<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001157523-17-001392.txt : 20170503
<SEC-HEADER>0001157523-17-001392.hdr.sgml : 20170503
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20170503161752
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-17-001392
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170503
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170503
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170503

FILER:

	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:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33268
		FILM NUMBER:		17809434

	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
</SEC-HEADER>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>8-K
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>a51552495.htm
<DESCRIPTION>CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY 8-K
<TEXT>
<html>
  <head>
    <title></title>
<!--Copyright 2017 Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company.-->
<!--All rights reserved www.businesswire.com-->
  </head>
  <body style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">
    <p style="text-align: center">
      <br>
      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>UNITED
      STATES</b></font><b><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><br style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"></font><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b><font style="font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt"></font><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>WASHINGTON,
      D.C. 20549</b></font><br><font style="font-family: Times New Roman"><b>______________</b></font><br>
    </p>
    <p style="text-align: center">
      <br>
      <font style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>FORM 8-K</b></font><br><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>CURRENT
      REPORT</b></font><br><br><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>Pursuant
      To Section 13 of 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</b></font><br><br>
    </p>
<div style="text-align:left">
    <table style="margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 100%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman" cellspacing="0">
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; width: 50%; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: center" valign="top">
          Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; width: 50%; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center" valign="top">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>May 3, 2017</b>
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <p style="text-align: center">

    </p>
<div style="text-align:left">
    <table style="margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 100%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman" cellspacing="0">
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center" colspan="3" valign="top">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>Central
            Garden &amp; Pet Company</b></font>
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: center" colspan="3" valign="top">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">(Exact
            name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font>
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="width: 33%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 34%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 33%">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; width: 33%; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>Delaware</b>
          </p>
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; width: 34%; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>001-33268</b>
          </p>
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; width: 33%; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>68-0275553</b>
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; width: 33%; text-align: center" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            (State or other jurisdiction
          </p>
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            of incorporation)
          </p>
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; width: 34%; text-align: center" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            (Commission File
          </p>
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Number)
          </p>
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; width: 33%; text-align: center" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            (IRS Employer
          </p>
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Identification No.)
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
<div style="text-align:left">
    <table style="margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 100%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman" cellspacing="0">
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; width: 60%; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600, Walnut Creek, California</b>
          </p>
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; width: 13%; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; width: 27%; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>94597</b>
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; width: 60%; text-align: center" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            (Address of principal executive offices)
          </p>
        </td>
        <td style="width: 13%">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; width: 27%; text-align: center" valign="bottom">
          <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">(Zip
          Code)</font>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <p>

    </p>
    <div style="text-align:center">
    <table style="margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 100%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" cellspacing="0">
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; width: 60%; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: center" valign="top">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Registrant's telephone number, including area code
          </p>
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; width: 40%; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="top">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>(925) 948-4000</b>
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <p>

    </p>
    <p style="text-align: center">
      (Former name or former address if changed since last report)
    </p>
    <p>

    </p>
    <p>
      Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
      simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any
      of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
    </p>
    <p>
      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial Unicode MS">&#8414;</font>
      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Written
      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
      230.425)</font><br><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial Unicode MS">&#8414;</font>
      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Soliciting
      material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)</font><br><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial Unicode MS">&#8414;</font>
      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14d-2(b))</font><br><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial Unicode MS">&#8414;</font>
      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.13e-4(c))</font>
    </p>
    <p>
      Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth
      company as defined in Rule 405&#160;&#160;of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405
      of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange act of 1934
      (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter).
    </p>
    <p>
      Emerging growth company <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial Unicode MS">&#8414;</font>
    </p>
    <p>
      If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
      has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with
      any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to
      Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial Unicode MS">&#8414;</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
    </p>
    <div style="margin-bottom: 10pt; width: 100%; margin-right: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt">
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: left">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div style="page-break-after: always">
        <div style="text-align: center">

        </div>
        <div style="text-align: center">
          <hr style="color: black; height: 1.5pt">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: right">

        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <p style="white-space: nowrap">
      <b>Item 2.02&#160;&#160;<u>Results of Operations and Financial Condition</u>.</b>
    </p>
    <p style="text-indent: 30.0px; font-size: 10pt">
      On May 3, 2017, Central Garden &amp; Pet Company issued a press release
      announcing its financial results for the second quarter ended March 25,
      2017.&#160;&#160;A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit&#160;99.1.<br><br><br>
    </p>
    <p style="white-space: nowrap">
      <b>Item 9.01&#160;&#160;<u>Financial Statements and Exhibits</u>.</b>
    </p>
    <p style="white-space: nowrap; margin-left: 30.0px">
      Exhibit 99.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Press release dated May 3, 2017.
    </p>
    <p>
      <br>
      <br>

