Edgar Filing: ACUITY BRANDS INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

HEAGLE JAMES H

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ACUITY BRANDS INC [AYI]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Executive Vice President

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O ACUITY BRANDS, INC., 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE, SUITE 2400

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/23/2005

(Street)

ATLANTA, GA 30309

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
08/25/2005

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	08/23/2005		A		2,375 ⁽¹⁾	A	$ 0 ⁽¹⁾	37,550 ⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock								201	I	by 401(k)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Units

⁽³⁾

08/23/2005

2,375 ⁽⁴⁾

⁽⁵⁾

Common Stock

2,375

$ 0

13,991 ⁽⁶⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
HEAGLE JAMES H C/O ACUITY BRANDS, INC. 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE, SUITE 2400 ATLANTA, GA 30309			Executive Vice President

Signatures

Jill A. Gilmer, under Power of Attorney for James H. Heagle		05/03/2006
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Issued upon the achievement of performance targets set forth in a Restricted Stock Award Agreement dated December 18, 2002 under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan. Shares remain restricted until November 30, 2006, and at that time are payable one-third in cash and two-thirds in shares.
(2)	The total direct shares owned following the reported transactions includes 24,598 time-vesting restricted shares.
(3)	1-for-1
(4)	Issued upon the achievement of performance targets set forth in a Restricted Stock Award Agreement dated December 18, 2002 under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan. At the time of the award, the Reporting Person elected to have 50% of restricted stock earned deferred into the Acuity Brands Supplemental Deferred Savings Plan.
(5)	Stock Units and any dividend equivalents earned on Stock Units are held in Acuity Brands Supplemental Deferred Savings Plan and will be paid in cash according to the plan's provisions.
(6)	This amendment is being filed solely to report a correction to the total number of Share Units held in the Supplemental Deferred Savings Plan following the reported transaction. The original Form 4, filed on August 25, 2005, incorrectly reported the total as 13,979 instead of 13,991.

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