X0306 4 2017-12-08 0 0000825542 SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO SMG 0001124195 FINN BRIAN D C/O THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY 14111 SCOTTSLAWN ROAD MARYSVILLE OH 43041 1 0 0 0 Dividend Equivalent Rights 2017-12-08 4 A 0 59 101.48 A Common Shares 59 528 D The dividend equivalent rights accrued on DSU or RSU grants and become exercisable proportionately with the DSUs or RSUs to which they relate. Each dividend equivalent right is the economic equivalent of one common share of the Issuer. Kathy L. Uttley as attorney-in-fact for Brian D. Finn 2017-12-12