SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Hagens
Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP alerts investors in Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) to the firm's investigation into insider selling,
option activity and possible securities law violations. If you purchased or otherwise acquired securities of EFX
between July 29, 2017 and September 8, 2017 and suffered
losses contact Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP. For more information visit:
https://www.hbsslaw.com/cases/EFX
or contact Reed Kathrein, who is leading the firm's investigation, by calling
510-725-3000 or emailing
EFX@hbsslaw.com .
On September 7, 2017, EFX revealed that its systems were massively hacked and this event
may impact nearly 143 million U.S. consumers. This news drove the price of EFX shares sharply down during intraday trading
on September 8, 2017.
The Company reported that the information accessed primarily includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates,
addresses and, in some instances, driver's license numbers. In addition, credit card numbers for approximately 209,000 U.S.
consumers were accessed.
EFX said it learned about the unauthorized access on July 29, 2017, but certain insiders
sold significant amounts of their EFX shares before EFX publicly revealed the data breach.
The next trading day, on August 1, 2017, the Company's Chief Financial Officer sold 6,500
shares of EFX at an average price of $145.596 per share for total proceeds of $946,374. The same day, another insider sold 4,000 shares of EFX at an average price of $146.0247 per share for total proceeds of $584,098.80.
Then, on August 2, 2017, a third insider sold 1,719 shares of EFX at an average price of
$145.70 per share for total proceeds of $250,458.30.The Form 4s filed
with the SEC for these insider sales do not identify the sales as executed under a 10b5-1 trading plan.
In addition, there appears to be unusual option activity in late August, which could have been prompted by inside
knowledge of the security breach, and likely profited handsomely.
"We're focused on what appears to be suspiciously timed insider selling within two trading days after the Company says
it discovered the breach, the option activity and why management took so long to inform investors of the breach," said
Hagens Berman partner Reed Kathrein.
Whistleblowers: Persons with non-public information regarding EFX should consider their options to help in
the investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower program. Under the new SEC whistleblower program,
whistleblowers who provide original information may receive rewards totaling up to 30 percent of any successful recovery made by
the SEC. For more information, call Reed Kathrein at 510-725-3000 or email
EFX@hbsslaw.com .
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Contact:
Reed Kathrein, 510-725-3000
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