Key facts
- This page summarizes William E. Brown's Form 4 filing for CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT).
- 2 reported transactions and 0 derivative rows are listed below.
- Accepted by SEC: 10 Feb 2026, 16:15.
William E. Brown - 06 Feb 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
- Reporting relationship
- Chairman, Director, 10%+ Owner
- Issuer ticker
- CENT
- Reported as of
- 06 Feb 2026
- Net transaction value
- -$163,571
- SEC form
- 4
- Accepted by SEC
- 10 Feb 2026, 16:15:16 UTC
- Prior SEC filing
- 02 Sep 2025
- Next SEC filing
- 12 Feb 2026
- Source filing
- View source filing
- Reporting owner signature
- /s/ William E. Brown
Source evidence
Original filing metadata and source links for verification.
5 source fields
Reporting owner
1 detail
Key filing fact
William E. Brown filed Form 4 for CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT) on 10 Feb 2026.
Change
- Previous filing in this sequence was filed on 02 Sep 2025.
- Current net transaction value: -$163,571.
Research use
- This tells you what this filing adds before you inspect full transaction and derivative tables.
- You can trace every row back to the original SEC filing document.
Evidence
Filed on Form 4
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Ownership activity is grounded in SEC Form 4 disclosures.
Reporting Owners (1)
CIK 0000936179
Primary reporting owner
BROWN WILLIAM E
- Relationship
- Chairman, Director, 10%+ Owner
- Address
- C/O CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY, 1340 TREAT BLVD, SUITE 600, WALNUT CREEK
- Signature
- /s/ William E. Brown
- Signature date
- 10 Feb 2026
Reported non-derivative transactions
Shares, units, or other non-derivative securities reported in this filing.
CENT
transaction
Class A Common Stock
Tax liability
- Transaction value
- $63,235
- Shares
- -1,882
- Change %
- -0.2%
- Price
- $33.60
- Shares after
- 928,483
- Date
- 06 Feb 2026
- Ownership
- Direct
- Footnotes
- F1
CENT
transaction
Class A Common Stock
Tax liability
- Transaction value
- $100,335
- Shares
- -2,958
- Change %
- -0.32%
- Price
- $33.92
- Shares after
- 925,525
- Date
- 09 Feb 2026
- Ownership
- Direct
- Footnotes
- F2
CENT
holding
Class A Common Stock
No transaction description listed
- Transaction value
- Shares
- Change %
- Price
- Shares after
- 374,258
- Date
- 06 Feb 2026
- Ownership
- By Irrevocable Trust
- Footnotes
- F3
* marks a reported price that did not pass the local price check.
Additional SEC filing notes
Filing notes and footnotes
Explanation of responses 3 footnotes
Footnote F1
Shares withheld by the Issuer in payment of the withholding tax liability incurred upon the vesting of restricted stock. The amount of shares withheld is based on the average of the high and low sales prices on February 6, 2026.
Footnote F2
Shares withheld by the Issuer in payment of the withholding tax liability incurred upon the vesting of restricted stock. The amount of shares withheld is based on the average of the high and low sales prices on February 9, 2026.
Footnote F3
These securities are owned directly by various family Irrevocable Trusts for the benefit of the Reporting Person's children and grandchildren 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.