CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2016

Dec 30, 2016

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Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on February 14, 2017

	CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY
●	CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY 1340 TREAT BOULEVARD, STE 600 WALNUT CREEK, CA 94597-7578

Meeting Type: Annual Meeting
For holders as of: December 16, 2016
Date: February 14, 2017 Time: 10:30 AM PST
Location:	Renaissance ClubSport Hotel 2805 Jones Road Walnut Creek, CA 94597
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Voting items

FOR the following:
1.	Election of Directors
	Nominees
01	John B. Balousek	02 William E. Brown	03 Thomas J. Colligan	04 Brooks M. Pennington III	05 Alfred A. Piergallini
06	John R. Ranelli	07 George C. Roeth	08 M. Beth Springer	09 Andrew K. Woeber
The Board of Directors recommends you vote 3 YEARS on the
following proposal:
2	To recommend, by non-binding vote, the frequency of executive compensation votes.
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 3,
4 and 5.
3	To approve an advisory vote on the compensation of the
Company’s named executive officers as described in the accompanying proxy statement.
4	To approve the amendment of the Nonemployee Director Equity Incentive
Plan to increase the number of shares of Class A Common Stock authorized for issuance.
5	To ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the
Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2017.
NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the
meeting or any adjournment thereof.
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