CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO — Director's Dealing 2017

Mar 21, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO (CENT)
CIK: 0000887733
Period of Report: 2017-03-17

Reporting Person: Machek Howard (Chief Accounting Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-03-17	Class A Common Stock	M	5000	$6.43	Acquired	22625	Direct
2017-03-17	Class A Common Stock	F	2455	$34.93	Disposed	20170	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2017-03-17	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$6.43	M	5000	Disposed	2019-03-31	Class A Common Stock (5000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Units	1951	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares withheld by the Issuer in payment of the aggregate option exercise price and withholding tax liability 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: The units represent interests in the CENTA Stock Fund in the Issuer's 401(k) Plan, which consists of shares of CENTA stock and cash.

F3: Options were granted on August 12, 2013 and all shares are vested & exercisable.