{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001059556-25-000080","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"MCO","cik":"0001059556","company_name":"MOODYS CORP /DE/","filed_at":"2025-03-11T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:02.835692+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-24T23:10:38.956203+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.4,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.4,"confidence":"high","headline":"Moody's CAO Caroline Sullivan to depart April 1; Jason Phillips named successor","bullets":["Caroline Sullivan, CAO and Corporate Controller since Dec 2018, will leave April 1, 2025 by mutual agreement.","Jason Phillips, 48, appointed new CAO and Controller effective April 1; he joined Moody's in 2003.","Phillips most recently served as Managing Director, Assistant Controller (Aug 2022–Mar 2025).","No family relationships or related party transactions between Phillips and Moody's directors or officers."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001059556-25-000080","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001059556-25-000080.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001059556-25-000080.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001059556-25-000080.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1059556/000105955625000080/0001059556-25-000080-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1059556/000105955625000080/mco-20250305.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-24T23:10:38.956203+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"ae69b62119","claim":"Jason Phillips was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at MOODYS CORP /DE/.","evidence_excerpt":"Succeeding Ms. Sullivan as the Chief Accounting Officer and Controller of the Company on the Effective Date will be Jason Phillips.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1059556/000105955625000080/0001059556-25-000080-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Chief Accounting Officer and Controller"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"d5fe44fcd0","claim":"Caroline Sullivan departed as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller at MOODYS CORP /DE/.","evidence_excerpt":"On March 11, 2025, Moody’s Corporation (the “Company”) announced that Caroline Sullivan, 56, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller and the Company have mutually agreed that she will be departing from her position on April 1, 2025 (the “Effective Date”) and is expected to remain with the Company for a transitional period.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1059556/000105955625000080/0001059556-25-000080-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"departing"},{"label":"Role","value":"Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}