Central Garden & Pet Company (CENT) M&A Call July 27, 2026 8:30 AM EDT
Company Participants
Friederike Edelmann – Vice President of Investor Relations
Nicholas Lahanas – CEO & Director
Brad Smith – Chief Financial Officer
Conference Call Participants
Brian McNamara – Canaccord Genuity Corp., Research Division
Bob Labick – CJS Securities, Inc.
William Reuter – BofA Securities, Research Division
Presentation
Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to Central Garden & Pet’s conference call to discuss the acquisition of Trixie. My name is Rob, and I’ll be your conference operator for today. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded.
I will now turn the call over to Friederike Edelmann, Vice President of Investor Relations of Central Garden & Pet. Please go ahead.
Friederike Edelmann
Vice President of Investor Relations
Thank you, Rob. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us this morning. With me today are Niko Lahanas, CEO; Brad Smith, CFO; and Glen Axelrod, SVP of Dog & Cat at Central. Niko will begin with a few remarks and then open up for Q&A.
Before we get started, I would like to remind everyone that all forward-looking statements made during this call are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements today. A detailed description of Central’s risk factors can be found in our annual report filed with the SEC. Please note that Central undertakes no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent information, future events or other developments. You can find today’s press release and related materials at ir.central.com. Should any questions come up after the call, please feel free to contact me at ir.central.com.
And with that, I’ll turn it over to Niko.
