X0303 4 2010-08-02 0 0000825542 SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO SMG 0001180171 HAGEDORN JAMES C/O THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY 14111 SCOTTSLAWN ROAD MARYSVILLE OH 43041 1 1 1 0 Chairman and CEO Common Shares 2010-08-02 4 A 0 45.527 43.93 A 3810.1112 I By DSPP Common Shares 79654.584 D Common Shares 30539.042 I By 401(K) Plan Common Shares 3225000 I HPLP Common shares acquired under The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Discounted Stock Purchase Plan (DSPP). 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, 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. Kathy L. Uttley as attorney-in-fact for James Hagedorn 2010-08-03