X0306 4 2017-01-30 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 2017-01-30 4 A 0 33344 0 A 41146.568 D Common Shares 2017-01-30 4 A 0 24629 0 A 65775.568 D Common Shares 2017-01-31 5 J 0 E 24.1633 82.77 A 65799.7313 D Common Shares 42288.998 I By 401(K) Plan Common Shares 1880791 I HPLP On January 29, 2016, the reporting person was granted an award of 33,344 restricted stock units with vesting subject to the satisfaction of certain performance criteria. On January 30, 2017, the Compensation and Organization Committee certified performance with respect to 33,344 restricted stock units. 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. Kathy L. Uttley as attorney-in-fact for James Hagedorn 2017-02-01