The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company 2025-2026 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 2029 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: James Hagedorn

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: James Hagedorn”): 45,089,621 for, 2,102,204 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 29, 2026 (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 93 asset managers below reported 13,105,675 for, 136,327 against, 7,393 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 2029 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: Mark D. Kingdon

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Mark D. Kingdon”): 44,710,529 for, 2,484,269 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 29, 2026 (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 James Hagedorn, Edith Avilés, Roberto Candelino and Mark D. Kingdon was elected as a director of the Company to serve for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2029.”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 93 asset managers below reported 13,163,174 for, 78,827 against, 7,393 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 2029 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: Roberto Candelino

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Roberto Candelino”): 44,922,875 for, 2,275,175 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 29, 2026 (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 James Hagedorn, Edith Avilés, Roberto Candelino and Mark D. Kingdon was elected as a director of the Company to serve for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2029.”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 93 asset managers below reported 13,170,505 for, 71,497 against, 7,393 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 2029 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: Edith Aviles

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Edith Avilés”): 43,525,317 for, 3,673,785 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 29, 2026 (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 James Hagedorn, Edith Avilés, Roberto Candelino and Mark D. Kingdon was elected as a director of the Company to serve for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2029.”
Support: 92% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 90 asset managers below reported 12,608,412 for, 572,616 against, 7,393 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE SCOTTS MIRACLE- GRO COMPANY LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, 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 Long-Term Incentive Plan to, Among Other Things, Increase the Maximum Number of Common Shares Available for Issuance. The amendment and restatemen”): 30,015,373 for, 17,031,657 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed January 29, 2026 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The amendment and restatement of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Long-Term Incentive Plan to, among other things, increase the maximum number of common shares available for issuance under the Plan was approved.”
Support: 64% 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: “Amend Omnibus Stock Plan” (4 managers, 72,981 against).

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 89 managers: 8,441,670 for, 4,727,285 against, 7,393 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 7 managers: 227,359 for, 31 against.

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”): 39,606,777 for, 7,422,471 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed January 29, 2026 (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: 84% 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: 12,107,816 for, 1,135,553 against, 7,393 abstained, 1 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 384 managers: 15,581,908 for, 5,285,331 against, 166,590 abstained, 2,413 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, 2026.

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, 2026”): 51,007,262 for, 1,352,964 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed January 29, 2026 (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: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 93 asset managers below reported 13,236,961 for, 5,040 against, 7,393 abstained.

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