UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Thomas F. Chapman c/o Equifax Inc. 1550 Peachtree Street, N.W. GA, Atlanta 30309 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Equifax Inc. (EFX) 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 1/27/2003 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security|2. |2A. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | |Trans-|Exec- |Trans | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | |action|ution |action| | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | | A/| | Owned Following |Indir | | |Date | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | Reported Trans(s)|ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock |1/27/ | |M | |46443 |A |5.1351 | |D | | |2003 | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |1/27/ | |F | |12177 |D |21.11 |328190 |D | | |2003 | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock | | | | | | | |6509.93 |I |401(k) Plan | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock | | | | | | | |17700 |I |By Spouse | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock | | | | | | | |17000 |I |Family Partnership | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of |2.Con- |3. |3A. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Derivative |version |Trans- |Deemed|Trans-| rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | Security |or Exer |action | |action| rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | |Execu-| | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| |ution | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned Follow|ire| | |Secu- |(Month/|(Month| | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |ing Reported|ct | | |rity |Day/ |/Day/ |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Trans- |(I)| | | |Year) |Year) | | | | | | | | |action(s) | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Stock Option/|5.1351 |1/27/ 2| |M | |46443 |D |1 |1/27/|Common Stock|46443 | |1716048 |D | | Right-to-Buy | |003 | | | | | | |2003 | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
Explanation of Responses: 1. Exercise of an option which vests in increments of 11,611 shares on 1/27/94, 1/27/95 and 1/27/96 and 11,610 shares on 1/27/97. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON Thomas F. Chapman Thomas F. Chapman