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  0001481153
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001059556
  MOODYS CORP /DE/
  001-14037
  7 WORLD TRADE CENTER
  AT 250 GREENWICH STREET
  NEW YORK
  NY
  10007
  2125530300
  Fauber Robert
  Officer
  Director
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  281
  140362.31
  181200000
  12/02/2024
  NYSE
  Common
  12/02/2024
  Options Granted - 02/12/2016
  Issuer
  N
  56
  12/02/2024
  Cash
  Common
  12/02/2024
  Options Granted - 02/23/2017
  Issuer
  N
  91
  12/02/2024
  Cash
  Common
  12/02/2024
  Options Granted - 07/01/2016
  Issuer
  N
  134
  12/02/2024
  Cash
  N
  Robert Fauber
  7 World Trade Center at 250 Greenwich St
  New York
  NY
  10007
  Common
  11/01/2024
  281
  128130.38
  Robert Fauber
  7 World Trade Center at 250 Greenwich St
  New York
  NY
  10007
  Common
  11/15/2024
  281
  134596.19
  12/02/2024
  07/30/2024
  /s/ Margaret Campbell, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Robert Fauber