EQUIFAX COMPLETES $400 MILLION DEBT OFFERING

ATLANTA, July 1, 1998 -- Equifax announced today that on June 26, 1998, it completed the sale of $400 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes. The Company offered $250 million of senior notes due July 1, 2005 with a coupon of 6.30%, priced at 99.531% to yield 6.38% and $150 million of senior notes due July 1, 2028 with a coupon of 6.90%, priced at 99.000% to yield 6.98%.

Each series of notes will constitute unsecured and unsubordinated senior indebtedness of the Company and will rank equally in right of payment, on a pari passu basis, with all existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness and guarantees of the Company. The net proceeds from the sale of the notes will be used for working capital, expansion of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, repayment of its revolving credit facility and for other general corporate purposes.

The offering was joint-lead managed by Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and BancAmerica Robertson Stephens. Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. acted as book running lead manager. The remainder of the management group included: CIBC Oppenheimer, First Union Capital Markets, SunTrust Equitable Securities, Citicorp Securities, Inc., First Chicago Capital Markets, Inc., and NationsBanc Montgomery Securities LLC.

Equifax’s long-term debt is rated A3 by Moody’s Investor Service and A- by Standard and Poor’s.

Equifax’s worldwide knowledge-based information, transaction processing, consulting and software businesses are designed to bring buyers and sellers together, thus changing the shape of global commerce. Equifax serves the banking, financial, retail, credit card, automotive, telecommunications/utilities, government and health care industries. It is a leading supplier of business information solutions in Canada, the UK and Latin America. Equifax operates in 17 countries with sales in 42 countries. Founded in 1899 in Atlanta, Equifax (NYSE: EFX) today has 10,000 employees around the world. Revenues for the 12 months ended March 31, 1998, were more than $1.4 billion. Visit the company’s Internet web site at http://www.equifax.com. # # #

Statements in this press release that relate to 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 worldwide and U.S. economic conditions, 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 in the company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997.