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): April 12, 2016

 

 

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

 

 

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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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 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on April 12, 2016 are as follows:

 

1. Nine directors were elected to serve one-year terms as follows:

 

Nominee

   Votes For      Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Basil L. Anderson

     160,618,975         2,417,190         64,588         11,257,147   

Jorge A. Bermudez

     162,636,513         397,847         66,393         11,257,147   

Darrell Duffie, Ph.D.

     162,638,434         399,087         63,232         11,257,147   

Kathryn M. Hill

     162,635,322         403,779         61,652         11,257,147   

Ewald Kist

     160,764,964         2,272,717         63,072         11,257,147   

Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr.

     162,343,201         685,541         72,011         11,257,147   

Henry A. McKinnell, Jr., Ph.D.

     157,667,581         5,369,026         64,146         11,257,147   

Leslie F. Seidman

     162,636,580         388,172         76,001         11,257,147   

Bruce Van Saun

     162,542,043         493,830         64,880         11,257,147   

 

2. The appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year 2016 was ratified as follows:

 

Votes For

   Votes Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes

173,059,626

   819,209    479,065   

 

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

 

Votes For

   Votes Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes

159,370,818

   3,029,555    700,380    11,257,147


SIGNATURE

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.

 

MOODY’S CORPORATION
By:   /s/ John J. Goggins
  John J. Goggins
  Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Date: April 15, 2016