James Hagedorn - 30 Jan 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO (SMG)

Signature
/s/ Kathy L. Uttley as attorney-in-fact for James Hagedorn
Issuer symbol
SMG
Transactions as of
30 Jan 2025
Net transactions value
-$1,703,647
Form type
4
Filing time
03 Feb 2025, 11:50:22 UTC
Previous filing
29 Jan 2025
Next filing
05 Feb 2025

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction SMG Common Shares Options Exercise $8,509,741 +142,733 +162% $59.62 231,043 30 Jan 2025 Direct
transaction SMG Common Shares Sale $1,460,429 -20,644 -8.9% $70.74 210,399 30 Jan 2025 Direct F1
transaction SMG Common Shares Sale $8,490,604 -118,452 -56% $71.68 91,947 30 Jan 2025 Direct F2
transaction SMG Common Shares Sale $262,356 -3,637 -4% $72.14 88,310 30 Jan 2025 Direct F3
holding SMG Common Shares 29,413 30 Jan 2025 By 401(K) Plan
holding SMG Common Shares 1,231,147 30 Jan 2025 HPLP F4

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 Stock Option (right to buy) Options Exercise $0 -142,733 -100% $0.000000 0 30 Jan 2025 Common Shares 142,733 $59.62 Direct
* 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 $70.105 to $71.0994, 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 The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $71.105 to $72.1, 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 (2).
F3 The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $72.105 to $72.19, 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 (3).
F4 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.