Acuity Brands Declares Quarterly Dividend.ATLANTA -- The Board of Directors of Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AYI AYI Academy of Young Investors ) today declared a quarterly dividend of 15 cents per share Cents per share The amount of a mutual fund's dividend or capital gains distributions that a shareholder will receive for each share owned. (an annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. rate of 60 cents per share). The dividend is payable on February 1, 2007 to shareholders of record on January 22, 2007. Acuity Brands, Inc., with fiscal year 2006 net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight of approximately $2.4 billion, is comprised of Acuity Brands Lighting and Acuity Specialty Products. Acuity Brands Lighting is one of the world's leading providers of lighting fixtures and includes brands such as Lithonia Lighting[R], Holophane[R], Peerless[R], Hydrel[R], American Electric Lighting[R], Gotham[R], Carandini[R], SpecLight[R], MetalOptics[R] and Antique Street Lamps[TM]. Acuity Specialty Products is a leading provider of specialty chemicals and includes brands such as Zep[R], Zep Commercial[R], Enforcer[R], and Selig[TM]. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Acuity Brands employs approximately 10,200 people and has operations throughout North America and in Europe and Asia. |
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