---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001443984-22-000317"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMG"
cik: "0000825542"
company_name: "SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO"
filed_at: "2022-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T06:11:59.682431+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ScottsMiracle-Gro nominates Edith Avilés to board, Brian Finn to retire at 2023 meeting

## Summary
- Brian Finn will not stand for re-election as Class I Director at the Jan 23, 2023 Annual Meeting; decision not due to any disagreement.
- Board nominated Edith Avilés (30+ years finance, managing director at Clayton Dubilier & Rice) to succeed Finn.
- Avilés previously held leadership roles at Natixis, BNP Paribas, and Chase Manhattan; expertise in capital markets and leveraged finance.
- Chairman Jim Hagedorn noted her experience will help strengthen the balance sheet and improve financial performance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001443984-22-000317
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMG
- cik: 0000825542
- company_name: SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO
- filed_at: 2022-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000144398422000317/0001443984-22-000317-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000144398422000317/smg-20221107.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001443984-22-000317
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001443984-22-000317.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001443984-22-000317.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brian D. Finn departed as Class I Director at SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Class I Director
  source text: On November 4, 2022, Brian D. Finn informed The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (the “Company”) and its Board of Directors that he will not stand for re-election as a Class I Director at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which is expected to be held on January 23, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000144398422000317/0001443984-22-000317-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.