Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.
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 OwnershipAll the details
Dates, kept separate
Transaction date
Feb 11, 2026
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Feb 13, 2026
ChairGrant / award
Context
Classification
grant award
Code A — grant or award
Planned / mechanical clue
Footnote references vesting of compensation awards
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0001193125-26-049368
Filed / recorded
Feb 13, 2026, 1:12 AM 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
William E Brown
Relationship
Director, Officer, 10% owner
Officer title
Chairman
Security
Class A Common Stock
Table
Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date
Feb 11, 2026
Transaction code
A
Shares / units
14,063
Price per share
$0.00
Acquired / disposed
Acquired (A)
Shares owned after
939,588
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
The Reporting Person was awarded by the Issuer's Compensation Committee on February 11, 2026 a grant of 14,063 shares of restricted Class A Common Stock, which will vest in increments of 33 1/3% per year commencing on the third anniversary of the date of the grant.