Moody's Corporation

3 ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE 3 ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS 3

3 ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE 3 ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS 3

3 ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE 3 ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS 3

” On October 20, 2020, the Board of Directors of Moody’s Corporation (the “Company”) elected Robert Fauber as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2021. The Board also elected Mr. Fauber to the Board of Directors, effective October 21, 2020. Effective January 1, 2021, Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr., the Company’s current President and Chief Executive Officer, will serve as non-executive Chairman of the Board. Henry A. McKinnell, Jr., Ph.D will step down from the Chairman position effective December 31, 2020 and will continue to serve on the Board of Directors. The Board will name one of its independent directors to serve as Lead Independent Director, effective January 1, 2021. A copy of the press release issued by the Company on October 22, 2020 regarding Mr. Fauber’s election is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. Mr.

” (b) On October 21, 2019, Moody’s Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a letter agreement with Mark Almeida in connection with the Company’s previous announcement that Mr. Almeida will be leaving his position as President of Moody’s Analytics, effective November 1, 2019 (the “Agreement”). The Agreement provides that Mr. Almeida will serve as a Special Advisor through December 31, 2020. During this advisory period, Mr. Almeida will continue to be paid his base salary at its current rate, will earn an annual cash incentive bonus in respect of 2019 and 2020, each payable based on target performance, and will be eligible for a 2020 long-term incentive award with a grant date value equal to that of the long-term incentive award he received in 2019. Following the advisory period, Mr.

3 ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE 3 ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS 3

(d) On February 13, 2019, the Company announced that Ms. Thérèse Esperdy has been elected as a member of the Company’s Board, effective as of March 1, 2019. Ms. Esperdy also has been elected to the Board’s Audit, Governance & Nominating and Compensation & Human Resources Committees. With the election of Ms. Esperdy, the Company’s Board consists of ten directors. Ms. Esperdy, 58, held various positions at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from 1997 through 2015 including Global Chairman of Financial Institutions Group, Co-Head of Banking, Asia Pacific, and Head of Global Debt Capital Markets. Prior to her time at JPMorgan Chase, Ms. Esperdy started her banking career at Lehman Brothers. She currently serves as a director of Imperial Brands PLC and National Grid PLC. In accordance with the Company’s director compensation plan for non-employee directors, Ms.

(c) On November 8, 2018, Moody’s Corporation (the “Company” or “Moody’s”) announced the appointment of Caroline Sullivan as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller. Ms. Sullivan, 49, joins Moody’s from Bank of America, a multinational bank and financial services company, where she served as Managing Director and Global Banking Controller since 2017. Prior to that role, Ms. Sullivan supported the bank’s Global Wealth & Investment Management business from 2015 to 2017 in a variety of positions including Controller and was Chief Financial Officer for the Latin America region from 2014 to 2015. From 2011 to 2013, she served as the Legal Entity Controller for the bank’s main broker dealer and other Merrill Lynch entities. Ms.

(c) On July 31, 2018, Moody’s Corporation (the “Company” or “Moody’s”) announced the appointment of Mark Kaye as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kaye, 39, joins Moody’s from Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, where he served as Senior Vice President and Head of Financial Planning and Analysis since 2016, as well as Chief Financial Officer of MassMutual U.S., the company’s domestic insurance and retirement plan operation, since 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Kaye served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Retirement Solutions, at Voya Financial (formerly ING U.S.) from 2011 to 2015. Mr. Kaye previously held various senior financial and risk reporting positions at ING U.S. and ING Group and was in the investment banking division of Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr.

