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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001144215-23-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AYI"
cik: "0001144215"
company_name: "ACUITY INC. (DE)"
filed_at: "2023-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T06:28:21.944223+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.05
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acuity Brands annual meeting results: directors elected, auditor ratified, say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 26.6M to 27.8M, broker non-votes 1.66M.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2023 approved: 28.2M for, 1.5M against, 15k abstain.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed: 26.6M for, 1.26M against, 259k abstain.
- Meeting held January 25, 2023 in Atlanta; all proposals passed as recommended by board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001144215-23-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AYI
- cik: 0001144215
- company_name: ACUITY INC. (DE)
- filed_at: 2023-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.05
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421523000039/0001144215-23-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421523000039/ayi-20230125.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ACUITY INC. (DE) shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal 2023 at the 2023-01-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-25
  source text: PROPOSAL 2 - Votes cast regarding the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2023 were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained 28,224,646 1,528,169 15,082
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421523000039/0001144215-23-000039-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ACUITY INC. (DE) shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-01-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-25
  source text: PROPOSAL 3 - The results of the advisory vote on the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes 26,587,152 1,262,272 259,192 1,659,281
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421523000039/0001144215-23-000039-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ACUITY INC. (DE) shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-01-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-25
  source text: PROPOSAL 1 - Votes regarding the persons elected to serve as Directors of the Company were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes Neil M. Ashe 26,698,817 1,386,551 23,248 1,659,281 Marcia J. Avedon, Ph.D. 27,813,061 272,659 22,896 1,659,281 W. Patrick Battle 27,692,019 393,455 23,142 1,659,281 Michael J. Bender 27,348,861 736,507 23,248 1,659,281 G. Douglas Dillard, Jr. 27,690,117 394,749 23,750 1,659,281 James H. Hance, Jr. 27,711,370 371,409 25,837 1,659,281 Maya Leibman 27,472,907 617,211 18,498 1,659,281 Laura G. O'Shaughnessy 27,862,756 221,966 23,894 1,659,281 Mark J. Sachleben 27,685,269 399,610 23,737 1,659,281 Mary A. Winston 26,629,442 1,456,287 22,887 1,659,281
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421523000039/0001144215-23-000039-index.htm

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