Second Supplemental Indenture, dated  August 20, 2012



 Exhibit 4.1 
 Execution Version 
 MOODY’S CORPORATION 

as Issuer 

and 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
 as Trustee 
  

 
 SECOND
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
 Dated as of August 20, 2012 

to 

INDENTURE 

Dated as of August 19, 2010 
  

 
 4.50% Senior
Notes due 2022 







 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
	 	  	Page	 
	
	ARTICLE 1.	  
	
	DEFINITIONS	  
			
	 Section 1.1.
	 	 Definition of Terms
	  	 	2	  
	
	ARTICLE 2.	  
	
	GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES	  
			
	 Section 2.1.
	 	 Designation and Principal Amount
	  	 	4	  
	 Section 2.2.
	 	 Maturity
	  	 	5	  
	 Section 2.3.
	 	 Further Issues
	  	 	5	  
	 Section 2.4.
	 	 Form of Payment
	  	 	5	  
	 Section 2.5.
	 	 Global Securities and Denomination of Notes
	  	 	5	  
	 Section 2.6.
	 	 Interest
	  	 	5	  
	 Section 2.7.
	 	 Redemption
	  	 	5	  
	 Section 2.8.
	 	 Limitations on Liens
	  	 	5	  
	 Section 2.9.
	 	 Limitations on Sale and Leaseback Transactions
	  	 	7	  
	 Section 2.10.
	 	 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets
	  	 	8	  
	 Section 2.11.
	 	 Events of Default
	  	 	8	  
	 Section 2.12.
	 	 Appointment of Agents
	  	 	8	  
	 Section 2.13.
	 	 Change of Control
	  	 	8	  
	 Section 2.14.
	 	 Defeasance Upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations
	  	 	9	  
	
	ARTICLE 3.	  
	
	FORM OF NOTES	  
			
	 Section 3.1.
	 	 Form of Notes
	  	 	10	  
	
	ARTICLE 4.	  
	
	ORIGINAL ISSUE OF NOTES	  
			
	 Section 4.1.
	 	 Original Issue of Notes
	  	 	10	  
	
	ARTICLE 5.	  
	
	MISCELLANEOUS	  
			
	 Section 5.1.
	 	 Ratification of Indenture
	  	 	10	  
	 Section 5.2.
	 	 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals
	  	 	10	  
	 Section 5.3.
	 	 Governing Law
	  	 	10	  
	 Section 5.4.
	 	 Separability
	  	 	10	  
	 Section 5.5.
	 	 Counterparts Originals
	  	 	11	  
		
	 EXHIBIT A – Form of Notes
	  	 	A-1	  


  
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 SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of August 20, 2012 (this
“Supplemental Indenture”), between Moody’s Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, having its principal office at 7 World Trade Center at 250 Greenwich Street, New York, New York
10007 (the “Company”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, organized and in good standing under the laws of the United States, as trustee (the “Trustee”). 

WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the indenture, dated as of August 19, 2010, to the Trustee (the “Base
Indenture,” and, as hereby supplemented, the “Indenture”), to provide for the issuance of the Company’s debt Securities to be issued in one or more series; 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of a new series of its notes under the Base Indenture to be known as its “4.50%
Senior Notes due 2022” (the “Notes”), the form and substance and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture; 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors, pursuant to resolutions duly adopted on July 23, 2012, has duly authorized the issuance of
the Notes, and has authorized the proper officers of the Company to execute any and all appropriate documents necessary or appropriate to effect each such issuance; 
 WHEREAS, this Supplemental Indenture is being entered into pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 and Section 14.01 of the Base Indenture; 

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture; and 

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms,
and to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company, have been performed, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in
all respects; 







 NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase and acceptance of
the Notes by the Holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Base Indenture, the forms and terms of the Notes, the Company covenants and agrees, with the Trustee, as follows: 

ARTICLE 1. 

DEFINITIONS 
 Section 1.1. Definition of Terms. Unless the context otherwise requires: 
 (a) each term defined in the Base Indenture has the same meaning when used in this Supplemental Indenture; 
 (b) the singular includes the plural and vice versa; 
 (c) headings are for
convenience of reference only and do not affect interpretation; 
 (d) a reference to a Section or Article is to a Section or
Article of this Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise indicated; and 
 (e) the following terms have the meanings given to
them in this Section 1.1(e): 
 (i) “Attributable Debt” means, an amount equal to the
lesser of (a) the fair market value of the property (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company) or (b) the present value of the total net amount of payments to be made under the lease during its remaining term, discounted at
the interest rate set forth or implicit in the terms of the lease, compounded semi-annually. 
 (ii) “Change
of Control” means the occurrence of any one of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries;
(2) the consummation of any transaction (including without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) becomes the
“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; (3) the
Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such
other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted
into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; (4) the first day on which the majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company cease to be
Continuing Directors; or (5) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company. 

