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): February 22, 2019

 

 

Equifax Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Georgia		001-06605		54-0401110
(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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Item 5.02.

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

On February 22, 2019, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Equifax Inc. (the “Company”) elected Heather H. Wilson as an independent director, to serve a term expiring at the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. She will also serve on the Board’s Technology Committee. With the election of Ms. Wilson, the size of the Board is set at ten directors, nine of whom are independent.

The Board has determined that Ms. Wilson 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. Wilson 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. Wilson was not pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between her and any other person.

Ms. Wilson 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, which includes receipt of a one-time initial grant of restricted stock units that vest over a three-year period, with a grant date market value of $175,000, in connection with her election to the Board. Ms. Wilson will also enter into the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement for directors.

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

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated February 22, 2019, announcing appointment of Ms. Wilson as a director.

 

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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.

 

Date: February 22, 2019