0001181431-15-004487.txt : 20150311 0001181431-15-004487.hdr.sgml : 20150311 20150311161203 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-15-004487 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150309 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150311 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150311 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000887733 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-MISCELLANEOUS NONDURABLE GOODS [5190] IRS NUMBER: 680275553 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0929 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 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BROWN WILLIAM E CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000936179 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33268 FILM NUMBER: 15692688 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 2: 3697 MOUNT DIABLO BLVD, SUITE 310 CITY: LAFAYETTE STATE: CA ZIP: 94549 4 1 rrd423514.xml W. BROWN FORM 4 3-9-2015 X0306 4 2015-03-09 0 0000887733 CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO CENT 0000936179 BROWN WILLIAM E 1340 TREAT BLVD., SUITE 600 WALNUT CREEK CA 94597 1 0 1 0 Class A Common Stock 2015-03-09 4 M 0 115000 10.00 A 2977717 D Class A Common Stock 2015-03-09 4 F 0 113801 10.17 D 2863916 D Class A Common Stock 240000 I By Irrevocable Trusts Stock Option (right to buy) 10 2015-03-09 4 M 0 115000 0 D 2015-04-15 Class A Common Stock 115000 115000 D Shares withheld by the Issuer in payment of the aggregate option exercise price and withholding tax liability incurred upon the above-reported exercise of options. The amount of shares withheld is based on the respective average of the high and low sales price on the date of exercise. These securities are owned directly by various family Irrevocable Trusts and indirectly by the Reporting Person and his spouse as co-trustees of the Irrevocable Trusts. The Reporting Person and his spouse, as co-trustees, have and share investment control over the securities held in each of the Irrevocable Trusts but disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported securities held by the Irrevocable Trusts except to the extent of his and his wife's pecuniary interest therein. The option vested in five equal annual installments beginning April 14, 2010, of which 20,000 shares in the original grant expired based on the failure to satisfy certain annual performance targets. /s/ JoAnn Jonte as Attorney-in-Fact for William E. Brown 2015-03-11