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 16, 2019

 

 

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

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The voting results for the matters voted on at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Moody’s Corporation (the “Company”) held on April 16, 2019 are as follows:

 

1.	Ten directors were elected to serve one-year terms expiring at the Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders as follows:

 

Nominee		Votes For				Votes Against				Abstentions				Broker     Non-Votes
Basil L. Anderson			158,767,720				4,517,184				96,676				10,209,793
Jorge A. Bermudez			161,552,842				1,744,174				84,564				10,209,793
Thérèse Esperdy			161,632,255				1,677,868				71,457				10,209,793
Vincent A. Forlenza			160,392,612				2,900,937				88,031				10,209,793
Kathryn M. Hill			160,750,385				2,552,375				78,820				10,209,793
Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr.			161,597,124				1,717,268				67,188				10,209,793
Henry A. McKinnell, Jr., Ph.D.			153,586,305				9,702,399				92,876				10,209,793
Leslie F. Seidman			161,563,088				1,731,702				86,790				10,209,793
Bruce Van Saun			160,399,389				2,815,888				166,303				10,209,793
Gerrit Zalm			161,446,809				1,849,153				85,618				10,209,793

 

2.	The appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year 2019 was ratified as follows:

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
171,935,973		1,527,367		128,033		0

 

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

 

Votes For		Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
153,103,937		9,830,446		447,197		10,209,793

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 17, 2019