EX-4.3



 Exhibit 4.3 

DATED 9 MARCH 2015 

 
  

ISSUER 
 MOODY’S
CORPORATION 
 PAYING AGENT 

ELAVON FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED, UK BRANCH 

TRANSFER AGENT 
 ELAVON
FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED, UK BRANCH 
 REGISTRAR 

ELAVON FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED 

- AND - 

TRUSTEE 
 WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 
 AGENCY AGREEMENT 

relating to Notes issued under a prospectus dated July 30, 2013, as 

supplemented by a prospectus supplement dated February 27, 2015 







 THIS AGREEMENT is made on March 9, 2015 

BETWEEN: 
  

	 	(1)	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
“Issuer”); 

  

	 	(2)	ELAVON FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED, a limited liability company registered in Ireland with the Companies Registration Office (registered number 418442), with its registered office at Block E, Cherrywood Business Park,
Loughlinstown, Dublin, Ireland acting through its UK Branch (registered number BR009373) from its offices at Fifth Floor, 125 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1AR, United Kingdom, as Paying Agent (the “Paying Agent” which expression
shall include any successor paying agent appointed in accordance with this Agreement); 

  

	 	(3)	ELAVON FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED, a limited liability company registered in Ireland with the Companies Registration Office (registered number 418442), with its registered office at Block E, Cherrywood Business Park,
Loughlinstown, Dublin, Ireland acting through its UK Branch (registered number BR009373) from its offices at Fifth Floor, 125 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1AR, United Kingdom, as Transfer Agent (the “Transfer Agent” which
expression shall include any successor transfer agent appointed in accordance with this Agreement); 

  

	 	(4)	ELAVON FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED, a limited liability company registered in Ireland with the Companies Registration Office (registered number 418442), with its registered office at Block E, Cherrywood Business Park,
Loughlinstown, Dublin, Ireland as Registrar (the “Registrar” which expression shall include any successor registrar appointed in accordance with this Agreement); and 


 

	 	(5)	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association organized and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America as Trustee (the “Trustee”). 


WHEREAS: 
  

	 	(A)	The Issuer has agreed to issue €500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.75% senior notes due on 2027 (the “Notes”). 


 

	 	(B)	The Notes are to be constituted by an Indenture, dated as of August 19, 2010, by and among the Issuer, as issuer, and the Trustee, as trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second
Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and the Fifth Supplemental Indenture (the “Indenture”), as set out in Appendix 1. 


 

	 	(C)	The Issuer hereby appoints the Paying Agent, the Transfer Agent and the Registrar in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture. 


IT IS AGREED: 

 

	1.	INTERPRETATION 

  

	1.1	Unless the context otherwise requires: 

  

	1.2	References in this Agreement to the payment of principal or interest in respect of any Note shall be deemed to include any additional amounts which may become payable in respect thereof pursuant to the Notes and the
Indenture. 


  
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	1.3	All references in this Agreement to an agreement, instrument or other document (including this Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes) shall be construed as a reference to that agreement, instrument or document as the
same may be amended, modified, varied, supplemented or novated from time to time. 

  

	1.4	Except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, this Agreement is for the exclusive benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their respective permitted successors, and shall not be deemed to give, either
expressly or implicitly, any legal or equitable right, remedy, or claim to any other entity or person whatsoever. 

  

	2.	APPOINTMENT OF THE REGISTRAR 

  

	2.1	Pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer has initially appointed the Registrar to act at its specified office as registrar in relation to the Notes in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement and the Indenture and upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Agreement and the Indenture. 

  

	2.2	On the date of this Agreement, the Registrar shall provide to the Paying Agent a complete and correct copy of the register maintained by the Registrar in respect of the holders of Notes and the outstanding principal
amount of Notes held by each holder of Notes. 

  

	2.3	The Registrar shall from time to time provide to the Paying Agent a complete and correct copy of the register of Notes maintained by it as soon as reasonably practicable following any transfer or exchange of any Notes,
and promptly on request therefor by the Paying Agent. 

  

	2.4	The Paying Agent shall be entitled to treat as conclusive the most recent copy of the register provided to it by the Registrar in accordance with this Agreement. 


 

	3.	APPOINTMENT OF THE TRANSFER AGENT 

  

	3.1	Pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer has initially appointed the Transfer Agent to act as Transfer Agent for the purposes specified in this Agreement, the Indenture and the
Notes, including, inter alia, completing, authenticating, holding and delivering Notes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions specified herein, the Indenture and in the Notes, and the Transfer Agent hereby accepts such appointment.


