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Central Garden & Pet Company filings document formal disclosures for a public consumer-products company with Pet and Garden operations. Recent 8-K reports cover quarterly and fiscal-year results, operating performance releases, material agreements, board and committee appointments, executive compensation matters and the company’s registered common stock and Class A common stock on Nasdaq.
The filing record also includes disclosures on financing arrangements, including a senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility, and governance matters reported under Exchange Act rules. These documents describe how Central finances and oversees a portfolio of pet care, animal health, lawn, garden, pest-control, seed, fertilizer and related branded products.
Central Garden & Pet’s Chief Financial Officer Bradley G. Smith reported a routine tax-related share withholding. On February 6, 2026, 776 shares of Class A common stock were delivered at $33.60 per share to cover withholding taxes due upon vesting of restricted stock. After this transaction, Smith directly beneficially owned 9,731 Class A common shares.
Central Garden & Pet’s President of Pet Consumer Products, John Edward Hanson, reported two Class A common stock transactions on February 6, 2026. He delivered 1,636 shares at $33.60 per share to cover withholding taxes on vested restricted stock, and separately disposed of 2,165 directly held shares by transferring them to the Hanson Family Trust.
After these transactions, Hanson directly owned 41,279 Class A shares, held 2,693.61 units in the company’s 401(k) CENTA Stock Fund, and 12,155 Class A shares were held by the Hanson Family Trust, for which he disclaims beneficial ownership except for his pecuniary interest.
Central Garden & Pet Company reports weaker fiscal Q1 2026 results, with net sales of $617.4M, down from $656.4M a year earlier, and net income falling to $6.8M, or $0.11 per diluted share, from $14.0M, or $0.21.
Pet segment sales declined 2.7% while Garden sales dropped 12.0%, mainly from shipment timing, portfolio exits and lost distribution. Gross margin improved to 30.9% on productivity gains and mix, but $7.7M of facility-closure charges lifted SG&A and reduced operating income to $16.5M. The company acquired Champion USA’s U.S. assets for about $57M and ended the quarter with $1.19B of senior notes and $737.2M in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash.
Central Garden & Pet Company filed a current report to share that it has released its latest quarterly financial results. The company issued a press release covering results for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2026, which ended on December 27, 2025.
The press release, dated February 4, 2026, is included as Exhibit 99.1 to the report. Central Garden & Pet’s common stock (CENT) and Class A common stock (CENTA) are listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.
Central Garden & Pet Company Chief Executive Officer Nicholas Lahanas reported stock transactions in the company’s Class A common stock. On January 30, 2026, he acquired 2,814 shares at $0 per share, increasing his direct holdings to 89,406 shares.
On the same date, 1,144 shares were withheld and disposed of at $30.22 per share to cover withholding tax related to performance share units, leaving him with 88,262 Class A shares held directly. He also indirectly holds 3,318.686 units in the company’s 401(k) plan, representing interests in a fund invested in CENTA stock and cash.
Central Garden & Pet president John Edward Hanson reported changes in indirect holdings of Class A common stock through the Hanson Family Trust. On January 30, 2026, the trust received 2,814 Class A shares at $0, and 1,313 shares at $30.22 were delivered to cover withholding taxes tied to performance share unit settlement. Following these trust-related transactions, 9,990 Class A shares are shown as held indirectly by the trust, with Mr. Hanson disclaiming beneficial ownership except for his pecuniary interest. Separately, the filing reflects 45,080 Class A shares held directly and 2,693.61 units in a CENTA stock fund within the company 401(k) plan. The balance also incorporates a correction of a prior transpositional error.
Central Garden & Pet’s Chief Accounting Officer, Howard Machek, reported multiple equity transactions in Class A common stock on January 30, 2026. He exercised a stock option for 4,255 shares at $22.80 per share, converting the option into common stock.
The filing shows 2,253 Class A shares acquired at $0, linked to settlement of performance share units. It also reports share withholdings of 985 shares and 3,667 shares at $30.22 per share to cover tax liabilities on performance units and restricted stock. After these transactions, he directly held tens of thousands of Class A shares, plus 1,000 Common shares and 6,867 units in a 401(k) plan.
Central Garden & Pet’s Chief Financial Officer, Bradley G. Smith, reported two stock transactions in the company’s Class A Common Stock on January 30, 2026. He acquired 844 shares at a price of $0.00 per share, increasing his direct holdings at that point to 10,853 shares.
On the same day, 346 shares were delivered at a price of $30.22 per share to cover withholding tax upon settlement of performance share units, as described in the footnote. After these transactions, Smith directly owned 10,507 Class A Common shares.
Central Garden & Pet President John D. Walker III reported equity-related transactions in Class A Common Stock. On January 30, 2026, he acquired 2,814 shares at $0.00 per share, reflecting the settlement of performance share units.
On the same date, 976 shares were withheld at $30.22 per share to cover tax liabilities from that settlement, leaving him with 69,166 directly held Class A shares. He also has 2,200 units held indirectly through the issuer’s 401(k) plan, invested in the CENTA Stock Fund.
Central Garden & Pet Co. General Counsel George A. Yuhas reported exercising stock options and related share withholding on Class A common stock. On January 20, 2026, options for 20,833 shares of Class A common stock were exercised at an exercise price of $22.80 per share, converting a stock option award into the same number of common shares. The company then withheld 18,545 shares at a price of $29.01 per share to cover the aggregate option exercise price and associated tax obligations, leaving Yuhas with 8,183 Class A common shares held directly. He also has an indirect interest in 6,014.09 units of the CENTA Stock Fund in the company’s 401(k) plan, which consists of CENTA stock and cash. The options were originally granted on February 10, 2020 and were fully vested and have now been fully exercised.