CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO — Director's Dealing 2016

Jul 15, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK: 0000887733
Period of Report: 2016-07-12

Reporting Person: BROWN WILLIAM E (Director, Chairman, 10% Owner)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-07-12	Class A Common Stock	S	3163	$22.88	Disposed	2405239	Direct
2016-07-13	Class A Common Stock	S	5485	$22.9039	Disposed	2399754	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Class A Common Stock	240000	Indirect
Common Stock	1395704	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Shares sold through sales 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 Common Stock is from $22.88 to $22.97. The reporting person 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: These securities are owned directly by various family Irrevocable Trusts and indirectly by the Reporting Person and his spouse as co-trustees of the Irrevocable Trusts. The Reporting Person and his spouse, as co-trustees, have and share investment control over the securities held in each of the Irrevocable Trusts but disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported securities held by the Irrevocable Trusts except to the extent of his and his wife's pecuniary interest therein.