Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) Q3 2022 Earnings Conference Call June 30, 2022 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Charlotte McLaughlin - Vice President, Investor Relations

Neil Ashe - Chairman, President and CEO

Karen Holcom - Senior Vice President and CFO

Conference Call Participants

Christopher Snyder - UBS

John Walsh - Credit Suisse

Christopher Glynn - Oppenheimer

Ryan Merkel - William Blair

Josh Chan - Robert W. Baird & Co.

Jeffrey Osborne - Cowen & Company

Miguel De Jesus - Goldman Sachs

Operator

Good morning, and welcome to the Acuity Brands Third Quarter Earnings Call of Fiscal 2022. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers’ presentation, the company will conduct a question-and-answer session. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded.

I would now like to hand the conference over to Charlotte McLaughlin, Vice President of Investor Relations. Charlotte, please go ahead.

Charlotte McLaughlin

Thank you, Michelle. Good morning, and welcome to the Acuity Brands fiscal 2022 third quarter earnings call. As a reminder, some of our comments today may be forward-looking statements based on management's beliefs and assumptions, and information currently available to our management at this time. These beliefs are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which may be beyond our control, including those detailed in our periodic SEC filings.

Please note that our company's actual results may differ materially from those anticipated and we undertake no obligation to update these statements. Reconciliations of certain non-GAAP financial metrics and their corresponding GAAP metrics are available in our 2022 third quarter earnings release, which is available on our Investor Relations website at www.investors.acuitybrands.com.

With me this morning is Neil Ashe, our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, who will provide an update on our strategy and highlights from the last quarter; and Karen Holcom, our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, who will walk us through our third quarter performance. There will be an opportunity for Q&A at the end of the call. For those participating, please limit your remarks to one question and one follow-up if necessary. We are webcasting today's conference call live. Thank you for your interest in Acuity Brands.

I will now turn the call over to Neil Ashe.

Neil Ashe

Thank you, Charlotte, and thank you to everyone on the call for joining us this morning. Our team delivered a strong quarter of sales and operating profit growth, driven by solid execution across both our Lighting and Spaces businesses. This performance is a direct result of the significant and ongoing improvements that our team has made over the last two years.