  
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 (iii) “Change of Control Offer” shall have the meaning assigned to
it in Section 2.13. 
 (iv) “Change of Control Payment Date” shall have the meaning
assigned to it in Section 2.13. 
 (v) “Change of Control Triggering Event” means, the
notes cease to be rated Investment Grade by S&P or, if S&P and another “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined in Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) of the Exchange Act) shall provide a rating of the notes, by
S&P and any such other rating organization, on any date during the period (the “Trigger Period”) commencing 60 days prior to the first public announcement by the Company of any Change of Control (or pending Change of Control) and
ending 60 days following consummation of such Change of Control (which Trigger Period will be extended following consummation of a Change of Control for so long as S&P or such other rating organization shall have publicly announced that it is
considering a possible ratings change). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Change of Control Triggering Event will be deemed to have occurred in connection with any particular Change of Control unless and until such Change of Control has actually
been consummated. 
 (vi) “Consolidated Total Assets” means, the total assets of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries, as set forth on the Company’s most recent consolidated balance sheet, as determined under GAAP. 
 (vii) “Continuing Director” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who: (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the
Indenture; or (2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election. 

(viii) “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company. 

(ix) “Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.11. 

(x) “Investment Grade” means a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating
category of S&P); and an equivalent rating of another “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” that shall provide a rating of the notes. 

(xi) “Lien” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.8. 

(xii) “Net Revenue” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the net revenue of such Person and its
consolidated subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP for such period. 

  
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 (xiii) “Permitted Liens” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 2.8. 
 (xiv) “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or political subdivision thereof. 
 (xv) “Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary (a) the Total Assets of which exceed 10% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year or
(b) the Net Revenue of which exceeds 10% of the Net Revenue of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year. 

(xvi) “Sale/Leaseback Transaction” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.9. 

(xvii) “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., and its successors. 
 (xviii) “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (a) such Person, (b) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (c) one or
more Subsidiaries of such Person. 
 (xix) “Total Assets” means, at any date as to any Person, the
total assets of such Person and its consolidated subsidiaries at such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. 
 (xx) “Trigger Period” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.1(e)(v). 
 (xxi) “Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the capital stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of
such Person. 
 ARTICLE 2. 
 GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES 
 Section 2.1.
Designation and Principal Amount. There is hereby authorized and established a new series of Securities under the Base Indenture designated as the “4.50% Senior Notes due 2022,” which is not limited in aggregate principal amount.
The initial aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be issued under this Supplemental Indenture shall be $500,000,000. Any additional amounts of Notes to be issued shall be set forth in a Company Order. 

  
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 Section 2.2. Maturity. The stated maturity of principal for the Notes shall be
September 1, 2022. 
 Section 2.3. Further Issues. The Company may from time to time, without the consent of
the Holders of Notes, issue additional Notes, provided that if the additional Notes are not fungible, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, with the Notes the additional Notes will have a separate CUSIP. Any such additional Notes shall have the same
ranking, interest rate, maturity date and other terms as the Notes. Any such additional Notes, together with the Notes herein provided for, shall constitute a single series of Securities under the Indenture. 

Section 2.4. Form of Payment. Principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be payable in U.S. dollars.

 Section 2.5. Global Securities and Denomination of Notes. Upon the original issuance, the Notes shall be
represented by one or more Global Securities. The Company shall issue the Notes in minimum denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof and shall deposit the Global Securities with the Trustee as custodian for DTC in
New York, New York, and register the Global Securities in the name of DTC or its nominee. 
 Section 2.6. Interest.
The Notes shall bear interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) from August 20, 2012 at the rate of 4.50% per annum payable semiannually in arrears; interest payable on each Interest Payment Date
shall include interest accrued from August 20, 2012, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for; the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable are March 1 and
September 1, commencing on March 1, 2013; and the record date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date is the close of business on February 15 or August 15, as the case may be, next preceding the relevant Interest
Payment Date. 
 Section 2.7. Redemption. The Notes are subject to redemption at the option of the Company as set
forth in the form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A. 
 Section 2.8. Limitations on Liens. 

