Moody’s Corporation $750 Million Senior Notes Offering

Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered debt offering by Moody’s Corporation of $450 million aggregate principal amount of 2.75% senior notes due 2019 and $300 million aggregate principal amount of 5.25% senior notes due 2044.

Moody’s Corporation is the parent company of Moody’s Investors Service, which provides credit ratings and research covering debt instruments and securities, and Moody’s Analytics, which offers leading-edge software, advisory services and economic research for credit analysis and financial risk management.

The Davis Polk team included partner Richard A. Drucker and associates Kate Darracott and Taylor Hedrick. The tax team included partner Michael Mollerus and law clerk Brian Harris. All members of the Davis Polk team are based in the New York office.

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