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accession: "0001193125-26-272759"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EFX"
cik: "0000033185"
company_name: "EQUIFAX INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-16T20:46:54+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T20:48:19.216177+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Equifax amends bylaws to raise special-meeting threshold to 25% ownership for one year

## Summary
- Board approved bylaw amendments effective June 16, 2026.
- Shareholders must own at least 25% of voting power for at least one year to request a special meeting.
- Amendments also include ministerial clarifications and updates.
- Amended bylaws filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the 8-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-272759
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EFX
- cik: 0000033185
- company_name: EQUIFAX INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-16T20:46:54+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33185/000119312526272759/0001193125-26-272759-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33185/000119312526272759/d52077d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  EQUIFAX INC: Revised the requirements for shareholders to request a special meeting, now requiring at least 25% voting power held for at least one year (effective 2026-06-16).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2026-06-16
  source text: On June 16, 2026, the Board of Directors of Equifax Inc. (the “Company”) approved amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), effective immediately. The amendments to the Bylaws revise the requirements for shareholders to request a special meeting by providing that a special meeting of the shareholders may be called by the Secretary of the Company upon the proper request of one or more shareholders owning at least 25% of the voting power of all shares of stock of the Company issued and outstanding for at least one year as of the date of the request, subject to compliance with the procedural requirements set forth in the amendments. The amendments also include certain other ministerial clarifications and updates. A copy of the Bylaws, including the amendments referenced above, is included as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/33185/000119312526272759/0001193125-26-272759-index.htm

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