{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-26-057026","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"CENT","cik":"0000887733","company_name":"CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO","filed_at":"2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:37.932648+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-16T02:17:09.614900+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","5.07","8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.65,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.65,"confidence":"high","headline":"Central Garden & Pet appoints new director, boosts buyback by $100M","bullets":["Kay M. Schwichtenberg appointed to Board effective March 1, 2026; also joins Audit Committee.","Board authorized additional $100M share repurchase; total authorization ~$127M; management cites shares as undervalued.","Fiscal 2025 bonuses: CEO Lahanas $1.134M, CFO Smith $350K, others; base salaries increased effective Jan 1, 2026."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-057026","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-057026.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-057026.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-057026.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000119312526057026/0001193125-26-057026-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000119312526057026/d59477d8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-16T02:17:09.614900+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}