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Amendment No.2 to Acuity Brands, Inc Nonemployee Director Deferred Compensation

 Exhibit 10(iii)A(86) 
 AMENDMENT NO. 2 
 TO 
 ACUITY
BRANDS, INC. 
 NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN 
 (As Amended And Restated Effective As Of June 29, 2006) 
 THIS AMENDMENT made as of this 24th day of October, 2008, by ACUITY BRANDS,
INC. (the “Company”); 
 W I T N E S S E T H: 
 WHEREAS, the Company established the Acuity Brands, Inc. Nonemployee Director Deferred Compensation Plan, which Plan was amended and restated generally effective
as of June 29, 2006 (the “Plan”), subject to the transition rules of Section 409A; 
 WHEREAS, the Company now desires to amend the
Plan in the manner hereinafter provided; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended, as follows: 
 1. 
 Section 8 is hereby amended by deleting the present
section in its entirety and substituting the following in lieu thereof: 
 “8. Amendment; Termination. The Company (or its designee) shall
have the right in its sole discretion to amend this Plan in any manner at any time; provided, however, that no such amendment shall reduce the Eligible Director’s vested interest in his Account at that time. Any amendment shall be in writing
and executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company. All Eligible Directors shall be bound by such amendment. 
 The Company expects to continue
this Plan, but does not obligate itself to do so. The Company reserves the right to discontinue and terminate the Plan at any time, in whole or in part, for any reason (including a change, or an impending change, in the tax laws of the United States
or any State). If the Plan is terminated, the Committee shall be notified of such action in a writing executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company, and the Plan shall be terminated at the time therein set forth. Upon such termination,
(i) the Eligible Director’s Pre-Section 409A Account shall be paid in a manner determined by the Committee, and (ii) the Eligible Director’s Section 409A Account shall be paid in a lump sum, provided that (A) the
Company terminates at the same time any other arrangement that would be aggregated with the Plan under Section 409A; (B) the Company does not adopt any other arrangement that would be aggregated with the Plan under Section 409A for
three years; (C) the payment upon such termination shall not commence until 12 months after the date of termination and all such payments are completed within 24 months after the date of termination; and (D) such other requirements as may
be imposed by Section 409A are satisfied. The termination of this Plan shall not result in the 

 
reduction of the amount credited to the Eligible Director’s Account as of the date of such termination.” 
 2. 
 This Amendment No. 2 shall be effective as of
October 24, 2008. Except as hereby modified, the Plan shall remain in full force and effect. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this
Amendment No. 2 as of the date first written above. 
  
  

			
	ACUITY BRANDS, INC.
		
	By:	 	/S/  VERNON J. NAGEL
		 	 Vernon J. Nagel
 Chairman, President, and
 Chief Executive Officer

  

 2Amendment No.2 to Acuity Brands, Inc 2002 Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan

 Exhibit 10(iii)A(87) 
 AMENDMENT NO. 2 
 TO 
 ACUITY
BRANDS, INC. 
 2002 SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN 
 (As Amended And Restated Effective As Of January 1, 2005) 
 THIS AMENDMENT made as of this 24th day of October, 2008, by ACUITY BRANDS,
INC. (the “Company”); 
 W I T N E S S E T H: 
 WHEREAS, the Company established the Acuity Brands, Inc. 2002 Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, which Plan was amended and restated generally effective as of
January 1, 2005 (the “Plan”), subject to the transition rules of Section 409A; 
 WHEREAS, the Company now desires to amend the Plan
in the manner hereinafter provided; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended, as follows: 
 1. 
 Section 3.7 is hereby amended by deleting the present section in its entirety and substituting
the following in lieu thereof: 
 “3.7 Form of Payment of Accrued Benefit: The form of benefit payment shall be a monthly benefit payable
for 180 months. If a Participant receiving benefit payments dies before 180 monthly benefit payments have been made, benefit payments shall be continued to the Participant’s Beneficiary until the sum of monthly payments to both the Participant
and his Beneficiary is 180. If the Participant’s Beneficiary dies before a total of 180 payments have been made, the remaining payments shall be made to the Participant’s estate or the Beneficiary’s estate, as indicated by the
Participant on the designation of beneficiary form provided by the Administrator. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, with respect to the Participant’s
Pre-Section 409A Benefit elect to offer additional payment options for benefits under the Plan or the Administrator may elect to accelerate the time and manner of payment of any benefits (including payment of a lump sum), including any
death benefits, payable under the Plan, provided that any such alternative form of benefit payment shall be substantially equivalent (using the Actuarial Equivalent factors in Section 1.1(c)) to the normal form of benefit payment provided for
in this Section 3.7. 
 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article III, in the event a Participant who is a “key employee” (as
determined by the Administrator in accordance with rules established by the Administrator under Section 409A) becomes entitled to payments under this Article III of his Section 409A Benefit, payments of such benefit shall not commence
until 6 months after such Participant separates from service (unless otherwise permitted by Section 409A) and on such 