  

	4.	APPOINTMENT OF PAYING AGENT 

  

	4.1	Pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer has initially appointed the Paying Agent to act at its specified office as paying agent in relation to the Notes in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement and the Indenture and upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Agreement and the Indenture. 

  

	4.2	The Paying Agent is appointed hereunder for the purposes of: 

  

	 	(a)	paying sums due on the Notes referred to in Section 6.01 of the Indenture; and 

  

	 	(b)	otherwise fulfilling its duties and obligations as set out in this Agreement and the Indenture. 

  

	5.	PAYMENT 

 Subject always to the Indenture and, in
particular, any restrictions on the Issuer following delivery of a notice of an Event of Default: 
  

	 	(a)	 The Issuer shall, not later than 10.00 am (London time) on the Business Day prior to which any payment in respect of the Notes becomes due, pay
to such account 



  
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of the Paying Agent as the Paying Agent shall specify in Euros in immediately available funds on each due date for the payment of principal and/or interest and/or other amounts referred to in
Article 2 of the Indenture in respect of the Notes, an amount sufficient (together with any funds then held by the Paying Agent and available for the purpose) to pay all principal and interest and/or other amounts referred to in Article 2 of the
Indenture due in respect of the Notes on such date; provided that if any such date is not a Business Day such payment shall be made on the next succeeding date which is a Business Day. As used in this Agreement, “Business Day” shall have
the meaning as set forth in the Indenture. 

  

	 	(b)	The Issuer hereby authorises and directs the Paying Agent from funds so paid to the Paying Agent to make payment of all amounts due on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes, the Indenture and the
provisions of this Agreement. If any payment provided for in clause 5(a) is after the date specified therein but otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Paying Agent shall nevertheless make payments in respect of the Notes
as aforesaid following receipt by the Paying Agent of such payment. 

  

	 	(c)	If the Paying Agent has not, on the date on which any payment is due to be made to the Paying Agent pursuant to clause 5(a), received the full amount payable in respect thereof on such date but receives such full amount
later, together with accrued interest (if any) in accordance with the Indenture, it shall forthwith so notify the Issuer and the Trustee. Unless and until the full amount of any such principal or interest payment has been made to it, the Paying
Agent will not be bound to make such payments. 

  

	 	(d)	Without prejudice to clause 5(b), if the Paying Agent pays out on or after the due date therefor (other than as a result of its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct) to persons entitled thereto, or becomes
liable to pay out, any amounts on the assumption (which is not negated by reasonable evidence to the contrary) that the corresponding payment by the Issuer has been or will be made, the Issuer shall on demand reimburse the Paying Agent for the
relevant amount, and pay interest to the Paying Agent on such amount from (and including) the date on which it is paid out to (but excluding) the date of reimbursement at the rate per annum equal to the cost to the Paying Agent of funding the amount
paid out, as certified by the Paying Agent and expressed as a rate per annum. 

  

	 	(e)	Payment of only part of the amount payable in respect of a Note may only be made at the discretion of the relevant Noteholder(s) (except as the result of a withholding or deduction for or on account of any taxes
permitted by the Indenture). If at any time a Paying Agent makes a partial payment in respect of any Note presented to it, it shall inform the Registrar of the same such that the Registrar may record the same on the register of Notes.


  

	6.	REPAYMENT 

 Any sums paid by, or by arrangement with the
Issuer to the Paying Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall not be required to be repaid to the Issuer unless and until the Notes in respect of which such sums were paid shall have been purchased or redeemed by the Issuer or any other
subsidiary of the Issuer and cancelled, but in any of these events the Paying Agent shall (provided that all other amounts due under this Agreement shall have been duly paid) upon written request by the Issuer forthwith repay to the Issuer sums
equivalent to the amounts which would otherwise have been payable on the relevant Notes together with any fees previously paid to the Paying Agent in respect of such Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Paying Agent shall not be obliged to make
any repayment to the Issuer so long as any amounts which under this Agreement should have been paid to or to the order of the Paying Agent by the Issuer shall remain unpaid. The Paying Agent shall not, however, be otherwise required or entitled to
repay any sums properly received by it under this Agreement. 

