EXHIBIT 24.1
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director ofTHE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, aRegistration Statement onForm S-8 for the registration of certain of its common shares for offering and sale pursuant toThe Scotts Miracle-Gro Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appointsJames Hagedorn, David M. AronowitzandChristopher L. Nagel, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this26th day of January, 2006.
/s/ Mark R. Baker |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director ofTHE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, aRegistration Statement onForm S-8 for the registration of certain of its common shares for offering and sale pursuant toThe Scotts Miracle-Gro Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appointsJames Hagedorn, David M. AronowitzandChristopher L. Nagel, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this26th day of January, 2006.
/s/ Gordon F. Brunner |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director ofTHE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, aRegistration Statement onForm S-8 for the registration of certain of its common shares for offering and sale pursuant toThe Scotts Miracle-Gro Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appointsJames Hagedorn, David M. AronowitzandChristopher L. Nagel, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this26th day of January, 2006.
/s/ Arnold W. Donald |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director ofTHE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, aRegistration Statement onForm S-8 for the registration of certain of its common shares for offering and sale pursuant toThe Scotts Miracle-Gro Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appointsJames Hagedorn, David M. AronowitzandChristopher L. Nagel, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 26th day of January, 2006.
/s/ Joseph P. Flannery |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director ofTHE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, aRegistration Statement onForm S-8 for the registration of certain of its common shares for offering and sale pursuant toThe Scotts Miracle-Gro Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appointsJames Hagedorn, David M. AronowitzandChristopher L. Nagel, and each of them, as her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for her and in her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set her hand this26th day of January, 2006.
/s/ Mindy F. Grossman |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and director ofTHE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, aRegistration Statement onForm S-8 for the registration of certain of its common shares for offering and sale pursuant toThe Scotts Miracle-Gro Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appointsDavid M. AronowitzandChristopher L. Nagel, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this27th day of January, 2006.
/s/ James Hagedorn |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director ofTHE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, aRegistration Statement onForm S-8 for the registration of certain of its common shares for offering and sale pursuant toThe Scotts Miracle-Gro Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appointsJames Hagedorn, David M. AronowitzandChristopher L. Nagel, and each of them, as her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for her and in her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set her hand this26th day of January, 2006.
/s/ Katherine Hagedorn Littlefield |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director ofTHE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, aRegistration Statement onForm S-8 for the registration of certain of its common shares for offering and sale pursuant toThe Scotts Miracle-Gro Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appointsJames Hagedorn, David M. AronowitzandChristopher L. Nagel, and each of them, as her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for her and in her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set her hand this26th day of January, 2006.
/s/ Karen G. Mills |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer ofTHE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, aRegistration Statement onForm S-8 for the registration of certain of its common shares for offering and sale pursuant toThe Scotts Miracle-Gro Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appointsJames HagedornandDavid M. Aronowitz, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this27th day of January, 2006.
/s/ Christopher L. Nagel |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director ofTHE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, aRegistration Statement onForm S-8 for the registration of certain of its common shares for offering and sale pursuant toThe Scotts Miracle-Gro Company 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appointsJames Hagedorn, David M. AronowitzandChristopher L. Nagel, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this26th day of January, 2006.
/s/ Patrick J. Norton |