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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001144215-25-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AYI"
cik: "0001144215"
company_name: "ACUITY INC. (DE)"
filed_at: "2025-01-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T06:15:10.888679+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.82
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.82
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acuity Brands Q1 FY2025 sales up 2%, adj EPS $3.97 (+7%); closes QSC acquisition

## Summary
- Net sales $951.6M, up 1.8% YoY; reported diluted EPS $3.35, up 4.4%.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $3.97, up 6.7%; adjusted operating profit $158.7M, up 3.1%.
- Lighting segment sales $886M (+1.1%); Intelligent Spaces sales $73.5M (+14.5%), op profit up 500 bps.
- Completed QSC acquisition Jan 1, 2025 for $1.215B gross ($1.1B net of tax benefits).
- Net cash from operations $132.2M; repurchased ~17k shares for $5M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001144215-25-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AYI
- cik: 0001144215
- company_name: ACUITY INC. (DE)
- filed_at: 2025-01-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.82
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.82
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421525000010/0001144215-25-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1144215/000114421525000010/ayi-20250108.htm

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