---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001443984-24-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMG"
cik: "0000825542"
company_name: "SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO"
filed_at: "2024-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T15:30:58.295118+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ScottsMiracle-Gro director Nancy Mistretta retires after ~17 years on Board

## Summary
- Nancy Mistretta retired from Board effective Jan 30, 2024; served since 2007.
- She was a Class I director; term was set to expire at 2026 annual meeting.
- Member of Audit and Compensation committees; departure not due to any disagreement with company.
- Company intends to name replacement but no timeline; three new directors added in past 18 months as part of Board refresh.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001443984-24-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMG
- cik: 0000825542
- company_name: SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO
- filed_at: 2024-01-30T23:59:59+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/825542/000144398424000025/0001443984-24-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000144398424000025/smg-20240130.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001443984-24-000025
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001443984-24-000025.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001443984-24-000025.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nancy Mistretta resigned as Director at SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 25, 2024, Nancy Mistretta, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”), notified The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (the “Company”) of her resignation from the Board effective January 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000144398424000025/0001443984-24-000025-index.htm

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