# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001790061
**File Stem:** 0001790061-25-000007
**Filing Date:** 2025-10
**Character Count:** 8598
**Document Hash:** 437b40be3adc57044fbfac80d997ea2e
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001790061-25-000007.hdr.sgml**: 20251027

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001790061-25-000007

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 4

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251023

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251027

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251027

**REPORTING-OWNER**: 

**OWNER DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** GOLDMAN BARRY R
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001790061

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 4
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-16583
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251420308

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1200
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30309
**ISSUER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** ACUITY INC. (DE)
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001144215
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** ELECTRIC LIGHTING & WIRING EQUIPMENT [3640]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 04 Manufacturing
- **EIN:** 582632672
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0831

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1170 PEACHTREE STREET NE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1200
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30309
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 404-853-1400

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1170 PEACHTREE STREET NE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1200
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30309

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** ACUITY BRANDS INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20011108

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** L&C SPINCO INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20010629

### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## FORM 4

### STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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

[ ] Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **1. Name and Address of Reporting Person**<sup>*</sup><br>GOLDMAN BARRY R<br><sub>(Last) (First) (Middle)</sub><br>C/O ACUITY INC.<br>1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE, SUITE 1200<br><sub>(Street)</sub><br>ATLANTA, GA 30309<br><sub>(City) (State) (Zip)</sub> | **3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)**<br>2025-10-23 | **5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer**<br>(Check all applicable)<br>[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner<br>[X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)<br>_SVP & General Counsel_ |
| **2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol**<br>ACUITY INC. (DE) [ AYI ] | **4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)**<br>  | **6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)**<br>[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person<br>[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |

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## Table I - Non-Derivative Securities

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Transaction Date | 2A. Deemed Execution Date | 3. Transaction Code (V) | 3. Transaction Code (V) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 6. Ownership Form | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Transaction Date | 2A. Deemed Execution Date | Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 6. Ownership Form | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Common Stock | 2025-10-23 |  | A |  | 1297<sup>(1)</sup> | A | $0 | 7935 | D |  |
| Common Stock | 2025-10-24 |  | A |  | 6322<sup>(2)</sup> | A | $0 | 14257 | D |  |
| Common Stock | 2025-10-24 |  | F |  | 3712<sup>(3)</sup> | D | $370.34 | 10545 | D |  |
| Common Stock | 2025-10-24 |  | M |  | 1751 | A | $156.39 | 12296 | D |  |
| Common Stock | 2025-10-24 |  | M |  | 2936 | A | $116.36 | 15232 | D |  |
| Common Stock | 2025-10-24 |  | S |  | 1839 | D | 367.54<sup>(4)</sup> | 13393 | D |  |
| Common Stock | 2025-10-24 |  | S |  | 2848 | D | 368.32<sup>(5)</sup> | 10545 | D |  |

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## Table II - Derivative Securities

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price | 3. Transaction Date | 3A. Deemed Execution Date | 4. Transaction Code (V) | 4. Transaction Code (V) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date | 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 8. Price of Derivative Security | 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | 10. Ownership Form | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price | 3. Transaction Date | 3A. Deemed Execution Date | Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | 8. Price of Derivative Security | 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | 10. Ownership Form | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Non-Qualified Stock Option | $156.39 | 2025-10-24 |  | M |  |  | 1751 | <sup>(6)</sup> | 2027-10-25 | Common Stock | 1751 | $0 | 0 | D |  |
| Non-Qualified Stock Option | $116.36 | 2025-10-24 |  | M |  |  | 2936 | <sup>(7)</sup> | 2028-10-24 | Common Stock | 2936 | $0 | 0 | D |  |

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### Footnotes:

(1) Restricted stock unit awards were issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Acuity Inc. 2012 Omnibus Stock Incentive Compensation Plan. The common shares underlying the award vest in three equal annual installments beginning on October 23, 2026.

(2) The shares were issued upon the achievement and subsequent vesting of performance stock units (PSUs). These PSUs were granted on October 24, 2022, with a three-year performance period that began September 1, 2022, and ended August 31, 2025. On October 23, 2025, the Compensation and Management Development Committee certified the achievement of the performance measures and authorized the issuance of common stock underlying the PSUs on their vesting date, October 24, 2025.

(3) The transactions report the withholding of stock to cover tax liability associated with the vesting of restricted stock units or PSUs held by the reporting person.

(4) The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price.  These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $366.97 to $367.95, inclusive.  The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to Acuity Inc., any security holder of Acuity Inc., or the staff of the Security and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth herein.

(5) The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price.  These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $368.05 to $368.95, inclusive.  The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to Acuity Inc., any security holder of Acuity Inc., or the staff of the Security and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth herein.

(6) This option vested in equal annual installments over a three-year period and was fully vested on October 25, 2020.

(7) This option vested in equal annual installments over a three-year period and was fully vested on October 24, 2021.

**Signature:** /s/ Chanda Kirchner, Attorney-in-Fact for Barry R. Goldman  
**Date:** 2025-10-27

### Remarks:

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* 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).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

**Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.**