8-K

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): August 8, 2002

EQUIFAX INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Georgia

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-6605	58-0401110
(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1550 Peachtree Street, N. W., Atlanta, GA 30309

                  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)             (Zip Code)

(404) 885-8000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

ITEM 7.    EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Statement Under Oath of Thomas F. Chapman, Principal Executive Officer of Equifax Inc., Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings.
99.2	Statement Under Oath of Philip J. Mazzilli, Principal Financial Officer of Equifax Inc., Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings.

ITEM 9.    REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

On August 8, 2002, the Registrant submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) sworn statements of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (the “Sworn Statements”) pursuant to the Commission’s order of June 27, 2002, requiring the filing of sworn statements pursuant to Section 21(a)(1) of the Act. The sworn statements are furnished herewith as Exhibit 99 and are incorporated by reference.

Information furnished in this Form 8-K is not deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. It may only be incorporated by reference in another filing under the Exchange Act or Securities Act of 1993 if such subsequent filing specifically references Item 9 of this Form 8-K.

SIGNATURES

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.

EQUIFAX INC.

/S/    PHILIP J. MAZZILLI        

Philip J. Mazzilli

Chief Financial Officer

Date: August 8, 2002

INDEX OF EXHIBITS

Exhibit     No.	Description
99.1	Statement Under Oath of Thomas F. Chapman, Principal Executive Officer of Equifax Inc., Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings.
99.2	Statement Under Oath of Philip J. Mazzilli, Principal Financial Officer of Equifax Inc., Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings.

EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE

OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES

RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Thomas F. Chapman, state and attest that:

(1)  To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Equifax Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

• no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

• no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s audit committee.

(3)  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”:

• 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission of Equifax Inc.;

• all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Equifax Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

• any amendments to any of the foregoing.

By:	/s/    THOMAS F. CHAPMAN         Thomas F. Chapman Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th day of August 2002.         /S/  KATHRYN J. HARRIS
Date: August 8, 2002		Notary Public My Commission Expires: January 1, 2006
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EX-99.2

EXHIBIT 99.2

STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL

OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES

RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Philip J. Mazzilli, state and attest that:

(1)    To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Equifax Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

• no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

• no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s audit committee.

(3)  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”:

• 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission of Equifax Inc.;

• all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Equifax Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

• any amendments to any of the foregoing.

By:	/s/    PHILIP J. MAZZILLI         Philip J. Mazzilli Chief Financial Officer	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th day of August 2002.                     /s/    LINDA D. STEWART
Date: August 8, 2002		Notary Public My Commission Expires: August 25, 2005

[SEAL]