SEC Form 4 · accession 0001443984-15-000023

SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO · SMG

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

Reporting owner

Officer — Chairman and CEO · Director · 10% Owner

Period of report

Aug 31, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Sep 14, 2015 · 5:30 pm EDT

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	Aug 31, 2015	J	36	$55.97	A	7,111	D
Common Shares	Sep 10, 2015	J	39	$61.7364	A	7,150	D
Common Shares	holding	—	—		—	40,291	I	By 401(K) Plan
Common Shares^F1	holding	—	—		—	1,880,789	I	HPLP

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Phantom Stock^F2,F3	—	Sep 10, 2015	A	410	A	—	—	Common Shars	410	55,999	D

F1Pursuant 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.
F2Each share of phantom stock represents the right to receive one Common Share or the cash value thereof.
F3Shares of phantom stock are payable in cash following termination of the reporting persons employment with Issuer. The reporting person may transfer his/her phantom stock account into an alternative investment account at any time.