SEC FORM
4
SEC Form 4
| FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.
See
Instruction 1(b). |
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
| C/O ACUITY BRANDS, INC. |
| 1170 PEACHTREE ST NE, SUITE 2400 |
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ACUITY BRANDS INC
[ AYI ]
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5. 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) |
| SVP & General Counsel |
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year)
08/01/2003
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4. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
3)
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2. Transaction Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any
(Month/Day/Year) |
3. Transaction Code (Instr.
8)
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4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr.
3, 4 and 5)
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5.
Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr.
3 and 4)
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6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
4)
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7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
4)
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| Code |
V |
Amount |
(A) or (D) |
Price |
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.
3)
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2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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3. Transaction Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any
(Month/Day/Year) |
4. Transaction Code (Instr.
8)
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5.
Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr.
3, 4 and 5)
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6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
3 and 4)
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8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr.
5)
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9.
Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr.
4)
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10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
4)
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11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
4)
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| Code |
V |
(A) |
(D) |
Date Exercisable |
Expiration Date |
Title |
Amount or Number of Shares |
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Stock Units
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08/01/2003 |
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A |
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29 |
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Common Stock |
29 |
$17.4
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3,444 |
D |
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| Explanation of Responses: |
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Jill A. Gilmer, as Power of Attorney for Kenyon W. Murphy |
08/05/2003 |
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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
4
(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,
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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 Helen D. Haines, Vice President and Secretary, and
Jill A.
Gilmer, 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 22nd day of August, 2002.
/s/ Kenyon W. Murphy
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Signature
Kenyon W. Murphy
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