UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                   FORM 144
                     NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
             PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                                                     

                                                                        


ATTENTION:   TRANSMIT FOR FILING 3 COPIES OF THIS FORM CONCURRENTLY WITH
             EITHER PLACING AN ORDER WITH A BROKER TO EXECUTE SALE OR
             EXECUTING A SALE DIRECTLY WITH A MARKET MAKER.




                                                                         
1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT)               (b) IRS IDENT. NO.   (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
      Moody's Corporation                                     133998945            001-14037


                                                                               



                                                                                                        
1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER     STREET            CITY          STATE             ZIP CODE            (e) TELEPHONE NO.
      99 Church Street                        New York      NY                10007                   212-533-0300


                                                                                                  AREA CODE             NUMBER

2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE    (b) IRS       (c) RELATIONSHIP   (d) ADDRESS STREET CITY  STATE           ZIP CODE
   SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD                  IDENT. NO.        TO ISSUER         
   John Rutherfurd, Jr.                                         Officer and        99 Church Street, New York, NY       10007
                                                                Director




INSTRUCTION: THE PERSON FILING THIS NOTICE SHOULD CONTACT THE ISSUER TO
             OBTAIN THE I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND THE S.E.C. FILE NUMBER.




                                                                                                   
3 (a)          (b)                                   (c)           (d)            (e)           (f)               (g)        
                                                                   
               NAME AND ADDRESS                                            
               OF EACH BROKER                                                                                  
               THROUGH WHOM THE                      NUMBER OF                    NUMBER OF                        NAME OF   
               SECURITIES ARE TO     SEC USE ONLY    SHARES OR                    SHARES OR     APPROXIMATE         EACH          
TITLE OF THE   BE OFFERED OR                         OTHER UNITS   AGGREGATE      OTHER UNITS   DATE OF SALE      SECURITIES     
  CLASS OF     EACH MARKET MAKER     BROKER-DEALER   TO BE SOLD    MARKET VALUE   OUTSTANDING   (SEE INSTR.        EXCHANGE      
 SECURITIES    WHO IS ACQUIRING      FILE NUMBER     (SEE INSTR.   (SEE INSTR.    (SEE INSTR.       3(f))         (SEE INSTR.
 TO BE SOLD    THE SECURITIES                         3(c))         3(d)           3(e))        (MO. DAY YR.)       3(g))  
 ----------     --------------         --------       --------      ---------       --------      --------          ---- 
Common         Vanguard Brokerage                       8,000        $634,800      147,768,215     11/3/04          NYSE
               Services,
               P.O. Box 1170
               Valley Forge, PA
               19482 




INSTRUCTIONS:

1.(a) Name of issuer 
  (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number  
  (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any 
  (d) Issuer's address, including zip code  
  (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code 

2.(a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
  (b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
  (c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
      stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
  (d) Such person's address, including zip code

3.(a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
  (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended 
      to be sold      
  (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the 
      aggregate face amount) 
  (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date
      within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
  (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt
      securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most
      recent report or statement published by the issuer  
  (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
  (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are 
      intended to be sold




                         TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD

         FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION OF
         THE SECURITIES TO BE SOLD AND WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF ALL OR ANY
         PART OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OR OTHER CONSIDERATION THEREFOR:



                                                            NAME OF PERSON FROM WHOM ACQUIRED    AMOUNT OF
TITLE OF        DATE YOU        NATURE OF ACQUISITION         (IF GIFT, ALSO GIVE DATE DONOR     SECURITIES    DATE OF     NATURE OF
THE CLASS       ACQUIRED            TRANSACTION                        ACQUIRED)                 ACQUIRED      PAYMENT      PAYMENT
---------       --------            -----------                        ---------                 --------      -------      -------
                                                                                                         
Common          12/14/00          Employee Stock                  Moody's Corporation              8,000       12/14/00       Cash
                                  Option Exercise






INSTRUCTIONS: 1.  IF THE SECURITIES WERE PURCHASED AND FULL PAYMENT THEREFOR WAS
                  NOT MADE IN CASH AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, EXPLAIN IN THE TABLE
                  OR IN A NOTE THERETO THE NATURE OF THE CONSIDERATION GIVEN. IF
                  THE CONSIDERATION CONSISTED OF ANY NOTE OR OTHER OBLIGATION,
                  OR IF PAYMENT WAS MADE IN INSTALLMENTS DESCRIBE THE
                  ARRANGEMENT AND STATE WHEN THE NOTE OR OTHER OBLIGATION WAS
                  DISCHARGED IN FULL OR THE LAST INSTALLMENT PAID.



                      
              2.  IF WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ACQUISITION OF THE SECURITIES
                  THE PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THEY ARE TO BE SOLD HAD ANY SHORT
                  POSITIONS, PUT OR OTHER OPTION TO DISPOSE OF SECURITIES
                  REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (d)(3) OF RULE 144, FURNISH FULL
                  INFORMATION WITH RESPECT THERETO.


               TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS

     FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS TO ALL SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER SOLD
DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS BY THE PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO
BE SOLD.



                                                                                                 AMOUNT OF
                                                                                                SECURITIES
        NAME AND ADDRESS OF SELLER         TITLES OF SECURITIES SOLD         DATE OF SALE          SOLD         GROSS PROCEEDS
        --------------------------         -------------------------         ------------          ----         --------------
                                                                                                    
        John Rutherfurd, Jr.,                     Common                      11/2/04             37,024        $2,219,342.20
        99 Church Street, New York,
        NY 10007


REMARKS:

INSTRUCTIONS:
SEE THE DEFINITION OF "PERSON" IN PARAGRAPH (a) OF RULE 144. INFORMATION IS TO
BE GIVEN NOT ONLY AS TO THE PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE
SOLD BUT ALSO AS TO ALL OTHER PERSONS INCLUDED IN THAT DEFINITION. IN ADDITION,
INFORMATION SHALL BE GIVEN AS TO SALES BY ALL PERSONS WHOSE SALES ARE REQUIRED
BY PARAGRAPH (e) OF RULE 144 TO BE AGGREGATED WITH SALES FOR THE ACCOUNT OF THE
PERSON FILING THIS NOTICE.

ATTENTION:
     
THE PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES TO WHICH THIS NOTICE RELATES ARE TO
BE SOLD HEREBY REPRESENTS BY SIGNING THIS NOTICE THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW ANY
MATERIAL ADVERSE INFORMATION IN REGARD TO THE CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE OPERATIONS
OF THE ISSUER OF THE SECURITIES TO BE SOLD WHICH HAS NOT BEEN PUBLICLY
DISCLOSED.


-------------------------         ----------------------------------------
     DATE OF NOTICE                    (SIGNATURE)


THE NOTICE SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO
BE SOLD. AT LEAST ONE COPY OF THE NOTICE SHALL BE MANUALLY SIGNED. ANY COPIES
NOT MANUALLY SIGNED SHALL BEAR TYPED OR PRINTED SIGNATURES.


ATTENTION: INTENTIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSION OF FACTS CONSTITUTE FEDERAL
CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001)

                                                                  SEC 1147(7-97)
                                                                    NYA 275472.2