The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company filings document the formal record for a North American branded consumer lawn and garden company. Recent 8-K disclosures furnish operating results and financial condition, revised historical financial information reflecting Hawthorne as a discontinued operation, and the completed sale of The Hawthorne Gardening Company.
The filing record also covers capital structure and governance matters, including a senior secured credit agreement, shareholder approval of an amended and restated Long-Term Incentive Plan, forms of restricted stock unit, performance unit and stock option awards, and definitive proxy disclosures on annual meeting proposals and executive compensation.
On 07/28/2025 Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) Chairman & CEO James Hagedorn filed a Form 4 reporting one derivative transaction.
- Security: Phantom stock units representing the cash value of one SMG common share each.
- Quantity acquired: 1,301.236 units (transaction code “A”).
- Reference price: $69.42 per unit.
- Post-transaction balance: 220,543.082 phantom stock units held directly.
- Payout terms: Units settle in cash after employment ends; the holder may switch to other investments at any time.
No non-derivative common shares were bought or sold, so the public float is unchanged. The filing records deferred-compensation accrual rather than open-market trading and therefore has limited direct market impact.
Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) – Form 4 insider filing
EVP, CFO & CAO Mark J. Scheiwer reported acquiring 8.193 phantom stock units on 28-Jul-2025 at a reference value of $69.42. Each unit is economically equivalent to one common share but is settled in cash after the executive leaves the company. Following the award, Scheiwer beneficially owns 1,055.1 phantom units; no changes were reported in his direct or indirect ownership of SMG common shares.
The transaction was coded “A” (award) and appears to be a routine addition under the company’s deferred-compensation plan rather than an open-market purchase. Given the small size of the award relative to SMG’s ~55 million shares outstanding, the filing is unlikely to have a material impact on float, liquidity or near-term valuation.