Acuity Brands Promotes Mary Bruce Edmonds to Vice President, Risk Management.

ATLANTA -- Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) announced that Mary Bruce Edmonds has been promoted to Vice President, Risk Management for Acuity Brands, Inc.

Mary Bruce joined the former parent company of Acuity Brands in July 1984 as a risk analyst/project manager. She has held many positions within the Risk Management department, most recently Director of Risk Management.

Prior to joining Acuity Brands, Mary Bruce was employed by Allstate Insurance and Bass & Company. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Mary Baldwin College and the Associate in Risk Management designation from the Insurance Institute of America. In January 2006, Mary Bruce was awarded the Walter H. Buce Memorial Award as Insurance and Risk Management Professional of the Year by the Atlanta Chapter of the Risk & Insurance Management Society.

Acuity Brands, Inc., with fiscal year 2005 net sales of approximately $2.2 billion, is comprised of Acuity Brands Lighting and Acuity Specialty Products. Acuity Brands Lighting is one of the worldeIUs leading providers of lighting fixtures and includes brands such as Lithonia LightingE1/2, HolophaneE1/2, PeerlessE1/2, HydrelE1/2, American Electric LightingE1/2, and GothamE1/2. Acuity Specialty Products is a leading provider of specialty chemicals and includes brands such as ZepE1/2, Zep CommercialE1/2, EnforcerE1/2, and Selige. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Acuity Brands employs approximately 10,000 people and has operations throughout North America and in Europe and Asia.