CENT · Central Garden & Pet Co

$43.73 -0.71 (-1.60%) At close · Aug 14

Market Cap

$2.74B

62.59M

Named-executive compensation from the company's DEF 14A proxy statements — salary, bonus, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive, and the company-reported total per executive per fiscal year, exactly as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table.

Fiscal 2024

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Nicholas Lahanas	Chief Executive Officer and Former Chief Financial Officer	$522,568	—	$396,971	—	$245,000	$11,746	$1,176,285
John Hanson	President, Pet Consumer Products	$537,505	—	$246,966	—	$341,000	$45,893	$1,171,364
John Walker	President, Garden Consumer Products	$550,714	—	$246,966	—	$167,000	$42,745	$1,007,425
William E. Brown	Chairman of the Board of Directors	$300,000	—	$444,592	—	$132,000	$26,359	$902,951
Timothy Cofer	Former Chief Executive Officer	$88,638	—	—	—	—	$6,633	$95,271

Fiscal 2023

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Timothy Cofer	Former Chief Executive Officer	$1,080,902	—	$2,299,977	$614,800	—	$2,620,159	$6,615,838
John Hanson	President, Pet Consumer Products	$545,838	—	$249,998	—	$328,000	$48,113	$1,171,949
Nicholas Lahanas	Chief Executive Officer and Former Chief Financial Officer	$508,669	—	$249,998	—	$222,000	$11,685	$992,352
John Walker	President, Garden Consumer Products	$559,000	—	$249,998	—	$136,000	$43,735	$988,733
William E. Brown	Chairman of the Board of Directors	$311,538	—	$449,996	—	$99,000	$22,671	$883,205

Fiscal 2022

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Timothy Cofer	Former Chief Executive Officer	$1,017,308	—	$3,199,970	—	$581,175	$2,407,971	$7,206,424
John Hanson	President, Pet Consumer Products	$513,716	—	$249,983	—	$135,300	$100,112	$999,111
John Walker	President, Garden Consumer Products	$525,519	—	$249,983	—	$127,100	$38,098	$940,700
Nicholas Lahanas	Chief Executive Officer and Former Chief Financial Officer	$478,662	—	$249,983	—	$125,400	$10,426	$864,471
William E. Brown	Chairman of the Board of Directors	$289,845	—	$450,028	—	$81,000	$24,008	$844,881

Fiscal 2021

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Timothy Cofer	Former Chief Executive Officer	$992,404	—	$1,149,978	$1,107,000	$1,512,000	$264,624	$5,026,006
John Hanson	President Pet Consumer Products	$501,235	—	$100,013	$75,442	$342,000	$132,955	$1,151,645
John Walker	President Garden Consumer Products	$512,733	—	$100,013	$75,442	$320,000	$47,272	$1,055,460
Nicholas Lahanas	Chief Financial Officer	$466,988	—	$100,013	$75,442	$326,000	$9,998	$978,441
William E. Brown	Chairman	$246,642	—	$400,010	—	$185,000	$31,473	$863,125

Fiscal 2020

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Timothy Cofer	Chief Executive Officer	$900,000	$1,472,500	—	$3,393,865	—	$148,253	$5,914,618
Nicholas Lahanas	Chief Financial Officer	$456,344	$363,900	$1,999,998	$159,371	—	$9,863	$2,989,476
John Hanson	President Pet Consumer Products	$488,403	$362,200	$582,730	$159,371	—	$111,853	$1,704,557
William E. Brown	Chairman	$200,000	$151,000	$299,991	$999,999	—	$18,662	$1,669,652

Fiscal 2019

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Nicholas Lahanas	Chief Financial Officer	$447,692	$170,000	$799,995	$161,566	—	$10,747	$1,590,000
William E. Brown	Chairman	$200,000	$376,000	$299,989	—	—	$17,041	$893,030
George A. Yuhas	General Counsel and Secretary	$456,369	$175,000	—	$121,148	—	$32,036	$784,553

Fiscal 2018

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
George A. Yuhas	General Counsel and Secretary	$448,092	$191,000	—	$122,780	—	$26,898	$788,770
Nicholas Lahanas	Chief Financial Officer	$387,308	$225,000	—	$143,240	—	$3,701	$759,249
William E. Brown	Chairman	$200,000	$90,000	$299,986	—	—	$14,592	$604,578

Executive changes

Person	Role	Change	Effective	Filed
Kay M. Schwichtenberg	Director	Appointed	2026-03-01	2026-02-18
Randal D. Lewis	Board of Directors	Appointed	2024-12-11	2024-12-16
Bradley G. Smith	Chief Financial Officer	Appointed	2024-09-29	2024-09-27
Nicholas Lahanas	Chief Financial Officer	Resigned	2024-09-28	2024-09-27
Nicholas Lahanas	member of the Board	Appointed	2024-09-29	2024-09-27
Nicholas Lahanas	Chief Executive Officer	Appointed	2024-09-29	2024-09-27
Mary Beth Springer	Interim Chief Executive Officer	Resigned	2024-09-28	2024-09-27
Timothy P. Cofer	Chief Executive Officer	Resigned	2023-10-06	2024-02-15
Timothy P. Cofer	Chief Executive Officer	Resigned	2023-10-06	2023-09-20
George A. Yuhas	General Counsel and Secretary	Resigned	2022-04-04	2022-04-01

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