Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.
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
Aug 10, 2026
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Aug 12, 2026
ChairOption exercise
Context
Classification
option exercise
Code M — exercise or conversion of a derivative security
Planned / mechanical clue
None found in footnotes
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0001193125-26-347372
Filed / recorded
Aug 12, 2026, 11:14 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
William E Brown
Relationship
Director, Officer, 10% owner
Officer title
Chairman
Security
Stock Option
Table
Derivative (Table II)
Transaction date
Aug 10, 2026
Transaction code
M
Shares / units
127,942
Price per share
$0.00
Acquired / disposed
Disposed (D)
Shares owned after
0
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
On August 11, 2020, the Issuer's Compensation Committee granted the reporting person an option to purchase 102,354 (127,942 after stock dividend) shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer at an exercise price of $38.97 ($31.176 after stock dividend) per share. The option vests in four equal annual installments beginning August 11, 2021.