Moody’s Corporation has announced that it is offering to sell $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of two series of senior notes of the Company.
The group said it expects to use the net proceeds from this offering to fund a portion of the purchase price of its acquisition of Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing B.V., a provider of business intelligence and company information products.
The Notes being offered have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities laws. As a result, they may not be offered or sold in the United States or to any U.S. persons, except pursuant to an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
Accordingly, the Notes are being offered only to “qualified institutional buyers” under Rule 144A of the Securities Act or, outside the United States, to persons other than “U.S. persons” in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. A confidential offering memorandum for the offering of the Notes, dated today, will be made available to such eligible persons. The offering is being conducted in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in such confidential offering memorandum.
Moody’s is one of the four largest credit ratings agency with global operations.
