SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO 8-K filed 2026-09-11

This is a Form 8-K filed by SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO on 2026-09-11, reporting under Item 5.02, the item covering departures and appointments of directors and certain officers. The filing states that on September 8, 2026, Adam Hanft, a member of the Board, notified The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company of a retirement from the Board effective immediately. The report is signed by Dimiter Todorov, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, and is dated September 11, 2026. The departure comes before the end of Mr. Hanft's term. As a Class III director, Mr. Hanft's term was set to expire at the Company's 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The filing calls the departure a "retirement" in one sentence and a "resignation" in the next. The reason for leaving is not in the filing, and neither is any statement on whether a disagreement with the Company was involved. The detail a governance analyst or journalist may want to follow up on is the continuing business tie. The filing states that the Company's consulting relationship with Hanft Ideas LLC, where Mr. Hanft is the principal and Chief Executive Officer, will continue after the departure from the Board. The terms, fees, scope and start date of that consulting relationship are not in the filing. Also not in the filing: any committee roles Mr. Hanft held, whether a replacement director will be named, and any change to the size of the Board.