Equifax and TALX Proposed Merger Registration Statement Declared Effective
April 09 2007 - 6:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
ATLANTA and ST. LOUIS, April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Equifax
Inc. (NYSE:EFX) and TALX Corporation (NASDAQ:TALX) today announced
that the Securities and Exchange Commission has declared effective
the S-4 Registration Statement concerning their planned merger. The
S-4 filing contains the Prospectus/Proxy Statement for the
previously announced transaction in which Equifax will acquire
TALX. The Prospectus/Proxy Statement will be mailed to TALX
shareholders on or about April 13, 2007. The merger is subject to
the approval of TALX shareholders, who will vote at a special
meeting in St. Louis on May 15, 2007, among other customary closing
conditions. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060224/CLF037LOGO ) About
Equifax Equifax empowers businesses and consumers with information
they can trust. A global leader in information solutions, we
leverage one of the largest sources of consumer and commercial
data, along with advanced analytics and proprietary technology, to
create customized insights that enrich both the performance of
businesses and the lives of consumers. Customers have trusted
Equifax for over 100 years to deliver innovative solutions with the
highest integrity and reliability. Businesses - large and small -
rely on us for consumer and business credit intelligence, portfolio
management, fraud detection, decisioning technology, marketing
tools, and much more. We empower individual consumers to manage
their personal credit information, protect their identity, and
maximize their financial well-being. Headquartered in Atlanta,
Georgia, Equifax Inc. employs approximately 5,000 people in 14
countries through North America, Latin America and Europe. Equifax
is a member of Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500(R) Index. Our
common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol EFX. About TALX TALX Corporation, based in St. Louis,
Missouri, is a leading provider of human resource and
payroll-related services and holds a leadership position in
automated employment and income verification as well as
unemployment tax management. TALX provides over 9,000 clients,
including three-fourths of Fortune 500 companies, with Web-based
services focused in three employment- related areas: hiring, pay
reporting, and compliance. Hiring services include assessments and
talent management, paperless new hires, and tax credits and
incentives. Pay reporting services include electronic time
tracking, paperless pay, and W-2 management. Compliance services
include employment and income verifications through The Work
Number, unemployment tax management, and I-9 management. The
company's common stock trades in the Nasdaq Global Select Market
under the symbol TALX. For more information about TALX Corporation,
call 314-214-7000 or access the company's Web site at
http://www.talx.com/. Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the proposed transaction, a registration
statement of Equifax has been filed with the SEC. Equifax and TALX
shareholders are encouraged to read the registration statement and
any other relevant documents filed with the SEC, including the
proxy statement/prospectus that will be part of the registration
statement, because they will contain important information about
Equifax, TALX, and the proposed transaction. The final proxy
statement/prospectus will be mailed to shareholders of TALX.
Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies
of the registration statement and proxy statement/prospectus (when
available) as well as other filed documents containing information
about Equifax and TALX, without charge, at the SEC's web site
(http://www.sec.gov/). Free copies of Equifax's SEC filings are
also available on Equifax's website (http://www.equifax.com/) and
free copies of TALX's SEC filings are also available on TALX's
website (http://www.talx.com/). Free copies of Equifax's filings
also may be obtained by directing a request to Equifax, Investor
Relations, by phone to (404) 885- 8000, in writing to Jeff Dodge,
Vice President-Investor Relations, or by email to . Free copies of
TALX's filings may be obtained by directing a request to TALX
Investor Relations, by phone to (314) 214-7252, in writing to
Janine A. Orf, Director of Finance, or by email to . This
communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor shall there be any
sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such solicitation
or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification
under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. Participants in the
Solicitation Equifax, TALX and their respective directors and
executive officers may be deemed, under SEC rules, to be
participants in the solicitation of proxies from TALX's
shareholders with respect to the proposed transaction. Information
regarding the directors and executive officers of Equifax is
included in its definitive proxy statement for its 2006 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders filed with the SEC on April 12, 2006.
Information regarding the directors and officers of TALX is
included in the definitive proxy statement for TALX's 2006 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders filed with the SEC on July 24, 2006. More
detailed information regarding the identity of potential
participants, and their direct or indirect interests, by securities
holdings or otherwise, are set forth in the registration statement
and proxy statement/prospectus and other materials filed with the
SEC in connection with the proposed transaction.
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http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Equifax Inc. CONTACT: David
Rubinger, Equifax Inc., +1-404-885-8555, or ; or Pam Stevens, TALX
Corporation, +1-314-214-7235, Web site: http://www.equifax.com/
http://www.talx.com/
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