METZ CHRISTOPHER T 4

What Happened Christopher T. Metz, a director of Central Garden & Pet Co. (CENT), was granted 3,584 restricted shares on 2026-02-11 under the company's Nonemployee Director Equity Incentive Plan. The Form 4 reports the acquisition price as $0, indicating these shares were awarded (code A) rather than bought on the open market.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-11; filing date: 2026-02-13 (filed within the typical 2-business-day Form 4 window).
• Transaction type/code: Award/Grant (A) — restricted stock award.
• Shares granted: 3,584; reported acquisition price: $0.
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided summary (not disclosed in this extract).
• Footnote: F1 — award granted under the Company's Nonemployee Director Equity Incentive Plan, as amended. Remarks include Exhibit 24.1 and Power of Attorney.

Context This was a compensation-related restricted stock grant for a nonemployee director, typically subject to vesting and not an immediate market purchase or sale. Such awards are routine director compensation and are reported to disclose insider holdings; they do not, by themselves, indicate a buy/sell market signal.