CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO — Director's Dealing 2017

Apr 4, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK: 0000887733
Period of Report: 2017-03-31

Reporting Person: Ranelli John (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-03-31	Common Stock	F	16764	$37.04	Disposed	47489	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	39384	Indirect
Class A Common Stock	169039	Direct
Class A Common Stock	13655	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares delivered by 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 CENT on March 31, 2017.

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.