CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO — Director's Dealing 2015

Mar 23, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK: 0000887733
Period of Report: 2015-03-19

Reporting Person: CHICHESTER DAVID N (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2015-03-19	Class A Common Stock	M	18271	$9.34	Acquired	61760	Direct
2015-03-19	Class A Common Stock	S	18271	$10.8319	Disposed	43489	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2015-03-19	Director Stock Option (right to buy)	$9.34	M	18271	Disposed	2015-08-13	Class A Common Stock (18271)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2804	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Sales effected under a sale plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1(c)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

F2: The range of prices for the shares of Class A Common Stock is from $10.75 to $10.90. Mr. Chichester undertakes that he 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.

F3: Stock options granted under the Company's Nonemployee Director Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.

F4: One-third of the total options granted became exercisable at each of 6 months, 18 months and 30 months after February 13, 2012, the date of the grant.