The Board of Directors of Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) today declared
a quarterly dividend of 15 cents per share (an annualized rate of 60
cents per share). The dividend is payable on May 1, 2007 to shareholders
of record on April 16, 2007.
Acuity Brands, Inc., with fiscal year 2006 net sales of approximately
$2.4 billion, is comprised of Acuity Brands Lighting and Acuity
Specialty Products. Acuity Brands Lighting is one of the world's leading
providers of lighting fixtures and includes brands such as Lithonia
Lighting®, Holophane®,
Peerless®, Hydrel®,
American Electric Lighting®, Gotham®,
Carandini®, SpecLight®,
MetalOptics® and Antique Street Lamps?.
Acuity Specialty Products is a leading provider of specialty chemicals
and includes brands such as Zep®, Zep
Commercial®, Enforcer®,
and Selig?. Headquartered in Atlanta,
Georgia, Acuity Brands employs approximately 10,000 people and has
operations throughout North America and in Europe and Asia.