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Vines for three-year terms expiring 2027.","Advisory 'say-on-pay' vote on named executive officer compensation passed with 43.1M votes for.","Ratified Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for fiscal year ending Sept 30, 2024 (votes: 50.3M for).","Approximately 90% of outstanding shares (51.2M of 56.7M) represented at the meeting, quorum present."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001443984-24-000008","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001443984-24-000008.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001443984-24-000008.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001443984-24-000008.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000144398424000008/0001443984-24-000008-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000144398424000008/smg-20240124.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-06T19:39:29.736402+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"2726a874b7234844dbfe77da3b676e57074dccbe","claim":"SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-01-22 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal 1 — Election of Directors. Each of Thomas N. Kelly Jr., Brian E. Sandoval, Peter E. Shumlin and John R. Vines was elected as a director of the Company to serve for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2027. The results of the vote were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Thomas N. Kelly Jr. 43,300,810 1,700,973 260,917 5,972,020 Brian E. Sandoval 43,062,813 1,939,953 259,934 5,972,020 Peter E. Shumlin 43,056,292 1,948,399 258,009 5,972,020 John R. Vines 39,113,321 5,891,676 257,703 5,972,020","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000144398424000008/0001443984-24-000008-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"director election"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2024-01-22"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"960bac2d8bccc622635f16eb6e8a843765551030","claim":"SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers at the 2024-01-22 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal 2 — Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers. The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved on an advisory basis. The results of the vote were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 43,128,604 1,873,345 260,751 5,972,020","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000144398424000008/0001443984-24-000008-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"say on pay"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2024-01-22"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"c784450a49144eb9e5c6c822b7e9149e9041cdb3","claim":"SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO shareholders approved Ratification of the Selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2024 at the 2024-01-22 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal 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, 2024. The Audit Committee’s selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm was ratified. The results of the vote were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 50,323,470 692,202 219,048 —","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000144398424000008/0001443984-24-000008-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"auditor ratification"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2024-01-22"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}