Form 4 for CENT CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO

Accepted 2026-08-12 19:14:21 ET · period of report 2026-08-10 · accession 0001193125-26-347372 · SEC index · Original document

Summary rows

Aggregated the way they appear in lists: one row per insider, transaction code and security table.

X	Filed	Traded	Ticker	Insider	Title	Type	Price	Qty	Owned	ΔOwn	Value
D	2026-08-12 19:14	2026-08-10	CENT	BROWN WILLIAM E	COB, Dir, 10%	M - OptEx	$31.18	+127.9K	1.07M	+14%	+$3.99M
D	2026-08-12 19:14	2026-08-10	CENT	BROWN WILLIAM E	COB, Dir, 10%	F - Tax	$38.28	-116.2K	949.3K	-11%	-$4.45M
D	2026-08-12 19:14	2026-08-10	CENT	BROWN WILLIAM E	COB, Dir, 10%	M - OptEx	$0.00	-127.9K	0	-100%	$0

Purchase Sale Sale after option exercise All abbreviations

#	Table	Security	Date	Code	A/D	Shares	Price	Owned after	Own	Exercise / expiry	Underlying	Footnotes
1	Common	Class A Common Stock	2026-08-10	M	A	127,942	$31.18	1,065,490	D	—	—
2	Common	Class A Common Stock	2026-08-10	F	D	116,232	$38.28	949,258	D	—	—	(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.
3	Derivative	Stock Option	2026-08-10	M	D	127,942	$0.00	0	D	$31.18 · — to 2026-08-11	127,942 Class A Common Stock	(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.