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ACUITY INC. (DE)

NYSE: AYI. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.

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Alpha ID
alpha:company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168
SEC CIK
0001144215
Record version
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 15, 2026
Newest evidence
Dec 11, 2025
Monitoring
Not yet monitored Details
Integrity
Not yet signed Methodology
CEO
Neil M. AsheSince Dec 11, 2025
Chair
Not published
Independent
8 / 99 directors published
Published claims
312 distinct sources
Evidence records
40 pinned
Source conflicts
0None open

Built from 2 distinct sources and 4 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.

CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed

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CEO CHANGED

Neil M. Ashe executive of ACUITY INC. (DE), effective 2025-12-11.

EffectiveEffective Dec 11, 2025E3

Monitoring

Continuous

What the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.

  • Identityunclaimed
    Published
  • Evidencesource_reported
    Published
  • Evaluationnot_evaluated
    Published
  • MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • Freshnesscurrent
    Published

Leadership

Evidence
RolePersonSinceStatusClaim
Chairman, President and Chief Executive OfficerNeil M. AsheDec 2025currentSource reportedE3

Board of directors

Evidence

9 directors published. 8 of 9 with a published determination are independent.

DirectorStatusSinceCommitteesClaim
G. Douglas Dillard, Jr.Independent2017AuditAudit; Nominating and GovernanceNominating and GovernanceSource reportedE2
James H. Hance, Jr.Independent2014CompensationCompensation; Nominating and Governance · ChairNominating and Governance, chairSource reportedE2
Laura G. O'ShaughnessyIndependent2020None publishedSource reportedE2
Marcia J. AvedonIndependent2022CompensationCompensation; Nominating and GovernanceNominating and GovernanceSource reportedE2
Mark J. SachlebenIndependent2021Audit, chairAudit · Chair; Nominating and GovernanceNominating and GovernanceSource reportedE2
Maya LeibmanIndependent2020Compensation, chairCompensation · Chair; Nominating and GovernanceNominating and GovernanceSource reportedE2
Michael J. BenderIndependent2022AuditAudit; Nominating and GovernanceNominating and GovernanceSource reportedE2
Neil M. AsheNot independent2020None publishedSource reportedE2
W. Patrick BattleIndependent2014CompensationCompensation; Nominating and GovernanceNominating and GovernanceSource reportedE2

Committees and risk ownership

Evidence
CommitteeChairMembersRisks assigned
AuditMark J. SachlebenMark J. Sachleben, G. Douglas Dillard, Jr., Michael J. BenderNot described in the published record
Audit · Chair; Nominating and GovernanceNot publishedMark J. SachlebenNot described in the published record
Audit; Nominating and GovernanceNot publishedG. Douglas Dillard, Jr., Michael J. BenderNot described in the published record
CompensationMaya LeibmanMaya Leibman, James H. Hance, Jr., Marcia J. Avedon, W. Patrick BattleNot described in the published record
Compensation · Chair; Nominating and GovernanceNot publishedMaya LeibmanNot described in the published record
Compensation; Nominating and GovernanceNot publishedMarcia J. Avedon, W. Patrick BattleNot described in the published record
Compensation; Nominating and Governance · ChairNot publishedJames H. Hance, Jr.Not described in the published record
Nominating and GovernanceJames H. Hance, Jr.James H. Hance, Jr., G. Douglas Dillard, Jr., Marcia J. Avedon, Mark J. Sachleben, Maya Leibman, Michael J. Bender, W. Patrick BattleNot described in the published record
Committee RecordAudit: Chair Mark J. Sachleben; Members Mark J. Sachleben (Chair); G. Douglas Dillard, Jr.; Michael J. Bender
Source reportedE4
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:committee_record:15
Committee AppointmentMark J. Sachleben: chair, Audit
Source reportedE4
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:committee_appointment:16
Committee AppointmentG. Douglas Dillard, Jr.: member, Audit
Source reportedE4
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:committee_appointment:17
Committee AppointmentMichael J. Bender: member, Audit
Source reportedE4
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:committee_appointment:18
Committee RecordCompensation: Chair Maya Leibman; Members Maya Leibman (Chair); James H. Hance, Jr.; Marcia J. Avedon; W. Patrick Battle
Source reportedE4
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:committee_record:19
Committee AppointmentMaya Leibman: chair, Compensation
Source reportedE4
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:committee_appointment:20
Committee AppointmentJames H. Hance, Jr.: member, Compensation
Source reportedE4
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:committee_appointment:21
Committee AppointmentMarcia J. Avedon: member, Compensation
Source reportedE4
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:committee_appointment:22
Committee AppointmentW. Patrick Battle: member, Compensation
Source reportedE4
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:committee_appointment:23
Committee RecordNominating and Governance: Chair James H. Hance, Jr.; Members James H. Hance, Jr. (Chair); G. Douglas Dillard, Jr.; Marcia J. Avedon; Mark J. Sachleben; Maya Leibman; Michael J. Bender; W. Patrick Battle
Source reportedE4
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:committee_record:24
Committee AppointmentJames H. Hance, Jr.: chair, Nominating and Governance
Source reportedE4
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:committee_appointment:25
Committee AppointmentG. Douglas Dillard, Jr.: member, Nominating and Governance
Source reportedE4
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:committee_appointment:26
Committee AppointmentMarcia J. Avedon: member, Nominating and Governance
Source reportedE4
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:committee_appointment:27
Committee AppointmentMark J. Sachleben: member, Nominating and Governance
Source reportedE4
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:committee_appointment:28
Committee AppointmentMaya Leibman: member, Nominating and Governance
Source reportedE4
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:committee_appointment:29
Committee AppointmentMichael J. Bender: member, Nominating and Governance
Source reportedE4
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:committee_appointment:30
Committee AppointmentW. Patrick Battle: member, Nominating and Governance
Source reportedE4
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:committee_appointment:31

