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): April 24, 2018

 

 

MOODY’S CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware		1-14037		13-3998945
(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

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ITEM 5.07     SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS			3
SIGNATURES			4

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Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The voting results for the matters voted on at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Moody’s Corporation (the “Company”) held on April 24, 2018 are as follows:

 

1.	Nine directors were elected to serve one-year terms expiring at the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders as follows:

 

Nominee		Votes For				Votes Against				Abstentions				Broker Non-Votes
Basil L. Anderson			158,343,164				2,530,947				739,009				10,629,099
Jorge A. Bermudez			160,591,895				283,766				737,460				10,629,098
Vincent A. Forlenza			159,150,181				1,816,687				646,251				10,629,100
Kathryn M. Hill			160,277,117				707,694				628,308				10,629,100
Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr.			160,786,171				158,372				668,578				10,629,098
Henry A. McKinnell, Jr., Ph.D.			151,822,995				9,140,235				649,891				10,629,098
Leslie F. Seidman			160,720,943				258,020				634,158				10,629,098
Bruce Van Saun			158,888,017				1,967,717				757,387				10,629,098
Gerrit Zalm			160,613,004				361,134				638,983				10,629,098

 

2.	The appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year 2018 was ratified as follows:

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker   Non-Votes
170,667,452		1,510,431		64,335		0

 

3.	The advisory resolution approving executive compensation was approved as follows:

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
154,222,648		7,184,417		205,862		10,629,292

 

4.	The stockholder proposal to amend the Company’s clawback policy was voted on as follows:

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
57,310,145		98,516,489		5,786,482		10,629,103

 

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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: April 30, 2018

 

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