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.

his Account balance under the ERA pursuant to the terms hereof. In addition, the Participant will be entitled to receive a benefit from the SERP equal to the benefit accrued under the SERP as reduced by his benefit under the ERA. Distribution of the Participant's SERP benefit will be made pursuant to the terms of the SERP.

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:

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 RSU Award. The grant entitles an Eligible Director to receive Shares on a one-to-one RSU-to-Share basis upon vesting as set forth in the vesting schedule in the Award Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Award Agreement.

Eligibility to Participate. All Employees are eligible to be selected to participate in the Plan. The Committee shall, in its sole discretion, designate which Employees will be Participants for the applicable Performance Period. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, designate an employee of a Joint Venture a Participant for the applicable Performance Period, and such employee will be treated as an Employee of the Company or a Subsidiary solely for purposes of this Plan.

Eligibility for Awards. An Award with respect to a Performance Period may be made pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan to # Participants for such Performance Period who shall have been an Employee at any time during such Performance Period, or to # the beneficiary or beneficiaries or legal representatives, as the Committee in its sole discretion shall determine, of any such person whose employment shall have been terminated by reason of his or her death during such Performance Period.

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.

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.

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)]

Eligibility and Participation. Participants in the Plan shall be selected by the Committee from among those Eligible Employees who, in the opinion of the Committee, are Eligible Employees in a position to contribute to the Company’s continued growth and development and to its long-term financial success.