---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-295362"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TRIP"
cik: "0001526520"
company_name: "TripAdvisor, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T11:37:47.017253+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TripAdvisor CCO Kanika Soni to depart Jan 15, 2023; advisor role through Apr 1

## Summary
- Kanika Soni steps down as CCO effective Jan 15, 2023; advisor to CEO through Apr 1, 2023.
- Termination treated as without cause; receives 12 months base salary, COBRA, and accelerated vesting of time-based equity through Apr 1, 2024.
- 2022 corporate bonus paid based on actual performance at same time as other employees.
- Separation benefits conditioned on signing release and non-revocation; restrictive covenants apply.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-295362
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TRIP
- cik: 0001526520
- company_name: TripAdvisor, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526520/000119312522295362/0001193125-22-295362-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526520/000119312522295362/d422664d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-295362.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kanika Soni resigned as Chief Commercial Officer at TripAdvisor, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Commercial Officer
  source text: On November 28, 2022, TripAdvisor, Inc. (the “Company”) and Kanika Soni agreed that Ms. Soni will leave her position as Chief Commercial Officer of the Company, effective January 15, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526520/000119312522295362/0001193125-22-295362-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.