Brooks Pennington III - 12 Aug 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)

Reporting relationship: Director
Issuer ticker: CENT
Reported as of: 12 Aug 2026
Net transaction value: $0
SEC form: 4
Accepted by SEC: 17 Aug 2026, 16:09:06 UTC
Prior SEC filing: 17 Feb 2026
Source filing: View source filing
Reporting owner signature: /s/Brooks Pennington III

Key filing fact

Brooks Pennington III filed Form 4 for CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT) on 17 Aug 2026.

Key facts

This page summarizes Brooks Pennington III's Form 4 filing for CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT).
1 reported transaction and 0 derivative rows are listed below.
Accepted by SEC: 17 Aug 2026, 16:09.

Change

Previous filing in this sequence was filed on 17 Feb 2026.
Current net transaction value: $0.

Research use

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You can trace every row back to the original SEC filing document.

Evidence

Filed on Form 4

Ownership activity is grounded in SEC Form 4 disclosures.

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Reporting Owners (1)

CIK 0001057369 Primary reporting owner

PENNINGTON BROOKS III

Relationship: Director
Address: 1340 TREAT BLVD, SUITE 600, WALNUT CREEK
Signature: /s/Brooks Pennington III
Signature date: 17 Aug 2026

Reported non-derivative transactions

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

CENT transaction

Common Stock

Gift

Transaction value
Shares: -5,800
Change %: -4.5%
Price: $0.000000^*
Shares after: 123,106
Date: 12 Aug 2026
Ownership: Direct

CENT holding

Class A Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 40,630
Date: 12 Aug 2026
Ownership: Direct

CENT holding

Class A Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 6,579
Date: 12 Aug 2026
Ownership: By Spouse
Footnotes: F1

CENT holding

Class A Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 20,911
Date: 12 Aug 2026
Ownership: By LLC
Footnotes: F2

CENT holding

Class A Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 43,750
Date: 12 Aug 2026
Ownership: By BPCB
Footnotes: F3

CENT holding

Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 6,938
Date: 12 Aug 2026
Ownership: By Spouse
Footnotes: F1

CENT holding

Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 7,604
Date: 12 Aug 2026
Ownership: By LLC
Footnotes: F2

CENT holding

Units

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 2,241
Date: 12 Aug 2026
Ownership: By 401(k) Plan
Footnotes: F4

^* marks a reported price that did not pass the local price check.

Additional SEC filing notes

Filing notes and footnotes

Explanation of responses 4 footnotes

Footnote F1

Mr. Pennington disclaims beneficial ownership of 6,579 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.

Footnote F2

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.

Footnote F3

By BPCB Timber Company, LLC, in which Mr. Pennington has an ownership interest. Mr. Pennington is the Managing Member of BPCB Timber Company, LLC. Mr. Pennington disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

Footnote 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.

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