 
date the payments that would have been made during such six-month period shall be made in a lump sum.” 
 2. 
 This Amendment No. 2 shall be effective as of October 24, 2008. Except as hereby modified,
the Plan shall remain in full force and effect. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Amendment No. 2 as of the date first written
above. 
  
  

			
	ACUITY BRANDS, INC.
		
	By:	 	/S/  VERNON J. NAGEL
		 	 Vernon J. Nagel
 Chairman, President, and
 Chief Executive Officer

  

 2Amendment No.3 to Acuity Brands, Inc 2002 Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan

 Exhibit 10(iii)A(88) 
 AMENDMENT NO. 3 
 TO 
 ACUITY
BRANDS, INC. 
 2002 SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN 
 (As Amended And Restated Effective As Of January 1, 2005) 
 THIS AMENDMENT made as of this 24th day of October, 2008, by ACUITY BRANDS,
INC. (the “Company”); 
 W I T N E S S E T H: 
 WHEREAS, the Company established the Acuity Brands, Inc. 2002 Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, which Plan was amended and restated generally effective as of
January 1, 2005 (the “Plan”), subject to the transition rules of Section 409A; 
 WHEREAS, the Company now desires to amend the
Plan in the manner hereinafter provided; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended, as follows: 
 1. 
 Section 1.1(a) is hereby amended by adding the
following proviso to the end of the first sentence of the present section: 
 “; provided, that for Executive Officers who are active employees on
January 1, 2009, the monthly benefit payable commencing at Normal Retirement Date shall be an amount equal to the product of 1.8% of the Participant’s Average Annual Compensation multiplied by the Participant’s Years of Credited
Service up to a maximum of ten (10) years, divided by twelve (12).” 
 2. 
 This Amendment No. 3 shall be effective as of January 1, 2009. Except as hereby modified, the Plan shall remain in full force and effect. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Amendment No. 3 as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	ACUITY BRANDS, INC.
		
	BY:	 	/S/  VERNON J. NAGEL
		 	 Vernon J. Nagel
 Chairman, President, and
 Chief Executive OfficerAmendment No.3 to Acuity Brands, Inc. 2005 Supplemental Deferred Savings Plan

 Ex. 10(iii)A(89) 
 AMENDMENT NO. 3 
 TO 
 ACUITY BRANDS, INC.

 2005 SUPPLEMENTAL DEFERRED SAVINGS PLAN 
 THIS
AMENDMENT made as of this 24th day of October, 2008, by ACUITY BRANDS, INC. (the “Company”); 
 W I T N E
S S E T H: 
 WHEREAS, the Company established the Acuity Brands, Inc. 2005 Supplemental Deferred Savings Plan,
which was generally effective as of January 1, 2005 (the “Plan”), subject to the transition rules of Section 409A; 
 WHEREAS, the
Company now desires to amend the Plan in the manner hereinafter provided; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended, as follows: 
 1. 
 Section 2.31 is hereby amended by deleting the present
Section in its entirety and substituting the following in lieu thereof: 
 “2.31 “Retirement Account” means the account
established for the Participant which will be payable in the manner elected by the Participant if the Participant terminates employment upon death, Disability, or after attaining age 55 and completing at least five Years of Service.”

