SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO — Director's Dealing 2015

Mar 2, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO (SMG)
CIK: 0000825542
Period of Report: 2015-02-26

Reporting Person: HAGEDORN JAMES (Director, Chairman and CEO, 10% Owner)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2015-02-26	Phantom Stock	$	A	1257.042	Acquired		Common Shares (1257.042)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares	6590.6667	Direct
Common Shares	38794.572	Indirect
Common Shares	1910789	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Pursuant 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.

F2: Each share of phantom stock represents the right to receive one Common Share or the cash value thereof.

F3: Shares of phantom stock are payable in cash following termination of the reporting person's employment with Issuer. The reporting person may transfer his phantom stock account into an alternative investment account at any time.