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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors and Shareholders of Equifax Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Equifax Inc. at December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the consolidated
Equifax Inc. as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three
consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and com- years in the period ended December 31, 2009, in conformity with
prehensive income, and cash flows for each of the three years in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion
the period ended December 31, 2009. Our audits also included the the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation
financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(a)(2). to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in
These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the all material respects the information set forth therein.
Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion
on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits. We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States),
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Equifax Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of Decem-
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those ber 31, 2009, based on criteria established in Internal Control —
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain rea- Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
sonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated
of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test February 23, 2010 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the account-
ing 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.
Atlanta, Georgia
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present February 23, 2010
fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of
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