The chairman and CEO of Equifax Inc. received total compensation of $8.4 million last year, a rise of 18 percent from the previous year, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Richard F. Smith’s pay included $1.3 million in salary, a $536,154 bonus, $3.3 million in stock awards, $714,364 in options, $1.5 million in a non-equity incentive plan, $46,230 in financial planning, $2,829 fro physicals, $12, 188 in club dues, and $1,521 for a security system for his home.  

Equifax’s net income last year was virtually flat at $272.7 million as revenues grew 19 percent to $1.8 billion. The Atlanta-based consumer information firm last year paid $1.2 billion for Talx Corp., a provider of employment verification services.


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