X0306 4 2016-05-20 0 0000887733 CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO CENT 0000936179 BROWN WILLIAM E 1340 TREAT BLVD., SUITE 600 WALNUT CREEK CA 94597 1 1 1 0 Chairman Class A Common Stock 2016-05-20 5 G 0 E 3580 0.00 D 2547890 D Class A Common Stock 2016-05-24 4 M 0 151200 8.99 A 2699090 D Class A Common Stock 2016-05-24 4 F 0 110688 18.39 D 2588402 D Class A Common Stock 240000 I By Irrevocable Trusts Common Stock 1395704 D Stock Option (right to buy) 8.99 2016-05-24 4 M 0 151200 0.00 D 2016-06-04 Class A Common Stock 151200 28800 D 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 the exercise. These securities are owned directly by various family Irrevocable Trusts and indirectly by the Reporting Person and his spouse as co-trustees of the Irrevocable Trusts. The Reporting Person and his spouse, as co-trustees, have and share investment control over the securities held in each of the Irrevocable Trusts but disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported securities held by the Irrevocable Trusts except to the extent of his and his wife's pecuniary interest therein. On June 4, 2010, the Issuer's Compensation Committee granted the reporting person an option to purchase 180,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer. The option vests in five equal annual installments beginning June 4, 2011 based on the satisfaction of certain annual performance targets for each of the fiscal years ending September 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. /s/ William E. Brown 2016-05-25