  
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	7.	PREPAYMENT; NOTICE OF WITHHOLDING OR DEDUCTION 


 

	7.1	The Issuer shall provide to the Paying Agent a copy of all notices of prepayment delivered under the Indenture in respect of the Notes that it serves on the holders of the Notes including, without limitation, details of
the date(s) on which such prepayments in respect of the Notes are to be made, all amounts required to be paid by the Issuer in respect thereof in accordance with the Indenture and the manner in which such prepayment will be effected.


  

	7.2	If: 

  

	 	(a)	the Issuer, in respect of any payment; or 

  

	 	(b)	the Paying Agent, in respect of any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on the Notes, 


is required to withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of Tax, 

 

	 	(c)	the Issuer shall give notice thereof to the Paying Agent and the Trustee as soon as it becomes aware of such requirement and shall give to the Paying Agent such information as the Paying Agent requires to enable it to
make such deduction or withholding; and 

  

	 	(d)	except where such requirement arises as a result of prepayment of the Notes in accordance with the Indenture or by virtue of the relevant holder failing to satisfy any certification or other requirement in respect of
its Notes, the Paying Agent shall give notice thereof to the Issuer and the Trustee as soon as it becomes aware of the requirement to withhold or deduct. 

  

	8.	RECORDS 

 The Paying Agent shall: 

 

	 	(a)	keep a full and complete record of all payments made by it in respect of the Notes; and 

  

	 	(b)	make such records available at all reasonable times to the Issuer and any persons authorised by it, and the Trustee for inspection and for the taking of copies thereof. 


 

	9.	FEES AND EXPENSES 

  

	9.1	The Issuer will pay to the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar such fees and expenses in respect of the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar’s services under this Agreement as agreed to in the fee
letter dated February 12, 2015 from the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar to, and countersigned by the Issuer. 

  

	9.2	 The Issuer will also pay on demand, against presentation of such invoices and receipts as it may reasonably require, all properly-incurred
out-of-pocket expenses (including necessary advertising, facsimile and telex transmission, postage and insurance expenses and, subject to prior approval by the Issuer as set forth below, the fees and expenses of legal advisers) properly incurred by
the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar in connection with the services under this Agreement, together with any applicable value added tax or similar tax properly chargeable thereon. Payment by the Issuer to the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent
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shall be a good discharge of the obligations of the Issuer in respect thereof. Where the advice of legal counsel is sought by the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar, the fees of any such
counsel shall be agreed to by the Issuer (acting reasonably) in advance. 

  

	10.	INDEMNITY 

  

	10.1	The Issuer undertakes to indemnify and hold harmless, the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent, Registrar and each of its respective directors, officers, employees or agents (each an “Indemnified Party”) on
demand by such Indemnified Party against any losses, liabilities, costs, fees, expenses, claims, actions, damages or demands (including, but not limited to, all reasonable costs, charges and expenses paid or incurred in disputing or defending the
foregoing and the properly incurred fees and expenses of legal advisers) which such Indemnified Party may incur or which may be made against it, as a result of the exercise of or performance of its powers and duties under this Agreement, except such
as may result from its own gross negligence, wilful misconduct or fraud or that of its directors, officers, employees or agents. 

  

	10.2	The indemnity contained in clause 10.1 above shall survive the termination and expiry of this Agreement. 

  

	11.	CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT 

  

	11.1	The Paying Agent shall (a) hold all sums received from Issuer in accordance with this Agreement and the Indenture for payment of principal of or any premium or interest on the Notes in trust for the benefit of
Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as provided in this Agreement and the Indenture; (b) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes) in
the making of any payment of principal of or premium or interest on the Notes; and (c) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held by it in trust
for payment in respect of the Notes. 

  

	11.2	No monies held by the Paying Agent need be segregated except as required by law. 

  

	11.3	In acting under this Agreement and in connection with the Notes, the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar shall act solely as agent of the Issuer and, save solely in respect of its obligations under clause 11.1
hereof, shall not have any obligations towards or relationship of agency or trust with any of the holders of the Notes or the Trustee. 

  

	11.4	The Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar shall be obliged to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set out in this Agreement. No implied duties or obligations shall be read into such
document. The Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar shall not be obliged to perform any duties additional to or different from such duties resulting from any modification or supplement after the date hereof to any relevant documents (including,
without limitation, the Indenture), unless it shall have previously agreed to perform such duties. The Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar shall not be under any obligation to take any action hereunder which either party expects, and has thus
notified the Issuer in writing, will result in any expense or liability of such Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar, the payment of which within a reasonable time is not, in its opinion, assured to it. 


