X0304 4 2011-10-11 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 2011-10-11 4 S 0 2315 44.87 D 153103.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 2215 44.8742 D 150888.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 856 44.88 D 150032.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 4100 44.885 D 145932.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 3825 44.89 D 142107.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 2000 44.895 D 140107.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 6818 44.9 D 133289.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 2100 44.905 D 131189.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 5492 44.91 D 125697.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 8500 44.92 D 117197.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 2200 44.925 D 114997.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 4595 44.93 D 110402.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 3061 44.94 D 107341.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 600 44.95 D 106741.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 100 44.96 D 106641.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 300 44.97 D 106341.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 200 44.98 D 106141.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 100 44.99 D 106041.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 1874 45.03 D 104167.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 326 45.04 D 103841.905 D Common Shares 2011-10-11 4 S 0 100 45.05 D 103741.905 D Common Shares 32038.28 I By 401(K) Plan Common Shares 2779554 I HPLP Common Shares 4488.2311 I By DSPP The sales reported in this Form 4 were made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on May 18, 2011. 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. Form 3 of 3 Kathy L. Uttley as attorney-in-fact for James Hagedorn 2011-10-13