Form 4 - Neil Williams
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FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
[ ] Check this box if no longer STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
Form 5 obligations may continue. Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
See Instruction 1(b). Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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|1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* | 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol | 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) |
| | | to Issuer (Check allapplicable) |
| WILLIAMS NEIL | ACUITY BRANDS, INC. (AYI) | |
| | | [X] Director [ ] 10% Owner |
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| (Last) (First) (Middle) | 3. I.R.S. Identi- | 4. Statement for | [ ] Officer (give [ ] Other(specify |
| | fication Number | Month/Day/Year | title below) |
| C/O ACUITY BRANDS, INC. | of Reporting | | |
| 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE | Person, if an entity | 12/02/2002 | |
| SUITE 2400 | (voluntary) | | |
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| (Street) | | 5. If Amendment, | 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing |
| | | Date of Original| (Check Applicable Line) |
| ATLANTA GEORGIA 30309 | | (Month/Year) | [X]Form filed by One Reporting Person|
| | | | [ ]Form filed by More than One |
| | | | Reporting Person |
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| (City) (State) (Zip) |
| Table I-- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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|1. Title of Security | 2. Trans- | 3. Trans- |4. Securities Acquired (A) | 5. Amount of | 6. Ownership | 7. Nature |
| (Instr. 3) | action | action | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | Form: | of |
| | Date | Code | (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | Beneficially | Direct | Indirect|
| | (Month/ | (Instr.8)| | Owned at | (D) or | Bene- |
| | Day/ |-------------------------------------------- End of Month | Indirect | ficial |
| | Year) | Code | V | Amount | (A) or | Price | (Instr. 3 and | (I) | Owner- |
| | | | | | (D) | | 4) | | ship |
| | | | | | | | | | (Instr.4)|
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| COMMON STOCK | | | | | | | 1,000 | D | |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially directly or indirectly.
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
FORM 4 (continued) Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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|1. Title of Derivative | 2. Conver- | 3. Trans- | 4. Trans- | 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exerc- |
| Security (Instr. 3) | sion or | action | action | ative Securities isable and |
| | Exercise | Date | Code | Acquired (A) or Expiration |
| | Price of | (Month/ | (Instr. 8) | Disposed of (D) Date |
| | Deriv- | Day/ | | (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) (Month/Day/ |
| | ative | Year) | | Year) |
| | Security | |----------------------------------------------------------------------
| | | | Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date | Expira- |
| | | | | | | | Exercisable | tion Date |
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| DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION | | | | | | | | |
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| STOCK UNIT (FN 1) | 1 for 1 | 12/02/2002* | A | | 828 | | (FN 1) | (FN 1) |
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|7. Title and | 8. Price of | 9. Number of | 10. Ownership | 11. Nature of |
| Amount of | Derivative | Derivative | Form of | Indirect |
| Underlying | Security | Securities | Derivative | Beneficial |
| Securities | (Instr. 5) | Beneficially | Security: | Ownership |
| (Instr. 3 and 4) | | Owned at End | Direct (D) | (Instr. 4) |
---------------------------- | of Month | or Indirect (I)| |
| Title | Amount or | | (Instr. 4) | (Instr. 4) | |
| | Number of | | | | |
| | Shares | | | | |
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|Common Stock | | | 13,510 (FN 2) | D | |
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|Common Stock | 828 | $13.58 | 9,051 (FN 1) | D | |
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Explanation of Responses:
* Deemed Transaction Date is the same as Transaction Date.
FN 1. Stock Units are accrued under the Issuer's Nonemployee Directors' Deferred Stock Unit Plan and
are payable in cash upon retirement. Accruals include an annual grant, required and elective deferral
of director fees and reinvestment of dividend equivalents. During the Reporting Period, deferral of fees paid
resulted in an increase of 828 units.
FN 2. Represents the total number of Director Stock Options held at various exercise prices and grant dates
as of the Reporting Date.
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/s/ Neil Williams 12/4/2002
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** Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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