SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2020-10-23

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<div><a name="s1e2751251ea64ee1be22a4d311954d48"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10(iii)A(88)</font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">ACUITY BRANDS, INC.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">SEVERANCE AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">THIS SEVERANCE AGREEMENT (the &#8220;Agreement&#8221;) is made and entered into as of March 2, 2020, by and between ACUITY BRANDS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Dianne S. Mills</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#32;(&#8220;Executive&#8221;).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">W I T N E S S E T H:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">WHEREAS, Executive is a key employee of the Company and an integral part of the Company&#8217;s management; </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide the Executive with certain benefits if the Executive&#8217;s employment is terminated involuntarily under certain circumstances; </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive have determined it is in their mutual best interests to enter into this Agreement; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows: </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:6px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:11pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">TERM OF AGREEMENT.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">This Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and shall continue unless or until terminated as provided herein. This Agreement shall not be considered an employment agreement and in no way guarantees Executive the right to continue in the employment of the Company or its affiliates. Executive&#8217;s employment is considered employment at will, subject to Executive&#8217;s right to receive payments and benefits upon certain terminations of employment as provided below.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">As of the date hereof, to the extent that the Executive and the Company have previously entered into a&#160;severance agreement related to the terms and conditions addressed in this Agreement, such agreement is superseded and replaced in its entirety by this Agreement.&#160;&#160; Unless it is specifically provided otherwise, this Agreement does not supersede any Change in Control Agreement between t