0000950170-24-113573.txt : 20241008 0000950170-24-113573.hdr.sgml : 20241008 20241008165643 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950170-24-113573 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20240929 FILED AS OF DATE: 20241008 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20241008 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Smith Bradley G. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0002038585 ORGANIZATION NAME: FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33268 FILM NUMBER: 241360836 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY STREET 2: 1340 TREAT BOULEVARD, SUITE 600 CITY: WALNUT CREEK STATE: CA ZIP: 94597 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000887733 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-MISCELLANEOUS NONDURABLE GOODS [5190] ORGANIZATION NAME: 07 Trade & Services IRS NUMBER: 680275553 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0928 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1340 TREAT BOULEVARD STREET 2: SUITE 600 CITY: WALNUT CREEK STATE: CA ZIP: 94597 BUSINESS PHONE: 9259484000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1340 TREAT BOULEVARD STREET 2: SUITE 600 CITY: WALNUT CREEK STATE: CA ZIP: 94597 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941019 3 1 ownership.xml 3 X0206 3 2024-09-29 0 0000887733 CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO CENT 0002038585 Smith Bradley G. 1340 TREAT BOULEVARD SUITE 600 WALNUT CREEK CA 94597 false true false false Chief Financial Officer Class A Common Stock 7285 D Stock Option (Right to Buy) 35.216 2027-02-09 Class A Common Stock 658 D Includes 219 restricted shares of Class A Common Stock granted on 2/9/21, which shares will vest annually in one-fourth increments and be exercisable beginning on 2/9/22; 1,218 restricted shares of Class A Common Stock granted on 5/18/21, which shares will vest annually in one-third increments and be exercisable beginning on 5/18/23; 562 restricted shares of Class A Common Stock granted on 2/9/22, which shares will vest annually in one-half increments and be exercisable beginning on 2/9/24; 1,152 restricted shares of Class A Common Stock granted on 2/6/23, which shares will vest annually in one-half increments and be exercisable beginning on 2/6/25; 1,127 restricted shares of Class A Common Stock granted on 2/6/24, which shares will vest annually in one-half increments and be exercisable beginning on 2/6/26; and 3,007 restricted shares of Class A Common Stock granted on 2/6/24, which shares will vest annually in one-fourth increments and be exercisable beginning on 2/6/26. Options were granted February 9, 2021, of which 1,968 have vested and have been exercised; and the remaining 658 shares shall vest and be exercisable on February 9, 2025. /s/Bradley Smith 2024-10-08 EX-24.1 2 cent-ex24_1.htm EX-24.1 EX-24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Joyce McCarthy, Howard Machek, Zora Mohseni, JoAnn Jonte, and Filomena Eickstaedt and each of them, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigneds capacity as an officer, director, and/or person who holds more than 10% of the stock of Central Garden & Pet Company (the Company), Forms 3, Forms 4 and Forms 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, Forms 4 or Forms 5 and timely file any such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned, pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done pursuant to this power of attorney. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, Forms 4, and Forms 5 with respect to the undersigneds holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the attorneys-in-fact.

The undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 3rd day of October, 2024.

/s/Bradley Smith

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