Nathan Eric Baxter - 30 Jan 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO (SMG)

Role: President and COO, 10%+ Owner
Signature: /s/ Kathy L. Uttley as attorney-in-fact for Nathan E. Baxter
Issuer symbol: SMG
Transactions as of: 30 Jan 2026
Net transactions value: +$5,000
Form type: 4
Filing time: 03 Feb 2026, 19:23:01 UTC
Previous filing: 17 Nov 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Baxter Nathan Eric	President and COO, 10%+ Owner	C/O THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY, 14111 SCOTTSLAWN ROAD, MARYSVILLE	/s/ Kathy L. Uttley as attorney-in-fact for Nathan E. Baxter	03 Feb 2026	0001785595

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	SMG	Common Shares	Other	$5,000	+96	+0.14%	$51.93	66,632	30 Jan 2026	Direct
holding	SMG	Common Shares						36,993	30 Jan 2026	HPLP	F1

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	SMG	Stock Option (right to buy)	Award	$0	+59,298		$0.000000	59,298	30 Jan 2026	Common Shares	59,298	$64.22	Direct

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
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.

Content

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.