Scotts Miracle-gro acquisitions, on the record

Word for word“On April 28, 2022, the Company’s Hawthorne segment completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of S.J. Enterprises PTY LTD, d.b.a. Cyco (“Cyco”), an Australia-based provider of premium nutrients, additives and growing media products for indoor growing sold mostly in the United States, for an estimated purchase price of $ 37.3 .” 10-K for 2023

Word for word“On December 30, 2021, the Company’s Hawthorne segment completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Luxx Lighting, Inc., a provider of lighting products for indoor growing.” 10-K for 2023

Word for word“On December 23, 2021, the Company’s Hawthorne segment completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of True Liberty Bags, a leading provider of liners and storage solutions to dry and cure plant products, for $ 10.1 .” 10-K for 2023

Word for word“On August 27, 2021, the Company’s Hawthorne segment completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Hydro-Logic Purification Systems, Inc., a leading provider of products, accessories and systems for water filtration and purification, for $ 65.3 .” 10-K for 2023

Word for word“On August 13, 2021, the Company’s Hawthorne segment completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Rhizoflora, Inc., the manufacturer of terpene enhancing nutrient products Terpinator ® and Purpinator ® , for $ 33.7 .” 10-K for 2023

Word for word“On November 11, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement and plan of merger to acquire the remaining outstanding shares of AeroGrow for cash consideration of $ 3.00 per share, or approximately $ 20.1 .” 10-K for 2023

Word for word“On December 31, 2020, the Company acquired a 50 % equity interest in Bonnie Plants, LLC, a joint venture with AFC focused on planting, growing, developing, distributing, marketing and selling live plants, in exchange for cash payments of $ 102.3 , as well as non-cash investing activities that included forgiveness of the Company’s outstanding loan receivable with AFC and surrender of the Company’s options to increase its economic interest in the Bonnie Plants business.” 10-K for 2023

Word for word“On August 31, 2017, the Company completed the sale of the International Business.” 10-K for 2023

Word for word“In fiscal 1995, through a merger with Stern’s Miracle-Gro Products, Inc., which was founded by Horace Hagedorn and Otto Stern in Long Island, New York in 1951, we acquired the Miracle-Gro ® brand, the industry leader in water-soluble garden plant foods.” 10-K for 2024

Word for word“In fiscal 1999, we acquired the Ortho ® brand in the U.S. and obtained exclusive rights to market Monsanto’s consumer Roundup ® brand within the U.S. and other contractually specified countries, thereby adding industry-leading weed, pest and disease control products to our portfolio.” 10-K for 2024

Word for word“During fiscal 2023, the Company received proceeds of $ 37.0 related to the payoff of seller financing that the Company provided in connection with a fiscal 2017 divestiture, which was classified as an investing activity in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.” 10-K for 2024

Word for word“On September 30, 2025, we completed the divestiture of our Hawthorne professional horticulture business based in the Netherlands for $8.5, which was financed by us in the form of a loan bearing interest at 6.0% with a maturity date of December 31, 2029.” 10-K for 2025

Word for word“On March 14, 2025, the Company sold all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of its formerly wholly-owned subsidiary The Hawthorne Collective, Inc.” 10-K for 2025

Word for word“In fiscal 1999, we acquired the Ortho ® brand in the U.S. and obtained exclusive rights to market Monsanto’s consumer Roundup ® brand within the U.S. and other contractually specified countries, thereby adding industry-leading weed, pest and disease control products to our portfolio.” 10-K for 2025