 2. 
 Article V is hereby amended by deleting the
present Article V in its entirety and substituting the following in lieu thereof: 
 “ARTICLE V 
 PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS 
 5.1 Timing and Form of
Payment. 
 (a) Subject to subsection (h) below, on the Election Form, the Participant shall make an election as to the timing and form of
payment for any Participant deferrals for such Plan Year and the form of payment for any Employer contribution credits for such Plan Year pursuant to Section 4.1 (such contributions are automatically credited to the Participant’s
Retirement Account) from among the options set forth below for the Participant’s Retirement Account and for any Cash In-Service Account. Once the Participant elects a form of payment for the Retirement Account, and the time and form of payment
for any Cash In-Service Account, those elections may only be changed twice and only in accordance with subsection (e) below. 

 (b) The Participant will be entitled to payment of his Retirement Account in accordance with his payment election
if he terminates employment upon death, Disability, or after attaining age 55 and completing five or more Years of Service. The Participant may elect that the vested amount of his Retirement Account be distributed in a lump sum, or in annual
payments for a period of up to ten (10) years, provided that if the balance of the Participant’s Account is less than $15,000, the Participant’s Account will automatically be paid in a lump sum. For example, under the 10-year annual
payment method, the first year’s payment will equal one tenth (1/10) of the total Account, the second year’s will equal one ninth (1/9) of the remaining Account, and so forth. Subject to subsection (h) below, payment of the
Participant’s Retirement Account shall be made (i) if the payment is in a lump sum, within 90 days after the event entitling the Participant to payment, or (ii) if the payment is in installments, commencing in the January following
the event entitling the Participant to payment. 
 (c) The Participant may elect to have a Cash In-Service Account payable (or commence to be paid)
during January of the year selected by the Participant on the Election Form (which initial payment date may not be earlier than two years after the end of the calendar year during which amounts are first credited to such Account), in a lump sum or
in annual payments over a period of up to ten (10) years, in the manner provided in (a) above, as applicable; provided, that any subsequent deferrals to such designated Cash In-Service Account must be made no later than the end of the
calendar year ending two years prior to such payment date; provided, further, that a Participant may only establish such number of Cash In-Service Accounts for his Account as may be permitted by the Plan Administrator (or his designee) and the Plan
Administrator may increase the minimum deferral period for Cash In-Service Accounts. Notwithstanding the Participant’s elections under this Section 5.1(c), in the event the Participant becomes entitled to payment of his Retirement Account
under subsection (b) above or to his Account under Section 5.2 below, the remaining balance of the Participant’s Account shall be payable in accordance with the provisions for payment under subsection (b) or under
Section 5.2 (whether or not the Cash In-Service Account was in payment status at such time). 
 (d) The Participant will designate each Plan Year
which portion of the Participant’s deferrals for such Plan Year shall be credited to the Participant’s Retirement Account and any Cash In-Service Accounts he has established. If a Participant’s Account is distributed in installments,
the Account shall continue to be credited with deemed earnings, gains and losses in accordance with Article IV until the entire amount of the Account is distributed. 
 (e) A Participant may, not less than twelve (12) months prior to the payment dates of any Cash In-Service Accounts he has established under subsection (c) above, and with the approval of the Plan Administrator, elect
to defer the date on which payment of any Cash In-Service Account shall commence and/or change the method of payment of such Cash In-Service Account, provided that, (i) after the initial election under subsection (c), a Participant may only
make two election changes with respect to a particular Cash In-Service Account (after the second such election change, the election shall become irrevocable); (ii) except as otherwise permitted by Section 409A, the first in-service payment
with respect to any such changed election must be deferred at least 5 years from the date such payment would otherwise have been made, (iii) except as otherwise permitted by Section 409A, the election shall not become effective for 12
months. 
  

