================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ______________ FORM 8-A/A Amendment No. 1 For Registration of Certain Classes of Securities Pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ______________ EQUIFAX INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Georgia 58-0401110 (State or other jurisdiction) (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 1550 Peachtree Street, N.W. 30309 Atlanta, Georgia (Zip Code) (Address of principal executive offices) If this form relates to the registration of a If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. [X] please check the following box. [__] Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: __________________________ (If applicable)
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of each class Name of each exchange on which to be so registered each class is to be registered Common Stock Purchase Rights New York Stock Exchange Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None. ================================================================================ Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered. Equifax Inc., a Georgia corporation (the "Company"), amended the Rights Agreement dated October 25, 1995 (the "Rights Agreement") between the Company and SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, as Rights Agent, pursuant to the Amendment to Rights Agreement dated as of July 7, 2001 between the Company and SunTrust Bank, as Rights Agent (the "Amendment"), for purposes of adjusting the Purchase Price, as defined in the Rights Agreement, to reflect the effect of a special distribution to the Company's shareholders of all of the shares of Certegy Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as well as all prior Purchase Price adjustments and/or events for which an adjustment is appropriate). The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit hereto and incorporated herein by reference. Copies of the Rights Agreement, as amended and the related Summary of Rights to Purchase Common Shares, which is attached as Exhibit B to the Rights Agreement, are available free of charge from the Company. Item 2. Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description ----------- ----------- 99.1 Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2001, to the Rights Agreement, Dated as of October 25, 1995, between the Company and SunTrust Bank SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. EQUIFAX INC. (Registrant) By: /s/ Kent E. Mast --------------------------------------------- Name: Kent E. Mast Title: Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Dated: July 9, 2001 INDEX TO EXHIBITS Exhibit No. Description - ----------- ----------- 99.1 Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2001, to the Rights Agreement, Dated as of October 25, 1995, between the Company and SunTrust Bank