Equifax has paid cash dividends for 96 consecutive years.

About Equifax (www.equifax.com)

Equifax empowers businesses and consumers with information they can trust. A global leader in information solutions, we leverage one of the largest sources of consumer and commercial data, along with advanced analytics and proprietary technology, to create customized insights that enrich both the performance of businesses and the lives of consumers.

With a strong heritage of innovation and leadership, Equifax continuously delivers innovative solutions with the highest integrity and reliability. Businesses - large and small - rely on us for consumer and business credit intelligence, portfolio management, fraud detection, decisioning technology, marketing tools, and much more. We empower individual consumers to manage their personal credit information, protect their identity, and maximize their financial well-being.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Equifax Inc. operates in the U.S. and 14 other countries throughout North America, Latin America and Europe. Equifax is a member of Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500(R) Index. Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EFX.

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The transaction is expected to close on 9 November.

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The notes were assigned a Baa1 issuer rating by Moody's Investors Services, Inc. and Standard & Poor's assigned a BBB+ rating to the notes.

Equifax expects to use the net proceeds from this offering to repay outstanding borrowings under our commercial paper program, a substantial portion of which was incurred in connection with Equifax's previously announced acquisitions of IXI Corporation and Rapid Reporting Verification Company.

J.P. Morgan and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey are Joint Bookrunners for the offering.

Information About the Offering

This offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed by Equifax on June 25, 2007. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

This offering of senior notes may be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and an accompanying prospectus. Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus may be obtained at no cost by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov, or alternatively by calling J.P. Morgan collect at 1-212-834-4533 or SunTrust Robinson Humphrey at 1-800-685-4786.

About Equifax

Headquartered in Atlanta, Equifax Inc. operates in the U.S. and 14 other countries throughout North America, Latin America and Europe. Equifax is a member of Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500(R) Index. Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EFX.

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this press release that relate to Equifax's future plans, objectives, expectations, performance, events and the like, including statements concerning the expected use of the net proceeds of the offering and the expected closing date of the offering, may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Future events, risks and uncertainties, individually or in the aggregate, could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements. Those events, risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, changes in worldwide and U.S. economic conditions and other factors that materially impact the demand for and pricing of securities and the capital markets generally or that otherwise prevent us from completing the proposed public offering on the terms indicated, and certain other factors discussed under Item 1A, "Risk Factors" in Equifax's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Equifax assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.

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http://www.equifax.com

J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey are joint bookrunners.

Equifax plans to use the net proceeds to repay outstanding borrowings under its commercial paper program, a large portion of which was incurred in connection with Equifax's acquisitions of IXI and Rapid Reporting Verification.

Atlanta-based Equifax is a credit reporting agency that operates in the U.S. and 14 other countries throughout North America, Latin America and Europe.

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