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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</FONT> </B></P>
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  </DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES
  ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>CENTRAL GARDEN&nbsp;&amp; PET COMPANY </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </B></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; "><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</B></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>1340 Treat Blvd., Suite 600 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>Walnut Creek, California 94597 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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   </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>Central Garden&nbsp;&amp; Pet Company </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>2003 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>Investment Growth Plan </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full
  Title of the Plans) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>Joyce McCarthy </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>General
  Counsel&nbsp;&amp; Secretary </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>Central Garden&nbsp;&amp; Pet Company </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>1340 Treat Blvd., Suite 600 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>Walnut Creek, California 94597 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>(925) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">948-4000</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, Address, including zip code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>Brett Cooper </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>Orrick,
  Herrington&nbsp;&amp; Sutcliffe LLP </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>405 Howard Street </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>San Francisco, California 94105-2669 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>(415) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">773-5700</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
  filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; ">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</FONT></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; ">Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company</FONT></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; ">Emerging&nbsp;growth&nbsp;company</FONT></TD>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for
  complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman">&#9744;</FONT> </P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">Pursuant to
  General Instruction E of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> Central Garden&nbsp;&amp; Pet Company (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) is filing this Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (the
  &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) for the purpose of registering (i) 6,250,000 additional shares of the Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
  (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), that have been reserved for issuance under the Registrant&#146;s 2003 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the &#147;EIP&#148;), as approved by stockholders at Registrant&#146;s Annual Meeting of
  Stockholders on February&nbsp;13, 2012 and as adjusted for the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-for-4</FONT></FONT> stock dividend issued on February&nbsp;8, 2024; and (ii) 2,000,000 additional shares of
  Class&nbsp;A Common Stock in connection with the Registrant&#146;s Investment Growth Plan (the &#147;Investment Growth Plan,&#148; and together with the EIP, the &#147;Plans&#148;). </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">These additional shares of Common Stock are securities of the same class as other securities for which an original Registration Statement on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on&nbsp;August 19, 2011 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000119312511227650/ds8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-176408</FONT></A>) with respect to the EIP and the Investment Growth Plan (the &#147;Prior Registration Statement&#148;). </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Prior Registration Statement referenced above, except to the extent
  supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow"><B>PART II </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&#8201;3.</B></TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow; " ALIGN="left"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the
  Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773324000029/cent-20240928.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;28, 2024 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-33268)</FONT> filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;27, 2024; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773325000006/cent-20241228.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT></A> for the fiscal quarter ended December&nbsp;28, 2024 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-33268)</FONT> filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;6, 2025; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773325000009/cent-20250218.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT></A> filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;16, 2024 and February&nbsp;18, 2025 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-33268)</FONT> (except for any portion of such reports that are deemed
  &#147;furnished&#148; rather than &#147;filed&#148;); </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow; " ALIGN="left">The description of the Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;
  A Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000119312507011849/d8a12b.htm">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A> filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;24, 2007 as
  supplemented by <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773319000016/centralgardenexhibit412.htm">Exhibit 4.12</A> of the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year
  ended September&nbsp;28, 2019, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such information; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(e)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow; " ALIGN="left">The Investment Growth Plan&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887733/000088773324000015/a202311k.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">11-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023 filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;20, 2024. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant or the Investment Growth Plan with the
  Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
  all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents, except as to specific sections of such statements as set
  forth therein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">Unless expressly incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished on Form
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> prior or subsequent to the date hereof shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except as to specific sections of such statements as set forth therein. Any statement
  contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently
  filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
  this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow; " ALIGN="left"><B>Description of Securities </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">Inapplicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow; " ALIGN="left"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">Inapplicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow; " ALIGN="left"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#147;Delaware Law&#148;) authorizes a Delaware corporation to
  indemnify officers, directors, employees and agents of the corporation, in connection with actual or threatened actions, suits or proceedings provided that such officer, director, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner such officer
  reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests, and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. This authority is sufficiently broad to permit indemnification
  under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">The
  Registrant&#146;s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-Laws</FONT> provide that its directors will not be liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of
  fiduciary duty, to the fullest extent permitted by law. This provision is intended to allow the Registrant&#146;s directors the benefit of the Delaware Law which provides that directors of Delaware corporations may be relieved of monetary liability
  for breaches of their fiduciary duty of care except under certain circumstances, including breach of the duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or known violation of law or any transaction from which
  the director derived an improper personal benefit. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">The Registrant has entered into separate indemnification agreements with each of its
  directors and executive officers, whereby the Registrant agrees, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers, to advance their expenses incurred as a
  result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified, and to obtain directors&#146; and officers&#146; insurance if available at reasonable terms. The Registrant currently maintains liability insurance for officers and
  directors. </P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Arial Narrow; "><B>Number</B></P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>Name</B></P></TD></TR>
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; "><A HREF="d906602dex51.htm">Opinion of Orrick, Herrington&nbsp;&amp; Sutcliffe LLP. </A></FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; "><A HREF="d906602dex51.htm">Consent of Orrick, Herrington&nbsp;&amp; Sutcliffe LLP is included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement. </A></FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; "><A HREF="d906602dex232.htm">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. </A></FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; "><A HREF="#sig">Powers of Attorney included on signature page of this Registration Statement. </A></FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; "><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000887733/000088773324000029/cent-20240928.htm">2003 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan</A>, as amended and
  restated effective February&nbsp;13, 2012 (Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.4 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> filed by the Registrant on November&nbsp;27, 2024).</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow; " ALIGN="left">Filed herewith. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="sig"></A>SIGNATURES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
  of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Walnut Creek, State of
  California on the 16<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of April 2025. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; "><B>CENTRAL GARDEN&nbsp;&amp; PET COMPANY</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:ARIAL; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; ">(Registrant)</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; ">By:</FONT></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">/s/ Nicholas Lahanas</P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; ">Nicholas Lahanas</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; ">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; ">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Nicholas Lahanas and Joyce
  McCarthy, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent with the full power of substitution, for him or her, in any and all capacities, to
  sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8)</FONT> with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
  therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
  thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, or his or her substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be an
  original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">Pursuant to the requirements of the
  Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">/s/ Niko Lahanas</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center">Nicholas Lahanas</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center">Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; ">April 16, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">/s/ Bradley G. Smith</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center">Bradley G. Smith</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center">Chief Financial Officer</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center">(Principal Financial Officer)</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; ">April 16, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">/s/ Howard A. Machek</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center">Howard A. Machek</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center">Chief Accounting Officer</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center">(Principal Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; ">April 16, 2025</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow">/s/ William E. Brown</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow" ALIGN="center">William E. Brown</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; ">Director</FONT></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow; ">April 16, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2025
  Registration
  No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES
  ACT OF 1933
  CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Delaware
  68-0275553
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of
  Incorporation or Organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  1340 Treat Blvd., Suite 600
  Walnut Creek, California 94597
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  Central Garden & Pet Company
  2003 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan
  Investment Growth Plan
  (Full
  Title of the Plans)
  Joyce McCarthy
  General
  Counsel & Secretary
  Central Garden & Pet Company
  1340 Treat Blvd., Suite 600
  Walnut Creek, California 94597
  (925)
  948-4000
  (Name, Address, including zip code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
  Copies to
  :
  Brett Cooper
  Orrick,
  Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  405 Howard Street
  San Francisco, California 94105-2669
  (415)
  773-5700
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated
  filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule
  12b-2
  of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☒
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for
  complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
  ☐
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
  Pursuant to
  General Instruction E of Form
  S-8,
  Central Garden & Pet Company (the "Registrant") is filing this Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  (the
  "Registration Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") for the purpose of registering (i) 6,250,000 additional shares of the Registrant's Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
  (the "Common Stock"), that have been reserved for issuance under the Registrant's 2003 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the "EIP"), as approved by stockholders at Registrant's Annual Meeting of
  Stockholders on February 13, 2012 and as adjusted for the
  1-for-4
  stock dividend issued on February 8, 2024; and (ii) 2,000,000 additional shares of
  Class A Common Stock in connection with the Registrant's Investment Growth Plan (the "Investment Growth Plan," and together with the EIP, the "Plans").
  These additional shares of Common Stock are securities of the same class as other securities for which an original Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on August 19, 2011 (
  File No.
  333-176408
  ) with respect to the EIP and the Investment Growth Plan (the "Prior Registration Statement").
  This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Prior Registration Statement referenced above, except to the extent
  supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3.
  Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the
  Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"):
  (a)
  The Registrant's Annual Report on
  Form
  10-K
  for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2024 (File
  No. 001-33268)
  filed with the Commission on November 27, 2024;
  (b)
  The Registrant's Quarterly Report on
  Form
  10-Q
  for the fiscal quarter ended December 28, 2024 (File
  No. 001-33268)
  filed with the Commission on February 6, 2025;
  (c)
  The Registrant's Current Reports on
  Form
  8-K
  filed with the Commission on December 16, 2024 and February 18, 2025 (File
  No. 001-33268)
  (except for any portion of such reports that are deemed
  "furnished" rather than "filed");
  (d)
  The description of the Registrant's Class 
  A Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on
  Form
  8-A
  filed with the Commission on January 24, 2007 as
  supplemented by
  Exhibit 4.12
  of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
  10-K
  for the fiscal year
  ended September 28, 2019, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such information; and
  (e)
  The Investment Growth Plan's Annual Report on
  Form
  11-K
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the Commission on June 20, 2024.
  All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant or the Investment Growth Plan with the
  Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
  all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents, except as to specific sections of such statements as set
  forth therein.
  Unless expressly incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished on Form
  8-K
  prior or subsequent to the date hereof shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except as to specific sections of such statements as set forth therein. Any statement
  contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently
  filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
  this Registration Statement.
  Item 4.
  Description of Securities
  Inapplicable.
  Item 5.
  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
  Inapplicable.
  Item 6.
  Indemnification of Directors and Officers
  Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "Delaware Law") authorizes a Delaware corporation to
  indemnify officers, directors, employees and agents of the corporation, in connection with actual or threatened actions, suits or proceedings provided that such officer, director, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner such officer
  reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests, and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. This authority is sufficiently broad to permit indemnification
  under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.
  The
  Registrant's Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and
  By-Laws
  provide that its directors will not be liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of
  fiduciary duty, to the fullest extent permitted by law. This provision is intended to allow the Registrant's directors the benefit of the Delaware Law which provides that directors of Delaware corporations may be relieved of monetary liability
  for breaches of their fiduciary duty of care except under certain circumstances, including breach of the duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or known violation of law or any transaction from which
  the director derived an improper personal benefit.
  The Registrant has entered into separate indemnification agreements with each of its
  directors and executive officers, whereby the Registrant agrees, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers, to advance their expenses incurred as a
  result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified, and to obtain directors' and officers' insurance if available at reasonable terms. The Registrant currently maintains liability insurance for officers and
  directors.
  Item 7.
  Exemption From Registration Claimed
  Inapplicable.
  Item 8.
  Exhibits
  Exhibit
  Number
  Name
  5.1*
  Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
  23.1*
  Consent of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.
  23.2*
  Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  24.1*
  Powers of Attorney included on signature page of this Registration Statement.
  99.1
  2003 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan
  , as amended and
  restated effective February 13, 2012 (Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Annual Report on Form
  10-K
  filed by the Registrant on November 27, 2024).
  107*
  Filing Fee Table.
  *
  Filed herewith.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
  of the requirements for filing on Form
  S-8
  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Walnut Creek, State of
  California on the 16
  th
  day of April 2025.
  CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY
  (Registrant)
  By:
  /s/ Nicholas Lahanas
  Nicholas Lahanas
  Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Nicholas Lahanas and Joyce
  McCarthy, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful
  attorney-in-fact
  and agent with the full power of substitution, for him or her, in any and all capacities, to
  sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement on Form
  S-8)
  with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
  therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
  thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, or his or her substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be an
  original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the
  Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Niko Lahanas
  Nicholas Lahanas
  Chief Executive Officer and Director
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  April 16, 2025
  /s/ Bradley G. Smith
  Bradley G. Smith
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  April 16, 2025
  /s/ Howard A. Machek
  Howard A. Machek
  Chief Accounting Officer
  (Principal Accounting Officer)
  April 16, 2025
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ William E. Brown
  William E. Brown
  Director
  April 16, 2025
  /s/ Courtnee Chun
  Courtnee Chun
  Director
  April 16, 2025
  /s/ Lisa Coleman
  Lisa Coleman
  Director
  April 16, 2025
  /s/ Brendan P. Dougher
  Brendan P. Dougher
  Director
  April 16, 2025
  /s/ Randal D. Lewis
  Randal D. Lewis
  Director
  April 16, 2025
  /s/ Christopher T. Metz
  Christopher T. Metz
  Director
  April 16, 2025
  /s/ Brooks M. Pennington III
  Brooks M. Pennington III
  Director
  April 16, 2025
  /s/ John R. Ranelli
  John R. Ranelli
  Director
  April 16, 2025
  /s/ Mary Beth Springer
  Mary Beth Springer
  Director
  April 16, 2025