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or guarantee any Indebtedness secured
by a mortgage, security interest, pledge, lien, charge or other encumbrance upon any of its or its Restricted Subsidiaries’ properties or assets (a “Lien”), whether owned on the date of issuance of the Notes or thereafter acquired,
unless the Notes are at least equally and ratably secured with such secured Indebtedness (together with, if the Company so determines, any other Indebtedness of or guaranty by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary then existing or thereafter
created that is not subordinated to the Notes) for so long as such other Indebtedness is so secured (and any Lien created for the benefit of the holders of the Notes and any other debt securities of any series issued pursuant to the Indenture and
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terms that such Lien will be automatically released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Lien securing such other Indebtedness); provided, however, that the above
restrictions shall not apply to the following (the “Permitted Liens”): 
 (i) Liens on property or
other assets of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, provided that such Lien was not incurred in anticipation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary; 

(ii) Liens on property or other assets existing at the time of acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,
provided that such Lien was not incurred in anticipation of such acquisition; 
 (iii) Liens on property or
assets to secure any Indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 270 days after, the acquisition of such property or in the case of real property, the completion of construction, the completion of improvements or the beginning of
substantial commercial operation of such real property for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of such real property, the construction thereof or the making of improvements thereto; 

(iv) Liens in the Company’s favor or in favor of a Restricted Subsidiary; 

(v) Liens existing on the date of issuance of the Notes; 

(vi) Liens on property or other assets of a Person existing at the time the Person is merged into or consolidated with the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of the properties of a Person as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to either the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, provided that such Lien was
not incurred in anticipation of the merger or consolidation or sale, lease or other disposition; 
 (vii) Liens
arising in connection with the financing of accounts receivable by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the uncollected amount of account receivables subject at any time to any such financing shall not exceed $150,000,000; and

 (viii) extensions, renewals or replacements (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or
in part of any Lien referred to in this Section 2.8 without increase of the principal of the Indebtedness (plus any premium or fee payable in connection with any such extension, renewal or replacement) secured by the Lien; provided,
however, that any Permitted Liens shall not extend to or cover any property of the Company or that of any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, other than the property specified in this Section 2.8 and improvements to this
property. 
 (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary may create, assume, incur or guarantee
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equally and ratably securing the Notes; provided, that at the time of such creation, assumption, incurrence or guarantee, after giving effect thereto and to the retirement of any Indebtedness
that is concurrently being retired, the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness secured by Liens other than Permitted Liens, and (ii) the Attributable Debt of all the Company’s Sale/Leaseback Transactions
permitted by Section 2.9(c) does not at such time exceed 5% of Consolidated Total Assets. 
 Section 2.9.
Limitations on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. 
 (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired whereby either the Company transfers, or any Restricted Subsidiary transfers, such property to a Person and either the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary leases it back from such Person (a “Sale/Leaseback Transaction”), unless: 
 (i) the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary could, at the time of entering into such arrangement, incur Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the property involved in the transaction in an amount at least equal to the Attributable Debt with respect to such
Sale/Leaseback Transaction, without equally and ratably securing the Notes as described in Section 2.8; or 
 (ii) the net proceeds of the Sale/Leaseback Transaction are at least equal to such property’s fair market value, as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, and the proceeds are applied
within 180 days of the effective date of the Sale/Leaseback Transaction to the repayment of senior indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary. 
 (b) The restrictions set forth in (a) above will not apply to a Sale/Leaseback Transaction: (i) entered into prior to the date of issuance of the Notes; (ii) that exists at the time any
Person that owns property or assets becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; (iii) between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries; (iv) involving leases for a period of no longer than three years; or (v) in
which the lease for the property or asset is entered into within 270 days after the date of acquisition, completion of construction or commencement of full operations of such property or asset, whichever is latest. 

(c) Notwithstanding the restrictions contained above, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into a Sale/Leaseback
Transaction; provided that at the time of such transaction, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt with respect to Sale/Leaseback Transactions existing at such time that could not have been entered into pursuant
to the restrictions in (a) above, together with the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness secured by Liens as permitted by Section 2.8(b), does not at such time exceed 5% of Consolidated Total Assets. 

