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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
  128130.38
  181200000
  11/01/2024
  NYSE
  Common
  11/01/2024
  Option Granted - 02/12/2016
  Issuer
  N
  56
  11/01/2024
  Cash
  Common
  11/01/2024
  Option Granted - 07/01/2016
  Issuer
  N
  134
  11/01/2024
  Cash
  Common
  11/01/2024
  Option Granted - 02/23/2017
  Issuer
  N
  91
  11/01/2024
  Cash
  Y
  11/01/2024
  07/30/2024
  /s/ Ryan Riviere, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Robert Fauber