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Issuer:     CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK:        0000887733
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-09-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001157523-23-001433
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CEO Tim Cofer departs; Beth Springer named interim CEO; reaffirms FY2023 guidance
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- Tim Cofer resigns as CEO effective Oct 6, 2023 to join Keurig Dr Pepper as COO, becoming CEO in Q2 2024.
- Lead Independent Director Beth Springer appointed interim CEO while board searches for permanent successor.
- Central reaffirms fiscal 2023 non-GAAP EPS of $2.55 or better.
- Springer has over 20 years at Clorox; served on Central board since 2013.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000115752323001433/0001157523-23-001433-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000115752323001433/a53559130.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001433

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