SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO — Director's Dealing 2012

Mar 14, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO (SMG)
CIK: 0000825542
Period of Report: 2012-03-13

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-03-13	Common Shares	M	21800	$21.65	Acquired	51163.534	Direct
2012-03-13	Common Shares	S	21800	$49.25	Disposed	29363.534	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-03-13	Stock Option (right to buy)	$21.65	M	21800	Disposed	2018-10-05	Common Shares (21800)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares	1211.4036	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The sales reported in this Form 4 were made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on March 1, 2012.