Edgar Filing: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO

CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY

/s/ George C. Roeth

George C. Roeth

President and Chief Executive Officer

8-K

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 24, 2016

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)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)



1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600, Walnut Creek, California				94597
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (925) 948-4000

(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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Item 5.02

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

On September 24, 2016, the Board of Directors of Central Garden & Pet Company (the “Company”) appointed Howard Machek as the acting Principal Financial Officer effective September 25, 2016 until a Chief Financial Officer is appointed. Mr. Machek, age 53, has served as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer since September 2015 and has been the Company’s Corporate Controller since 2001.

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.

Dated: September 29, 2016