------------------------------- OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------- OMB Number: 3235-0145 Expires: November 30, 2002 Estimated average burden hours per response ... 11 ------------------------------- United States SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 SCHEDULE 13D UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. 5)* - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) THE SCOTTS COMPANY COMMON SHARES, WITHOUT PAR VALUE - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 810 186 106 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CUSIP Number) ROB MCMAHON c/o HAGEDORN PARTNERSHIP, L.P. 800 PORT WASHINGTON BLVD. PORT WASHINGTON, NJ 08540 WITH A COPY TO: RICHARD L. GOLDBERG PROSKAUER ROSE LLP 1585 BROADWAY NEW YORK, NY 10036 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) NOVEMBER 15, 2002 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Date of Event which Requires Filing of This Statement) If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box [_]. NOTE: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.CUSIP No.810 186 106 SCHEDULE 13D ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS Hagedorn Partnership, L.P. I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) EIN 11-3265232 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X] (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*: 00 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION: Delaware ________________________________________________________________________________ 7 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF -0- SHARES _________________________________________________________________ 8 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 9,872,463 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING -0- PERSON _________________________________________________________________ 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 9,872,463 ________________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 9,872,463 ________________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 32.1% ________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*: PN ________________________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION. PAGE 2 OF 10
CUSIP No.810 186 106 SCHEDULE 13D ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X] (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*: 00 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION: United States of America ________________________________________________________________________________ 7 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF -0- SHARES _________________________________________________________________ 8 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 9,872,463 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 186,600 PERSON _________________________________________________________________ 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 9,685,863 ________________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 9,872,463 ________________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 32.1% ________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*: IN ________________________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION. PAGE 3 OF 10
CUSIP No.810 186 106 SCHEDULE 13D ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS James Hagedorn I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X] (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*: 00 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION: United States of America ________________________________________________________________________________ 7 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF -0- SHARES _________________________________________________________________ 8 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 9,872,463 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 226,600 PERSON _________________________________________________________________ 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 9,645,863 ________________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 9,872,463 ________________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 32.1% ________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*: IN ________________________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION. PAGE 4 OF 10
CUSIP No.810 186 106 SCHEDULE 13D ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS Paul Hagedorn I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X] (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*: 00 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION: United States of America ________________________________________________________________________________ 7 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF -0- SHARES _________________________________________________________________ 8 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 9,872,463 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 158,620 PERSON _________________________________________________________________ 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 9,713,843 ________________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 9,872,463 ________________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 32.1% ________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*: IN ________________________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION. PAGE 5 OF 10
CUSIP No.810 186 106 SCHEDULE 13D ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS Peter Hagedorn I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X] (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*: 00 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION: United States of America ________________________________________________________________________________ 7 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF -0- SHARES _________________________________________________________________ 8 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 9,872,463 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 45,320 PERSON _________________________________________________________________ 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 9,827,143 ________________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 9,872,463 ________________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 32.1% ________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*: IN ________________________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION. PAGE 6 OF 10
CUSIP No.810 186 106 SCHEDULE 13D ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS Robert Hagedorn I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X] (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*: 00 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION: United States of America ________________________________________________________________________________ 7 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF -0- SHARES _________________________________________________________________ 8 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 9,872,463 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 111,600 PERSON _________________________________________________________________ 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 9,760,863 ________________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 9,872,463 ________________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 32.1% ________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*: IN ________________________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION. PAGE 7 OF 10
CUSIP No.810 186 106 SCHEDULE 13D ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Susan Hagedorn ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [X] (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*: 00 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION: United States of America ________________________________________________________________________________ 7 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF -0- SHARES _________________________________________________________________ 8 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 9,872,463 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING 166,600 PERSON _________________________________________________________________ 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 9,705,863 ________________________________________________________________________________ 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 9,872,463 ________________________________________________________________________________ 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 32.1% ________________________________________________________________________________ 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*: IN ________________________________________________________________________________ *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION. PAGE 8 OF 10
CUSIP No.810 186 106 SCHEDULE 13D By this Amendment No. 5, Hagedorn Partnership. L.P. (the "Partnership") further amends and supplements the responses to Items 1 and 4 of its Statement on Schedule 13D, as heretofore amended (the "Schedule 13D"), filed with respect to the common shares, without par value (the "Shares"), of The Scotts Company, an Ohio corporation ("Scotts"). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Schedule 13D. Item 1. Security and Issuer Scotts' principal executive offices are located at 14111 Scottslawn Road, Marysville, Ohio 43041. Item 4. Purpose of Transaction In accordance with the provisions of the Liquidity Plan, the Partnership, for the accounts of Robert Hagedorn, Susan Hagedorn and Peter Hagedorn, each General Partners of the Partnership (together, the "Selling General Partners"), sold certain Shares on each of November 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, 2002. The Selling General Partners sold an aggregate total of 171,650 Shares during that time. Page 9 of 10
SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. November 24, 2002 HAGEDORN PARTNERSHIP, L.P. By: /s/ Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield -------------------------------------------- Name: Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield Title: Attorney-in-Fact KATHERINE HAGEDORN LITTLEFIELD /s/ Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield __________________________ JAMES HAGEDORN By: /s/ Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield -------------------------------------------- Name: Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield Title: Attorney-in-Fact PAUL HAGEDORN By: /s/ Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield -------------------------------------------- Name: Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield Title: Attorney-in-Fact PETER HAGEDORN By: /s/ Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield -------------------------------------------- Name: Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield Title: Attorney-in-Fact ROBERT HAGEDORN By: /s/ Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield -------------------------------------------- Name: Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield Title: Attorney-in-Fact SUSAN HAGEDORN By: /s/ Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield -------------------------------------------- Name: Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield Title: Attorney-in-Fact Page 10 of 10