Insider trade

5,916 CENT shares were withheld to cover taxes or exercise cost (Director)

Traded Feb 10, 2026 · Filed Feb 12, 2026

Central Garden & Pet CompanyCENT

5,916
Shares · @ $33.81

Why it stands out

Routine share withholding; mechanical by default.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Feb 10, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 12, 2026

DirectorIndirect holdingTax withholding

Context

Classification

tax withholding

Code F — shares delivered to pay exercise price or tax liability

Planned / mechanical clue

Tax mechanics (code F)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

Source receipt

Record ID

0001193125-26-048807

Filed / recorded

Feb 12, 2026, 9:21 PM UTC

Added to OQRO

Oct 6, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC

Parser

form4-xml-v2

Data quality

Verified: identifiers matched exactly

Issuer

CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO

Issuer CIK

887733

Ticker

CENT

Reporting person

John Ranelli

Relationship

Director

Security

Class A Common Stock

Table

Non-derivative (Table I)

Transaction date

Feb 10, 2026

Transaction code

F

Shares / units

5,916

Price per share

$33.81

Acquired / disposed

Disposed (D)

Shares owned after

4,314

Ownership form

Indirect — By John R. Ranelli Trust

Amendment

No

Footnotes from the filing

Shares withheld by the Issuer in payment of the aggregate option exercise price 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 prices on the date of exercise.
Mr. Ranelli disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of the Company's Common Stock and Class A Common Stock owned by the John R. Ranelli Trust dated 12/24/97 except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

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