On May 9, 2018, Moody’s Corporation (“the Company”) announced that Michael S. Crimmins, Senior Vice President – Corporate Controller, has informed the Company that he intends to resign from the Company on or about June 15, 2018 to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Crimmins is the Company’s principal accounting officer and since April 2, 2018, has served on an interim basis as the Company’s principal financial officer. On an interim basis, the Company has appointed Jeffrey Hare, Senior Vice President – Corporate Planning & Risk, to serve as the Company’s principal financial officer and David Hogan, Managing Director – Assistant Controller, to serve as the Company’s principal accounting officer. These appointments will be effective on June 16, 2018. The Company has begun the search process to identify a successor for Mr. Crimmins. 3

3 SIGNATURES 4 2 Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. (c) Moody’s Corporation (“Moody’s”) has designated Michael S. Crimmins, age 47, Senior Vice President – Corporate Controller, to serve on an interim basis as Moody’s principal financial officer, effective April 2, 2018. Mr. Crimmins was appointed as Moody’s principal accounting officer as of August 1, 2016, and will continue to serve in such capacity in addition to serving as principal financial officer. The Company is continuing its search to identify a successor to its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Crimmins served as Managing Director – Assistant Controller from January 2011 to August 1, 2016. Prior to becoming Managing Director, he served as Senior Vice President of Moody’s Shared Services, Inc.

(b) Ewald Kist, who has served as a member of the Moody’s Corporation Board of Directors (the “Board”) since 2004, and Darrell Duffie, Ph.D., who has served as a member of the Board since 2008, will not be standing for re-election at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders and, therefore, will be retiring effective on that date.

” On January 29, 2018, Moody’s Corporation (the “Company”) announced that Linda S. Huber will be leaving from her position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. She will remain at the Company for a transitional period. The Company has commenced a search process to identify a successor for Ms. Huber’s role. Ms. Huber will receive benefits under the Company’s defined benefit pension plans and equity plans as described in Moody’s 2017 Proxy Statement on account of Ms. Huber being retirement-eligible under those plans, including continued exercisability of options and pro-rata vesting of the shares issuable under her 2016 and 2017 performance share grants following completion of the applicable performance periods and certification of the performance results.

Moody’s Corporation (“Moody’s”) reported on a Form 8-K filed on April 6, 2016, that Joseph (Jay) McCabe intends to retire from his role as Senior Vice President – Corporate Controller on July 31, 2016. (c) On June 1, 2016, Moody’s announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Michael S. Crimmins, age 45, to serve as Moody’s principal accounting officer in the position of Senior Vice President – Corporate Controller. This action will be effective on August 1, 2016. Mr. Crimmins currently is the Company’s Managing Director – Assistant Controller and has served in that role since January 2011. Prior to becoming Managing Director, he served as Moody’s Shared Services, Inc. Senior Vice President from April 2008 to January 2011 and Vice President from January 2006 to April 2008. Before joining Moody’s, Mr. Crimmins worked at Deloitte & Touche LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Moody’s Corporation (“the Company”) announced that Joseph (Jay) McCabe, Senior Vice President – Corporate Controller (principal accounting officer), intends to retire as Senior Vice President – Corporate Controller of the Company on July 31, 2016. The Company has begun the search process to identify a successor for Mr. McCabe’s role.

Moody’s Corporation announced that Michel Madelain, President and Chief Operating Officer of Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“MIS”), the credit ratings agency unit of Moody’s Corporation, intends to retire as President and Chief Operating Officer of MIS on June 1, 2016. Following his retirement, Mr. Madelain will serve in a part-time capacity as Vice Chairman of MIS, focusing on international policy and regulatory issues and serving on the MIS Board of Directors and MIS boards in the European Union.

(b) On February 9, 2016, Mr. John Wulff, who has served as a member of the Moody’s Corporation Board of Directors since 2004, informed the Company that he has decided not to stand for re-election at the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders and, therefore, to retire effective on that date. (d) On February 9, 2016, the Company announced that Mr. Bruce Van Saun has been elected as a member of the Company’s Board, effective as of March 1, 2016. Mr. Van Saun also has been elected to the Board’s Audit and Governance and Compensation Committees. With the election of Mr. Van Saun, the Company’s Board consists of ten directors. Mr. Van Saun, 58, currently serves as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Citizens Financial Group, Inc., a retail and commercial bank, and serves as a director on the franchise board of Lloyd’s of London, with his term expiring on May 31, 2016.