James Hagedorn - Feb 5, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO (SMG)

Role: Chairman, CEO and President, Director, 10%+ Owner
Signature: /s/ Kathy L. Uttley as attorney-in-fact for James Hagedorn
Stock symbol: SMG
Transactions as of: Feb 5, 2024
Transactions value $: -$168,459
Form type: 4
Date filed: 2/7/2024, 04:04 PM
Previous filing: Jan 29, 2024
Next filing: Feb 28, 2024

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	SMG	Common Shares	Tax liability	-$168K	-3.15K	-3.52%	$53.53	86.1K	Feb 5, 2024	Direct
holding	SMG	Common Shares						1.4M	Feb 5, 2024	HPLP	F1
holding	SMG	Common Shares						27.4K	Feb 5, 2024	By 401(K) Plan

* 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.