Exhibit 10(iii)A(1)
ACUITY BRANDS,
INC.
MATCHING GIFT
PROGRAM
A. PURPOSE
Acuity Brands, Inc. (the
“Corporation”) has for many years made contributions to
philanthropic organizations. The matching gift program described
below has been developed to afford the directors of the Corporation
and participants in Tiers I through V of Acuity Brands Long-Term
Incentive Plan, on a voluntary basis, an opportunity to direct a
portion of the Corporation’s philanthropic giving to
organizations of greatest importance to them.
B. THE
PROGRAM
The Corporation will match, on a
dollar for dollar basis, cash contributions of at least Fifty
Dollars ($50) by Eligible Contributors to Eligible Recipients up to
a total maximum of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500) per
Eligible Contributor per fiscal year, except that the total maximum
for each executive officer and director of the Corporation and
president of an operating unit will be Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000) per fiscal year. Contributions may go to more than one
Eligible Recipient. Only contributions (not pledges) will be
matched. A contribution by an Eligible Contributor may be
designated for a specific use, but the Corporation’s matching
grants will be unrestricted, except as provided below.
C. ELIGIBLE
CONTRIBUTORS
All directors of the Corporation and
participants in Tiers 1 through V of Acuity Brands Long-Term
Incentive Plan as of the commencement of each fiscal year will be
eligible to participate in the Program during such fiscal
year.
D. ELIGIBLE
RECIPIENTS
Subject to the conditions set forth
below, the following types of institutions will be eligible to
receive matching gifts unde
