Acuity Brands Declares Quarterly Dividend
ATLANTA, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Acuity
Brands, Inc. today declared a quarterly dividend of 15 cents per share (an
annualized rate of 60 cents per share). The dividend is payable on February 2,
2004 to shareholders of record on January 15, 2004.
Excerpts from the company's annual meeting of shareholders, which will take
place today at 1:00 p.m. EST, will be available at the Acuity Brands Web site:
http://www.acuitybrands.com/ . This broadcast will be posted to the site on
December 19, 2003 and will be available for three weeks.
Acuity Brands, Inc., with fiscal year 2003 net sales of over $2.0 billion, is
comprised of Acuity Brands Lighting and Acuity Specialty Products. Acuity
Brands Lighting is a world leader in lighting fixtures and includes brands such
as Lithonia Lighting(R), Holophane(R), Peerless(R), Hydrel(R), and American
Electric Lighting(R). Acuity Specialty Products is a leading provider of
specialty chemicals and includes brands such as Zep(R), Enforcer(R), and Selig
Industries(TM). Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Acuity Brands employs
approximately 11,400 people and has operations throughout North America and in
Europe and Asia. DATASOURCE: Acuity Brands, Inc.
CONTACT: Karen Holcom of Acuity Brands, Inc., +1-404-853-1437 Web site: http://www.acuitybrands.com/
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