James Hagedorn - 04 Dec 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO (SMG)

Role: CEO and Chairman, Director, 10%+ Owner
Signature: /s/ Kathy L. Uttley as attorney-in-fact for James Hagedorn
Issuer symbol: SMG
Transactions as of: 04 Dec 2024
Net transactions value: -$1,390,033
Form type: 4
Filing time: 05 Dec 2024, 10:43:43 UTC
Previous filing: 27 Nov 2024
Next filing: 10 Dec 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	Sale	$1,390,033	-18,368	-17%	$75.68	87,426	04 Dec 2024	Direct	F1
holding	SMG	Common Shares						28,300	04 Dec 2024	By 401(K) Plan
holding	SMG	Common Shares						1,231,147	04 Dec 2024	HPLP	F2

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

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $75.06 to $75.99, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote (1).
F2	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

The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $75.06 to $75.99, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote (1).

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.