UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): June 22, 2017

 

 

TRIPADVISOR, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-35362   80-0743202

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

400 1st Ave

Needham, MA 02494

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(781) 800-5000

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Not Applicable

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

 

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The annual meeting of stockholders of TripAdvisor, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), was held on June 22, 2017 (the “Annual Meeting”). According to the inspector of elections, the stockholders present in person or by proxy represented 103,902,096 shares of common stock (generally entitled to one vote per share) and 12,799,999 shares of Class B common stock (generally entitled to ten votes per share). The number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each proposal voted upon at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

Proposal 1Election of Directors. The stockholders voted on the election of eight directors of the Company, six of whom were elected by holders of common stock and Class B common stock voting together as a single class (“Combined Stock Nominees”), and two of whom were elected by holders of common stock only (“Common Stock Nominees”), each to serve for a one-year term from the date of his or her election and until such director’s successor is elected or until such director’s earlier resignation or removal. Stockholders voted as follows:

 

     For      Withheld      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Combined Stock Nominees

        

Gregory B. Maffei

     188,671,265        35,039,624        8,191,197  

Stephen Kaufer

     196,994,212        26,716,677        8,191,197  

Dipchand “Deep” Nishar

     217,761,663        5,949,226        8,191,197  

Spencer M. Rascoff

     219,574,994        4,135,895        8,191,197  

Albert Rosenthaler

     194,342,566        29,368,323        8,191,197  

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

     217,762,996        5,947,893        8,191,197  

Common Stock Nominees

        

Jeremy Philips

     91,712,912        3,997,987        8,191,197  

Robert S. Wiesenthal

     91,712,925        3,997,974        8,191,197  

Accordingly, the foregoing nominees were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

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Previously, the Company’s Board of Directors determined that, upon each directors election to the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting, the composition of each of the committees of the Board of Directors would be as follows:

 

Name

   Audit
Committee
   Compensation
Committee
   Section 16
Committee
   Executive
Committee

Gregory B. Maffei

   —      X    —      X

Stephen Kaufer

   —      —      —      X

Dipchand (Deep) Nishar*

   —      X    X    —  

Jeremy Philips*

   X    —      —      —  

Spencer M. Rascoff *

   X    —      —      —  

Albert E. Rosenthaler

   —      —      —      —  

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy*

   —      Chair    Chair    —  

Robert S. Wiesenthal*

   Chair    —      —      —  

 

* Independent director

Proposal 2Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The stockholders voted on the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017. The stockholders voted as follows:

 

For

   Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 
231,712,435      137,922        51,729        —    

Accordingly, the appointment of independent registered public accounting firm was ratified.

 

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SIGNATURE

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.

 

TRIPADVISOR, INC.

By:

  /s/ Seth J. Kalvert
  Seth J. Kalvert
 

Senior Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary

Dated: June 27, 2017

 

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