
Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive O cer
Sergey Brin
Co-Founder & President, Technology
Larry Page
Co-Founder & President, Products
Shona L. Brown
Senior Vice President, Business Operations
David C. Drummond
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
& Chief Legal O cer
Alan Eustace
Senior Vice President, Engineering & Research
Omid Kordestani
Senior Vice President, Global Sales & Business
Development
Patrick Pichette
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial O cer
Jonathan J. Rosenberg
Senior Vice President, Product Management
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Google Inc.
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irgoog@google.com
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Google’s stock trades on The Nasdaq Global
Select Market under the ticker symbol GOOG.
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Accounting Firm
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