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SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4

FORM 4

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

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

BALLOUN JAMES S

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

1170 PEACHTREE STREET, NE

SUITE 2400

(Street)

ATLANTA

30309

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

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

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

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chairman, President & CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/30/2003

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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	11/29/2003		A		10,535⁽¹⁾	A	$0	38,492	D
Common Stock	11/30/2003		F		2,029	D	$23.85	36,463	D
Common Stock⁽²⁾	11/30/2003		D		54	D	$23.85	36,409	D
Common Stock								884	I	by 401(k)
Common Stock								50,934	I	by Family LP
Common Stock								90,000	I	by GRAT

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents receipt of restricted shares awarded under the Acuity Brands, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan upon the achievement of specified performance target. The restricted shares will vest in annual installments in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

2. Includes 21,285 time-vesting restricted shares and 6,457 shares held in a Section 423 stock purchase plan.

	By: Jill A. Gilmer, as Power of Attorney For: James S. Balloun	12/02/2003
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all by these  presents,  that the undersigned  hereby
constitutes and
appoints  each of  Helen D. Haines,  Vice  President  and Secretary, and
Jill A.
Gilmer,  Assistant Secretary,  signing singly, the undersigned's true
and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

1.   execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity
     as an officer  and/or  director of Acuity  Brands,  Inc.  (the
"Company"),
     Forms 3,  4,  and 5 in  accordance  with  Section 16(a)  of the
Securities
     Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

2.   do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned  which
     may be necessary  or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form 3,  4,
     or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto,
and timely
     file such form with the United States  Securities  and Exchange
Commission
     and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

3.   take  any  other  action  of any type  whatsoever  in  connection
with the
     foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit
     to, in the best interest of, or legally  required by, the
undersigned,  it
     being understood that the documents  executed by such  attorney-in-
fact  on
     behalf of the  undersigned  pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in
     such  form  and  shall   contain   such  terms  and   conditions
as  such
     attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such  attorney-in-fact full
power and
authority  to do and perform any and every act and thing  whatsoever
requisite,
necessary,  or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or
could do if personally  present,  with full power of substitution or
revocation,
hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  such  attorney-in-fact,
or  such
attorney-in-fact's  substitute or substitutes,  shall lawfully do or
cause to be
done by virtue of this  power of  attorney  and the  rights  and  powers
herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing  attorneys-in-
fact,  in
serving in such  capacity at the request of the  undersigned,  are not
assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     This Power of  Attorney  shall  remain in full  force and effect
until the
undersigned is no longer  required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the
undersigned's  holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company,
unless earlier revoked by the  undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be
executed as of this 19th day of August, 2002.



                                     /s/ James S. Balloun
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                                                 Signature

                                      James S. Balloun
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