CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO — Director's Dealing 2012

Nov 13, 2012

SEC Form 5 — Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK: 0000887733
Period of Report: 2012-09-29

Reporting Person: BROWN WILLIAM E (Director, Chairman and CEO, 10% Owner)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-12-30	Class A Common Stock	G	10000	—	Disposed	3209885	Direct
2010-05-28	Class A Common Stock	G	7532	—	Disposed	3202353	Direct
2010-10-26	Class A Common Stock	G	4600	—	Disposed	3197753	Direct
2010-12-29	Class A Common Stock	G	25000	—	Disposed	3172753	Direct
2010-12-31	Class A Common Stock	G	22100	—	Disposed	3150653	Direct
2011-05-03	Class A Common Stock	G	5000	—	Disposed	3145653	Direct
2011-05-25	Class A Common Stock	G	7022	—	Disposed	3138631	Direct
2011-12-27	Class A Common Stock	G	45000	—	Disposed	3093631	Direct
2012-01-05	Class A Common Stock	G	2900	—	Disposed	3090731	Direct
2012-03-29	Class A Common Stock	G	6827	—	Disposed	3083904	Direct
2012-08-15	Class A Common Stock	G	2000	—	Disposed	3081904	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Class A Common Stock	178500	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: On December 31, 2010, the Reporting Person contributed a total aggregate amount of 19,500 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer for the benefit of various family Irrevocable Trusts.

F2: These securities are owned directly by various family Irrevocable Trusts and indirectly by the Reporting Person and his spouse as co-trustees of the Irrevocable Trusts. The Reporting Person and his spouse, as co-trustees, have and share investment control over the securities held in each of the Irrevocable Trusts but disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported securities held by the Irrevocable Trusts except to the extent of his and his wife's pecuniary interest therein.