Brooks Pennington III - 08 Feb 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)

Role: Director
Signature: /s/JoAnn Jonte as attorney-in-fact for Brooks Pennington III
Issuer symbol: CENT
Transactions as of: 08 Feb 2022
Net transactions value: $0
Form type: 4
Filing time: 10 Feb 2022, 15:38:08 UTC
Previous filing: 11 Aug 2021
Next filing: 10 Aug 2022
SEC: View on sec.gov

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CENT	Class A Common Stock	Award	$0	+1,670	+4.6%	$0.000000	38,203	08 Feb 2022	Direct	F1
holding	CENT	Class A Common Stock						3,876	08 Feb 2022	By Spouse	F2
holding	CENT	Class A Common Stock						15,208	08 Feb 2022	By LLC	F3
holding	CENT	Units						2,119	08 Feb 2022	By 401(k) Plan	F4
holding	CENT	Common Stock						159,950	08 Feb 2022	Direct
holding	CENT	Common Stock						6,938	08 Feb 2022	By Spouse	F2
holding	CENT	Common Stock						7,604	08 Feb 2022	By LLC	F3

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CENT	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Award	$0	+4,771		$0.000000	4,771	08 Feb 2022	Class A Common Stock	4,771	$41.92	Direct	F5, F6

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

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Restricted stock award granted under the Company's 2003 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.
F2	Mr. Pennington disclaims beneficial ownership of 3,876 shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock owned by his spouse and 6,938 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock owned by his spouse.
F3	By Pennington Management Company II, LLC, in which Mr. Pennington has an ownership interest. Mr. Pennington is the President of Pennington Management Company II, LLC. Mr. Pennington disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
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.
F5	Stock options granted under the Company's 2003 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.
F6	One-third of the total options granted will become exercisable at each of 6 months, 18 months and 30 months after February 8, 2022, the date of the grant.