THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY 2024-2025 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Election of four directors, each to serve for a term of three years to expire at the 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: Adam Hanft

THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Adam Hanft”): 45,066,172 for, 2,983,358 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 31, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of David C. Evans, Adam Hanft, Stephen L. Johnson and Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield was elected as a director of the Company to serve for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2028.”
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 95 asset managers below reported 14,995,585 for, 352,405 against, 7,856 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of four directors, each to serve for a term of three years to expire at the 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: David C. Evans

THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: David C. Evans”): 46,263,189 for, 1,794,983 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 31, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 95 asset managers below reported 15,338,973 for, 9,017 against, 7,856 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of four directors, each to serve for a term of three years to expire at the 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield

THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield”): 45,117,788 for, 2,939,022 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 31, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of David C. Evans, Adam Hanft, Stephen L. Johnson and Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield was elected as a director of the Company to serve for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2028.”
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 95 asset managers below reported 14,995,585 for, 352,405 against, 7,856 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of four directors, each to serve for a term of three years to expire at the 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: Stephen L. Johnson

THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Stephen L. Johnson”): 41,637,586 for, 6,412,164 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 31, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of David C. Evans, Adam Hanft, Stephen L. Johnson and Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield was elected as a director of the Company to serve for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2028.”
Support: 87% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 95 asset managers below reported 14,243,508 for, 1,104,482 against, 7,856 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY DISCOUNTED STOCK PURCHASE PLAN TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES AVAILABLE FOR GRANT TO PARTICIPANTS.

THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY’s own tally for this item (“To Approve an Amendment and Restatement of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Discounted Stock Purchase Plan to Increase the Maximum Number of Common Shares Available for Issuance. The amendment and restatement of The Scotts”): 47,792,123 for, 251,347 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed January 31, 2025 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The amendment and restatement of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Amended and Restated Discounted Stock Purchase Plan to increase the maximum number of common shares available for issuance under the Plan was approved.”
Support: 99.4% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 100 asset managers below reported 15,321,423 for, 78,619 against.

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Description as filed by funds: Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.

THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY’s own tally for this item (“2. Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers”): 33,367,004 for, 14,652,526 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed January 31, 2025 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved on an advisory basis.”
Support: 69% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 94 managers: 12,477,271 for, 2,888,476 against, 7,856 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 380 managers: 8,006,020 for, 11,460,106 against, 31,301 abstained, 184 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP AS THE COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2025.

THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY’s own tally for this item (“3. Ratification of the Selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2025”): 51,683,538 for, 1,125,732 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed January 31, 2025 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The Audit Committee's selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm was ratified.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “Ratify Appointment of Independent Auditors” (2 managers, 49 for).

The 95 asset managers below reported 15,331,941 for, 16,049 against, 7,856 abstained.

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