FORM 11-K_____________________________________________ Annual Report Pursuant to Section15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Full title of the plans and the address of the plans, if different from that of the issuer named below: Selected 401(k) Plans Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Audited Financial StatementsStatements of Net Assets Available for BenefitsStatements of Changes in Net Assets Available for BenefitsNotes to Financial StatementsNote 1 - Description of the PlansNote 2 - Summary of Accounting PoliciesNote 3 - Acuity DC TrustNote 4 - Stable Value InvestmentsNote 5 - Fair Value MeasurementsNote 6 - Income Tax StatusNote 7 - Benefits PayableNote 8 - Risks and UncertaintiesNote 9 - Acquisitions Exhibit Index Signatures Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Opinion on the Financial Statements We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Acuity, Inc. 401(k) Plan, the Acuity BrandsLighting, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Hourly Employees and the Holophane Division of Acuity Brands Lighting 401(k) Plan for Hourly EmployeesCovered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (the Plans) as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the related statement of changes in netassets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2025, and the related notes (collectively, the “financial statements”). Inour opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of Basis for Opinion These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plans' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plans'financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting OversightBoard (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federal We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the auditto obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.The Plans are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risk of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to erroror fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidenceregarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used Supplemental Information The supplemental information in the accompanying ERISA-required Supplemental Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as ofDecember 31, 2025 and Schedule of Delinquent Participant Contributions for the year ended December 31, 2025 have been subjectedto audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plans' financial statements. The supplemental information ispresented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but included supplementalinformation required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee RetirementIncome Security Act of 1974. The supplemental information is the responsibility of the Plans' management. Our audit procedures /s/ BDO USA, P.C. We have served as the Plans' auditor since 2012. Jacksonville, FloridaJune26, 2026 Note 1 — Description of the Plans General The financial positions and changes in net assets of the Acuity Inc. 401(k) Plan (the "AYI Plan"), the Acuity BrandsLighting, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Hourly Employees (the "ABL Plan"), and the Holophane Division of Acuity Brands Lighting401(k) Plan for Hourly Employees Covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (the "Holophane Plan") (collectively, the"Plans") are included in the accompanying financial statements. The investment assets of the Plans are included in the Refer to the respective plan agreement for additional information about the Plans' eligibility, funding, allocation, vesting,and benefit provisions. Eligibility and Forfeitures Each of the Plans is a defined contribution plan. The Plans cover substantially all U.S. salaried, commissioned, and unionand non-union hourly employees of Acuity Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Acuity," "we," "our," "us," or the "Company"). The Plans provide that forfeitures of Company contributions may be used to pay plan administrative expenses or reducefuture Company contributions. Forfeited nonvested accounts totaled $291,500 and $386,131 at December31, 2025 and2024, respectively. Employer contributions were reduced by forfeited nonvested accounts of $786,875 for the year ended In the event of the cessation of operation of a plant or the discontinuance of