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*
GOLDMAN BARRY R

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O ACUITY BRANDS, INC.
1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE, SUITE 2300

(Street)
ATLANTA GA 30309

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/28/2020
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ACUITY BRANDS INC [ AYI ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
SVP & General Counsel
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 6,271(1) D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Non-Qualified Stock Option (2) 10/26/2025 Common Stock 2,145 207.8 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (3) 10/24/2026 Common Stock 2,325 239.76 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (4) 10/25/2027 Common Stock 1,751 156.39 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (5) 10/24/2028 Common Stock 2,936 116.36 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. The total direct shares owned includes 5,165 time-vesting restricted stock and/or restricted stock units.
2. This option was granted on October 26, 2015 and vested ratably over a three-year period. It became fully vested on October 26, 2018.
3. This option was granted on October 24, 2016 and vests ratably over a three-year period. It will become fully vested on October 24, 2019.
4. This option was granted on October 25, 2017 and vests ratably over a three-year period. It will become fully vested on October 25, 2020.
5. This option was granted on October 24, 2018 and vests ratably over a three-year period. It will become fully vested on October 24, 2021.
Remarks:
Due to an administrative error, a Form 3 was filed for Mr. Goldman as of September 27, 2019. The September 2019 filing was made prior to Mr. Goldman being designated a Section 16 Reporting Insider by the Company's Board of Directors. This filing supersedes that earlier filing and incorporates changes in Mr. Goldman's holdings from September 2019 to the date set forth above.
Jill A. Gilmer, under Power of Attorney for Barry R. Goldman 03/02/2020
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                     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,
Senior Vice President and Controller, and Jill A. Gilmer,
Director, Executive Compensation 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 24th day of
September, 2019.



                      /s/ Barry R. Goldman
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                              Signature

                       Barry R. Goldman
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