MARYSVILLE, Ohio, Oct. 31, 2013/PRNewswire/ -- The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG), the world's largest marketer of branded consumer lawn and garden products, announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the payment of a cash dividend of $0.4375per share.  The dividend is payable Tuesday, December 10, 2013, to shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 26, 2013.
    

    
      About ScottsMiracle-Gro

      With more than $2.8 billionin worldwide sales, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Scotts Company LLC, is the world's largest marketer of branded consumer products for lawn and garden care. The Company's brands are the most recognized in the industry. In the U.S., the Company's Scotts®, Miracle-Gro® and Ortho® brands are market-leading in their categories, as is the consumer Roundup® brand, which is marketed in North Americaand most of Europeexclusively by Scotts and owned by Monsanto. In the U.S., we operate Scotts LawnService®, the second largest residential lawn care service business.  In Europe, the Company's brands include Weedol®, Pathclear®, Evergreen®, Levington®, Miracle-Gro®, KB®, Fertiligene® and Substral®.www.scotts.com.
    

    
      SOURCE The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
    


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