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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Moody's (MCO)

Moody's adopts executive cash severance policy requiring shareholder ratification

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 shareholder Written later

On February 11, 2025, Moody's board committee approved an Executive Officer Cash Severance Policy. It requires stockholder ratification of new executive cash severance arrangements above 2.99 times base salary plus target annual bonus, and of amendments that increase such benefits above that threshold. This gives shareholders a say over certain large executive severance packages.

Key points

  • Policy adopted and effective February 11, 2025 by the Compensation & Human Resources Committee
  • Threshold: cash severance above 2.99 times base salary plus target annual bonus requires stockholder ratification
  • Amendments that increase existing cash severance above the same threshold also require ratification
  • Full policy filed as Exhibit 10.1

The filing

CompanyMoody's (MCO)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 12, 2025, 4:19 PM ET
Accession number0001059556-25-000012

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:21 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 12, 2025.

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