SEC FORM
3
SEC Form 3
| FORM 3 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
| 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE |
| SUITE 2300 |
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
11/01/2017
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3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ACUITY BRANDS INC
[ AYI ]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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Director |
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10% Owner |
| X |
Officer (give title below) |
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Other (specify below) |
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Executive Vice President
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X |
Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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2.
Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr.
4)
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3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| Date Exercisable |
Expiration Date |
Title |
Amount or Number of Shares |
| Explanation of Responses: |
| Remarks: |
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| No securities are beneficially owned. |
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/s/ Jill A. Gilmer under Power of Attorney for Laurent J. Vernerey |
11/03/2017 |
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** Signature of Reporting Person |
Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,
see
Instruction
5
(b)(v). |
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See
18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient,
see
Instruction 6 for procedure. |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of C. Dan Smith,
Seniour 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 November 2, 2017.
/s/ Laurent Vernerey
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Signature
Laurent Vernerey
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