Control and voting power

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Authority to act

Evidence and agent registry

Who can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.

Principal executive officerNeil M. Ashe, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, from Dec 11, 2025
Source reportedE3
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:leadership_role:14
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
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AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
agents
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
delegations

Financials and market context

Evidence
Security ListingAYI (NYSE)
Source reportedE1
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:security_listing:32
Index membershipsNo current membership is published in Alpha's tracked index universe.This is not evidence that the company is absent from every market index.
None publishedAs of Oct 16, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.

Governance and policies

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Risk, audit, and cyber

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

AI oversight and accountability

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Compensation

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Other published claims

Evidence

Published Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.

Legal NameACUITY INC. (DE)
Source reportedE1
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:legal_name:1
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Source reportedE1
company:a3b42a7b-21e9-4bf3-897a-59520e50c168:entity_status:3

Not yet in this record

Coverage

A gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.

  • Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
  • OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
  • FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
  • CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
  • GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
  • Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
  • AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
  • LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
  • RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
  • CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
  • AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
  • Markets externalNot reviewed. Auditors, advisors, investors and regulators form the external ecosystem.
  • Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
  • Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
  • Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
  • This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.

Subject and corrections

Public-role doctrine

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Basis
Published company record built from public sources
Sources
4 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
Never published
Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
Record claimed
No
Open disputes
0
Identity ownership
unclaimed
Claiming not yet available

If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.

Evidence

Authority and rights
  1. E1
    Alpha canonical company public projection
    Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 15, 2026. Cited by 4 Claims.
    Open web
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  2. E2
    ACUITY INC. (DE) DEF 14A 2025-12-11
    sec proxy. Published Dec 11, 2025. Retrieved Jul 12, 2026. Cited by 9 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  3. E3
    AYI DEF 14A executive officers
    sec filing. Published Dec 11, 2025. Retrieved May 4, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  4. E4
    Audit
    board_seats. board seats. Cited by 17 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 15, 2026
  • Neil M. Ashe executive of ACUITY INC. (DE), effective 2025-12-11.
  • Marcia J. Avedon seat on ACUITY INC. (DE), effective 2022-01-01.
  • Michael J. Bender seat on ACUITY INC. (DE), effective 2022-01-01.
  • Michael J. Bender member of Audit; Nominating and Governance, effective 2022-01-01.
  • Compensation; Nominating and Governance committee of ACUITY INC. (DE), effective 2022-01-01.
  • Marcia J. Avedon member of Compensation; Nominating and Governance, effective 2022-01-01.
  • Mark J. Sachleben seat on ACUITY INC. (DE), effective 2021-01-01.
  • Audit · Chair; Nominating and Governance committee of ACUITY INC. (DE), effective 2021-01-01.
  • Mark J. Sachleben member of Audit · Chair; Nominating and Governance, effective 2021-01-01.
  • Laura G. O'Shaughnessy seat on ACUITY INC. (DE), effective 2020-01-01.
  • Maya Leibman seat on ACUITY INC. (DE), effective 2020-01-01.
  • Neil M. Ashe seat on ACUITY INC. (DE), effective 2020-01-01.
  • Compensation · Chair; Nominating and Governance committee of ACUITY INC. (DE), effective 2020-01-01.
  • Maya Leibman member of Compensation · Chair; Nominating and Governance, effective 2020-01-01.
  • G. Douglas Dillard, Jr. seat on ACUITY INC. (DE), effective 2017-01-01.
  • Audit; Nominating and Governance committee of ACUITY INC. (DE), effective 2017-01-01.
  • G. Douglas Dillard, Jr. member of Audit; Nominating and Governance, effective 2017-01-01.
  • James H. Hance, Jr. seat on ACUITY INC. (DE), effective 2014-01-01.
  • W. Patrick Battle seat on ACUITY INC. (DE), effective 2014-01-01.
  • W. Patrick Battle member of Compensation; Nominating and Governance, effective 2014-01-01.
  • Compensation; Nominating and Governance · Chair committee of ACUITY INC. (DE), effective 2014-01-01.
  • James H. Hance, Jr. member of Compensation; Nominating and Governance · Chair, effective 2014-01-01.
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  11. AI oversight0
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