Brooks Pennington III - Aug 13, 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)

Role
Director
Signature
/s/Brooks Pennington III
Stock symbol
CENT
Transactions as of
Aug 13, 2025
Transactions value $
-$107,689
Form type
4
Date filed
8/15/2025, 04:20 PM
Previous filing
Feb 25, 2025
SEC
View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name Relationship Address Signature Signature date CIK
PENNINGTON BROOKS III Director 1340 TREAT BLVD, SUITE 600, WALNUT CREEK /s/Brooks Pennington III 2025-08-15 0001057369

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction CENT Common Stock Gift $0 -442 -0.34% $0.00 131K Aug 13, 2025 Direct
transaction CENT Class A Common Stock Sale -$108K -3.28K -8.14% $32.82 37K Aug 14, 2025 Direct F1, F2
holding CENT Class A Common Stock 6.58K Aug 13, 2025 By Spouse F3
holding CENT Class A Common Stock 20.9K Aug 13, 2025 By LLC F4
holding CENT Class A Common Stock 43.8K Aug 13, 2025 By BPCB F5
holding CENT Common Stock 6.94K Aug 13, 2025 By Spouse F3
holding CENT Common Stock 7.6K Aug 13, 2025 By LLC F4
holding CENT Units 2.24K Aug 13, 2025 By 401(k) Plan F6
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.

Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 Sale effected under sales plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1(c)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
F2 The range of prices for the shares of Class A Common Stock is from $33.20 to $32.60. The Reporting Person undertakes that the Reporting Person will provide, upon request by the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, full information regarding the number of securities sold at each separate price.
F3 Mr. Pennington disclaims beneficial ownership of 6,579 shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock owned by his spouse and 6,938 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock owned by his spouse.
F4 By Pennington Management Company II, LLC, in which Mr. Pennington has an ownership interest. Mr. Pennington is the President of Pennington Management Company II, LLC. Mr. Pennington disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
F5 By BPCB Timber Company, LLC, in which Mr. Pennington has an ownership interest. Mr. Pennington is the Managing Member of BPCB Timber Company, LLC. Mr. Pennington disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
F6 The units represent interests in the CENTA Stock Fund in the Issuer's 401(k) Plan, which consist of shares of CENTA stock and cash.