Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN

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SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Stockholder Rights Plan [Abstract]  
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN
 
Our Board of Directors has adopted a shareholder rights plan designed to protect our shareholders against abusive takeover attempts and tactics. The rights plan operates to dilute the interests of any person or group attempting to take control of the Company if the attempt is not deemed by our Board of Directors to be in the best interests of our shareholders. Under the rights agreement, as originally adopted in October 1995 and amended and restated in October 2005, holders of our common stock were granted one right to purchase common stock, or Right, for each outstanding share of common stock held of record on November 24, 1995. All newly issued shares of common stock since that date have been accompanied by a Right. The Rights would have become exercisable and traded independently from our common stock if a person or group acquired or obtained the right to acquire 20% or more of Equifax’s outstanding shares of common stock, or commenced a tender or exchange offer that would have resulted in that person or group acquiring 20% or more of the outstanding common stock, in each case without the consent of our Board. In the event the Rights had become exercisable, each holder (other than the acquiring person or group) would have been entitled to purchase that number of shares of securities or other property of Equifax having a market value equal to two times the exercise price of the Right. If Equifax were acquired in a merger or other business combination, each Right would have entitled its holder to purchase the number of the acquiring company’s common stock having a market value of two times the exercise price of the Right. In either case, our Board could choose to redeem the Rights for $0.01 per Right before they became exercisable. The Rights had an expiration date of November 6, 2015, unless earlier redeemed, exchanged or amended by the Board. The Board terminated the rights plan effective February 19, 2015.