On April 26, 2024, Alphabet Inc announced that it has received a shareholder proposal from The Shareholder Association for Research & Education, on behalf of the United Church of Canada Pension Plan requesting that the board of directors of the Company to publish an independent third party Human Rights Impact Assessment (the ?Assessment?), examining the actual and potential human rights impacts of Google?s artificial intelligence-driven targeted advertising policies and practices. This Assessment should be conducted at a reasonable cost; omit proprietary and confidential information, as well as information relevant to litigation or enforcement actions; and be published on the company?s website by June 1, 2025. In addition, the Company urged the shareholders to vote against the shareholder proposal at its annual general meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on June 7, 2024.