Equifax Offers $400 Million In Senior Unsecured Debt

ATLANTA, June 17, 1998 -- Equifax announced today that the Company intends to offer $400,000,000 in Senior Unsecured Notes under an S-3 Universal Shelf Registration. The offering will be joint-lead managed by Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and BancAmerica Robertson Stephens. Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. will act as book running lead manager. The remainder of the management group includes: CIBC Oppenheimer, First Union Capital Markets, SunTrust Equitable Securities, Citicorp Securities, Inc., First Chicago Capital Markets, Inc., and NationsBanc Montgomery Securities LLC.

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, telecommunications/utilities, automotive, 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 more than 40 countries. Founded in 1899 in Atlanta, Equifax (NYSE: EFX) today has 10,000 employees around the world. Revenues for the last twelve months ended March 31, 1998, were more than $1.4 billion.

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.