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CURRENT REPORT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
| ITEM 8.01 | OTHER EVENTS | 3 | ||||
| ITEM 9.01 | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS | 3 | ||||
| SIGNATURES | 4 | |||||
| EXHIBIT 1.1 | ||||||
| EXHIBIT 104 | ||||||
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Item 8.01, “Other Events”
On August 4, 2020, Moody’s Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement by and among the Company and BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriting Agreement”), with respect to the issuance and sale of $500 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 2.550% Senior Notes due 2060 (the “notes”). The offer of the notes was registered under the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-236611) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2020.
The above description of the Underwriting Agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
On August 4, 2020, the Company also announced that it called for the redemption on September 3, 2020 of all $500 million outstanding principal amount of its 2.750% Senior Notes due 2021.
Item 9.01, “Financial Statements and Exhibits”
(d) Exhibits
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated August 4, 2020, by and among Moody’s Corporation and BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. | |
| 104 | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL. | |
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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.
| MOODY’S CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Elizabeth M. McCarroll | |
| Elizabeth M. McCarroll | ||
| Corporate Secretary and Associate | ||
| General Counsel | ||
Date: August 6, 2020