EX-99.8 9 dex998.htm POWERPOINT SLIDE POSTED ON THE INVESTOR RELATIONS SECTION OF GOOGLE'S WEBSITE Powerpoint slide posted on the Investor Relations section of Google's website
Google Exchange Offer
Offers employees the ability to participate in a voluntary one-for-one stock option
exchange
Designed to increase retention
The number of Google shares subject to outstanding options will not change as a result
of the exchange offer
Total options expected to be exchanged represents less than
3% of total shares
currently outstanding
New options are subject to an increased vesting schedule which adds 12 months to the
original vesting schedule
In
addition,
new
options
will
vest
no
sooner
than
6
months
after
the
close
of
the
offer
period
We expect to take a modification charge estimated to be $460 million over the vesting
periods
of the new options.
These vesting periods range from six months to
approximately five years.
This modification charge will be recorded as additional stock
based compensation beginning in the first quarter of 2009
This estimate assumes
an exchange price of approximately $300 and
that
all
eligible
underwater options will be exchanged under the program.  As a result, it
is subject to change.
The
option
exchange
described
in
this
slide
has
not
launched.
When
the
option
exchange
begins,
Google
will
provide
employees
with
written
materials
explaining
the
terms
and
timing.
Eligible
optionholders
should
read
these
materials
carefully
when
they
become
available
because
they
will
contain
important
information
about
the
option
exchange.
When
the offer period begins, Google will file these materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as part of a
tender offer statement.
You will be able to obtain these written materials and other documents filed by Google with the
SEC free of charge from the SEC's
website at www.sec.gov.
Exhibit 99.8