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Employee Benefit Plans | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract] |
Employee Benefit Plans | NOTE 15: EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS Retirement Savings Plan The Tripadvisor Retirement Savings Plan (the “401(k) Plan”), qualifies under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. The 401(k) Plan allows participating employees, most of our U.S. employees, to make contributions of a specified percentage of their eligible compensation. Participating employees may contribute up to 50% of their eligible salary on a pre-tax basis, but not more than statutory limits. Employee-participants age 50 and over may also contribute an additional amount of their salary on a pre-tax tax basis up to the IRS Catch-Up Provision Limit (or “catch-up contributions”). Employees may also contribute into the 401(k) Plan on an after-tax basis up (or “Roth 401(k) contributions”) to an annual maximum of 10%. The 401(k) Plan has an automatic enrollment feature at 6% pre-tax. We match 50% of the first 6% of employee contributions to the plan for a maximum employer contribution of 3% of a participant’s eligible earnings. The catch-up contributions are not eligible for employer matching contributions. The matching contributions portion of an employee’s account, vests after two years of service. Additionally, at the end of the 401(k) Plan year, we make a discretionary matching contribution to eligible participants. This additional discretionary matching employer contribution (or “true up”) is limited to match only contributions up to 3% of eligible compensation. We also have various defined contribution plans for our international employees. Our contribution to the 401(k) Plan and our international defined contribution plans which are recorded in our consolidated statement of operations for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 were $14 million, $13 million, and $9 million, respectively. Tripadvisor, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors The Company also has a Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “Plan”). Under the Plan, eligible directors who defer their directors’ fees may elect to have such deferred fees (i) applied to the purchase of share units, representing the number of shares of our common stock that could have been purchased on the date such fees would otherwise be payable, or (ii) credited to a cash fund. The cash fund will be credited with interest at an annual rate equal to the weighted average prime or base lending rate of a financial institution selected in accordance with the terms of the Plan and applicable law. Upon termination of service as a director of Tripadvisor, a director will receive (i) with respect to share units, such number of shares of our common stock as the share units represent, and (ii) with respect to the cash fund, a cash payment. Payments upon termination will be made in either one lump sum or up to five annual installments, as elected by the eligible director at the time of the deferral election. Under the 2011 Plan, 100,000 shares of Tripadvisor common stock are available for issuance to non-employee directors. From the inception of the Plan through December 31, 2019, a total of 6,267 shares have been reserved for such purpose. Tripadvisor, Inc. Executive Severance Plan and Summary Plan Description Effective August 7, 2017, the Company adopted an Executive Severance Plan and Summary Plan Description (the “Severance Plan”) applicable to certain employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Severance Plan formalizes and standardizes the Company’s severance practices for certain designated employees (each, a “Participant” and, collectively, the “Participants”). Participants covered by the Severance Plan generally will be eligible to receive severance benefits in the event of a termination by the Company without Cause or, under certain circumstances, by the Participant for Good Reason. The severance benefits differ if there is a termination of employment in connection with a Change in Control. The severance benefits provided pursuant to the Severance Plan are determined based on the job classification of the Participants (as reflected in internal job profile designations) and, in certain cases, their years of service with the Company. Under the Severance Plan, in the event of a termination by the Company without Cause more than three months prior to a Change in Control or more than twelve months following a Change in Control, the severance benefits for the Participant generally shall consist of the following:
| • |  | continued payment of base salary for a period of six to eighteen months following the date of such Participant’s termination of employment; and
| • |  | continuation of coverage under the Company’s health insurance plan through the Company’s payment of COBRA premiums for a period of six to eighteen months following the date of such Participant’s termination of employment.
Under the Severance Plan, in the event of a termination by the Company without Cause or by the Participant for Good Reason, in each case within three months prior to or twelve months following a Change in Control, the severance benefits for the Participant shall consist of the following:
| • |  | payment of a lump sum amount equal to (i) twelve to twenty-four months of the Participant’s Base Salary, plus (ii) the Participant’s Target Bonus multiplied by 1, 1.5 or 2; and
| • |  | payment of a lump sum amount equal to the premiums required to continue the Participant’s medical coverage under the Company’s health insurance plan for a period of twelve to twenty-four months.
The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Executive Severance Plan and Summary Plan Description incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 10.23 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Severance expense recorded under this plan was not significant during each of the years end December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017.

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