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0001748691
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0001059556
MOODYS CORP /DE/
001-14037
7 WORLD TRADE CENTER
AT 250 GREENWICH STREET
NEW YORK
NY
10007
2125530300
Kaye Mark
Officer
Common
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
900 Salem St
Smithfield
RI
02917
15158
5168368.13
183500000
08/07/2023
NYSE
Common
08/07/2023
Options Granted - 02/25/2019
Issuer
N
1741
08/07/2023
Cash
Common
08/07/2023
Options Granted - 02/20/2020
Issuer
N
3470
08/07/2023
Cash
Common
08/07/2023
Options Granted - 07/01/2020
Issuer
N
714
08/07/2023
Cash
Common
08/07/2023
Options Granted - 02/22/2021
Issuer
N
3857
08/07/2023
Cash
Common
08/07/2023
Options Granted - 02/17/2022
Issuer
N
1544
08/07/2023
Cash
Common
07/01/2023
Restricted Stock Vesting
Issuer
N
47
07/01/2023
Compensation
Common
03/01/2023
Restricted Stock Vesting
Issuer
N
3785
03/01/2023
Compensation
N
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7 World Trade Center at 250 Greenwich St
New York
NY
10007
Common
05/19/2023
975
309962.25
08/07/2023
/s/ Rae Pierson, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Mark Kaye