William E. Brown - Feb 6, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)

Role: Chairman, Director, 10%+ Owner
Signature: /s/ William Brown
Stock symbol: CENT
Transactions as of: Feb 6, 2024
Transactions value $: $0
Form type: 4
Date filed: 2/8/2024, 04:55 PM
Previous filing: Feb 17, 2023
Next filing: Feb 13, 2024

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CENT	Class A Common Stock	Award	$0	+13.5K	+1.49%	$0.00	921K	Feb 6, 2024	Direct	F1
holding	CENT	Class A Common Stock						331K	Feb 6, 2024	By Irrevocable Trusts	F2

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	The Reporting Person was awarded by the Issuer's Compensation Committee on February 6, 2024 a grant of 13,534 shares of restricted Class A Common Stock, which will vest in increments of 33 1/3% per year commencing on the third anniversary of the date of the grant.
F2	These 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.

Content

The Reporting Person was awarded by the Issuer's Compensation Committee on February 6, 2024 a grant of 13,534 shares of restricted Class A Common Stock, which will vest in increments of 33 1/3% per year commencing on the third anniversary of the date of the grant.

These 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.