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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.
Scheiwer Mark J reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Scotts Miracle-Gro EVP, CFO & CAO Mark J. Scheiwer received a grant of 124.104 shares of phantom stock on common shares of the company. Following this award, his reported phantom stock balance is 1,354.803 shares.
Each phantom stock share represents the right to receive one common share of Scotts Miracle-Gro or the cash value of that share. These phantom shares are payable in cash after his employment with the company ends, and he may transfer the phantom stock into an alternative investment at any time.
HAGEDORN JAMES reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Scotts Miracle-Gro Chairman & CEO James Hagedorn received a grant of 3,000.370 phantom stock units tied to common shares. The grant is valued at $65.11 per unit and increases his phantom stock holdings to 240,393.518 units. Each phantom unit represents the right to receive one common share or its cash value, generally payable in cash after his employment with the company ends.
The Vanguard Group filed an amendment reporting 0 shares of Scotts Miracle-Gro Co/The common stock, representing 0% of the class. The filing states that, following an internal realignment effective January 12, 2026, certain Vanguard subsidiaries will report beneficial ownership separately in reliance on SEC Release No. 34-39538.
The amendment is signed by Ashley Grim, Head of Global Fund Administration, and lists Vanguard's Malvern, PA address.
Miaritis Nick reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Scotts Miracle-Gro director Nick Miaritis reported an equity-related award rather than an open-market trade. He received 64 dividend equivalent rights on March 6, 2026, at a price of $0.00 per right, bringing his directly held dividend equivalent rights to 194.
The filing explains these dividend equivalent rights accrue on deferred or restricted stock units and become exercisable in step with those underlying awards. Each right is described as economically equivalent to one common share of Scotts Miracle-Gro, aligning the director’s compensation more closely with shareholder returns.
Miller Austin Scott reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Scotts Miracle-Gro director Austin Scott Miller received an equity-linked award of 48 dividend equivalent rights. These rights were granted at a price of $0.00 per right and increase his directly held dividend equivalent rights to 81 following the transaction. According to the disclosure, each dividend equivalent right is economically equal to one common share and accrues on DSU or RSU grants, becoming exercisable in step with the underlying DSUs or RSUs.
SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO director David C. Evans received an equity-related award tied to dividends on prior grants. On March 6, he acquired 105 dividend equivalent rights at a stated price of $0.00 per right. These rights accrue on DSU or RSU grants and become exercisable proportionately with the underlying awards, with each right economically equivalent to one common share. Following this award, Evans directly holds 552 dividend equivalent rights.
Scheiwer Mark J reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Scotts Miracle-Gro executive Mark J. Scheiwer, EVP, CFO & CAO, reported several equity-related transactions. He received 12.378 shares of phantom stock, each representing the right to one common share or its cash value, and now holds 1,230.699 phantom stock shares.
He was also granted 42 dividend equivalent rights, economically equal to common shares and tied to prior DSU or RSU grants, bringing his total dividend equivalent rights to 405. In a separate transaction coded "J" on common shares, he recorded 2.701 common shares at 55.5400 per share, with direct ownership rising to 15,372.442 shares.
Additionally, he indirectly holds 493.482 common shares through a 401(k) plan. Phantom stock is payable in cash after his employment ends, and he may transfer it into alternative investments at any time.
SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO director Peter E. Shumlin received a grant of 153 Dividend Equivalent Rights on the company’s stock. The award was reported at a price of $0.0000 per right and is classified as a grant or other acquisition. Following this transaction, his directly held Dividend Equivalent Rights total 845. According to the disclosure, these rights accrue on DSU or RSU grants and become exercisable proportionately with the underlying DSUs or RSUs, with each right economically equivalent to one common share.
Aviles Edith reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Scotts Miracle-Gro director Edith Aviles received a grant of 105 dividend equivalent rights tied to existing equity awards. These derivative rights were awarded at a price of $0.00 per right and increase her directly held derivative position to 552 rights.
The dividend equivalent rights accrue on deferred or restricted stock units and become exercisable proportionately with those underlying units. Each right is described as economically equivalent to one common share of Scotts Miracle-Gro, giving the holder the same cash value as regular share dividends when paid.
Scotts Miracle-Gro president and COO Nathan Eric Baxter reported an administrative change in his holdings of the company’s common shares. The Form 4 lists an “other transaction” involving 90.025 common shares at $55.54 per share, after which his directly held stake is shown as 66,722.4238 common shares.
The filing also updates indirect ownership information. It notes 36,993 common shares held through Hagedorn Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership where Baxter is a general partner. Under securities rules, he may be deemed a beneficial owner of a proportionate interest in those partnership-held shares.