SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO — Director's Dealing 2011

Dec 13, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO (SMG)
CIK: 0000825542
Period of Report: 2011-12-09

Reporting Person: SANDERS BARRY W (President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-12-09	Common Shares	A	192.428	$44.514	Acquired	28745.008	Direct
2011-12-09	Common Shares	A	2.568	$43.9804	Acquired	385.3401	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Reflects common shares of the Issuer ("Common Shares") represented by amount credited to the benchmark Company stock fund within the reporting person's bookkeeping account under The Scotts Company LLC Executive Retirement Plan as a result of the crediting of amounts calculated as if invested in the Company stock fund as a result of dividends paid with respect to Common Shares.

F2: Common Shares were acquired pursuant to the dividend reinvestment feature of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Discounted Stock Purchase Plan (DSPP).