Howard Machek - Feb 9, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)

Role
Chief Accounting Officer
Signature
/s/Filomena Eickstaedt as Attorney-in-Fact for Howard Machek
Stock symbol
CENT
Transactions as of
Feb 9, 2024
Transactions value $
-$30,654
Form type
4
Date filed
2/13/2024, 06:16 PM
Previous filing
Feb 8, 2024
Next filing
Feb 14, 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction CENT Class A Common Stock Tax liability -$14K -373 -0.58% $37.52 63.7K Feb 9, 2024 Direct F1, F2
transaction CENT Class A Common Stock Tax liability -$10K -267 -0.42% $37.52 63.5K Feb 9, 2024 Direct F1
transaction CENT Class A Common Stock Tax liability -$6.64K -177 -0.28% $37.52 63.3K Feb 9, 2024 Direct F1
holding CENT Units 5.67K Feb 9, 2024 By 401(k) Plan F3
holding CENT Common Stock 1K Feb 9, 2024 Direct
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 Shares delivered by Reporting Person in payment of the withholding tax liability upon vesting of restricted stock. The amount of shares withheld is based on the average of the high and low of the sales prices of CENTA on February 9, 2024.
F2 On December 7, 2023, Company declared a stock dividend, payable to all holders on record of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock as of January 8, 2024, of one share of Class A Common Stock for every four shares of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock outstanding. As a result, the Reporting Person received 12,420 shares of Class A Common Stock as of January 8, 2024.
F3 The units represent interests in the CENTA Stock Fund in the Issuer's 401(k) Plan, which consist of shares of CENTA stock and cash.