Friederike Edelmann
Vice President, Investor Relations
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Central Garden & Pet Company (NASDAQ: CENT) Q3 2026 earnings conference call, held 2026-08-05. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.

Vice President, Investor Relations
President, Garden Consumer Products
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Analyst, JP Morgan
President, Pet Consumer Products
Analyst, KeyBank Capital Markets
EVP, Garden Consumer Products
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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:02.853 Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. 00:00:02.853 -- 00:00:08.658 Welcome to Central Garden & Pet's fiscal 2026 third quarter earnings call. 00:00:08.658 -- 00:00:12.782 My name is Cleo and I will be your conference operator for today. 00:00:12.782 -- 00:00:16.405 At this time, all participants are in a listen only mode. 00:00:16.405 -- 00:00:21.369 Following the prepared remarks, we will hold a question and answer session and instructions 00:00:21.369 -- 00:00:26.565 will be given at that time. If you require assistance at any point during the call, 00:00:26.565 -- 00:00:31.128 please press star followed by zero on your touchtone phone. 00:00:31.128 -- 00:00:35.070 As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. 00:00:35.631 -- 00:00:42.136 I would now like to turn the call over to Friederike Edelmann, Vice President, Investor 00:00:42.136 -- 00:00:44.136 Relations. 00:00:44.538 -- 00:00:46.878 Please go ahead. 00:00:53.463 -- 00:00:58.728 Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining Central's third quarter fiscal 00:00:58.728 -- 00:01:03.792 2026 earnings call. Joining me today are Nicholas Lahanas, Chief 00:01:03.792 -- 00:01:09.277 Executive Officer, Brad Smith, Chief Financial Officer, John Hanson, 00:01:09.277 -- 00:01:14.762 President of Pet Consumer Products, JD Walker, President of Garden Consumer Products, 00:01:14.762 -- 00:01:19.893 as well as Jason Barnes, EVP of Garden Consumer Products. 00:01:19.893 -- 00:01:24.957 Nico will begin by highlighting today's key takeaways, followed by Brad, who will walk 00:01:24.957 -- 00:01:30.402 through our financial performance and the acquisition of Trixie in greater detail. 00:01:30.402 -- 00:01:36.647 After their prepared remarks, John, J.D., and Jason will j...