SEC Form 4 · accession 0001193125-26-347372

CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO · CENT

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — Chairman · Director · 10% Owner

Period of report

Aug 10, 2026

Accepted (ET)

Aug 12, 2026 · 7:14 pm EDT

Rule 10b5-1 plan

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Issuer CIK

0000887733

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Class A Common Stock	Aug 10, 2026	M	127,942	$31.176	A	1,065,490	D
Class A Common Stock	Aug 10, 2026	F	116,232	$38.28	D	949,258	D
Class A Common Stock^F2	holding	—	—		—	354,159	I	By Irrevocable Trusts

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Stock Option^F3	$31.176	Aug 10, 2026	M	127,942	D	—	Aug 11, 2026	Class A Common Stock	127,942	0	D

F1Shares withheld by the Issuer in payment of the aggregate option exercise price and withholding tax liability incurred upon the above-reported exercise of options. The amount of shares withheld is based on the respective average of the high and low sales prices on the date of the exercise.
F2These securities are owned directly by various family Irrevocable Trusts and indirectly by the Reporting Person and his spouse as co-trustees of the Irrevocable Trusts. The Reporting Person and his spouse, as co-trustees, have and share investment control over the securities held in each of the Irrevocable Trusts but disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported securities held by the Irrevocable Trusts except to the extent of his and his wife's pecuniary interest therein.
F3On August 11, 2020, the Issuer's Compensation Committee granted the reporting person an option to purchase 102,354 (127,942 after stock dividend) shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer at an exercise price of $38.97 ($31.176 after stock dividend) per share. The option vests in four equal annual installments beginning August 11, 2021.