William E. Brown - Jan 19, 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)

Role: Chairman, Director, 10%+ Owner
Signature: /s/ JoAnn Jonte, as Attorney-in-Fact for William E. Brown
Stock symbol: CENT
Transactions as of: Jan 19, 2023
Transactions value $: -$41,230
Form type: 4
Date filed: 1/23/2023, 08:00 PM
Previous filing: Dec 28, 2023
Next filing: Feb 8, 2023

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CENT	Class A Common Stock	Tax liability	-$41.2K	-1.09K	-0.11%	$37.93	1.03M	Jan 19, 2023	Direct	F1
holding	CENT	Class A Common Stock						246K	Jan 19, 2023	By Irrevocable Trusts	F2

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

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
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 January 19, 2023.
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.

Content

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 January 19, 2023.

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.