--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001193125-23-110605" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "MCO" cik: "0001059556" company_name: "MOODYS CORP /DE/" filed_at: "2023-04-21T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-16T21:01:50.389882+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.45 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Moody's shareholders approve 4M share increase to stock plan; Forlenza named Chairman ## Summary - Shareholders approved 4.0M share increase to the 2001 Key Employees' Stock Incentive Plan. - Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr. retired as Chairman; Vincent A. Forlenza appointed as new Chairman. - All ten director nominees elected (including Fauber, Hill, Seidman) for one-year terms. - KPMG ratified as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2023. - Advisory 'say-on-pay' resolution approved; company will hold annual advisory votes. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001193125-23-110605 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: MCO - cik: 0001059556 - company_name: MOODYS CORP /DE/ - filed_at: 2023-04-21T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.45 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1059556/000119312523110605/0001193125-23-110605-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1059556/000119312523110605/d470542d8k.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-110605 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-110605.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-110605.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes MOODYS CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Election of ten directors to serve one-year terms at the 2023-04-18 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-18 source text: 1. Ten directors were elected to serve one-year terms expiring at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders as follows: Nominee Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Jorge A. Bermudez 151,772,759 8,102,954 76,340 7,945,578 Thérèse Esperdy 157,782,610 2,094,431 75,012 7,945,578 Robert Fauber 159,034,376 832,390 85,287 7,945,578 Vincent A. Forlenza 153,293,547 6,550,375 108,131 7,945,578 Kathryn M. Hill 155,173,705 4,704,629 73,719 7,945,578 Lloyd W. Howell, Jr. 156,563,286 3,301,893 86,874 7,945,578 Jose M. Minaya 158,950,063 917,852 84,138 7,945,578 Leslie F. Seidman 155,311,437 4,553,809 86,807 7,945,578 Zig Serafin 157,578,136 2,294,212 79,705 7,945,578 Bruce Van Saun 156,290,552 3,582,026 79,475 7,945,578 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1059556/000119312523110605/0001193125-23-110605-index.htm - Shareholder Votes MOODYS CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Advisory resolution approving executive compensation at the 2023-04-18 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-18 source text: 4. The advisory resolution approving executive compensation was approved as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 147,699,109 9,522,438 2,730,506 7,945,578 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1059556/000119312523110605/0001193125-23-110605-index.htm - Shareholder Votes MOODYS CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-04-18 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-18 source text: 3. The ratification of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year 2023 was ratified as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 164,891,206 2,968,660 37,765 — 3 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1059556/000119312523110605/0001193125-23-110605-index.htm - Shareholder Votes MOODYS CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Advisory resolution on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-04-18 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-18 source text: 5. Votes on the advisory resolution on the frequency of future advisory resolutions approving executive compensation were as follows: One Year Two Years Three Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 158,286,343 264,507 1,258,555 142,648 7,945,578 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1059556/000119312523110605/0001193125-23-110605-index.htm - Shareholder Votes MOODYS CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Amendment and restatement of the 2001 Plan at the 2023-04-18 meeting. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-18 source text: 2. The amendment and restatement of the 2001 Plan was approved as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 149,131,029 10,166,754 654,270 7,945,578 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1059556/000119312523110605/0001193125-23-110605-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.