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Central Garden & Pet Company (NASDAQ: CENT, CENTA) files detailed reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that provide insight into its operations in the pet and garden industries. These SEC filings include annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, along with material agreements and financing arrangements.
Recent Form 8-K filings illustrate how Central uses this channel to disclose significant events. For example, the company filed an 8-K to furnish a press release announcing its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2025 financial results, which included segment performance for its Pet and Garden businesses and discussion of initiatives such as its Cost and Simplicity agenda. Another 8-K describes a Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, setting out the terms of a senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility, including borrowing capacity, interest-rate structure, covenants and collateral.
Through this SEC filings page on Stock Titan, users can review Central’s historical and current regulatory disclosures, including 10-K and 10-Q reports that discuss risk factors, segment information, liquidity, debt structure and strategic priorities. Current reports on Form 8-K provide more immediate updates on events such as financing agreements, acquisitions and earnings releases.
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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.
Central Garden & Pet Company has issued a revised definitive proxy statement for its virtual 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, updating prior materials and superseding the version filed on December 22, 2025. The meeting will be held online on February 11, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time.
Shareholders of record of Common Stock and Class B Stock as of December 15, 2025 may vote on electing nine directors, ratifying Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditor for the year ending September 26, 2026, and approving on an advisory basis the compensation of named executive officers. The Board recommends voting FOR all three proposals.
The proxy details strong recent performance: fiscal 2025 net sales decreased 2.2%, but net income rose 50.8%, with diluted EPS of $2.55 versus $1.62 in the prior year, and non-GAAP net income of $174.2 million, or $2.73 per diluted share. It also outlines pay-for-performance executive compensation, including CEO Nicholas Lahanas’s $900,000 base salary, target bonus equal to 100% of salary, and equity awards tied to multi-year financial and total shareholder return goals.
Central Garden & Pet Company files its annual report describing a diversified U.S. pet and garden products business organized into Pet and Garden segments. The company highlights a broad portfolio of long‑standing brands such as Nylabone, Kaytee, Pennington, Ferry‑Morse and Amdro, supported by a large U.S. manufacturing, sales and logistics network and deep relationships with major retailers including Walmart, Home Depot, Costco, Lowe’s and Amazon. Management reports that over the past five years net sales have grown at an average annual rate of 3.0% and GAAP operating income at 4.8%, aided by more than 60 acquisitions that together built a business with approximately $3.1 billion in net sales. The filing outlines the “Central to Home” strategy built on brand building, portfolio management, cost and simplicity initiatives, and culture, while also detailing key risks such as macroeconomic uncertainty, tariffs, energy prices, seasonality in the Garden segment, climate and regulatory pressures, customer concentration and potential goodwill and intangible asset impairment.
Central Garden & Pet Company filed a Form 8-K to report that it has released its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2025, which ended on September 27, 2025. The company announced these results in a press release dated November 24, 2025, which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1. The filing is made under the Results of Operations and Financial Condition item and also lists the related interactive data tags for the cover page. Central Garden & Pet’s common stock trades on Nasdaq under the symbols CENT and CENTA.
Central Garden & Pet Company amended and restated its credit facility, entering a Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement for a $600 million senior secured asset-based revolver with an uncommitted $400 million accordion, maturing November 7, 2030.
The borrowing base is determined by eligible receivables and inventory, and, at the Company’s election, eligible real property, less reserves. The Company did not draw at closing; proceeds may be used for general corporate purposes. The facility includes a $50 million letter of credit sublimit and a $75 million short‑notice borrowing sublimit.
Borrowings bear interest at SOFR (floor 0.00%) or a defined Base Rate, plus a margin tied to average availability. At closing, the applicable margin was 1.00% for SOFR loans and 0.00% for Base Rate loans. Covenants include a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.00:1.00 when triggered. The facility is secured by substantially all assets, including pledges of domestic and certain foreign subsidiary equity.
Geode Capital Holdings LLC reported beneficial ownership of 472,535 shares of Central Garden & Pet Company common stock, representing 4.90% of the class. The filing states Geode has sole voting and dispositive power over these shares, and that the holdings are managed in the ordinary course of business, not for the purpose of changing or influencing control. The filing identifies two subsidiaries that hold these securities: Geode Capital Management, LLC (registered investment adviser) and Geode Capital Management Trust Company, LLC (New Hampshire trust company). The filing was signed on 10/08/2025.