The Scotts Company announced today that Jean H. Mordo has been named to the newly created position, Group Executive Vice President, Scotts International, reporting to Scotts' Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Charles M. Berger.

Mr. Mordo, 54, will be responsible for directing the sales, marketing and operations of Scotts'
international businesses. Scotts' international businesses represent approximately $500 million in
annual sales and include the leading brands in the largest lawn and garden markets outside of the
U.S., including the U.K., France, Germany, and the Benelux countries.

"Scotts has a unique opportunity to create significant shareholder value by applying our proven
consumer marketing approaches to our recently acquired international brands, which had been
largely managed by industrially oriented chemical companies,'' said Mr. Berger. Jean Mordo
helped lead the development of our international strategy and the negotiations to acquire the leadinglawn and garden businesses overseas. His leadership will be instrumental in driving these businessesto their full potential.''

Since Scotts completed several major international acquisitions in 1998, Mr. Mordo has been
managing their integration into Scotts' existing operations and has been directing Scotts' overall
international business.

Mr. Mordo has served as Scotts' Chief Financial Officer since joining the company in 1997. Prior
to joining Scotts, Mr. Mordo served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pratt
& Whitney, a division of United Technologies, where he held a variety of international managementpositions. Prior to joining United Technologies, Mr. Mordo had been a management consultant withMcKinsey & Company. Mr. Mordo received his MBA from Stanford Business School and aMasters Degree in Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France.

Christopher L. Nagel, Scotts' Vice President, Controller, will assume the interim role of acting ChiefFinancial Officer while the company completes a search for a new Chief Financial Officer.

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