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Central Garden & Pet Co. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/27/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 5/6/21, at 1:58pm ET   ·   For:  3/27/21   ·   Accession #:  887733-21-7   ·   File #:  1-33268

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 5/06/21  Central Garden & Pet Co.          10-Q        3/27/21   76:9.6M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    995K 
 2: EX-4.1      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     31K 
 3: EX-4.2      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     32K 
 4: EX-4.3      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     51K 
 5: EX-22       Published Report re: Matters Submitted to a Vote    HTML     28K 
                of Security Holders                                              
 6: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 7: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 8: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 9: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
16: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     82K 
17: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    120K 
18: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     32K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
19: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     95K 
20: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     45K 
                Income                                                           
21: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    128K 
22: R7          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     57K 
23: R8          Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     65K 
24: R9          Acquisitions and Divestitures                       HTML     39K 
25: R10         Inventories, net                                    HTML     32K 
26: R11         Goodwill                                            HTML     24K 
27: R12         Other Intangible Assets                             HTML     80K 
28: R13         Leases                                              HTML    156K 
29: R14         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     55K 
30: R15         Supplemental Equity Information                     HTML    181K 
31: R16         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     23K 
32: R17         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     64K 
33: R18         Segment Information                                 HTML    128K 
34: R19         Contingencies                                       HTML     27K 
35: R20         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     24K 
36: R21         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     75K 
37: R22         Basis of Presentation Basis of Presentation         HTML     41K 
                (Tables)                                                         
38: R23         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     65K 
39: R24         Acquisitions and Divestitures (Tables)              HTML     33K 
40: R25         Inventories, net (Tables)                           HTML     33K 
41: R26         Other Intangible Assets (Tables)                    HTML     79K 
42: R27         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    106K 
43: R28         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     43K 
44: R29         Supplemental Equity Information (Tables)            HTML    180K 
45: R30         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     62K 
46: R31         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    124K 
47: R32         Basis of Presentation - Narrative (Details)         HTML     24K 
48: R33         Basis of Presentation - Cash, Cash Equivalents and  HTML     31K 
                Restricted Cash (Details)                                        
49: R34         Fair Value Measurements - Summary of Financial      HTML     40K 
                Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on                 
                Recurring Basis (Details)                                        
50: R35         Fair Value Measurements - Summary of Changes in     HTML     32K 
                Fair Value of Level 3 Financial Instruments                      
                (Details)                                                        
51: R36         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     50K 
52: R37         Acquisitions and Divestitures - Narrative           HTML     76K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R38         Acquisitions and Divestitures - Pro Forma           HTML     29K 
                Information (Details)                                            
54: R39         Inventories, net - Summary of Inventories, Net of   HTML     33K 
                Allowance for Obsolescence (Details)                             
55: R40         Goodwill - Narrative (Details)                      HTML     31K 
56: R41         Other Intangible Assets - Components of Gross and   HTML     51K 
                Net Acquired Intangible Assets (Details)                         
57: R42         Other Intangible Assets - Narrative (Details)       HTML     64K 
58: R43         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     25K 
59: R44         Leases - Supplemental Balance Sheet (Details)       HTML     60K 
60: R45         Leases - Schedule of Supplemental Cash Flow and     HTML     52K 
                Other Information Related to Leases (Details)                    
61: R46         Leases - Lease Maturity (Details)                   HTML     60K 
62: R47         Long-Term Debt - Components of Long-term Debt       HTML     72K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R48         Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details)                HTML    162K 
64: R49         Supplemental Equity Information - Summary of        HTML     88K 
                Changes in Carrying Amounts of Equity Attributable               
                to Controlling Interest and Noncontrolling                       
                Interest (Details)                                               
65: R50         Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML     25K 
66: R51         Earnings Per Share - Earnings Per Share, Basic and  HTML     74K 
                Diluted (Details)                                                
67: R52         Earnings Per Share - Narrative (Details)            HTML     38K 
68: R53         Segment Information - Narrative (Details)           HTML     23K 
69: R54         Segment Information - Financial Information         HTML     92K 
                Relating to Company's Business Segments (Details)                
70: R55         Segment Information - Disaggregated Revenues by     HTML     55K 
                Segment (Details)                                                
71: R56         Contingencies Contingencies (Details)               HTML     45K 
72: R57         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     31K 
74: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    126K 
15: XML         XBRL Instance -- cent-20210327_htm                   XML   2.79M 
73: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     93K 
11: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- cent-20210327_cal               XML    231K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- cent-20210327_def                XML    645K 
13: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- cent-20210327_lab                     XML   1.41M 
14: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- cent-20210327_pre              XML    892K 
10: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- cent-20210327                         XSD    124K 
75: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              354±   504K 
76: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000887733-21-000007-xbrl      Zip    366K

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