The Board of Directors of Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) today declared
a quarterly dividend of 13 cents per share. The dividend is payable on
November 2, 2009 to shareholders of record on October 16, 2009.
Acuity Brands, Inc. owns and operates Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. and
Acuity Brands Technology Services, Inc. With fiscal year 2008 net sales
of approximately $2.0 billion, Acuity Brands Lighting and Acuity Brands
Technology Services combined are one of the world's leading providers of
lighting fixtures and related products and services and include brands
such as Lithonia Lighting®, Holophane®, Peerless®,
Mark Architectural Lighting™, Hydrel®, American Electric
Lighting®, Gotham®, Carandini®,
MetalOptics®, Antique Street Lamps™, RELOC®,
Lighting Control and Design™, Sensor Switch®, Synergy®
Lighting Controls, SAERIS™, and ROAM®. Headquartered in
Atlanta, Georgia, Acuity Brands employs approximately 6,000 associates
and has operations throughout North America and in Europe and Asia.
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