Acuity Brands Background Information Acuity Brands Lighting is the largest manufacturer of lighting equipment in the world.

Located in Conyers, GA. Key lighting brands: Lithonia, Holophane, Peerless, Hydrel, Gotham, American Electric Lighting, Antique Street Lamps, SpecLight, MetalOptics, Carandini (Europe). Key lighting markets served: commercial, industrial, institutional, residential, government. Key lighting customers: architects, lighting designers, electrical contractors, electrical distributors, engineers, building owners, maintenance and repair personnel, do-it-yourselfers. Acuity Brands, Inc. Created in December 2001 when National Service Industries spun off its lighting and chemical businesses. Listed on NYSE: AYI. Acuity Brands, Inc. Annual sales approximately $2.2 billion. Headquarters; Atlanta, GA. 10,000+ employees. Vernon J. Nagel, Chairman and CEO. Media Contact: Doug Baillie. Vice President, Communications. 770-922-9000. Website: www.acuitybrands.com Acuity Brands Specialty Products Group manufactures well-known commercial and industrial cleaning products. Brand names: Zep, Enforcer, and Selig.

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Douglass Baillie VP, Corporate Communications Acuity Brands Lighting 770-860-2318 Douglass.Baillie@AcuityBrands.com

Acuity Brands, Inc., with fiscal year 2006 net sales 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, Holophane, Peerless, Hydrel, American Electric Lighting, Gotham, Carandini, SpecLight, MetalOptics and Antique Street Lamps. Acuity Specialty Products is a leading provider of specialty chemicals and includes brands such as Zep, Zep Commercial, Enforcer, and Selig. 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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President & CEO Chief Financial Officer Senior VP, Human Resources Executive Vice Presidents for all brands Technology Vice Presidents Manufacturing Vice Presidents Sale Vice Presidents

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Douglass Baillie, Acuity Brands Lighting 770-922-9000, ext.2318 dbaillie@acuitybrands.com

Acuity Brands Lighting

Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) is the worlds largest manufacturer of lighting equipment for commercial, industrial, outdoor and residential applications. ABL is a $2.2 billion company with manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Mexico, China and Europe. These plants manufacture more than 100,000 fixtures per day which are supplied through strategically located distribution centers. ABL partners with some of the largest retail chains in the world, including Home Depot, Walmart and Starbucks. Acuity Brands Lighting is made up of a family of brands that includes: Lithonia Lighting, Holophane, Peerless, Hydrel, American Electric Lighting, Gotham, Antique Street Lamps, SpecLight, MetalOptics and Carandini. Key Channels to Market: Electrical wholesalers Lighting showrooms Home centers Utilities and infrastructure Energy service companies OEMs End users Key Markets Served: Commercial - Key Brands: Lithonia Lighting, Peerless, Hydrel, Gotham, SpecLight, MetalOptics, Carandini - Key Products: recessed and surface fluorescents, track lighting, downlighting, suspended lighting, emergency lighting, security lighting, sportslighting, area lighting, parking garage lighting, floodlighting, in-grade/landscape lighting, custom-designed lighting, control systems Industrial - Key Brands: Lithonia Lighting, Holophane, SpecLight, MetalOptics, Carandini - Key Products: high bays, low bays, dock lights, cleanroom lighting, emergency lighting, floodlighting, custom-designed lighting, control systems

Institutional - Key Brands: Lithonia Lighting, Peerless, Hydrel, Holophane, Gotham, SpecLight, Carandini - Key Products: recessed and surface fluorescents, downlighting, suspended lighting, emergency lighting, security lighting, area lighting, pedestrian lighting, parking garage lighting, rough service lighting, in-grade/landscape lighting, custom-designed lighting, control systems Residential - Key Brands: Lithonia Lighting - Key Products: decorative fluorescents, downlighting, floodlighting Utility - Key Brands: Lithonia Lighting, Holophane, American Electric Lighting, Antique Street Lamps - Key Products: area lighting, roadway lighting, pedestrian lighting, parking garage lighting, emergency lighting, security lighting, in-grade/landscape lighting, poles Government - Key Brands: Lithonia Lighting, Peerless, Hydrel, American Electric Lighting, Antique Street Lamps, SpecLight, Carandini - Key Products: recessed and surface fluorescents, track lighting, downlighting, area lighting, roadway lighting, pedestrian lighting, parking garage lighting, emergency lighting, security lighting, rough service lighting, floodlighting, in-grade/landscape lighting, poles, custom-designed lighting, control systems

Key Customers: Lighting designers Archtiects Electrical contractors Design-build contractors Engineers Building owners and developers Facility managers Facility maintenance and personnel Industrial maintenance and repair personnel Industrial plant managers Energy service companies Energy contractors Purchasing agents Government specifiers Municipal officials #

Acuity Brands, Inc., with fiscal year 2006 net sales 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, Holophane, Peerless, Hydrel, American Electric Lighting, Gotham, Carandini, SpecLight, MetalOptics and Antique Street Lamps. Acuity Specialty Products is a leading provider of specialty chemicals and includes brands such as Zep, Zep Commercial, Enforcer, and Selig. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Acuity Brands employs approximately 10,000 people and has operations throughout North America and in Europe and Asia.