Acuity Brands, Inc. Compensation for Non-Employee Directors (Effective September 1, 2018)

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EX-10.C 4 ayi-20181130xex10c.htm EXHIBIT 10.C Exhibit
Exhibit 10(c)


Acuity Brands, Inc.
Compensation for Non-Employee Directors
(Effective September 1, 2018)


 
Annual Retainer

Cash Retainer
$80,000
Non-Cash Retainer
$145,000

Annual cash retainer is payable quarterly in arrears. The non-cash Retainer is deferred into the Nonemployee Director Deferred Compensation Plan until the nonemployee director stock ownership requirement has been met (5 times the annual cash retainer, or $400,000). If the stock ownership requirement has been met, each director may elect to have the value issued in the form of a stock grant or elect to have it deferred into the Nonemployee Director Deferred Compensation Plan.
                                
Annual Committee Chair Retainers

Audit Committee
$15,000
Compensation Committee
$15,000
Nominating and Governance Committee/Lead Director
$25,000

Annual retainers to committee chairs are payable quarterly in arrears.

Additional Meeting Fees

Board Meeting Fee (for each meeting attended in excess of 6 meetings)
$2,000
Committee Meeting Fee (for each meeting attended in excess of 6 meetings)
$1,500

Additional meetings fees are payable quarterly in arrears, if earned.

Equity Compensation

Each non-employee director continuing after the January 4, 2019 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting received a restricted stock award valued at $50,000 (429 shares). The shares will vest ratably over three years beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date (January 4, 2019).