John D. Walker III - Feb 9, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)

Signature
/s/Filomena Eickstaedt as Attorney-in-Fact for John D. Walker III
Stock symbol
CENT
Transactions as of
Feb 9, 2024
Transactions value $
-$393,709
Form type
4
Date filed
2/13/2024, 06:21 PM
Previous filing
Feb 8, 2024
Next filing
Feb 28, 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction CENT Class A Common Stock Tax liability -$21K -560 -0.64% $37.52 87.5K Feb 9, 2024 Direct F1, F2
transaction CENT Class A Common Stock Tax liability -$7.95K -212 -0.24% $37.52 87.3K Feb 9, 2024 Direct F1
transaction CENT Class A Common Stock Tax liability -$365K -9.83K -11.27% $37.09 77.5K Feb 10, 2024 Direct F3
holding CENT Units 10.3K Feb 9, 2024 By 401(k) Plan F4
* 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 Common Stock and Class A Common Stock outstanding. As a result, the Reporting Person received 16,859 shares of Class A Common Stock as of February 8, 2024.
F3 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 and on February 12, 2024.
F4 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.