Acuity Brands Reports Fiscal 2009 First Quarter Results.

Business Wire › January 06, 2009

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Acuity Brands Reports Fiscal 2009 First Quarter Results.

ATLANTA -- Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) today announced results for the first quarter of fiscal 2009, including net sales of $452.0 million, a decline of 11 percent compared with $508.9 million for the year-ago period. Operating profit was $33.7 million and $54.9 million for the three months ended November 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Diluted earnings per share (EPS) for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 was $0.48 compared with $0.72 for the prior year. The results for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 include a $22.1 million pre-tax special charge, or $0.34 per diluted share, and prior year's first quarter includes a $14.6 million ...

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