SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO — Director's Dealing 2012

Dec 12, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO (SMG)
CIK: 0000825542
Period of Report: 2012-12-10

Reporting Person: STUMP DENISE (EVP, Global Human Resources)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-12-10	Common Shares	A	156.19	$41.78	Acquired	24303.9979	Direct
2012-12-11	Common Shares	S	2500	$42	Disposed	24147.8079	Direct
2012-12-10	Common Shares	A	7.3419	$42.2242	Acquired	1345.5624	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.

F2: The sales reported in this Form 4 were made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on November 30, 2012.

F3: Common Shares acquired under The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Discounted Stock Purchase Plan (DSPP).