Moody's (MCO) Director Bruce Van Saun Receives Equity Award

What Happened
Bruce Van Saun, a director of Moody's Corp (MCO), was credited with two equity awards on 2026-09-04: 7 shares (restricted stock accrual) and 13.384 shares (RSU dividend reinvestment accrual). Both transactions are reported as awards/acquisitions at $0.00, for a combined 20.384 shares. These were accruals from dividend reinvestment rather than open-market purchases or sales, so they are routine administrative credits rather than active buy/sell decisions.

Key Details

• Transaction dates: 2026-09-04 (both entries); filing date: 2026-09-08 (Form 4 accession 0001628280-26-060901). The filing occurred four days after the transactions and may be outside the standard 2-business-day Form 4 window.
• Prices: $0.00 (awarded/granted shares).
• Total shares received: 7 + 13.384 = 20.384 shares.
• Shares owned after the transactions: not disclosed in the filing.
• Footnotes: F1 = "Restricted Stock deferred dividend reinvestment accrual." F2 = "RSU deferred dividend reinvestment accrual."
• Transaction code: A (award/acquisition); not a purchase (P) or sale (S).

Context
These entries reflect dividend reinvestment into restricted stock and RSUs (small accruals), a routine corporate action for insiders with deferred stock plans. Such credits are administrative and do not necessarily indicate bullish or bearish sentiment.