Exhibit 99.1
News Release
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Company Contact:
Dan Smith
Acuity Brands, Inc.
(404) 853-1423
ACUITY BRANDS DECLARES
QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
ATLANTA, January 11, 2007 – 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 February 1, 2007 to shareholders of record on January 22, 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 10,200 people and has operations throughout North America and in Europe and Asia.
