Central Garden & Pet Appoints Stuart W. Booth Vice President - Finance and CFO.Business Editors LAFAYETTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2002 Central Garden & Pet Company (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CENT) today announced the appointment of Stuart W. Booth to the position of Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Booth will succeed Lee D. Hines, Jr., who will be assuming new responsibilities as Central's Vice President - Strategic Planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hines will continue to serve as a Director of the Company. Commenting on these changes, William E. Brown Archbishop William (EUSEBUIS) Brown is the First African-American Archbishop in the state of Virginia. He heads the Archdiocese of Fredericksburg, headquartered in Stafford, Virginia. Archbishop Brown is the current Chief Pastor of Mt. , Central's Chief Executive Officer, stated, "I am very pleased that Stuart is joining Central at this point in time. He will continue our efforts to strengthen the Company's finances and to maximize business unit profitability. Stuart's experience in successfully guiding operating companies operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. and financing a wide range of businesses will be a real plus for Central. I am also pleased that Lee Hines will continue to provide advice and counsel to me and to Central." Mr. Booth began his business career with Pacific Gas and Electric Company
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) , (NYSE: PCG), is the utility that provides natural gas and electricity to most of Northern California. where he rose to become Senior Vice President, Finance and Development with PG&E Enterprises, the then non-regulated business unit of PG&E. Booth was a co-founder of PG&E Enterprises. He was instrumental in the formation, growth and management of Enterprise's group of companies, which were engaged in independent power production, oil and gas exploration and development, energy marketing, energy technology and real estate development. After leaving in 1997, he joined Bechtel Group, Inc., in the newly created position of Principal Vice President and Treasurer, where he was responsible for global bank relationships and financial operations including credit, cash management and foreign exchange operations. After leaving Bechtel in 2000, he became Chief Financial Officer of Respond TV, a pre-IPO pre-IPO An offering of a company's shares prior to the firm's initial public offering. Investing in a pre-IPO tends to be very risky, in part because the planned IPO may never take place. , interactive television infrastructure and services company. Central Garden & Pet Company is a leading producer of consumer garden and pet products. Central's proprietary branded products include Pennington Seed(R), AMDRO(R), Maxide maxide A potassium-sparing diuretic that inhibits aldosterone–resulting in ↓ sodium retention. See Diuretics, Potassium-sparing diuretic. (R), Strike(R), Lilly Miller(R), Grant's(R), and Matthews(R) Four Seasons garden products, and All-Glass(R), Oceanic Systems(R), Island(R), Kaytee(R), TFH TFH Technische Fachhochschule (German: Engeneering College/University) TFH 24 Hours (Movie) TFH Thread from Hell (newsgroups) TFH Tinfoil Hat TFH Thanks For Helping (R), Nylabone(R), Zodiac(R), and Four Paws(R) pet products. For additional information on Central Garden & Pet, including access to the Company's SEC Filings, please visit the Company's website at http://www.centralgardenandpet.com |
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