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STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="3"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P
STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></P> <P
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ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April&nbsp;17, 2008 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P
STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>ACUITY BRANDS, INC.
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P> <P
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Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P
STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Other Events. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%;padding-bottom:3px;line-Height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On April&nbsp;17, 2008, the Company issued a press release announcing it has established two new businesses within its wholly-owned subsidiary Acuity Brands Technology Services, Inc. to capitalize on emerging
opportunities in the turn-key renovation and the lighting, energy, and maintenance management markets. SAERIS</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP>TM </SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">provides lighting renovation and
energy services, with special focus on turn-key lighting projects for major corporations, building owners, municipalities and schools. ROAM<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP>&reg;</SUP></FONT> provides monitoring and control of indoor and
outdoor lighting infrastructures utilizing a combination of intelligent photocontrols, machine-to-machine communications, wireless communications, and network management services. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this
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STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: April&nbsp;21, 2008 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Company Contact: </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Dan Smith </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Acuity Brands, Inc. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(404)
853-1423 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Acuity Brands Announces New Businesses to Focus on </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Relighting and Energy Management </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Atlanta, GA, April&nbsp;17, 2008 &#150; Acuity Brands, Inc.
(NYSE:AYI) today announced it has established two new businesses within its wholly-owned subsidiary Acuity Brands Technology Services, Inc. (&#147;ABTS&#148;) to capitalize on the emerging opportunities in both the turn-key renovation and the
lighting, energy and maintenance management markets. ABTS plans to build successful adjacencies to Acuity Brands&#146; core lighting fixture business, and leverage new technical and service capabilities working with both new and existing customers.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:3px;line-Height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ABTS is currently comprised of two new businesses. SAERIS&#153; provides lighting renovation and
energy services, with special focus on turn-key lighting projects for major corporations, building owners, municipalities and schools. SAERIS&#146; services will support Acuity Brands Lighting&#146;s existing sales channels to enhance pursuits of
renovation and relighting business opportunities. Another new business, ROAM<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP>&reg;</SUP></FONT>, provides monitoring and control of indoor and outdoor lighting infrastructures utilizing a combination of
intelligent photocontrols, machine-to-machine communications, wireless communications, and network management services. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Crawford Lipsey has been named
President of Acuity Brands Technology Services. Mr.&nbsp;Lipsey has held increasingly responsible management positions since joining Acuity Brands Lighting in 1999. Most recently he was Executive Vice President and General Manager of Acuity Brands
Lighting&#146;s Solutions Group, which included the North American and European operations of the Holophane, American Electric, and Carandini brands. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
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