 

	11.5	Except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or as required by law, the Paying Agent shall be entitled to treat the holder of any Note (as evidenced by the register of Notes maintained by the Registrar) as the
absolute owner thereof for all purposes (whether or not it is overdue and notwithstanding any notice to the contrary or any notice of ownership, trust or any interest in it, any writing on it, or its theft or loss) and shall not be required to
obtain any proof thereof or as to the identity of the bearer or holder. 


  
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	11.6	The Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar may consult with any legal or other professional advisers (who may be an employee of or legal adviser to the Issuer) selected by it, at the cost of the Issuer, provided
that the fees of any such counsel shall be agreed to by the Issuer (acting reasonably) in advance, and the opinion of such advisers shall be full and complete protection in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered hereunder in accordance
with the written opinion of such advisers. 

  

	11.7	The Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in reliance upon any instruction, request or order from the
Issuer or upon any Note, notice, resolution, direction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement, telex, facsimile transmission or other document or information from any electronic or other source reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to
have been signed or otherwise given or disseminated by the proper party or parties, even if it is subsequently found not to be genuine or to be incorrect. 

  

	11.8	The Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar, whether acting for itself or in any other capacity, will not be precluded from becoming the owner of, or acquiring any interest in, holding or disposing of any Note or any
shares or other securities of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries, holding or associated companies (each a “Connected Company”), with the same rights as it would have had if it were not acting as Paying Agent or from entering into
or being interested in any contracts or transactions with any Connected Company or from acting on, or as depositary, trustee or agent for, any committee or body of holders of any securities of any Connected Company and will not be liable to account
for any profit. 

  

	11.9	The Paying Agent shall not be required to make any payments to any holder of a Note if under any laws or regulations affecting the Paying Agent, such payment is not permitted. In the event of any such laws or
regulations affecting the Paying Agent coming to the attention of the Paying Agent it shall forthwith notify the Issuer and the Trustee. 

  

	11.10	The Issuer shall do or cause to be done all such acts, matters and things and shall make available all such documents as shall be necessary or desirable to enable the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar to fully
comply with and carry out its respective duties and obligations hereunder. 

  

	11.11	In no event shall the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar or any of its affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors or representatives (collectively, “Agent
Parties”) have any liability for damages of any kind, including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise), except to the extent the
liability of the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar is found in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from the gross negligence, wilful misconduct or fraud of the Paying Agent,
Transfer Agent or Registrar or their Agent Parties. 

  

	11.12	 Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and the Registrar shall not incur any liability
for not performing any act or fulfilling any obligation hereunder by reason of any occurrence beyond its control including, without limitation, (i) any governmental activity (whether de jure or de facto), act of authority (whether lawful or
unlawful), compliance with any governmental or regulatory order, rule, regulation or direction, curfew restriction, expropriation, compulsory acquisition, seizure, requisition, nationalisation or the imposition of currency or currency control
restrictions; (ii) any failure of or the effect of rules or operations of any funds transfer, settlement or clearing system, interruption, loss or malfunction of utilities, communications or computer services or the payment or repayment of any
cash or sums arising from the application of any law or regulation in effect now or in the future, or from the occurrence of any event in the country in which such cash is held which may affect, limit, prohibit or prevent the transferability,
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repayment of any cash or sums until such time as such law, regulation or event shall no longer affect, limit, prohibit or prevent such transferability, convertibility, availability, payment or
repayment (and in no event, other than as provided in the Notes, shall the Paying Agent be obliged to substitute another currency for a currency whose transferability, convertibility or availability has been affected, limited, prohibited or
prevented by such law, regulation or event or be obliged to pay any penalty interest); (iii) any strike or work stoppage, go slow, occupation of premises, other industrial action or dispute or any breach of contract by any essential personnel;
(iv) any equipment or transmission failure or failure of applicable banking or financial systems; (v) any war, armed conflict including but not limited to hostile attack, hostilities, or acts of a foreign enemy; (vi) any riot,
insurrection, civil commotion or disorder, mob violence or act of civil disobedience; (vii) any act of terrorism or sabotage; (viii) any explosion, fire, destruction of machines, equipment or any kind of installation, prolonged breakdown
of transport, radioactive contamination, nuclear fusion or fission or electric current; (ix) any epidemic, natural disaster (such as but not limited to violent storm, hurricane, blizzard, earthquake, landslide, tidal wave, flood, damage or
destruction by lightning, or drought); or (x) any other act of God. 

