Equifax Chairman and CEO Richard Smith saw his total compensation climb 9.5 percent to more than $9.6 million in 2010, according to the company’s annual shareholder proxy.

In 2009, Smith made $8.8 million, up from $8.4 million in 2008. Smith’s base salary remained unchanged in 2010 at $1.45 million, but he saw gains of nearly $100,000 in stock awards, and a $252,000 increase in the value of his pension and certain deferred compensation earnings.

Option awards dipped 4 percent to nearly $1.65 million, while performance bonuses, called non-equity incentives, rose by 31.6 percent to $2.2 million.

Equifax had net income of $266.7 million in 2010, up 14 percent from 2009, on a 9 percent gain in revenue.