1 Exhibit 3(d) Expedite this form [X] Yes [OHIO STATE Prescribed by J. KENNETH BLACKWELL SEAL] Please obtain fee amount and mailing instructions from the FORMS INVENTORY LIST (using the 3 digit form # located at the bottom of this form). To obtain the FORMS INVENTORY LIST or for assistance, please call Customer Service: Central Ohio: (614)-466-3910 Toll Free: 1-877-SOS-FILE (1-877-767-3453) CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT BY SHAREHOLDERS TO ARTICLES OF The Scotts Company - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Corporation) 878361 ----------------------------------- (charter number) G. Robert Lucas , who is the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary ----------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ (name) (title) of the above named Ohio corporation organized for profit, does hereby certify that: (Please check the appropriate box and complete the appropriate statements.) [X] a meeting of the shareholders was duly called and held on February 15, 2000 , at which meeting a quorum the ------------------- shareholders was present in person or by proxy, and that by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise 84.9 % of the voting power of the corporation, ---------- in a writing signed by all the shareholders who would be entitled to notice of a meeting held for that purpose, the following resolution to amend the articles was adopted: RESOLVED, that the first sentence of Article FOURTH of the Amended Articles of ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Incorporation of the Corporation be and it hereby is amended to increase the authorized ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- number of common shares, each without par value, from Fifty Million (50,000,000) to ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One Hundred Million (100,000,000), such that the text of said first sentence of Article ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOURTH shall read as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOURTH: The authorized number of shares of the corporation shall be One Hundred Million, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One Hundred and Ninety-Five Thousand (100,195,000), consisting of One Hundred Million ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (100,000,000) common shares, each without par value, and One Hundred and Ninety-Five Thousand ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (195,000) shares of Class A Convertible Preferred Stock, without par value (the "Class A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preferred"). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the above named officer, acting for and on behalf of the corporation, has hereunto subscribed his name on February 17, 2000. ---------- -------------------- (his/her) (date) Signature: /s/ G. Robert Lucas --------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary ------------------------------------------------------------------ Page 1 of 1