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About Equifax Inc.
Equifax, a worldwide leader
in shaping global commerce, brings buyers and sellers together through its information
management, transaction processing and knowledge-based businesses. Atlanta-based
Equifax (NYSE: EFX) serves the financial services, retail, credit card,
telecommunications/utilities, transportation, information technology and healthcare
industries and government. Equifax adds knowledge, expertise, convenience and security
to provide value-added solutions and processes for its customers wherever they do
business, including the Internet and other networks. Equifax employs more than 12,000
associates in 17 countries with sales in 50 countries and has $2 billion in revenue.
Statements in this press release that relate to Equifax's future plans, objectives,
expectations, performance, events and the like are "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. Future events, risks and uncertainties, individually or in the
aggregate, could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or
implied in these statements. Those factors could include changes in worldwide and U.S.
economic conditions that materially impact consumer spending and consumer debt, changes
in demand for the Company's products and services, risks associated with the integration
of acquisitions and other investments, and other factors discussed in the
"Forward-looking Information" section in the management's discussion and analysis
included at Part II, Item 7 in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1998, and in the "Year 2000 Information" section in the management's
discussion and analysis included at Part I, Item 2 in the Company's report on Form
10-Q for the third quarter of 1999.
Equifax provides Internet access to credit information on more than 1,800,000 Canadian
companies. Gold Continuous Monitoring (Gold CM), lets you track the performance of
commercial customers, competitors, prospects and suppliers.
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