Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 4, 2020

Equifax Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Georgia

001-06605

58-0401110

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1550 Peachtree Street, N.W.

Atlanta, Georgia

30309

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (404) 885-8000

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common stock, $1.25 par value per share

EFX

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 5, 2020, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Equifax Inc. (the “Company”) elected Melissa D. Smith as an independent director, to serve a term expiring at the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. She will also serve on the Board’s Governance Committee.

The Board has determined that Ms. Smith is independent and meets the applicable independence requirements of the New York Stock Exchange and the Company’s Guidelines for Determining the Independence of Directors. There have been no transactions since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year, and there are no currently proposed transactions, in which the Company was or is to be a participant and in which Ms. Smith or any member of her immediate family had or will have any interest, that are required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

The selection of Ms. Smith was not pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between her and any other person.

Ms. Smith will be compensated in accordance with the Company’s previously-disclosed compensation program for its non-employee directors as disclosed in the Company’s most recent proxy statement. Ms. Smith will also enter into the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement for directors.

A copy of the Company’s press release announcing Ms. Smith’s election is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

On November 4, 2020, Elane B. Stock informed the Company of her intention to retire from the Board, effective immediately. Ms. Stock was recently appointed as chief executive officer of ServiceMaster Brands.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press Release dated November 5, 2020.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.