0001144215-20-000076.txt : 20200629 0001144215-20-000076.hdr.sgml : 20200629 20200629180246 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144215-20-000076 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200625 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200629 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200629 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: O'Shaughnessy Laura CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001813477 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-16583 FILM NUMBER: 20997910 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VROOM, INC. STREET 2: 1375 BROADWAY, FLOOR 11 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10018 FORMER NAME: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: OShaughnessy Laura DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20200528 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ACUITY BRANDS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001144215 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC LIGHTING & WIRING EQUIPMENT [3640] IRS NUMBER: 582632672 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE STREET 2: SUITE 2300 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30309-7676 BUSINESS PHONE: 404-853-1400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE STREET 2: SUITE 2300 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30309-7676 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: L&C SPINCO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010629 3 1 wf-form3_159346812232523.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2020-06-25 1 0001144215 ACUITY BRANDS INC AYI 0001813477 O'Shaughnessy Laura C/O ACUITY BRANDS, INC. 1170 PEACHTREE STREET NE, STE 2300 ATLANTA GA 30309 1 0 0 0 Jill A. Gilmer, under Power of Attorney for Laura G. O'Shaughnessy 2020-06-26 EX-24 2 poa062020oshaughnessyfiled.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY
POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of
Barry R. Goldman, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Lisa Wyn, Senior Vice President
and Controller, and Jill A. Gilmer, Vice President, Corporate Secretary, signing singly,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1.  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer
and/or director of Acuity Brands, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms3, 4, and 5 in accordance with
Section16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

2.  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary
or desirable to complete and execute any such Form3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment
or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

3.  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do
and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-
in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that
 the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is
no longer required to file Forms3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of
and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed
as of June 26, 2020.


/s/ Laura G. O'Shaughnessy
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Laura G. O'Shaughnessy
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