CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO — Director's Dealing 2015

Dec 15, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK: 0000887733
Period of Report: 2015-12-10

Reporting Person: SPRINGER MARY BETH (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2015-12-10	Class A Common Stock	M	22397	$8.93	Acquired	29440	Indirect
2015-12-10	Class A Common Stock	F	12377	$16.16	Disposed	17063	Indirect
2015-12-10	Class A Common Stock	S	7043	$16.2463	Disposed	10020	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2015-12-10	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$8.93	M	22397	Disposed	2016-08-11	Class A Common Stock (22397)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The Reporting Person transferred her shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock to the P. Rosenblum & M. Beth Springer TTEE Paul Rosenblum & Mary Beth Springer Revocable Trust Dated 10/28/2005.

F2: Shares withheld by the Issuer in payment of the aggregate option exercise price incurred upon the above-reported exercise of options. The amount of shares withheld is based on the average of the high and low sales prices on the date of exercise.

F3: The range of prices for the shares of Class A Common Stock is from $15.88 to $16.53. The reporting person undertakes that she will provide, upon request by the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, full information regarding the number of securities sold at each separate price.

F4: Stock Options granted under the Company's 2003 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.

F5: One-third of the total options granted became exercisable at each of 6 months, 18 months and 30 months after February 11, 2013, the date of grant.