M&A Deal Summary

Acuity Brands Acquires Renaissance Lighting

On July 26, 2010, Acuity Brands acquired electrical equipment company Renaissance Lighting

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Acuity Brands’ 4th transaction in the Electrical Equipment sector.
  • This is Acuity Brands’ 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Acuity Brands’ 1st transaction in Virginia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-07-26
Target Renaissance Lighting
Sector Electrical Equipment
Buyer(s) Acuity Brands
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Renaissance Lighting

Herndon, Virginia, United States
Renaissance Lighting, Inc.a privately-held, pioneering innovator of solid-state light-emitting diode ("LED") architectural lighting.Company offers a full range of LED-based specification-grade downlighting luminaires and has developed an extensive intellectual property portfolio related to advanced LED optical solutions and technologies.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Acuity Brands

Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Category Company
Founded 2001
Sector Electrical Equipment
Employees12,000
Revenue 4.0B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Acuity Brands is a provider of lighting solutions for both indoor and outdoor applications. The Company's lighting solutions are sold under various brands, including Lithonia Lighting, Holophane, Peerless, Gotham, Mark Architectural Lighting. Acuity Brands was founded in 2001 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 24
Sector (Electrical Equipment) 4 of 15
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 24
State (Virginia) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 5 of 20
Year (2010) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-04-20 Sensor Switch

Wallingford, Connecticut, United States

Sensor Switch, Inc. developer and manufacturer of lighting controls and energy management systems.

Buy $205M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-10-14 Winona Lighting

Winona, Minnesota, United States

Winona Lighting, Inc. is a provider of architectural and high-performance indoor and outdoor lighting products. Winona Lighting serves the commercial, retail, and institutional markets with a product portfolio of high-quality and design-oriented luminaires suitable for decorative, custom, asymmetric, and landscape lighting applications.

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