0001144215-23-000029.txt : 20230127 0001144215-23-000029.hdr.sgml : 20230127 20230127160639 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144215-23-000029 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20230125 FILED AS OF DATE: 20230127 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230127 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AVEDON MARCIA J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001215124 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-16583 FILM NUMBER: 23562818 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY STREET 2: 800-E BEATY STREET CITY: DAVIDSON STATE: NC ZIP: 28036 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 1200 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30309-7676 BUSINESS PHONE: 404-853-1400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1170 PEACHTREE STREET NE STREET 2: SUITE 1200 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30309-7676 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: L&C SPINCO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010629 4 1 wf-form4_167485357852718.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2023-01-25 0 0001144215 ACUITY BRANDS INC AYI 0001215124 AVEDON MARCIA J C/O ACUITY BRANDS, INC. 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA GA 30309 1 0 0 0 Deferred Restricted Stock Units 2023-01-25 4 A 0 888 0 A 2024-01-25 Common Stock 888.0 888 D 1-for-1 Deferred Restricted Stock Units (DSUs) issued pursuant to the Issuer's Amended and Restated 2012 Omnibus Stock Incentive Compensation Plan. The DSUs resulted from the Reporting Person's election to receive a portion of annual director fees in the form of a DSU. The DSUs will vest in full on the first anniversary of the grant date, or, if earlier, the date of the next subsequent annual meeting of the Issuer's stockholders following the grant date. Once vested, DSUs will be payable upon retirement in either lump sum or five annual installments. The number of DSUs received was calculated based on $174.67, which was the average of the high and low sales prices of a share of the Issuer's common stock on the five trading dates immediately preceding the date of grant. /s/ Chanda Kirchner, Attorney-in-Fact for Marcia J. Avedon 2023-01-27 EX-24 2 poa012023_avedon.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY AVEDON 1.26.2023

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

The undersigned constitutes and appoints each of Barry R. Goldman and Chanda Kirchner, or
either of them acting singly and with full power of substitution, 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 or director or both of Acuity Brands, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5
(and any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), 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 amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any securities exchange or similar
authority, including without limitation the filing of a Form ID or any other documents
necessary or appropriate to enable the undersigned to file the Forms 3, 4 and 5
electronically with the SEC;

3.    seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf,
information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third party,
including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the
undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to
each of the undersigned's attorneys-in-fact appointed by this Limited Power of
Attorney and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

4.    take any other action 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 or
for, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such information and disclosure 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 required, 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 Limited 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 and on the behalf of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with, or any liability
for the failure to comply with, any provision of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is
no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 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 each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed
as of date set forth below.

/s/ Marcia J. Avedon            January 26, 2023
Signature                Date

Marcia J. Avedon, Ph.D.
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