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Acuity Brands, Inc.401(k)

ACUITY BRANDS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · ATLANTA, GA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

Peer grade: B · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Acuity Brands, Inc. reported $296,729 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,056 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.07% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other management of companies employers. By assets it is the 75th-largest of 2,160 plans among Georgia employers on file, and the 78th of 786 in management of companies. In 2024, employees put in $2.67 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$521,104,404
Participants with balances3,074
Active participants2,255
Employer contributions$9,147,196
Employee contributions$24,462,740
Employer contribution per active participant$4,056
Average account balance$169,520
Benefits paid to participants$39,859,239
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$521.1M · 3,074 accts · $9.1M emplr
2023$458.8M · 3,077 accts · $8.7M emplr
2022$391.8M · 3,089 accts · $8.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$181,687
Investment management$115,042
Total administrative$296,729
The Acuity Brands, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,056
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$4,056 per active participant
2023$4,013 per active participant
2022$4,054 per active participant

Acuity Brands, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND · Recordkeeping$491,922
LCG ASSOCIATES, INC. · Pension consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$115,042

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$296,729 · 0.06%
2023$318,347 · 0.07%
2022$319,713 · 0.07%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 582632672 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.