By Adam Marquis

TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview What they do Company History Segments of Scotts Growing Organization Financial Analysis Stock History Competition Management Structure Employee Relation State of the Industry & Comparisons References

OVERVIEW American multinational corporation headquartered in Marysville, Ohio. Founder O.M. Scott began selling lawn seed in Employees Brand names outside of North America: Miracle-Gro, Evergreen, KB, Fertiligene, Celaflor and Substral.

WHAT THEY DO Scotts is one of the leading organizations involved in lawn and garden care. Scotts offers fertilizers, plant foods, soils and mulches, pest controls, grass seed and bird food. This company is a sponsor of numerous organizations. Two of which are Major League Baseball (MLB), and NASCAR.

COMPANY HISTORY 1995: Scotts purchases Stern's Miracle-Gro Products, Inc for $175 million. 1998: Aquired $47 million in shares of Earthgro 2002: Bought out The Lawn Company. Officially starting their own Lawn Care segment. 2014: Scotts Canada Ltd acquired Fafard & Brothers Ltd. for $59.8 million. European Company.

TWO SEGMENTS OF SCOTTS 1 st Segment: (Global Consumer) -Lawn fertilizers and control products. Potting and lawn soils. 2 nd Segment: (Scotts Lawn Service) -Residential and commercial lawn fertilization, disease and insect control

A GROWING ORGANIZATION Scotts Lawn Service unit has grown. $42 million in sales in 2001 to some $258 million in Now the #2 lawn care services company in the US Establishing regional offices throughout U.S. $40 million increase in marketing

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS Revenue

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

STOCK HISTORY $ $65.75 $64.98 Current Price Change ($) High Low NYSE Ticker: SMG

TOP COMPETITORS Bayer Crop Science Central Garden and Pet Spectrum Brands

MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE James Hagedorn Chairman,Chief Executive Officer Thomas Randal Coleman Executive Vice President,Chief Financial Officer Ivan C. Smith Executive Vice President,General Counsel,Chief Compliance Officer,Corporate Secretary Denise S. Stump Executive Vice President,Chief Ethics Officer

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS POLICIES LiveTotal Health: Benefit programs offered to all Scotts Miracle-Gro employee. Physical Health Program: Medical, Dental, Vision, Fitness Club reimbursement Finance: 401k. 7% company matching. Discount stock purchase. Life Insurance. Personal Health Programs: Vacation and holidays. Paid time off for volunteering

HELPING HANDS Partnership with the NY Botanical Garden since Miracle-Gro Cap Kids. Parents, Teachers, and Scotts Volunteers come together to mentor kids. Funded $1 Million dollars for the Union County, OH YMCA. A $500,000 donation to the Memorial Hospital of Union County's new Women's Health Center

STATE OF THE INDUSTRY Demand of the industry is tied to crop production. Longer winters=Lower Revenue Revenue for US agricultural fertilizers and chemicals is forecast to grow at an annual compounded rate of 4 percent between 2015 and 2019, Industry growth rate Industry Forecast

MOST RECENT SCOTTS NEWS A Scotts Miracle-Gro subsidiary called Hawthorn Gardening Co. purchases General Hydroponics Co. Future business in marijuana growing. Attracting younger customers. Grow a large amount of revenue.

INDUSTRY COMPARISON Net Profit Comparison 2014

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