CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO — Director's Dealing 2011

Apr 15, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK: 0000887733
Period of Report: 2011-04-13

Reporting Person: Palantoni Frank (Executive Vice President)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-04-13	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$9.26	A	100000	Acquired	2017-04-13	Class A Common Stock (100000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: On April 13, 2011, the Issuer's Compensation Committee granted the reporting person an option to purchase 100,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer. The option vests in five equal annual installments beginning April 13, 2012 based on the satisfaction of certain annual performance targets for each of the fiscal years ending September 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.