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0001195306
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0001059556
MOODYS CORP /DE/
001-14037
7 WORLD TRADE CENTER
AT 250 GREENWICH STREET
NEW YORK
NY
10007
2125530300
MCDANIEL RAYMOND W
Director
Common
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
900 Salem Street
Smithfield
RI
02917
102050
31059968.38
183500000
05/05/2023
NYSE
Common
05/05/2023
Option Granted - 02/12/2016
Issuer
N
102050
05/05/2023
Cash
N
Raymond McDaniel
7 WORLD TRADE CENTER
AT 250 GREENWICH STREET
NEW YORK
NY
10007
Common
03/03/2023
10000
2950000.00
05/05/2023
02/22/2023
/s/ Ryan Riviere, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Raymond W. Mcdaniel