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RESTRUCTURING | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
RESTRUCTURING | RESTRUCTURING On December 19, 2024, the CEO of Moody’s approved the Strategic and Operational Efficiency Restructuring Program. The Company estimates that upon completion, the program will result in annualized savings of $250 million to $300 million. This program relates to the Company's strategy to realign its operations toward high priority growth areas and to consolidate certain functions to simplify the organization to enable improved operating efficiency and leverage. This program will primarily include a reduction in staff, the rationalization and exit of certain leased office spaces and the retirement of certain legacy software applications. The program includes $170 million to $200 million of expected pre-tax personnel-related restructuring charges, an amount that includes severance costs, expense related to the modification of equity awards and other related costs primarily determined under the Company’s existing severance plans. In addition, the program is expected to result in $10 million to $20 million of non-cash charges from the exit from certain leased office spaces and $20 million to $30 million of non-cash charges related to incremental amortization of internally developed software due to a reduction in the useful life of the software assets. The savings generated from the Strategic and Operational Efficiency Restructuring Program are expected to strengthen the Company's operating margin, with a portion being deployed to support strategic investments. The Strategic and Operational Efficiency Restructuring Program is expected to be substantially complete by the end of 2026. Cash outlays associated with this program are expected to be $170 million to $200 million, which are expected to be paid through 2027. Total expense included in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations relating to the aforementioned restructuring program is below:
| Three months ended September 30, |  | Nine months ended September 30, |  | Cumulative expense incurred
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |
Strategic and Operational Efficiency Restructuring Program
Employee termination and other related costs (1) | $ | 21 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 75 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 120 |
Real estate related costs (2) | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4 |  |  | — |  |  | 4 |
Internally developed software-related charges (3) | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |
Total Restructuring | $ | 21 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 81 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 126 |
(1) Primarily includes severance costs, expense related to the modification of equity awards and professional service fees related to execution of the restructuring program. (2) Includes the non-cash acceleration of amortization of ROU Assets that have been abandoned or for which abandonment is planned in future periods. (3) Includes the non-cash acceleration of amortization of internally developed software that has been abandoned. Changes to the restructuring liability for the aforementioned restructuring program were as follows:
Balance as of December 31, 2024 | $ | 39 |  |  |
Strategic and Operational Efficiency Restructuring Program: |  |  |
Cost incurred and adjustments | 72 |  |  |
Cash payments | (79) |  |  |
Balance as of September 30, 2025 (1) | $ | 32 |  |  |
(1) Restructuring liability is primarily comprised of employee termination costs and other severance-related charges. As of September 30, 2025, substantially all of the remaining $32 million restructuring liability is expected to be paid out in the next twelve months.

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