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 25, 2017

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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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The voting results for the matters voted on at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Moody’s Corporation (the “Company”) held on April 25, 2017 are as follows:
 
1.	Nine directors were elected to serve one-year terms expiring at the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders as follows:	

Nominee	  	Votes For	 	  	Votes Against	 	  	Abstentions	 	  	Broker
Non-Votes	 	
Basil L. Anderson	  	 	158,467,542	 	  	 	2,682,056	 	  	 	73,245	 	  	 	11,125,191	 	
Jorge A. Bermudez	  	 	161,039,736	 	  	 	106,481	 	  	 	76,625	 	  	 	11,125,192	 	
Darrell Duffie, Ph.D.	  	 	161,057,331	 	  	 	97,033	 	  	 	68,478	 	  	 	11,125,192	 	
Kathryn M. Hill	  	 	160,917,326	 	  	 	242,349	 	  	 	63,169	 	  	 	11,125,190	 	
Ewald Kist	  	 	158,965,550	 	  	 	2,175,778	 	  	 	81,516	 	  	 	11,125,190	 	
Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr.	  	 	160,818,504	 	  	 	332,055	 	  	 	72,284	 	  	 	11,125,191	 	
Henry A. McKinnell, Jr., Ph.D.	  	 	154,658,466	 	  	 	6,205,444	 	  	 	358,933	 	  	 	11,125,191	 	
Leslie F. Seidman	  	 	161,069,610	 	  	 	88,530	 	  	 	64,703	 	  	 	11,125,191	 	
Bruce Van Saun	  	 	160,976,829	 	  	 	173,546	 	  	 	72,467	 	  	 	11,125,192	 	
 
2.	The appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year 2017 was ratified as follows:	

Votes For	 	Votes Against	 	Abstentions	 	Broker Non-Votes	
171,529,427	 	654,976	 	163,631	 	0	
 
3.	The advisory resolution approving executive compensation was approved as follows:	

Votes For	 	Votes Against	 	Abstentions	 	Broker Non-Votes	
152,245,010	 	4,999,590	 	3,978,004	 	11,125,430	
 
4.	The advisory resolution on the frequency of future advisory resolutions approving executive compensation was voted on as follows:	

One Year	 	Two Years	 	Three
Years	 	Abstentions	 	Broker
Non-Votes	
151,455,683	 	602,682	 	8,981,668	 	175,881	 	11,125,427	
In light of these voting results, the Company plans to hold future advisory votes approving executive compensation annually until the next required vote on the frequency of such advisory votes, or until the Board of Directors of the Company otherwise determines that a different frequency is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.

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: May 1, 2017