William E. Brown - 10 Aug 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)

Reporting relationship: Chairman, Director, 10%+ Owner
Issuer ticker: CENT
Reported as of: 10 Aug 2026
Net transaction value: $0
SEC form: 4
Accepted by SEC: 12 Aug 2026, 19:14:21 UTC
Prior SEC filing: 26 Mar 2026
Next SEC filing: 17 Aug 2026
Source filing: View source filing
Reporting owner signature: /s/ JoAnn Jonte as attorney-in-fact for William Brown

Key filing fact

William E. Brown filed Form 4 for CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT) on 12 Aug 2026.

Key facts

This page summarizes William E. Brown's Form 4 filing for CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT).
3 reported transactions and 1 derivative row are listed below.
Accepted by SEC: 12 Aug 2026, 19:14.

Change

Previous filing in this sequence was filed on 26 Mar 2026.
Current net transaction value: $0.

Research use

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Evidence

Filed on Form 4

Ownership activity is grounded in SEC Form 4 disclosures.

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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/ JoAnn Jonte as attorney-in-fact for William Brown
Signature date: 12 Aug 2026

Reported non-derivative transactions

Shares, units, or other non-derivative securities reported in this filing.

CENT transaction

Class A Common Stock

Options Exercise

Transaction value
Shares: +127,942
Change %: +14%
Price: $31.18^*
Shares after: 1,065,490
Date: 10 Aug 2026
Ownership: Direct

CENT transaction

Class A Common Stock

Tax liability

Transaction value
Shares: -116,232
Change %: -11%
Price: $38.28^*
Shares after: 949,258
Date: 10 Aug 2026
Ownership: Direct
Footnotes: F1

CENT holding

Class A Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 354,159
Date: 10 Aug 2026
Ownership: By Irrevocable Trusts
Footnotes: F2

Reported derivative securities

Options, warrants, convertible securities, or similar derivative positions disclosed in the filing.

CENT transaction Derivative

Stock Option

Options Exercise

Transaction value
Shares: -127,942
Change %: -100%
Price: $0.000000^*
Shares after: 0
Date: 10 Aug 2026
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 127,942
Exercise price: $31.18
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 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.

Footnote 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.

Footnote F3

On 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.