James Hagedorn - Nov 13, 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO (SMG)

Role: Chairman & CEO, Director, 10%+ Owner
Signature: /s/ Kathy L. Uttley as attorney-in-fact for James Hagedorn
Stock symbol: SMG
Transactions as of: Nov 13, 2025
Transactions value $: -$1,063,814
Form type: 4
Date filed: 11/17/2025, 11:51 AM
Previous filing: Nov 4, 2025
Next filing: Dec 1, 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
HAGEDORN JAMES	Chairman & CEO, Director, 10%+ Owner	C/O THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY, 14111 SCOTTSLAWN ROAD, MARYSVILLE	/s/ Kathy L. Uttley as attorney-in-fact for James Hagedorn	2025-11-17	0001180171

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	SMG	Common Shares	Award	$0	+41.4K	+51.72%	$0.00	121K	Nov 13, 2025	Direct
transaction	SMG	Common Shares	Tax liability	-$1.06M	-18.2K	-15.02%	$58.40	103K	Nov 13, 2025	Direct
holding	SMG	Common Shares						31.5K	Nov 13, 2025	By 401(K) Plan
holding	SMG	Common Shares						998K	Nov 13, 2025	HPLP	F1

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 16a-1(a)(1), the reporting person may be deemed, solely for purposes of determining whether he is a beneficial owner of more than 10% of the common shares of the Issuer ("Common Shares"), to be the beneficial owner of the securities of the Issuer that are held by Hagedorn Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership in which the reporting person is a general partner (the "Partnership"). Represents the aggregate proportionate interest of the reporting person and those family members in whose holdings he may be deemed to have a pecuniary interest, in Common Shares held by the Partnership.

Content

Pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 16a-1(a)(1), the reporting person may be deemed, solely for purposes of determining whether he is a beneficial owner of more than 10% of the common shares of the Issuer ("Common Shares"), to be the beneficial owner of the securities of the Issuer that are held by Hagedorn Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership in which the reporting person is a general partner (the "Partnership"). Represents the aggregate proportionate interest of the reporting person and those family members in whose holdings he may be deemed to have a pecuniary interest, in Common Shares held by the Partnership.