CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO — Director's Dealing 2014

Sep 16, 2014

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK: 0000887733
Period of Report: 2014-09-12

Reporting Person: Ranelli John (Director, President and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2014-09-12	Common Stock	A	128505	—	Acquired	190556	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	5000	Indirect
Class A Common Stock	56162	Direct

Footnotes

F1: On September 12, 2014, the Issuer granted restricted shares of Common Stock to the Reporting Person which will vest at the rate of 25% on March 31 of each of 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

F2: Mr. Ranelli disclaims beneficial ownership of the 5,000 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock owned by the John R. Ranelli Trust except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.