secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO (SMG)
CIK:        0000825542
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-09-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001546380-23-000028
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Scotts Miracle-Gro President and EVP HR retire; CEO adds President title; CFO adds CAO role
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- President Mike Lukemire (65) and EVP HR Denise Stump (69) retire effective Oct 1, 2023, under mutually agreed succession plan.
- CEO Jim Hagedorn assumes additional President title; CFO Matt Garth adds Chief Administrative Officer with salary increase to $950k.
- Julie DeMuesy promoted to SVP, Chief HR Officer and Chief Ethics Officer, succeeding Stump.
- Restructuring eliminates other VP/SVP positions as part of 'right sizing' to create a leaner, more agile organization.
- Company will report fiscal 2023 earnings on November 1, 2023.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000154638023000028/0001546380-23-000028-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/825542/000154638023000028/smg-20230927.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001546380-23-000028

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