Nathan Eric Baxter - 13 Nov 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO (SMG)

Role: President and COO, 10%+ Owner
Signature: /s/ Kathy L. Uttley as attorney-in-fact for Nathan E. Baxter
Issuer symbol: SMG
Transactions as of: 13 Nov 2025
Net transactions value: -$741,797
Form type: 4
Filing time: 17 Nov 2025, 11:51:36 UTC
Previous filing: 30 Sep 2025
Next filing: 03 Feb 2026
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Baxter Nathan Eric	President and COO, 10%+ Owner	C/O THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY, 14111 SCOTTSLAWN ROAD, MARYSVILLE	/s/ Kathy L. Uttley as attorney-in-fact for Nathan E. Baxter	17 Nov 2025	0001785595

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	SMG	Common Shares	Award	$0	+28,510	+56%	$0.000000	79,238	13 Nov 2025	Direct
transaction	SMG	Common Shares	Tax liability	$741,797	-12,702	-16%	$58.40	66,536	13 Nov 2025	Direct
holding	SMG	Common Shares						36,993	13 Nov 2025	HPLP	F1

* 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.