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 ) has 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. . The dividend is payable on November 1, 2006 to shareholders of record on October 16, 2006. Acuity Brands, Inc., with fiscal year 2005 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 $2.2 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], and Gotham[R]. Acuity Specialty Products is a leading provider of specialty chemicals and includes brands such as Zep[R], Zep Commercial[TM], Enforcer[R], and Selig[TM]. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Acuity Brands employs approximately 10,000 people and has operations throughout North America and in Europe and Asia. |
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