---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001443984-21-000266"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMG"
cik: "0000825542"
company_name: "SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO"
filed_at: "2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T23:38:23.881030+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Scotts Miracle-Gro appoints former TopBuild CEO Gerald Volas to Board

## Summary
- Gerald Volas appointed Class I director effective July 30, 2021; term expires at 2023 Annual Meeting.
- Volas is former CEO of TopBuild Corp and former Masco executive; certified public accountant.
- He will serve on Audit and Finance Committees; board deems him independent.
- Non-employee director compensation: $100K cash retainer and $185K in RSUs vesting Feb 5, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001443984-21-000266
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMG
- cik: 0000825542
- company_name: SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO
- filed_at: 2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000144398421000266/0001443984-21-000266-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000144398421000266/smg-20210803.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001443984-21-000266
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001443984-21-000266.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001443984-21-000266.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gerald Volas was appointed as Class I Director at SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I Director
  source text: On July 30, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (the “Company”) , upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, appointed Gerald Volas as a Class I member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000144398421000266/0001443984-21-000266-index.htm

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