President & Chief Operating Officer · SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO (SMG)

Nathan Baxter

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.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$6,121,618

FY2024: $5,589,328

2nd of 6 named executive officers at Scotts Miracle-GRO by FY2025 total.

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

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Nathan Baxter 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$395,833$950,000$991,667
Bonus$700,000$0$0
Stock awards$3,911,473$1,825,253$1,271,241
Option awards$638,041$1,352,291$1,169,197
Non-equity incentive$0$1,365,625$2,617,575
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$288,670$96,159$71,938
Total$5,934,017$5,589,328$6,121,618

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.

How this page was built: the SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO filed document, accession 0000825542-25-000029. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed December 17, 2025.

$5.9M
$5.6M
$6.1M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU27,448$1,563,164—
RSU23,872$1,359,510—
RSU17,616$1,003,231—
RSU13,472$767,230—
Option14,935—$57.81
Option42,017—$72.60
Option35,212—$66.81
Option10,749—$70.96
Option68,652—$56.87

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO's FY2025 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 Baxter · this pagePresident & 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 GarthFormer, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Administrative Officer$1,974,994

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