UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT Moody’s CorporationUnderwriting Agreement • August 17th, 2010 • Moodys Corp /De/ • Services-consumer credit reporting, collection agencies • New York
Moody’s Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), $500,000,000 principal amount of its 5.50% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of the Closing Date (as defined below) (the “ Base Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture to be dated as of the Closing Date (the “Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee.
