Acuity Brands to Discuss Fiscal 2011 Second Quarter Results

March 8, 2011

ATLANTA, Mar 08, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) will host a conference call on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. ET to discuss the Company's performance for the second quarter of fiscal 2011, following the announcement of those results earlier that day. Vernon J. Nagel, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Acuity Brands, will lead the call. A live Webcast of the discussion will be accessible at the Company's Web site: www.acuitybrands.com. A replay of the call will also be posted to that site within two hours of the completion of the conference call and will be archived on the site.

About Acuity Brands

Acuity Brands, Inc. is a North American market leader and one of the world's leading providers of luminaires, lighting control systems and related products and services with fiscal year 2010 net sales of over $1.6 billion. The Company's lighting and system control product lines include Lithonia Lighting(R), Holophane(R), Peerless(R), Mark Architectural Lighting(TM), Hydrel(R), American Electric Lighting(R), Gotham(R), Carandini(R), RELOC(R), Antique Street Lamps(TM), Tersen(R), Winona Lighting(R), Synergy(R) Lighting Controls, Sensor Switch(R), Lighting Control & Design(TM), ROAM(R) and Sunoptics(TM). Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Acuity Brands employs approximately 6,000 associates and has operations throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

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Acuity Brands, Inc.
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