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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-15-366276
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	FWP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20151104
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20151104

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000887733
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-MISCELLANEOUS NONDURABLE GOODS [5190]
		IRS NUMBER:				680275553
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0926

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		FWP
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-204881
		FILM NUMBER:		151197746

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1340 TREAT BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			WALNUT CREEK
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94597
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9259484000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1340 TREAT BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			WALNUT CREEK
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94597

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19941019

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000887733
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-MISCELLANEOUS NONDURABLE GOODS [5190]
		IRS NUMBER:				680275553
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0926

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		FWP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1340 TREAT BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			WALNUT CREEK
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94597
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9259484000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1340 TREAT BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			WALNUT CREEK
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94597

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19941019
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Issuer Free Writing Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 433 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>supplementing the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated November&nbsp;4, 2015 and the </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Prospectus dated June&nbsp;25, 2015 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-204881 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Dated: November&nbsp;4, 2015 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Central Garden&nbsp;&amp; Pet Company </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><U>Pricing Term Sheet </U></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Issuer:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Security description:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">Senior Notes due 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Aggregate principal amount:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">$400,000,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Gross proceeds:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">$400,000,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Net proceeds (before expenses)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">$395,000,000</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Maturity date:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">November 15, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Coupon:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">6.125%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Issue price:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">100.000%, plus accrued and unpaid interest from November 9, 2015, if any</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Yield to maturity:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">6.125%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Spread to benchmark treasury:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">403 bps</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Benchmark treasury:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">UST 2.75% due November 15, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Interest payment dates:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">November 15 and May 15, commencing May 15, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Optional redemption:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">Make-whole call at T+50 bps prior to November 15, 2018</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">On and after November 15, 2018, at the prices set forth below (expressed, as percentages of the principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest:</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">November 15, 2018</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">104.594%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">103.063%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">101.531%</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">November&nbsp;15, 2021 and&nbsp;thereafter</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">100.000%</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Optional redemption with equity proceeds:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Trade date:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Settlement:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">CUSIP/ISIN:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Legal format:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Denominations/multiple:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Joint Book-running managers:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &amp; Smith</P>
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Incorporated</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Co-managers</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BNP Paribas Securities Corp.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.</P></TD></TR>
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&#147;SEC&#148;) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus and prospectus supplement in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete
information about the issuer and this offering. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at </B><B><I>www.sec.gov</I></B><B>. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering
will arrange to send you the prospectus and the prospectus supplement if you request them by calling<BR> J.P.&nbsp;Morgan&nbsp;Securities, LLC at (866)&nbsp;803-9204, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated at (800)&nbsp;294-1322
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