---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001144215-22-000091"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AYI"
cik: "0001144215"
company_name: "ACUITY INC. (DE)"
filed_at: "2022-10-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T05:30:37.646292+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acuity Brands Q4 net sales up 12% to $1.11B, EPS $3.48 +28%; full-year record sales $4.01B

## Summary
- Q4 diluted EPS $3.48 (+28% YoY); adjusted EPS $3.95 (+21%); net sales $1.11B (+12%).
- Full-year net sales $4.01B (record, +16%); diluted EPS $11.08 (+32%); adjusted EPS $12.83 (+26%).
- ABL segment Q4 net sales $1.06B (+11%); ISG segment net sales $61.4M (+22%).
- Repurchased $512M of stock in FY2022, including $107M in Q4.
- Elected Michael J. Bender to Board, increasing size to 12, effective Sept 29.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001144215-22-000091
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AYI
- cik: 0001144215
- company_name: ACUITY INC. (DE)
- filed_at: 2022-10-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421522000091/0001144215-22-000091-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421522000091/ayi-20220929.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001144215-22-000091
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001144215-22-000091.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001144215-22-000091.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael J. Bender was elected as Director at ACUITY INC. (DE).
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective September 29, 2022, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Acuity Brands, Inc. (the "Company") increased the size of the Board from eleven to twelve members and elected Michael J. Bender to the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421522000091/0001144215-22-000091-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.