Orbis for Compliance
The world’s mostpowerful comparable
data resource
With 445+ million entities in Orbis, you
can enhance your Anti-Money Laundering(AML), Know Your Customer (KYC) KnowYour Supplier (KYS) research, reputation
risk management, and Client Due
Diligence (CDD).

Orbis is the world’s most powerfulcomparable data resource on privatecompanies

Orbis contains a wide variety of data that isappended and standardized to make it richer, more
powerful, and easier to integrate. We capture andtreat data from 160+ providers, and hundreds of ourown sources.
Find the risks hiding in complex structures andnetworks for better, faster risk decisions.
Unique identifiers
Orbis provides you with unique identifying data foreach company, which can be crucial for successful
integration projects.
• BvD ID number, created from each business’s
national company number• Orbis ID number, a unique 9-digit entity identifier• Local National ID numbers• Other important ID numbers, including LEI (LegalEntity Identifier) numbers

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Corporate ownership information and beneficial ownershipThis comprehensive and highly regarded dataset is exclusively available in Moody’s Analytics products andincludes information on:• Shareholdings and subsidiaries• Direct and indirect ownership• Ultimate beneficial owners – domestic and global• Independence indicators• Corporate groups – all companies with the same
ultimate owner as the subject company• Company tree diagrams• Beneficial ownership – defined by your risk
appetite and chosen percentage thresholds, anentity’s beneficial owners are isolated andbrought to the surface in a dedicated module you
can subscribe toIn addition, Orbis structures this data so you can:• Calculate ownership using either “bottom up” or“top down” approaches• Edit definitions of ownership, by setting your own
percentage thresholds

PEPs, sanctions and other watchlists
Orbis helps you reduce compliance-related risk bychecking individuals, companies and corporategroups against PEPs, sanctions and otherwatchlists.
People information, firmographics and contacts
Orbis offers an extensive database of relevant
people within or connected to companies, such as:• Advisors• Auditors• Board members• Directors• Senior managers• Other contacts
Results show current and previous positions, aswell as their connections to other contacts.

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Financial data & financial strength metrics
Get financial information on corporates, banks, and insurance companies.
Assessment models, supplied by six independent and highly respected providers, offer you:
• Scores on 40 million companies, based on financials• Metrics that you can compare across borders and industries• Alerts that monitor changes for you• A clear dashboard overview, plus detailed datasheets, including the underlying ratios and historical data andtrends• An immediate understanding of a company’s financial strengths and weaknesses, including its probability ofdefault• Qualitative scores – for where financial information is not available

News
Stay up to date with the latest company-related news stories from around the world with Orbis’s news service,
which also highlights news with a negative sentiment to help you make the best-informed decisions. Updated
every 15 minutes, our news service collates relevant stories from reliable sources.

Marine vessels dataUse Orbis to check if certain ships appear on any
sanctions lists.
Original documents
Take advantage of a variety of resources, including:• Locally filed “scanned images” and links todocuments filed at registries• The ability to order copies of official businessdocuments from around the world, plus reports
for companies not currently on Orbis• PDFs of annual reports

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AML documentation for financial institutions

Other company information• AML policies

Get accurate, updated company details, such as:• Articles of association• Banking licenses• Legal status• Certificates of incorporation• Date of incorporation• Extracts from commercial registers• Entity’s industry and country/political regime• Lists of regulated financial institutions perregulator within each country• Indication that an entity has been awarded apublic tender• US Patriot Act certification

Orbis overview
We capture data from regulatory and other sources
Industry research | News | M&A | deals | Company overviews | Company financials
Royal agreement | Corporate actions | Industry codes | Directors & contacts | Marine vessels
Original documents | Agency ratings | PIEs Shareholders & subsidiaries | LEI numbers | Patents
ESG risk info | Intellectual property | AML documents | Stock data & earning estimates
Financial strength data | PEPs & sanctions | Public tenders

We treat data to add value
Linking data
sourcesCreating unique
identifiers

Linking directors
and contacts

Applying data
verification

Applying cleansing& quality control

Identifying
beneficial owners

Appending & linking
corporate structures

Standardizing
financials & ratios

Integrating M&Adeals & rumors

Adding bespoke
researchUser, interface, data visualization, analysis & integration
Interface

Catalyst

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Orbis can support your toughest due diligence requirements
Ownership and Control
We are experts in corporate ownership and the go-to resource for beneficial ownership. Our data shows you 1.2bn ownership links, 1.05bn historic ownership links, and 184m
active ownership links. Our corporate trees reveal the ownership of your potential and existing business partners and third-party associates, including the beneficial owners, soyou can review their corporate group.
Understand control and influence, regardless of ownership, by revealing the most influential shareholders in a company and different permutations of shareholders who can form
decision-influencing coalitions with Power Score. It helps you understand which shareholders effectively control the company and have the strongest influence on voting results
and decision-making.

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individual who exposes thecustomer to regulatory andreputation risk by doing businesswith him.

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Mr. John D. Sanctioned
Based in Russia and owns 100%of Third Partners.

ThirdPartners

Third Partners
Based in the Bahamas and owns 63.4% of Second Company, LLC.

SecondCompany,LLC.

Second Company, LLC.
Based in Switzerland and owns 100% of Safe Company Inc.

SafeCompany,Inc.

Safe Company, Inc.
Based in Finland and has no risk flags directly associated.

Sanctions Screening
We combine timely sanctions data with detailed
ownership and control information drawn from a
range of sources to enable robust risk analysis ofcompanies around the world and updates tosanctions lists are processed and available tocustomers within one business day of publication.
Orbis identifies individuals in the ownership
structure creating a clear link between sanctioned
entities and those sanctioned by extension.
Know Your Supplier (KYS)
Confidently assess a supplier’s financial viability
across the globe using standardized financial dataand comparable financial strength indicators. Orbis
provides company information to help you be more
effective in your supplier selection and appraisals,see potential risks in your network, and monitorchanges to suppliers so you can be proactive inyour risk management.
Onboarding
Getting the correct entity match at the beginningof your research process is vital for accuracy andefficiency – by providing official entity names forso many organizations, we make this as
straightforward and accurate as possible. We help
you get to the data you need faster and with
helpful visualization tools, allowing you toautomate much of your onboarding processes.

06 Orbis for Compliance | moodys.com/kycAbout Mooody’sAnalytics KYC
Moody’s Analytics Know Your Customer (KYC) istransforming risk and compliance, creating a world
where risk is understood so decisions can be madewith confidence.
Our customers build their own unique KYC
ecosystem using our flexible workflow orchestration
platform, award-winning datasets, analyticalinsights, and integrations with global providers tocreate powerful risk management solutions.
Harnessing our innovative technology and industry
expertise, Moody’s Analytics automates accurate
screening and swift onboarding of customers andthird parties. We continue our support throughout
the customer lifecycle by enabling the perpetualmonitoring of counterparty risk across global
business networks in near real-time.
Moody’s Analytics KYC is helping customers
automate onboarding journeys in 197 countries,
across 211 jurisdictions: completing 800M+ new
customer and third-party checks each day on averagein 2022, including screening against our database of
17M+ risk profiles, 450M+ entities, and 34K+
sanctioned entities.
Our configurable solutions empower risk andcompliance professionals to deliver complianceefficiency and excellent customer experiences withno compromise.

AMERICAS+1.212.553.1653
clientservices@moodys.com
EMEA+44.20.7772.5454
clientservices.emea@moodys.com
ASIA (Excluding Japan)+852.3551.3077
clientservices.asia@moodys.com
JAPAN+81.3.5408.4100
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