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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:12px;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="4"><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="3"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December&nbsp;1, 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.
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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%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On December&nbsp;1, 2008, Acuity
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Acuity Brands, Inc.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">1170 Peachtree Street, NE</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Suite 2400</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Atlanta, GA 30309</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Tel: 404 853 1400</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="1">Fax: 404 853 1430</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">AcuityBrands.com</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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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="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="3"><B>Acuity Brands Announces Offer to Purchase for Cash </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Any and All of Its Outstanding $160,000,000 6% Notes Due 2009 </B>
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ATLANTA, December&nbsp;1, 2008 &#150; Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) (the &#147;Company&#148;) today announced that it has commenced a cash tender offer
to purchase any and all of its outstanding 6% Notes due 2009 (CUSIP No.&nbsp;00508YAA0) (the &#147;Notes&#148;). The tender offer is being made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase dated today (the &#147;Offer to Purchase&#148;) and related Letter of
Transmittal, which more fully set forth the terms and conditions of the tender offer. As of December&nbsp;1, 2008, the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding was $160 million. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The tender offer is scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December&nbsp;9, 2008, unless extended or earlier terminated. The Company expects to pay for Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn in the
tender offer promptly following the expiration of the tender offer. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The purchase price being offered for the Notes is $990.00 per $1,000.00 principal
amount of Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase, plus the accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the applicable settlement date. The settlement date will be the first business day following the date on which the tender offer
expires, or as soon thereafter as practicable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as set forth in the Offer to Purchase or as required by applicable law, Notes tendered may be
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The tender offer is subject to certain customary conditions but is not conditioned on the tender of a minimum
principal amount of the Notes. The Company is not soliciting consents from holders of Notes in connection with the tender offer. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company has retained
Citi to serve as the dealer manager for the tender offer and has retained Global Bondholder Services Corporation to serve as the depositary and information agent for the tender offer. Requests for copies of the Offer to Purchase and related Letter
of Transmittal may be directed to Global Bondholder Services Corporation by telephone at 212-430-3774 or 866-540-1500, or in writing at 65 Broadway &#150; Suite 723, New York, NY, 10006, Attention: Corporate Actions. Questions regarding the tender
offer may be directed to Citi at 800-558-3745 or 212-723-6106. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This press release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell
the Notes or any other securities. The tender offer is made only by and pursuant to the terms of the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal. None of the Company, the dealer manager or the depositary and information agent makes any
recommendations as to whether holders should tender their Notes pursuant to the tender offer. Holders must make their own decisions as to whether to tender Notes and, if so, the principal amount of Notes to tender. </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">Acuity Brands, Inc. owns and operates Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. and Acuity Brands Technology Services, Inc.
With fiscal year 2008 net sales of over $2.0 billion, Acuity Brands Lighting and Acuity Brands Technology Services combined are one of the world&#146;s leading providers of lighting fixtures and related products and services and include brands such
as Lithonia Lighting<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP>&reg;</SUP></FONT>, Holophane<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP>&reg;</SUP></FONT>, Peerless<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP>&reg;</SUP></FONT>, Mark Architectural
Lighting&#153;, Hydrel<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP>&reg;</SUP></FONT>, American Electric Lighting<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP>&reg;</SUP></FONT>, Gotham<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP>&reg;</SUP></FONT>,
Carandini<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP>&reg;</SUP></FONT>, SpecLight<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP>&reg;</SUP></FONT>, MetalOptics<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP>&reg;</SUP></FONT>, Antique Street Lamps&#153;,
Synergy<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP>&reg;</SUP></FONT> Lighting Controls, SAERIS&#153;, and ROAM<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP>&reg;</SUP></FONT>. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Acuity Brands employs approximately 6,300
associates and has operations throughout North America and in Europe and Asia. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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