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Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
887733	Central Garden & Pet Co	CENT	Wholesale-Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods (5190)	680275553

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1168586	John Balousek	1340 Treat Blvd., Ste. 600 Walnut Creek CA 94597		Yes	No	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
Class A Common Stock	Acquisiton	2012-08-06	30,582	$6.54	50,853	No	4	M	Direct
Class A Common Stock	Disposition	2012-08-06	18,299	$10.93	32,554	No	4	F	Direct
Class A Common Stock	Disposition	2012-08-06	3,864	$11.00	28,690	No	4	S	Direct
Class A Common Stock	Disposition	2012-08-07	8,419	$10.89	20,271	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	F	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct

Reported Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Class A Common Stock	Director Stock Option (right to buy)	Disposition	2012-08-06	30,582	$0.00	30,582	$6.54

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
0		2012-08-09	No	4	M	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	55,160	Direct

Footnotes

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.
The range of prices for the shares of Class A Common Stock is from $10.86 to $10.92. Mr. Balousek undertakes that he will provide, upon request by the staff of the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission, full information regarding the number of securities sold at each separate price.
One-third of the total options granted became exercisable at each of 6 months, 18 months and 30 months after February 9, 2009, the date of the grant.