---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-146116"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EFX"
cik: "0000033185"
company_name: "EQUIFAX INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T00:10:37.802248+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Equifax issues $700M 5.100% Senior Notes due 2028; refinances debt, funds Brazil acquisition

## Summary
- $700M aggregate principal of 5.100% Senior Notes due June 1, 2028, issued via underwritten deal.
- Net proceeds of ~$692.1M after discounts and expenses; intended to repay $400M of 3.95% notes due 2023.
- Remaining proceeds to partially finance the pending acquisition of Boa Vista Serviços S.A., a Brazilian credit bureau.
- Boa Vista acquisition expected to close in Q3 2023, subject to shareholder approval and customary conditions.
- Notes are redeemable at par after May 1, 2028, or earlier at Treasury rate plus 30 bps.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-146116
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EFX
- cik: 0000033185
- company_name: EQUIFAX INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33185/000119312523146116/0001193125-23-146116-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33185/000119312523146116/d485505d8k.htm

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