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 A Participant may, not less than twelve (12) months prior to the event entitling the Participant to payment of
his Retirement Account under subsection (b) above, elect to change the method of payment of the Participant’s Retirement Account, provided that (i) only two such changes are permitted and after the second such election change, the
election is irrevocable; (ii) the payment date for the Participant’s Retirement Account will be deferred for 5 years for each election change, and (iii) the election shall not become effective for 12 months. 
 The change of election shall be made through a method established by the Plan Administrator. 
 (f) Notwithstanding the Participant’s payment elections under this Article V, the entire amount remaining in the Participant’s Account will be paid to
the Participant in a lump sum in January of the calendar year in which the Participant will attain age 80. 
 (g) Unless the Participant elects
otherwise as provided below, the vested amounts credited to his Deferred Restricted Stock Subaccount shall automatically be paid in a single payment in January, 2008. The Participant may elect on such form as may be provided by the Plan
Administrator to receive payment (i) at the same time as the initial payment of his Retirement Account (assuming the Participant qualifies under subsection (b)), or (ii) during January of the year selected by the Participant for
payment of his Restricted Stock In-Service Account. If the Participant terminates employment prior to the payment date of his Restricted Stock In-Service Account or event entitling the Participant to payment under subsection (b), payment of the
Participant’s Deferred Restricted Stock Subaccount will be made within 90 days after the Participant’s termination of employment. All distributions from the Participant’s Deferred Restricted Stock Subaccount shall be made in a lump
sum. The Participant may elect to change the time of payment of his Restricted Stock In-Service Account, but such election may only be changed twice and only in accordance with the provisions of subsection (e) above. 
 The amounts credited to the Participant’s Deferred Restricted Stock Subaccount shall be subject to the Financial Hardship distribution rules of
Section 5.5. The amounts credited to the Deferred Restricted Stock Subaccount that are treated as invested in Shares shall be paid in Shares. 
 (h) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article V, in the event a Participant who is a “key employee” (as determined by the Plan Administrator in accordance with procedures established by the Committee that are consistent
with Section 409A) becomes entitled to payments upon separation from service, payments shall not commence until 6 months after such Participant separates from service and on such date the payments that would have been made during such six-month
period shall be made. 
 5.2 Payment upon Certain Terminations of Service. 
 Subject to Section 5.1(h) above, the vested amount of the Participant’s Account (including any unpaid amounts in the Participant’s In-Service
Accounts) will be paid in a lump sum within 90 days after the end of the month following the date on which the Participant has a Termination of Service and the elections under Section 5.1 shall not be recognized, unless the 

  

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Participant has completed 5 Years of Service and attained age 55 at the time of such Termination of Service, or the Participant qualifies for Disability under the
terms of this Plan. 
 5.3 Payment at Death. 
 In the event a Participant dies while actively employed prior to Termination of Service, the entire amount of the Participant’s Account will become fully vested and will be paid in accordance with the Participant’s election under
subsection (b). The form of payment to the Beneficiary shall be in accordance with the Participant’s election on the Election Form and, in the absence of such election, payment will be made in a lump sum. 
 5.4 Payment at Disability. 
 In the event of the
Participant’s Total and Permanent Disability (as defined in Section 2.38), the entire amount of the Participant’s Account will become fully vested and payment will be made in accordance with the Participant’s election under
subsection (b). Once payment has commenced, payments will continue as elected regardless of any future change in the Participant’s disability status. 
 5.5 Financial Hardship Distribution. 
 Subject to approval by the Plan Administrator, the Participant may apply to
withdraw, upon a showing of Financial Hardship, part or all of his vested Account. If the Plan Administrator determines that a distribution should be made on account of Financial Hardship, distribution from the Participant’s Account shall be
made as soon as administratively practical. Such distribution shall not exceed the dollar amount necessary to satisfy the Financial Hardship plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution, after taking
into account the extent to which the Financial Hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Participant’s assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not
itself cause Financial Hardship).” 
  
 3. 
 Section 8.2 is hereby amended by adding the following words to the end of subsection (iii) thereof: 
 “and all such payments are completed within 24 months after the date of termination;” 
  

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 4. 
 This
Amendment No. 2 shall be effective as of October 24, 2008. Except as hereby modified, the Plan shall remain in full force and effect. 
 IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Amendment No. 3 as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	ACUITY BRANDS, INC.
		
	By:	 	/S/  VERNON J. NAGEL
		 	 Vernon J. Nagel
 Chairman, President, and
 Chief Executive Officer

  

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