Marysville, Ohio-Based Scott's Miracle Gro's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Benefits Raise Was a Blistering 32.2% Per Year During the Past Five Years

From Company Proxy Statement filings with the SEC, below are Scott's Miracle Gro's Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for each of two consecutive full years of employment for the most recent five years.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Sept	Sept		Sept	Sept		Sept	Sept		Sept	Sept		Sept	Sept
Scotts Miracle-Gro	2019	2018		2018	2017		2017	2016		2016	2015		2015	2014
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Hagedorn CEO	7,922	5,157		5,157	22,073		22,073	8,502		8,502	7,647		7,647	8,976
Coleman CFO	3,025	1,667		1,667	6,558		6,558	2,182		2,182	1,808		1,808	1,187
Lukemire President COO	3,368	2,171		2,171	8,010		8,010	3,062		3,062	3,653		3,653	1,381
Stump EVP Human Resources	2,133	1,255		1,255	3,608		3,608	1,963		1,963	1,220		1,220	1,378
Smith EVP General Counsel	1,721	1,079		1,079	3,228		3,228	1,476		1,476	1,219
Sanders Former President COO													N/A	N/A
Hilsheimer Former CFO
Totals	18,169	11,329		11,329	43,477		43,477	17,185		17,185	15,547		14,328	12,922
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	60.4%			-73.9%			153.0%			10.5%			10.9%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		32.2%