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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on June 26, 2012.

 

 

 

TRIPADVISOR, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRIPADVISOR, INC.

141 NEEDHAM STREET

NEWTON, MA 02464

 

 

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Meeting Information

     
 

 

  Meeting Type:          Annual Meeting

     
 

  For holders as of:    April 27, 2012

     
 

  Date:    June 26, 2012        Time:    12:00 PM

     
    Location:   555 West 18th Street      
 

        New York, NY 10011

 

 

     
 

 

You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the above named company.

 
 

 

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  Voting Items      
 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you

vote FOR the following:

       
 

 

1.    Election of Directors

 

        01)    Barry Diller

        02)    Stephen Kaufer

        03)    William R. Fitzgerald

        04)    Victor A. Kaufman

        05)    Dara Khosrowshahi

  

 

 

 

06)   Jonathan F. Miller

07)   Jeremy Philips

08)   Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

09)   Robert S. Wiesenthal

10)   Michael P. Zeisser

  
 

 

Each to serve for a one-year term from the date of his of her election and until such

director’s successor is elected or until such director’s earlier resignation or removal.

  
 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3:

  
 

 

2.    To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as TripAdvisor’s independent registered public accounting for 2012.

  
 

 

3.    To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of TripAdvisor’s named executive officers as disclosed in this Proxy Statement.

  
 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote 3 YEARS on the following proposal:

  
 

 

4.    To approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory resolutions to approve the compensation of TripAdvisor’s named executive officers.

  
 

 

Note: The proposals to be voted on may also include such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

  

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