Current Report Filing (8-k)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 29, 2022

 

 

Central Garden & Pet Company

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		001-33268		68-0275553
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600, Walnut Creek, California 94597

(Address of Principal Executive offices) (Zip Code)

[phone]

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock		CENT		The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Class A Common Stock		CENTA		The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On September 29, 2022, Central Garden & Pet Company (the “Company”) and Timothy P. Cofer, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to Mr. Cofer’s Employment Agreement dated effective October 14, 2019. Pursuant to the Amendment, certain retention payments that were previously due on October 14, 2023 and 2024 will be deferred until October 14, 2028 and 2029, respectively. Mr. Cofer must be continuously employed by the Company until October 14, 2023 to receive the 2028 payment and until October 14, 2024 to receive the 2029 payment, which is consistent with his original Employment Agreement.

A copy of the Amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Exhibit Title or Description
10.1		Employment Agreement Amendment effective September 29, 2022 between Central Garden & Pet Company and Timothy P. Cofer.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page iXBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY
By:		/s/ Joyce McCarthy
		Joyce McCarthy
		General Counsel and Secretary

Dated: October 3, 2022

 

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