secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK:        0000887733
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-057026
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Central Garden & Pet appoints new director, boosts buyback by $100M
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- 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000119312526057026/0001193125-26-057026-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000119312526057026/d59477d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-057026

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