CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO — Director's Dealing 2016

Dec 8, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK: 0000887733
Period of Report: 2016-12-06

Reporting Person: PIERGALLINI ALFRED A (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-12-06	Class A Common Stock	M	13522	$9.86	Acquired	101692	Direct
2016-12-06	Class A Common Stock	F	4373	$30.49	Disposed	97319	Direct
2016-12-07	Class A Common Stock	S	27740	$30.9125	Disposed	69579	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-12-06	Stock Option (right to buy)	$9.86	M	13522	Disposed	2018-08-10	Class A Common Stock (13522)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	8979	Direct

Footnotes

F1: 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 respective average of the high and low sales prices on the date of exercise.

F2: The range of prices for the shares of Class A Common Stock is from $30.53 to $31.23. Mr. Piergallini 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: One-third of the total options granted became exercisable at each of 6 months, 18 months and 30 months after February 10, 2015, the date of the grant.