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66 EQUIFAX. INFORMATION THAT EMPOWERS.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
TO EQUIFAX INC.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets
of Equifax Inc. (a Georgia corporation) and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2001 and 2000 and the related consolidated state-
ments of income, changes in shareholders’ equity and comprehen-
sive income, and cash flows for each of the three years in the
period ended December 31, 2001. These financial statements are
the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibil-
ity is to express an opinion on these financial statements based
on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards
generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require
that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance
about whether the financial statements are free of material mis-
statement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial state-
ments. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles
used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Equifax Inc.
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000 and the results
of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years
in the period ended December 31, 2001 in conformity with account-
ing principles generally accepted in the United States.
Atlanta, Georgia
February 13, 2002
THIS IS A COPY OF AN ACCOUNTANTS’ REPORT
PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BY ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP,
AND HAS NOT BEEN REISSUED BY ANDERSEN.