SEC Form 4 · accession 0001182489-15-000091

SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO · SMG

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

A later amendment supersedes this filing — read the amendment. The figures below are kept as originally reported (version chain, not an overwrite).

Reporting owner

Officer — Chairman and CEO · Director · 10% Owner

Period of report

Jan 20, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Jan 22, 2015 · 8:22 pm EST

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000825542

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Shares^F1	Jan 20, 2015	M	26,312	—	A	68,024	D
Common Shares	Jan 20, 2015	A	16,943	$0.00	A	84,967	D
Common Shares	Jan 20, 2015	F	20,512	$62.23	D	64,455	D
Common Shares	holding	—	—		—	38,795	I	By 401(K) Plan
Common Shares^F2	holding	—	—		—	1,910,789	I	HPLP
Common Shares	holding	—	—		—	6,759	I	By DSPP

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Restricted Stock Units^F1,F3	—	Jan 20, 2015	M	26,312	D	—	—	Common Shares	26,312	0	D

F1Restricted stock units convert into common shares of the Issuer ("Common Shares") on a one-for-one basis.
F2Pursuant 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, 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.
F3On January 20, 2012, the reporting person was granted 26,312 restricted stock units, vesting on January 20, 2015.