  

	11.13	Pursuant to and in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article 12 of the Indenture (i) the Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture or for any
other purpose, direct the Paying Agent to pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by
the Paying Agent to the Trustee, the Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money and (ii) any money deposited with the Paying Agent in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest
on the Notes remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer on the Issuer’s request and all liability of the Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall
thereupon cease. 

  

	12.	CHANGES IN PAYING AGENT OR REGISTRAR AND SPECIFIED OFFICES


  

	12.1	The Issuer may at any time vary or terminate the appointment of the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or the Registrar and appoint additional or other paying agents or registrars. 


Any variation or termination shall be made by giving to the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar and (if different) to the paying agent,
transfer agent or registrar whose appointment is to be varied or terminated not less than 60 days’ written notice to that effect, which notice shall expire not less than 30 days before or after any due date for any payment in respect of Notes.

  

	12.2	Subject to clause 12.1, and pursuant to Section 2.12(c) of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar may resign its appointment hereunder at any time by giving to the Issuer
not less than 90 days’ written notice to that effect, which notice shall expire not less than 45 days before or after any due date for any payments in respect of any Notes. 


 

	12.3	Notwithstanding clauses 12.1 and 12.2 no such termination of the appointment of, or resignation by, the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar shall take effect until a successor has been appointed on terms approved
by the Issuer or the Issuer has otherwise approved such resignation without a successor being appointed. 

  

	12.4	 Notwithstanding any other provisions of clause 12.1, the appointment of the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar shall forthwith terminate
if at any time such Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar becomes incapable of acting, or is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or makes an assignment for the




  
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benefit of its creditors or consents to the appointment of a receiver, administrator or other similar official of it or of all or any substantial part of its property or admits in writing its
inability to pay or meet its debts as they mature or suspends payment thereof, or if a resolution is passed or an order made for its winding up or dissolution, or if a receiver, administrator or other similar official of it or of all or any
substantial part of its property is appointed, or if any order of any court is entered approving any petition filed by or against it under the provisions of any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law, or if any public officer takes charge or
control of such Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar or its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation, administration or liquidation or there occurs any analogous event under any applicable law. 


 

	12.5	On the date on which any such termination or resignation takes effect, the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar shall (i) pay to or to the order of its successor (or, if none, the Issuer) any amounts held by
it in respect of the Notes which have become due and payable but which have not been presented for payment; and (ii) deliver to its successor (or, if none, the Issuer), or as it may direct, all records maintained by it, pursuant hereto.
Following such termination or resignation and pending such payment and delivery, the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar shall hold such amounts, records and documents in trust for and subject to the order of its successor or, as the case may
be, the Issuer. 

  

	12.6	Any corporation into which any Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar may be merged or converted or any corporation with which such Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar may be consolidated or any corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar shall be a party, or any corporation, including affiliated corporations, to which the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar shall sell
or otherwise transfer: (a) all or substantially all of its assets or (b) all or substantially all of its corporate trust business shall, on the date when the merger, conversion, consolidation or transfer becomes effective and to the extent
permitted by any applicable laws, be the successor Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar under this Agreement without any further formality, and after such effective date all references in this Agreement to such Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or
Registrar shall be deemed to be references to such corporation. Notice of any such merger, conversion, consolidation or transfer shall forthwith be given by the Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar to the Issuer and the Trustee.


  

	12.7	The Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar may change its specified office to another office in London at any time by giving to the Issuer and the Trustee not less than 60 days’ prior written notice to that
effect, which notice shall expire not less than 30 days before or after any due date for any payments in respect of any Notes, and which notice shall specify the address of the new specified office and the date upon which such change is to take
effect. 

  

	13.	NOTICES 

  

	13.1	If the Issuer arranges publication of any notice to the holders of the Notes, it shall at or before the time of such publication, send copies of each notice so published to the Paying Agent. 


 

	13.2	The Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar shall promptly forward any written notice received by it from any holders of the Notes to the Issuer and the Trustee. 


