SC 13G: Schedule filed to report acquisition of beneficial ownership of 5% or more of a class of equity securities by passive investors and certain institutions
Published on February 15, 2002
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
(Amendment No. 1)
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Central Garden & Pet Company
(Name of Issuer)
Common
(Title of Class of Securities)
153527106
(CUSIP Number)
12/31/01
(Date of Event which Requires
Filing of this Statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to
which this Schedule is filed:
[X] Rule 13d-1(b)
[ ] Rule 13d-a(c)
[ ] Rule 13d-1(d)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out or a
reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to
the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent
amendment containing information which would alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page
shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall
be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
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1 Name of Reporting Person
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc.
IRS Identification No. of Above Person 94-3176968
2 Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 Citizenship or Place of Organization
California
5 Sole Voting Power
655,160
NUMBER OF 6 Shared Voting Power
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY -0-
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING 7 Sole Dispositive Power
PERSON WITH
900,960
8 Shared Dispositive Power
-0-
9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by each Reporting
Person
900,960
10 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes
Certain Shares* [ ]
11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9
5.4%
12 Type of Reporting Person*
CO, IA
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1 Name of Reporting Person Russell J. Fuller
IRS Identification No. of Above Person ###-##-####
2 Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 Citizenship or Place of Organization
United States
5 Sole Voting Power
655,160
NUMBER OF 6 Shared Voting Power
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY -0-
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING 7 Sole Dispositive Power
PERSON WITH
900,960
8 Shared Dispositive Power
-0-
9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by each Reporting
Person
900,960
10 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes
Certain Shares* [ ]
11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9
5.4%
12 Type of Reporting Person*
IN
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1 Name of Reporting Person Russell J. Fuller
IRS Identification No. of Above Person
2 Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 Citizenship or Place of Organization
United States
5 Sole Voting Power
655,160
NUMBER OF 6 Shared Voting Power
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY -0-
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING 7 Sole Dispositive Power
PERSON WITH
900,960
8 Shared Dispositive Power
-0-
9 Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by each Reporting
Person
900,960
10 Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes
Certain Shares* [ ]
11 Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9
5.4%
12 Type of Reporting Person*
IN
CUSIP No. 153527106 SCHEDULE 13G Page 5 of 7
Item 1(a). Name of Issuer.
Central Garden & Pet Company
Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices.
3697 Mount Diablo Blvd., Suite 310
Lafayette, CA 94549
Item 2(a). Names of Persons Filing.
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. and Russell J. Fuller.
Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office or, if none,
Residence.
The business address of Fuller & Thaler Asset Management
Inc. and Russell J. Fuller is 411 Borel Avenue, Suite 402, San Mateo,
CA 94402.
Item 2(c). Citizenship.
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. is a California
corporation, Russell J. Fuller is a citizen of the United States
of America.
Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities.
Common
Item 2(e). CUSIP Number.
153527106
Item 3. Type of Reporting Person.
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. is an investment
advisor registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisors
Act of 1940. Russell J. Fuller is the President of Fuller &
Thaler Asset Management, Inc.
Item 4. Ownership.
Reference is made hereby made to Items 5-9 and 11 of pages
two (2), three (3) and four (4) of this Schedule G, which Items
are incorporated by reference herein.
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Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of
Another Person.
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. have the right to
receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from,
or the proceeds from the sale of, the Common Stock. No account
individually holds more than 5 percent of the outstanding
Common Stock.
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary
which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent
Holding Company.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the
Group.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Certification.
By signing below, each of the undersigned certifies that,
to the best of their respective knowledge and belief, the
securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary
course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and
do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control
of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in
connection with or as a participant in any transaction having
such purposes or effect.
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Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of their
respective knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that
the information set forth in this statement is true, complete
and correct.
DATED:
Russell J. Fuller
/s/ Russell J. Fuller
________________________
Russell J. Fuller
DATED:
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc.
/s/ Russell J. Fuller
________________________
By: Russell J. Fuller
Its: President