secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO (SMG)
CIK:        0000825542
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001443984-25-000017
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Scotts Miracle-Gro appoints Nick Miaritis to board; say-on-pay vote 30% against
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- Director Tom Kelly retired Jan 31, 2025 after ~20 years; no disagreement with company.
- Nick Miaritis (VaynerMedia chief client officer) appointed Class II director, effective Jan 31, 2025.
- Miaritis receives $115K cash retainer and $210K RSUs vesting Jan 31, 2026.
- Annual meeting say-on-pay approved with ~30% votes against (14.7M of 48.1M cast).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000144398425000017/0001443984-25-000017-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000144398425000017/smg-20250131.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001443984-25-000017

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