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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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 19, 2018
MOODY’S CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-14037 | 13-3998945 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
7 World Trade Center at 250
Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10007
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
(212) 553-0300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including Area Code)
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| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On April 19, 2018, Moody’s Corporation (“Moody’s”) closed its offer to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) up to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 2.625% Senior Notes due 2023 and $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 3.250% Senior Notes due 2028 for a like principal amount of its new 2.625% Senior Notes due 2023 and 3.250% Senior Notes due 2028 registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
According to information provided by the exchange agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, $480,950,000 aggregate principal amount, or 96.190% of the privately placed 2.625% Senior Notes due 2023 and $498,660,000 aggregate principal amount, or 99.732% of the privately placed 3.250% Senior Notes due 2028 were tendered for exchange in the Exchange Offer.
The Exchange Offer expired at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on April 13, 2018 and settled on April 19, 2018.
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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 19, 2018