Filing Details

Accession Number:
0001144215-14-000127
Form Type:
4
Zero Holdings:
No
Publication Time:
2014-11-03 18:58:24
Reporting Period:
2014-10-30
Filing Date:
2014-11-03
Accepted Time:
2014-11-03 18:58:24
SEC Url:
Form 4 Filing
Issuer
Cik Name Symbol Sector (SIC) IRS No
1144215 Acuity Brands Inc AYI Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment (3640) 582632672
Insiders
Cik Name Reported Address Insider Title Director Officer Large Shareholder Other
1176402 C Peter Browning C/O Acuity Brands, Inc.
1170 Peachtree Street, Ne Suite 2300
Atlanta GA 30309
Yes No No No
Reported Non-Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Remaning Holdings Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
Common Stock Acquisiton 2014-10-30 1,815 $29.78 3,279 No 4 M Direct
Common Stock Disposition 2014-10-30 1,815 $138.44 1,464 No 4 S Direct
Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
No 4 M Direct
No 4 S Direct
Reported Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Sec. Type Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Amount - 2 Price - 2
Common Stock Non-Qualified Stock Option Disposition 2014-10-30 1,815 $29.78 1,815 $29.78
Common Stock Stock Units Acquisiton 2014-11-03 182 $137.40 182 $0.00
Remaning Holdings Exercise Date Expiration Date Equity Swap Involved Transaction Form Type Transaction Code Nature of Ownership
0 2007-01-12 2016-01-11 No 4 M Direct
22,587 No 4 A Direct
Footnotes
  1. The total direct shares owned includes 464 time-vesting restricted shares.
  2. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $138.34 to $138.58, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to Acuity Brands, Inc., any security holder of Acuity Brands, Inc., or the staff of the Security and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth herein.
  3. This stock option previously represented the right to purchase 1,500 shares of the Issuer's common stock at an exercise price of $36.04. The stock option was converted to the right to purchase 1,815 shares of the Issuer's common stock at an exercise price of $29.78 effective with the spin-off of the Issuer's specialty chemical business on October 31, 2007. The original option agreement was granted on January 12, 2006 and became fully vested on January 12, 2007.
  4. Stock Units are accrued under the Issuer's Nonemployee Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan (formerly known as the Nonemployee Directors' Stock Unit Plan) and are payable in shares upon retirement in either lump sum or five annual installments. Accruals include required and elective deferral of director fees. During the Reporting Period, fees paid to the Reporting Person resulted in an increase in the number of units held.
  5. 1-for-1
  6. Stock Units issued pursuant to the Plan are payable in common shares upon retirement in either a lump sum or five annual installments.