CORPORATE DIRECTORY
Shareholder Information
Board of Directors
Vernon J. Nagel
Executive Chairman
Acuity Brands, Inc.
Neil M. Ashe
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Acuity Brands, Inc.
W. Patrick Battle
Managing Partner
Stillwater Family Holdings
Peter C. Browning
Managing Director
Peter Browning Partners Board Advisory Services
G. Douglas Dillard, Jr.
Founder and
Managing Partner
Slewgrass Capital, LLC
James H. Hance, Jr.(3)(4)
Operating Executive
The Carlyle Group LP;
Former Vice Chairman
Bank of America Corporation
Maya Leibman
Executive Vice President and
Chief Information Officer
American Airlines Group, Inc.
Robert F. McCullough
Retired Chief Financial Officer
AMVESCAP PLC (now known as Invesco Ltd.)
Laura G. O'Shaughnessy
Co-Founder and Former
Chief Executive Officer
SocialCode, LLC
Dominic J. Pileggi(2)
Retired Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Thomas & Betts Corporation
Ray M. Robinson
Non-Executive Chairman
Citizens Trust Bank;
President Emeritus
East Lake Golf Club
Mary A. Winston(1)
President
Winsco Enterprises, Inc.;
Former Executive
Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
(1) Chair of Audit Committee
(2) Chair of Compensation and Management Development Committee
(3) Chair of Governance Committee
(4) Lead Director
Executive Officers
Vernon J. Nagel
Executive Chairman
Neil M. Ashe
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Richard K. Reece
Executive Vice President
Karen J. Holcom
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Barry R. Goldman
Senior Vice President and
General Counsel
Dianne S. Mills
Senior Vice President and
Chief Human Resources Officer
Corporate Information
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
Acuity Brands, Inc.
1170 Peachtree Street, NE
Suite 2300
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-7676
404-853-1400
acuitybrands.com
Acuity Brands Lighting
One Lithonia Way
Conyers, Georgia 30012-3957
770-922-9000
STOCK LISTING
New York Stock Exchange
Ticker Symbol: AYI
ANNUAL MEETING
11:00 a.m. Eastern Time
January 6, 2021
Virtually via virtualshareholdermeeting.com/AYI2021
REPORTS AVAILABLE TO STOCKHOLDERS
Copies of the following Company reports may be obtained, without charge:
- 2020 Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed on Form 10-K
- Quarterly Reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission, filed on Form 10-Q
Requests should be directed to:
Acuity Brands, Inc.
Attention: Investor Relations
1170 Peachtree Street, NE
Suite 2300
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-7676
404-853-1400
acuitybrands.com
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Ernst & Young LLP
55 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd.
Suite 1000
Atlanta, Georgia 30308-3051
404-874-8300
TRANSFER AGENT & REGISTRAR
Computershare Shareowner Services is the transfer agent, registrar, dividend disbursing agent and dividend reinvestment agent for the Company. Stockholders of record with questions about lost certificates, lost or missing dividend checks, direct deposit of dividends, or notification of change of address should contact:
Acuity Brands, Inc.
c/o Computershare
By Regular Mail
PO Box 505000
Louisville, Kentucky 40233-5000
By Overnight Delivery
462 South 4th Street
Suite 1600
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
Toll Free: 866-234-1921
Inside the United States and Canada
201-680-6578
Outside the United States and Canada
DIRECT STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Computershare Shareowner Services offers a direct stock purchase and sale plan for investors wishing to purchase Acuity Brands stock. Dividends can be automatically reinvested. The Plan is not sponsored or administered by Acuity Brands. Inquiries should be directed to: Computershare Shareowner Services.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Information contained within the 2020 Annual Report is intended only to summarize certain of our efforts of the Company and it is not intended to replace or supplement the Company’s audited financial statements or filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and undue reliance should not be placed on this report. Actual results of these efforts could differ materially from the Company’s summary of current plans goals and expectations. This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws. Statements that may be considered forward-looking include statements incorporating terms such as “expects,” “believes,” “intends,” “estimates,” “forecasts,” “anticipates,” “could,” “may,” “should,” “suggests,” “remain,” “will,” and similar terms that relate to future events, performance, or results of the Company and specifically include statements made in this report regarding the Company’s future practices and programs and the Company’s beliefs, commitments, expectations, goals, and targets, planned implementation, and intended outcomes of new technologies. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the historical experience of the Company and management’s present expectations or projections. The risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements are more fully described in the Company’s SEC filings including risks discussed in Part I, “Item 1a. Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 31, 2020. The discussion of those risks is specifically incorporated herein by reference. Management believes these forward-looking statements are reasonable; however, undue reliance should not be placed on any forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations. Further, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and management undertakes no obligation to update publicly any of them considering new information or future events.