CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO — Director's Dealing 2017

Dec 12, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK: 0000887733
Period of Report: 2017-12-08

Reporting Person: PIERGALLINI ALFRED A (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-12-08	Class A Common Stock	M	6762	$9.86	Acquired	67192	Direct
2017-12-08	Class A Common Stock	F	1689	$39.48	Disposed	65503	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2017-12-08	Stock Option (right to buy)	$9.86	M	6792	Disposed	2018-08-10	Class A Common Stock (6762)	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: 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.