SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HAGEDORN ROBERT (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O HAGEDORN PARTNERSHIP, L.P. 800 PORT WASHINGTON BLVD (Street) PORT WASHINGTON NY 11050 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SCOTTS COMPANY [ SMG ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/27/2003
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Shares	08/27/2003		X(1)		36,923	A	$21(2)	1,777,067	I	See footnotes(3)(4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Series A Warrants (Right to buy)	$21	08/27/2003		X			60,000	08/27/2003(5)	11/19/2003	Common Shares	36,923	$21(2)	8,519	I	See footnote(6)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents the exercise of Series A Warrants to purchase the Issuer's Common Shares (the "Common Shares") by Hagedorn Partnership, L.P.

2. Cashless exercise of Series A Warrants to purchase Common Shares pursuant to its terms; 23,077 Common Shares surrendered at $54.60 per share.

3. Pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 16a-1(a)(1), the Reporting Person may be deemed, solely for purposes of determining whether he is a beneficial owner of more than 10% of Common Shares, to be the beneficial owner of the securities of the Issuer that are held by Hagedorn Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership in which the Reporting Person is a general partner.

4. Represents the aggregate proportionate interest of Robert Hagedorn and those family members in whose holdings he may be deemed to have a pecuniary interest in the Common Shares held by Hagedorn Partnership, L.P.

5. By its terms, the Series A Warrants are immediately exercisable.

6. Represents the aggregate proportionate interest of Robert Hagedorn and those family members in whose holdings he may be deemed to have a pecuniary interest in the Series A Warrants held by Hagedorn Partnership, L.P. The Hagedorn Partnership, L.P. has a direct pecuniary interest in 50,148 Series A Warrants.

	/s/ Rob McMahon, Attorney-in-Fact	08/27/2003
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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