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XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0001059556
MOODYS CORP /DE/
001-14037
7 WORLD TRADE CENTER
AT 250 GREENWICH STREET
NEW YORK
NY
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2125530300
Kaye Mark
Officer
Common
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
900 Salem Street
Smithfield
RI
02917
975
309962.25
183500000
05/19/2023
NYSE
Common
03/01/2021
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Issuer
N
79
03/01/2021
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Common
03/01/2022
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Issuer
N
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Issuer
N
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