  
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 Section 2.10. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets. Section 6.04
of the Base Indenture shall be revised in its entirety to read: 
 (a) The Company will be permitted to consolidate or merge
with another entity or to sell all or substantially all of its assets to another entity, subject to the Company’s meeting all of the following conditions: (i) any successor or purchaser is a corporation, limited liability company,
partnership or trust organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State or the District of Columbia; (ii) immediately following the consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the resulting, surviving or transferee entity (if
other than the Company) would not be in default in the performance of any covenant in the Indenture; and (iii) the Company delivers a supplemental indenture by which the surviving entity (if other than the Company) expressly assumes the
Company’s obligations under the Indenture. 
 (b) In the event that the Company consolidates or merges with another entity
or sells all or substantially all of its assets to another entity, the surviving entity (if other than the Company) will be substituted for the Company under the Indenture, and the Company will be discharged from all of its obligations under the
Indenture. 
 Section 2.11. Events of Default. 

(a) The term “Event of Default” as used in this Indenture with respect to the Notes shall include the following described event
in addition to those set forth in Section 7.01 of the Base Indenture: 
 (i) The Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary fail to pay the principal of any Indebtedness when due at maturity in an aggregate amount of $50 million or more, or a default occurs that results in the acceleration of the maturity of the Company’s or any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries’ Indebtedness in an aggregate amount of $50 million or more; 
 Section 2.12. Appointment
of Agents. The Trustee shall initially be the Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes. 
 Section 2.13. Change of
Control. 
 (a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, unless the Company has exercised its right to
redeem the Notes as provided in Article Four of the Base Indenture, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described in this
Section 2.13 (the “Change of Control Offer”), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the
relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date. 
 (b) Within 30 days following the date
upon which the Change of Control Triggering Event occurred, or at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control, the Company will be required to send, by first class
mail, a notice to each Holder of Notes, with a copy to the trustee, which notice will govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice will state, among other things, the purchase date, which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later
than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “Change of Control 

  
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Payment Date”). The notice, if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, will state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control being
consummated on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. Holders of Notes electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender their Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect
Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice, or transfer their Notes to the Paying Agent by book-entry transfer pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Paying Agent, prior to
the close of business on the third business day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. 
 (c) The Company will not be
required to make a Change of Control Offer if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for such an offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all Notes properly
tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. 
 (d) Holders will not be entitled to require the Company to purchase their Notes
in the event of a takeover, recapitalization, leveraged buyout or similar transaction that is not a Change of Control. In addition, Holders may not be entitled to require the Company to purchase their Notes in certain circumstances involving a
significant change in the composition of the Company’s Board of Directors, including in connection with a proxy contest where the Company’s Board of Directors does not approve a dissident slate of directors but approves them as required by
clause (4) of Section 1.1(e)(ii). 
 (e) Notwithstanding this Section 2.13, a transaction will not
be deemed to involve a Change of Control under clause (2) of Section 1.1(e)(ii) if (i) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (ii) (A) the direct or indirect holders
of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (B) immediately following that transaction
no person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company. 

(f) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations
thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of
Control provisions of the Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control provisions of the Indenture by virtue of such
compliance. 
 Section 2.14. Defeasance Upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations. At the Company’s
option, either (a) the Company shall be deemed to have been Discharged from its obligations with respect to the Notes on the first day after the applicable conditions set forth in Section 12.03 of the Base Indenture have been
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set forth in Section 10.02 of the Base Indenture and Sections 2.8, 2.9 and 2.10 of this Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Notes at any time after the
applicable conditions set forth in Section 12.03 of the Base Indenture have been satisfied. 
 ARTICLE 3. 

FORM OF NOTES 
 Section 3.1. Form of Notes. The Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto. 

ARTICLE 4. 

ORIGINAL ISSUE OF NOTES 
 Section 4.1. Original Issue of Notes. The Notes may, upon execution of this Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee
shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver such Notes as in such Company Order provided. 
 ARTICLE 5.

 MISCELLANEOUS 
 Section 5.1. Ratification of Indenture. The Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture shall be
deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided; provided that the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture apply solely with respect to the Notes. 

Section 5.2. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals. The recitals herein contained are made by the Company and not by the
Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture. 

Section 5.3. Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture and each Note shall be deemed to be contracts made under the law of
the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of said State. 

Section 5.4. Separability. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

  
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 Section 5.5. Counterparts Originals. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed
in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 
 [Signature Page Follows] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed, all as of the day and year first above written. 
  

