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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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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