SCHEDULE 13G 0001269241 XXXXXXXX LIVE Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share 09/30/2024 0000887733 Central Garden & Pet Company 153527106 1340 Treat Blvd. Suite 600 Walnut Creek CA 94597 Rule 13d-1(b) Geode Capital Holdings LLC DE 556236 0 556236 0 556236 5.02 HC Central Garden & Pet Company 1340 Treat Blvd., Suite 600, Walnut Creek, CALIFORNIA 94597 Geode Capital Holdings LLC 100 Summer Street, 12th Floor, Boston, MA 02110 Geode Capital Holdings LLC: Delaware, USA N HC 556236 5.02 556236 0 556236 0 Y N Various clients of Geode Capital Management, LLC and Geode Capital Management Trust Company, LLC have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the common stock of the Issuer. No one person's interest in the common stock of the Issuer relates to more than five percent of the class of securities. N See Exhibit Information. Y Y N By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11. Item 7 Identification and classification of the subsidiary which acquired the security being reported on by the parent holding company or control person. Geode Capital Management, LLC: IA Geode Capital Management Trust Company, LLC: BK This filing reflects the securities beneficially owned, or that may be deemed to be beneficially owned, by Geode Capital Holdings, LLC and certain of its subsidiaries. Geode Capital Management, LLC is an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Geode Capital Management Trust Company, LLC is a trust company chartered under the laws of the State of New Hampshire. Geode Capital Holdings LLC Laura M. Doherty 11/12/2024