{"url_path":"/sec/smg/8-k/2026-09-11/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-09-11","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/0000825542-26-000047-index.html","accession_number":"0000825542-26-000047","cik":"0000825542","ticker":"SMG","issuer_name":"SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/0000825542-26-000047-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000825542","primary_entity_name":"SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO"},"word_count":155,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.\n\nOn September 8, 2026, Adam Hanft, a member of the Board of Director (the “Board”), notified The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (the “Company”) of his retirement from the Board effective immediately. As a Class III director, Mr. Hanft’s term was set to expire at the Company’s 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.\n\nThe Company’s consulting relationship with Hanft Ideas LLC, of which Mr. Hanft is the principal and Chief Executive Officer, will continue following Mr. Hanft’s resignation from the Board.\n\nSIGNATURE\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\nTHE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY\n\nDated:\nSeptember 11, 2026\nBy:/s/ DIMITER TODOROV\n\nPrinted Name: Dimiter Todorov\n\nTitle: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary\n\n2"}