0001144215-17-000036.txt : 20170403 0001144215-17-000036.hdr.sgml : 20170403 20170403205114 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144215-17-000036 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170330 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170403 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170403 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ACUITY BRANDS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001144215 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC LIGHTING & WIRING EQUIPMENT [3640] IRS NUMBER: 582632672 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE STREET 2: SUITE 2300 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30309-7676 BUSINESS PHONE: 404-853-1400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE STREET 2: SUITE 2300 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30309-7676 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: L&C SPINCO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010629 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WINSTON MARY A CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001282797 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-16583 FILM NUMBER: 17736017 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 557 BROADWAY STREET 2: C/O SCHOLASTIC CORP CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10012 3 1 wf-form3_149126705926605.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2017-03-30 1 0001144215 ACUITY BRANDS INC AYI 0001282797 WINSTON MARY A 1170 PEACHTREE STREET NE STE 2300 ATLANTA GA 30309 1 0 0 0 Jill A. Gilmer under Power of Attorney for Mary A. Winston 2017-04-03 EX-24 2 poa032017-winston.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR: MARY A. WINSTON

POWER OF ATTORNEY

          Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of C.
Dan Smith, Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary, Lisa Wyn, Vice President and
Controller, and Jill A. Gilmer, Executive Compensation Director and Assistant Secretary, signing
singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1.    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or
director of Acuity Brands, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

2.    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any
amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

3.    take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.

       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise
of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 31st day of March, 2017.


/s/ Mary A. Winston

Mary A. Winston