 

	14.	COMMUNICATIONS 


  
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	14.1	For the purposes of this clause, the address of each party at the date of this Agreement shall be the address set out below (including, where applicable, the details of the facsimile number, the person for whose
attention the notice or communication is to be addressed and the email address): 

 the Issuer: 

 

					
	 Moody’s Corporation:
	 	 	 	 
	 7 World Trade Center
 at 250 Greenwich
Street
 New York, New York 10007
  

As may be amended from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
	 	 Fax:
 Attention:
	 	 212-553-0084

General Counsel


 the Paying Agent: 
  

					
	 Elavon Financial Services Limited, UK Branch
	 	 	 	 
	 125 Old Broad Street
 London

EC2N 1AR
 United Kingdom
	 	 Fax:
 Attention:

Email:
	 	 +44 (0)207 365 2577
 MBS Relationship
Management
 mbs.relationship.management@usbank.com

			
	As may be amended from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.	 		 	

 the Transfer Agent: 
  

					
	 Elavon Financial Services Limited, UK Branch
	 	 	 	 
	 125 Old Broad Street
 London

EC2N 1AR
 United Kingdom

 
 As may be amended from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
	 	 Fax:
 Attention:

Email:
	 	 +44 (0)207 365 2577
 MBS Relationship
Management
 mbs.relationship.management@usbank.com



  
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 the Registrar: 
  

					
	 Elavon Financial Services Limited
		 		 
	 Block E
 Cherrywood Business Park

Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin
 Ireland

 
 As may be amended from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
		 Fax:
 Attention:

Email:
		 +44 (0)207 365 2577
 MBS Relationship
Management
 mbs.relationship.management@usbank.com


 the Trustee: 
  

					
	 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
		 		 
	 150 East 42nd Street, 40th floor
 New York, New
York 10017
		 Fax:
 Attention:
		 +1 917-260-1593
 Corporate Trust Services –
Administrator Moody’s Corp.

	As may be amended from time to time in accordance with the Indenture and notified by the Issuer to the Paying Agent.		Email:		yana.kislenko@wellsfargo.com

  

	15.	AMENDMENTS 

  

	15.1	For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement may be amended in writing by the parties hereto. 

  

	15.2	The Issuer shall provide to the Paying Agent a copy of any amendment to the Indenture as soon as reasonably practicable following such amendment taking effect. Where reference is made in this Agreement to the Indenture,
such reference shall, for the purposes of the Paying Agent’s rights and obligations under this Agreement only, be deemed to refer to the most recent version of such document provided to the Paying Agent by the Issuer. 


 

	16.	TAXES 

  

	The	Issuer agrees to pay any and all stamp and other documentary taxes or duties which may be payable in connection with the execution, delivery, performance and enforcement of this Agreement. 


 

	17.	GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION 

  

	17.1	This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York. 


 

	17.2	Each of the Paying Agent, the Transfer Agent, the Registrar and the Issuer irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Paying Agent, the Transfer Agent, the Registrar and the Issuer irrevocably waives and agrees
not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding
brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. 


  
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	17.3	Each of the Paying Agent, the Transfer Agent, the Registrar and the Issuer agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, that a final judgment in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in
clause 17.2 brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon it subject to rights of appeal, as the case may be, and may be enforced in the courts of the United States of America or the State of New York (or any other courts to the
jurisdiction of which it or any of its assets is or may be subject) by a suit upon such judgment. 

  

	17.4	THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BROUGHT ON OR WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT. 

  

	18.	COUNTERPARTS 

 This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument. 

AS WITNESS the hands of the parties or their duly authorised agents the day and year first above written.


  
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 SIGNATORIES 

ISSUER 
  

			
	MOODY’S CORPORATION
		
	By:		John J. Goggins
		
	By:		/s/ John J. Goggins
			John J. Goggins
			Executive Vice President and General Counsel


  
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	PAYING AGENT
	
	Elavon Financial Services Limited, UK Branch
		
	By:		/s/ Hamyd Mazrae
		
	By:		/s/ Laurence Griffiths
	
	TRANSFER AGENT
	
	Elavon Financial Services Limited, UK Branch
		
	By:		/s/ Hamyd Mazrae
		
	By:		/s/ Laurence Griffiths
	
	REGISTRAR
	
	Elavon Financial Services Limited
		
	By:		/s/ Hamyd Mazrae
		
	By:		/s/ Laurence Griffiths
	
	TRUSTEE
	
	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
		
	By:		/s/ Martin Reed


  
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 APPENDIX 1 

Indenture 

  
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