Katherine Hagedorn - Feb 4, 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO (SMG)

Role: Director, 10%+ Owner
Signature: /s/ Kathy L. Uttley as attorney-in-fact for Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield
Stock symbol: SMG
Transactions as of: Feb 4, 2025
Transactions value $: $0
Form type: 4
Date filed: 2/5/2025, 05:14 PM
Previous filing: Dec 10, 2024
SEC: View on sec.gov

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	SMG	Common Shares	Options Exercise		+198	+2.94%		6.94K	Feb 4, 2025	Direct	F1
holding	SMG	Common Shares						2.72M	Feb 4, 2025	HPLP	F2

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	SMG	Dividend Equivalent Rights	Options Exercise	$0	-198	-100%	$0.00	0	Feb 4, 2025	Common Shares	198		Direct	F1, F3

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

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Restricted stock units convert into common shares of the Issuer on a one-for-one basis.
F2	Pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 16a-1(a)(1), the reporting person may be deemed, solely for purposes of determining whether she is a beneficial owner of more than 10% of the 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 she may be deemed to have a pecuniary interest, in Common Shares held by the Partnership.
F3	On February 4, 2022, the reporting person was granted 1,581 restricted stock units, with accruing dividend equivalent rights, vesting on February 4, 2023.