					
	MOODY’S CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John J. Goggins

		 	Name:	 	John J. Goggins
		 	Title:	 	EVP and General Counsel
	
	 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 as Trustee

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Martin Reed

		 	Name:	 	Martin Reed
		 	Title:	 	Vice President


 [Signature Page to Second Supplemental Indenture] 







 EXHIBIT A 
 [FORM OF FACE OF NOTE] 
 THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES. 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK)
(“DTC”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC
(AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
 TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN
WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF
SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. 







 CUSIP
No. 615369AB1             
 MOODY’S CORPORATION

 4.50% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2022 
  

			
	No. R-1	  	$500,000,000

 Principal and Interest. Moody’s Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered
assigns, the principal sum of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) on September 1, 2022 and to pay interest thereon from August 20, 2012 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for, semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 in each year, commencing March 1, 2013 at the rate of 4.50% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. 

Method of Payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as
provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest, which shall be February 15 or August 15, as the
case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice thereof having been given to Holders of Notes not less than 10 days
prior to such Special Record Date, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on this Note shall be made at the Corporate Trust Office in U.S. Dollars. 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 Authentication. Unless the certificate of authentication
hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 







 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its
corporate seal. 
 Dated: August 20, 2012 

 

			
	MOODY’S CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:


 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 
 Dated: August 20, 2012 
 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 

			
	
	 as Trustee, certifies
 that this is one of
 the Securities referred

to in the Indenture.

		
	By:	 	  

		 	 Authorized Signatory









 [FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE] 

Indenture. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (herein called the “Note” or
collectively, the “Notes”), issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of August 19, 2010, as supplemented by a Second Supplemental Indenture dated August 20, 2012 (as so supplemented, herein called the
“Indenture”), between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes
are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $500,000,000. 
 Optional Redemption. The Notes are subject to redemption at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time prior to June 1, 2022 at a redemption price equal to the greater of
(i) 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, and (ii) the sum, as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, of the present values of the remaining
scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at
the Treasury Rate plus 45 basis points plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. 
 Commencing on June 1, 2022, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being
redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. 
 For purposes of
determining the optional redemption price, the following definitions are applicable: 
 “Comparable Treasury Issue”
means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term (“Remaining Life”) of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection
and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes. 
 “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and
lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Quotations or, if only one such Quotation is obtained, such
Quotation. 







 “Independent Investment Banker” means an independent investment banking
institution of national standing appointed by the Company, which may be one of the Reference Treasury Dealers. 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury
Dealer”) that the Company selects. The Company has selected Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and their respective successors as Primary Treasury Dealers.

 “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date
for the Notes, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Notes (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the
Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date. 
 “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently
published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury
securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life, yields
for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month),
(2) if the period from the Redemption Date to the maturity date of the notes to be redeemed is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be
used, or (3) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable
Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third
business day preceding the redemption date. 
 Notice of any redemption shall be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60
days before the Redemption Date to each registered Holder of the Notes to be redeemed. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of all of the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with the Trustee or
Paying Agent on or before the Redemption Date, and unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or portions of the Notes called for redemption. If fewer
than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, and such Notes are at the time represented by a Global Security, the Depositary shall select by lot the particular interests to be redeemed. If the Company elects to redeem fewer than all of the Notes, and
any of such Notes are not represented by a Global Security, then the Trustee shall select the particular Notes to be redeemed in a manner it deems appropriate and fair (and the Depositary shall select by lot the particular interests in any Global
Security to be redeemed). 







 The Company may at any time, and from time to time, purchase the Notes at any price or
prices in the open market or otherwise. 
 Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default with respect to Notes
shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. 
 Amendment, Modification and Waiver. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and
the rights of the Holders of the Notes at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. 

Restrictive Covenants. The Indenture does not limit the incurrence of additional debt by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
however, it does limit the creation of certain Liens and the entry into sale and leaseback transactions by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. The limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. Once a
year, the Company must report to the Trustee on its compliance with these limitations. 
 Denominations, Transfer and
Exchange. The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of any different authorized denomination or denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, including Section 3.06 of the Base
Indenture, the transfer of this Note is registerable in the Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the Registrar accompanied by a written request for transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly
executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of any different authorized denomination or denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, shall be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees. 
 No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company
or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 







 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to
Section 3.08 of the Base Indenture) interest, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent shall of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary. 
 Defined Terms. All terms used in this Note and not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 







 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to the provisions hereof, check the box:  ̈ 
 If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to the provisions hereof, state the amount you elect to have purchased: $                

 

									
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