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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-111917"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AYI"
cik: "0001144215"
company_name: "ACUITY INC. (DE)"
filed_at: "2026-09-29T20:01:54+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:52:40.628053+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acuity adds ServiceNow Vice Chairman Nick Tzitzon to board; directors expand to ten

## Summary
- Board size increased from nine to ten; Nick Tzitzon, 46, elected independent director effective September 24, 2026, with term expiring at the next annual meeting.
- Tzitzon has been Vice Chairman of ServiceNow since January 2020 and leads its AI Institute; earlier he was EVP at SAP SE from October 2012 to January 2020.
- Appointed to the Audit and Governance Committees; will participate pro rata in standard non-employee director compensation per the fiscal 2025 proxy.
- Company entered its standard Form of Indemnification Agreement with Tzitzon, covering expenses, judgments, fines and settlement amounts.
- CEO Neil Ashe said Tzitzon's work helping organizations use software, data and AI "aligns with how we are creating value for customers and shareholders."

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-111917
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AYI
- cik: 0001144215
- company_name: ACUITY INC. (DE)
- filed_at: 2026-09-29T20:01:54+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000110465926111917/0001104659-26-111917-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000110465926111917/tm2626454d1_8k.htm

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