Options may be granted to Employees, Officers, Directors (including Non-Employee Directors), Management Company Employees, and Consultants of the Company and its Affiliates who are, in the opinion of the Committee, in a position to contribute to the success of the Company or any of its Affiliates or who, by virtue of their service to the Company or any predecessors thereof or to any of its Affiliates, are in the opinion of the Committee, worthy of special recognition. Except as may be otherwise set out in this Plan, the granting of Options is entirely discretionary. Nothing in this Plan will be deemed to give any person any right to participate in this Plan or to be granted an Option and the designation of any Optionee in any year or at any time will not require the designation of such person to receive an Option in any other year or at any other time. The Committee will consider such factors as it deems pertinent in selecting participants and in determining the amounts and terms of their respective Options for recommendation to the Board.

Determination of Eligibility. It is intended that eligibility to participate in this Plan will be limited to Eligible Persons, as determined by the RPAC, in its sole and absolute discretion. An Eligible Person will become a Participant by completing an Election Form and making a Subsequent RSU Deferral Election pursuant to [Section 4.1]. Eligibility to become a Participant for any Plan Year will not entitle an Eligible Person to continue as an active Participant for any subsequent Plan Year.

General Eligibility Requirements. The Participants for the Performance Period consist of employees who are # not in a Covered Management Position; # not eligible to participate in any other annual incentive plan; and # classified by the Company as # Grade [[Unknown Identifier]] or higher or # Grade T09, [[Unknown Identifier]] or [[Unknown Identifier]]. The Committee may designate additional Participants. Participants are separately notified of their eligibility to participate in the Plan. If an individual is in a Covered Management Position at any point during the Performance Period, then such individual will not be eligible for an award or payment under this Plan. The Committee’s eligibility determination shall be final and binding for all purposes.

S-3 Eligibility. At the time the Registration Statement was or will be declared effective, and at the time the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K was filed with the Commission, the Company met or will meet the then applicable requirements for the use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, including, but not limited to, General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3, if applicable. As of the close of trading on the Exchange on August 30, 2021, the aggregate market value of the outstanding voting and non-voting common equity (as defined in Rule 405) of the Company held by persons other than affiliates of the Company (pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act, those that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, control, or are controlled by, or are under common control with, the Company) (the “Non-Affiliate Shares”), was approximately $32,956,409 (calculated by multiplying # the price at which the common equity of the Company was last sold on the Exchange on August 30, 2021 times # the number of Non-Affiliate Shares). The Company is not a shell company (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) and has not been a shell company for at least 12 calendar months previously and if it has been a shell company at any time previously, has filed current Form 10 information (as defined in General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3) with the Commission at least 12 calendar months previously reflecting its status as an entity that is not a shell company.

Eligibility for Severance. Executive becomes eligible to receive Severance (as defined below in Section 5) under this Agreement upon an Involuntary Termination of Employment, provided that the Executive:

RSUs will be granted only to selected employees and to nonemployee directors of the Company or to selected employees of a Designated Employer. Frequency and level of awards to individual participants will be determined by the administrative authority. Individual awards under this Plan will not necessarily be granted annually. The entitlement to receive amounts and Common Shares pursuant to clause 2 and clause 6 arises from past services rendered from the Grant Date to the date of vesting of the RSU.

As of the initial Funding Date, # [Schedule C] and the information contained in the Funding Request delivered pursuant to Section 2.01 is an accurate and complete listing in all material respects of the Receivables constituting a portion of the Collateral as of the date of the Initial Loan and the information contained therein with respect to the identity of such Receivables and the amounts owing thereunder is true and correct in all material respects as of the related Cutoff Date, # each such Receivable is an Eligible Receivable, # each such Receivable is free and clear of any Lien of any Person (other than Permitted Liens) and in compliance, in all material respects, with all Applicable Laws and # with respect to each such Receivable, all material consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of or registrations or declarations with any Governmental Authority required to be obtained, effected or given by the Borrower in connection with the origination, purchase and pledge of such Receivable and the related Collateral to the Administrative Agent have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in full force and effect; and

Window Program Eligibility Any Eligible Participant (as defined in this Paragraph 89) shall be eligible during the Window Election Period to elect the commencement of benefits hereunder effective as of, and as soon as administratively feasible after, the Early Distribution Date, in lieu of any other benefit under this Plan, in any one of the available forms of distribution described in [subparagraph (b)]

In General: An Executive Officer shall become a Participant in this Plan on the later of the Effective Date or the date he became an Executive Officer, subject to the conditions and limitations provided for herein, provided that James Balloun shall not be eligible to participate in this Plan. Unless otherwise approved by the Board or unless the Executive Officer has waived all benefits under such plan, an Executive Officer who is a participant in the Acuity Brands, Inc. Supplemental Retirement Plan for Executives shall not be eligible to become a Participant in this Plan.

Eligibility for Award. On the date of each of the Company’s annual stockholders’ meetings (the “Annual Meeting”), each person who is or becomes an Eligible Director at such meeting and whose service on the Board is expected to continue following such meeting shall be granted an Award of Restricted Stock.