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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
142
49700.00
183500000
06/15/2023
NYSE
Common
06/15/2023
Option Granted - 02/12/2014
Issuer
N
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06/15/2023
Cash
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Robert Fauber
7 World Trade Center at 250 Greenwich St
New York
NY
10007
Common
06/01/2023
2000
633100.00
06/15/2023
05/18/2022
/s/ Ryan Riviere, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Robert Fauber