Former, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Administrative Officer · SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO (SMG)

Matthew Garth

A named executive officer of SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$1,974,994

FY2024: $6,039,485

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed December 17, 2025 (DEF 14A).

Matthew Garth compensation by year

SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$604,167$950,000$237,500
Bonus$700,000$0$0
Stock awards$2,782,880$2,071,913$0
Option awards$638,044$1,535,044$935,298
Non-equity incentive$0$1,365,625$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$927,510$116,903$802,196
Total$5,652,601$6,039,485$1,974,994

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO DEF 14A filed December 17, 2025, accession 0000825542-25-000029, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$5.7M
$6.0M
$2.0M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU27,098$2,349,397—
RSU10,940$948,498—
RSU6,790$588,693—
Option79,982—$56.87
Option28,599—$82.27
Option14,935—$57.81

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO's FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
James HagedornChairman & Chief Executive Officer$12,299,261
Nathan BaxterPresident & Chief Operating Officer$6,121,618
Christopher HagedornExecutive Vice President & Chief of Staff$3,065,101
Mark ScheiwerExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Accounting Officer$2,633,841
Dimiter TodorovExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary$2,225,959
Matthew Garth · this pageFormer, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Administrative Officer$1,974,994

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