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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
2000
633100.00
183500000
06/01/2023
NYSE
Common
11/05/2021
Restricted Stock Vesting
Issuer
N
141
11/05/2021
Compensation
Common
03/01/2022
Restricted Stock Vesting
Issuer
N
1859
03/01/2022
Compensation
N
Robert Fauber
7 World Trade Center at 250 Greenwich S
New York
NY
10007
Common
03/02/2023
2000
570300.00
06/01/2023
05/18/2022
/s/Wade Moss, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Robert Fauber