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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 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Moody’s Corporation (the “Company”) held on April 26, 2022 are as follows:
1. | Ten directors were elected to serve one-year terms expiring at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders as follows: |
Nominee |
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
Jorge A. Bermudez |
155,726,243 | 2,967,970 | 93,085 | 8,509,859 | ||||
Thérèse Esperdy |
157,334,154 | 1,363,840 | 89,304 | 8,509,859 | ||||
Robert Fauber |
158,093,681 | 609,588 | 84,029 | 8,509,859 | ||||
Vincent A. Forlenza |
155,529,367 | 2,659,019 | 598,912 | 8,509,859 | ||||
Kathryn M. Hill |
155,273,009 | 3,427,700 | 86,589 | 8,509,859 | ||||
Lloyd W. Howell, Jr. |
157,251,418 | 1,444,312 | 91,568 | 8,509,859 | ||||
Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr. |
152,643,199 | 5,708,232 | 435,867 | 8,509,859 | ||||
Leslie F. Seidman |
157,058,332 | 1,285,119 | 443,847 | 8,509,859 | ||||
Zig Serafin |
158,362,046 | 324,684 | 100,568 | 8,509,859 | ||||
Bruce Van Saun |
157,073,541 | 1,613,691 | 100,066 | 8,509,859 |
2. | The appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year 2022 was ratified as follows: |
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
162,992,119 |
4,218,934 | 86,104 | n/a |
3. | The advisory resolution approving executive compensation was approved as follows: |
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
149,517,231 |
6,837,895 | 2,432,172 | 8,509,859 |
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: April 29, 2022