Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) CFO Mark Scheiwer Receives Phantom Stock Award

What Happened
Mark J. Scheiwer, EVP, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Accounting Officer of Scotts Miracle‑Gro Co. (SMG), was granted 11.983 shares of phantom stock on August 26, 2026. The units were valued at $62.59 each, for a total reported value of $750. This was an award/grant of a derivative compensation instrument (transaction code A), not an open‑market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-08-26; Form filed: 2026-08-28 (Accession 0001830165-26-000030).
• Instrument: 11.983 phantom stock units @ $62.59 per unit; total reported value $750.
• Transaction type: A = Award/Grant (derivative).
• Shares owned after transaction: not disclosed in the provided filing details.
• Footnotes:
  • F1: Each phantom share represents the right to receive one common share or the cash value thereof.
  • F2: Phantom stock is payable in cash following termination of employment; the reporting person may transfer phantom stock into an alternative investment at any time.
• No indication in the filing that this was a late report.

Context
Phantom stock is a deferred compensation award that generally pays out in shares or cash later (here, payable in cash upon termination per the footnote). Such awards are standard executive compensation and do not by themselves signal a market purchase or sale by the insider.