Moody's 8-K 2022-11-30

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Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 30, 2022

MOODY’S CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware1-1403713-3998945
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)(Commission File Number)(IRS Employer Identification No.)

7 World Trade Center at 250 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10007

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 553-0300

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per shareMCONew York Stock Exchange
1.75% Senior Notes Due 2027MCO 27New York Stock Exchange
0.950% Senior Notes Due 2030MCO 30New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ITEM 8.01OTHER EVENTS3
ITEM 9.01FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS3
SIGNATURES4
Item 8.01,“Other Events”

On November 30, 2022, Moody’s Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing the commencement of a cash tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) to purchase for cash up to $100,000,000 aggregate purchase price of certain of the Company’s dollar denominated senior unsecured notes (the “Notes”). The Tender Offer is being made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Company’s offer to purchase, dated as of November 30, 2022.

A copy of the Press Release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01,“Financial Statements and Exhibits”
(d)Exhibits
99.1Press release of Moody’s Corporation dated November 30, 2022.
104The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: November 30, 2022MOODY’S CORPORATION
By:/s/ Elizabeth M. McCarroll
Name:Elizabeth M. McCarroll
Title:Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel