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 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.