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3MAR200912401731
28FEB200910255904
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors and Shareholders of Equifax Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance financial position of Equifax Inc. at December 31, 2008 and
sheets of Equifax Inc., as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the consolidated results of its operations and its
2007, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash December 31, 2008, in conformity with U.S. generally
flows for each of the three years in the period ended accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion the
December 31, 2008. Our audits also included the financial related financial statement schedule, when considered in
statement schedule listed in the index at Item 15(a)(2). relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole,
These financial statements and schedule are the responsi- presents fairly in all material respects the information set
bility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is forth therein.
to express an opinion on these financial statements and We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of
schedule based on our audits. the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards States), Equifax Inc.’s internal control over financial report-
of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United ing as of December 31, 2008, based on criteria established
States). Those standards require that we plan and perform in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the
the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
the financial statements are free of material misstatement. Commission and our report dated February 25, 2009
An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence sup- expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
porting the amounts and disclosures in the financial state-
ments. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by manage-
ment, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reason-
able basis for our opinion. Atlanta, Georgia
February 25, 2009
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated
34 EQUIFAX INC.