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Central Garden & Pet Company filings document an operating company with Pet and Garden businesses and Class A common stock listed on Nasdaq under CENTA. The company's 8-K reports disclose quarterly operating results, fiscal outlook updates and press-release exhibits tied to sales, margins, earnings per share and segment performance.
The filings also cover governance and compensation events, including board appointments, committee assignments and bonus determinations. Capital-structure disclosures identify common stock and Class A common stock, while material-event reports provide formal records of financial condition and other public-company actions.
Christopher T. Metz, a director of Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA), reported transactions on 08/14/2025 showing option exercises and share withholdings. He exercised a stock option adjusted by a 2023 stock dividend: the option (originally for 7,043 shares at $28.40) became exercisable for 8,803 Class A shares at an effective exercise price shown as $22.72. All 8,803 option shares were exercised; the issuer withheld 6,074 shares to satisfy the aggregate exercise price, resulting in 27,795 shares beneficially owned following the transactions and 21,721 shares reported as disposed in one line. The Form 4 was signed by an attorney-in-fact on 08/18/2025 and includes explanations of the stock dividend adjustment and withholding method.
Brooks Pennington III, a director of Central Garden & Pet Co. (CENTA), reported dispositions of company stock in a Form 4 filing. The filing shows a 08/13/2025 disposal of 442 shares of Common Stock at $0 (code G) and a 08/14/2025 sale of 3,281 shares of Class A Common Stock under a Rule 10b5-1 sales plan at an average reported price of $32.822, with the price range for those sales reported as $33.20 to $32.60. After the reported transactions, the filing reports 130,956 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned directly and 37,046 shares of Class A Common Stock held directly, plus additional indirect holdings through spouse, LLCs, and a 401(k) stock fund as disclosed in the filing. The filer disclaims beneficial ownership of certain shares owned by spouse and entities except to the extent of pecuniary interest.
Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA) filed a Form 144 disclosing a proposed sale of 3,281 common shares, acquired as director share grants on 08/14/2024. The filing lists the broker as Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and shows an aggregate market value of $109,716.64 for the shares. The company’s shares outstanding are reported as 51,618,478, and the approximate sale date is 08/14/2025 on NASDAQ. The filer reports no securities sold in the past three months for the account. The notice includes the statement that the seller represents they have no undisclosed material adverse information.
Summary: Victory Capital Management, Inc. filed an amendment to Schedule 13G reporting beneficial ownership of 2,100,218 shares of Central Garden & Pet Co (CUSIP 153527205), equal to 4.04% of the common stock based on the 06/30/2025 event date. The filing shows 2,058,968 shares with sole voting power and 2,100,218 with sole dispositive power.
Filer details: Victory Capital Management, Inc., an IA organized in New York, business address 15935 La Cantera Pkwy, San Antonio, TX. Issuer principal office: 1340 Treat Blvd Suite 600, Walnut Creek, CA 94597. The filing is signed by Barry Garrett, Chief Compliance Officer, dated 08/08/2025, and certifies the shares are held in the ordinary course of business.
Central Garden & Pet Company (CENTA) – Form 4 filing, 15 Jul 2025
Chief Accounting Officer Howard Machek reported a single transaction dated 13 Jul 2025 involving 3,924 Class A common shares (transaction code F). Code F indicates shares were withheld to cover payroll-tax obligations triggered by the vesting of previously awarded restricted stock, at an average price of $35.85. After the withholding, Machek still owns 45,091 Class A shares directly, plus 1,000 common shares and indirect exposure to 6,678 units of CENTA stock through the company 401(k) plan.
- Net disposition equals roughly 8% of his prior Class A holdings, a modest percentage that is typical for tax-settlement activity.
- No open-market sale, option exercise, or additional derivative activity was disclosed.
The filing is largely procedural; it neither signals a strategic reduction in ownership nor introduces new compensation awards.
Central Garden & Pet Company (NASDAQ: CENT/CENTA) filed a Form 8-K on July 11, 2025 reporting that it has increased its financial outlook for the fiscal year ending September 28, 2025. The only substantive disclosure is contained in Item 2.02, which states that a press release with the updated guidance is attached as Exhibit 99.1. No specific revenue, EPS or margin targets are provided within the 8-K itself. Other sections are routine boilerplate, including exhibit lists, trading symbols and signatures.
The filing’s key takeaway for investors is the upward revision of fiscal-year guidance, indicating management’s confidence in current operating trends across its garden and pet segments. However, without numerical details, the magnitude of the improvement is unclear, and investors will need to review the referenced press release for precise figures.