Scotts Miracle-Gro Co Virtual Investor and Analyst Day Transcript

The following is excerpted from the question-and-answer section of the transcript.

Question: Alexander Rocco Maroccia - Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, Research Division - Analyst : I want to start with one related to the wholesale and retail relationship for Hawthorne. Given the current method of selling these products to the end user, I assume there's some larger growers that have a couple of different durable and consumable brands that they're working with versus just using Hawthorne's exclusive or distributed brands. So do you guys have any visibility into the proportion of growers that do not solely purchase Hawthorne's brands? And then how do you work with retailers to improve that usage rate among the growers?

Question: Alexander Rocco Maroccia - Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, Research Division - Analyst : Got it. That's helpful. And then my second one pertains to Bonnie and the expansion in live goods. What do you view as the most important factor for winning market share in the live goods category? And then how are you assessing transaction synergies within live goods deal the current pipeline you've got.

Question: Alexander Rocco Maroccia - Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, Research Division - Analyst : Yes. No, that does. It's just the synergies part was more when you look at a deal, what are typically the synergies for live goods deals?