CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO — Director's Dealing 2016

Sep 27, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK: 0000887733
Period of Report: 2016-09-26

Reporting Person: Ranelli John (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-09-26	Class A Common Stock	F	65409	$24.33	Disposed	264704	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Class A Common Stock	1894	Indirect
Common Stock	96379	Direct
Common Stock	21782	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares delivered by the Reporting Person in payment of the withholding tax liability upon vesting of restricted stock. The amount of shares withheld is based on the average of the high and low of the sales prices of CENTA on September 26, 2016.

F2: Mr. Ranelli disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of the Company's Common Stock and Class A Common Stock owned by the John R. Ranelli Trust Dated 12/24/97 except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.