Item 8.01. Other Events.

Public Offering of Senior Notes Due 2025 and Senior Notes Due 2030

On April 22, 2020, Equifax Inc. (the "Company") executed an Underwriting Agreement with BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as the representatives of the underwriters named therein, with regard to the issuance and sale by the Company of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 2.600% Senior Notes due 2025 (the "2025 Notes") and $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 3.100% Senior Notes due 2030 (the "2030 Notes" and, together with the 2025 Notes, the "Notes"). The Notes are issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of May 12, 2016 between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (the "Indenture"), as supplemented by each of (i) a Seventh Supplemental Indenture relating to the 2025 Notes and dated as of April 27, 2020 and (ii) an Eighth Supplemental Indenture relating to the 2030 Notes and dated as of April 27, 2020.

Interest on the 2025 Notes will accrue from their date of issuance at a rate of 2.600% per year and will be payable in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on December 15, 2020. Interest on the 2030 Notes will accrue from their date of issuance at a rate of 3.100% per year and will be payable in cash semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning on November 15, 2020.

The 2025 Notes will mature on December 15, 2025 and the 2030 Notes will mature on May 15, 2030. Prior to (i) with respect to the 2025 Notes, November 15, 2025 (one month prior to the maturity date of the 2025 Notes) and (ii) with respect to the 2030 Notes, February 15, 2030 (three months prior to the maturity date of the 2030 Notes), the Company may redeem all or a portion of the Notes at any time, at its option, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption and (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments (assuming that the 2025 Notes matured on November 15, 2025 and the 2030 Notes matured on February 15, 2030) of principal and interest in respect of the Notes being redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the redemption date) discounted to the redemption date, on a semi-annual basis, at the treasury rate plus 35 basis points in the case of the 2025 Notes and plus 40 basis points in the case of the 2030 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption.

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Beginning (i) with respect to the 2025 Notes, November 15, 2025 and (ii) with respect to the 2030 Notes, February 15, 2030, the Company may redeem all or a portion of the Notes at any time, at its option, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption.

The net proceeds from this offering will be approximately $989.7 million, after deducting the underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment of a portion of its 2021 debt maturities. The Company may also use the proceeds to repay borrowings under its receivables funding facility or under its unsecured revolving credit facility.

The following documents are being filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference into the Company's effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-232854) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 26, 2019: (i) the Underwriting Agreement, filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto; (ii) the Seventh Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, including the form of Note as Exhibit A, filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto; (iii) the Eighth Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, including the form of Note as Exhibit A, filed as Exhibit 4.2 hereto; (iv) the opinion of counsel addressing the validity of the Notes, filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto; and (v) the opinion of John J. Kelley III, Chief Legal Officer of the Company, addressing certain other legal matters, filed as Exhibit 5.2 hereto.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.




(d) Exhibits


 Exhibit
   No.                                       Description

    1.1            Underwriting Agreement, dated as of April 22, 2020, by and among
                 Equifax Inc. and BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
                 and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as the representatives of the
                 underwriters named therein (filed herewith).

    4.1            Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 27, 2020,
                 between Equifax Inc. and the Trustee, including the form of 2025
                 Note as Exhibit A (filed herewith).

    4.2            Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 27, 2020, between
                 Equifax Inc. and the Trustee, including the form of 2030 Note as
                 Exhibit A (filed herewith).

    5.1            Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP (filed herewith).

    5.2            Opinion of John J. Kelley III, Chief Legal Officer of Equifax Inc.
                 (filed herewith).

   23.1            Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 filed
                 herewith).

   23.2            Consent of John J. Kelley III, Chief Legal Officer of Equifax Inc.
                 (contained in Exhibit 5.2 filed herewith).

   104           Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
                 document).

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