CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO — Director's Dealing 2016

Nov 15, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK: 0000887733
Period of Report: 2016-11-14

Reporting Person: Machek Howard (Chief Accounting Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-11-14	Class A Common Stock	A	2786	$0.00	Acquired	18782	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Units	1893	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: On November 14, 2016, the Issuer granted restricted Class A Common Stock to the Reporting Person which will vest at the rate of 1/3rd per year on November 14 of each of 2017, 2018 and 2019.

F2: The units represent interests in the CENTA Stock Fund in the Issuer's 401(k) Plan, which consist of shares of CENTA stock and cash.