CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO — Director's Dealing 2016

Feb 11, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK: 0000887733
Period of Report: 2016-02-09

Reporting Person: SPRINGER MARY BETH (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-02-09	Class A Common Stock	A	1455	$0.00	Acquired	1455	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-02-09	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$13.75	A	14546	Acquired	2019-08-09	Class A Common Stock (14546)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Class A Common Stock	10020	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Restricted stock award granted under the Company's Nonemployee Director Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.

F2: Shares are owned by the P. Rosenblum & M. Beth Springer TTEE Paul Rosenblum & Mary Beth Springer Revocable Trust Dated 10/28/2005.

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

F4: One-third of the total options granted will become exercisable at each of 6 months, 18 months and 30 months after February 9, 2016 the date of the grant.