    </p>
    <p style="text-align: center">
      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>SIGNATURES</b></font>
    </p>
    <p>
      <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Pursuant to
      the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
      has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
      undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font>
    </p>
    <p>

    </p>
<div style="text-align:left">
    <table style="margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 100%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman" cellspacing="0">
      <tr>
        <td style="width: 7%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 38%">

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; width: 5%; text-align: left" valign="top">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" colspan="3" valign="top">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            CENTRAL GARDEN &amp; PET COMPANY
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="width: 7%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 38%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 5%">

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" colspan="2" valign="top">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            &#160;
          </p>
        </td>
        <td style="width: 21%">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="width: 7%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 38%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 5%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 4%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 25%">

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; width: 21%; text-align: left" valign="top">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; width: 7%; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="top">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            &#160;
          </p>
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; width: 38%; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="top">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            &#160;
          </p>
        </td>
        <td style="width: 5%">

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; width: 4%; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="top">
          By:
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 10.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; width: 25%; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left" valign="top">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            /s/ Howard Machek
          </p>
        </td>
        <td style="width: 21%">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="width: 7%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 38%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 5%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 4%">

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 10.0px; text-align: left" colspan="2" valign="top">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Howard Machek
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="width: 7%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 38%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 5%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 4%">

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 10.0px; text-align: left" colspan="2" valign="top">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="width: 7%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 38%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 5%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 4%">

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" colspan="2" valign="top">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            &#160;
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; width: 7%; text-align: left" valign="top">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Dated:
          </p>
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; width: 38%; text-align: left" valign="top">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            May 3, 2017
          </p>
        </td>
        <td style="width: 5%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 4%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 25%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 21%">

        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <p>

    </p>
  </body>
</html>
<!--<!DOCTYPE html
     PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
     "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">-->
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.1
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>a51552495ex99_1.htm
<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 99.1
<TEXT>
<html>
  <head>
    <title></title>
<!--Copyright 2017 Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company.-->
<!--All rights reserved www.businesswire.com-->
  </head>
  <body style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman">
    <p style="text-align: right">
      <b>Exhibit 99.1</b>
    </p>
    <p style="text-align: center">
      <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>Central
      Garden &amp; Pet Company Announces Fiscal Second Quarter Results</b></font>
    </p>
    <p style="text-align: center">
      <i><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><b>Fiscal
      2Q 2017 sales increased 5.3% to $569.9 million;</b></font></i><b><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt"></font><i><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman">Fiscal
      2Q 2017 diluted EPS increased to $0.67 from $0.65</font></i></b>
    </p>
    <p style="text-align: center">

    </p>
    <p>
      WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2017--Central Garden &amp; Pet
      Company (NASDAQ: CENT) (NASDAQ: CENTA), a leading innovator, marketer
      and producer of quality branded products for the lawn and garden and pet
      supplies markets, today announced financial results for its fiscal
      second quarter ended March&#160;25, 2017.
    </p>
    <p>
      &quot;Our second quarter results continue to reflect our initiatives to grow
      sales and profits organically,&quot; said George Roeth, President &amp; CEO.
      &quot;During the quarter we continued to grow faster than our categories,
      gaining market share across the majority of our businesses, with strong
      execution and a clear focus on demand-creation activities. On top of
      that, our M&amp;A efforts continue to enhance our overall operating results.&quot;
    </p>
    <p>
      <u><b>Fiscal 2017 Second Quarter Financial Results</b></u>
    </p>
    <p>
      Net sales increased 5.3% to $569.9 million compared to $541.2 million in
      the second quarter a year ago, due in large part to the Company's recent
      Segrest acquisition. Organic sales growth, which excludes the Segrest
      business purchased in October 2016, rose 1.7%. Branded product sales of
      $457.2 million increased 5.7%, and sales of other manufacturers&#8217;
      products of $112.7 million rose 3.9%.
    </p>
    <p>
      Second quarter gross margin rose 90 basis points compared to the second
      quarter a year ago to 32.2%, with both Garden and Pet showing
      improvement. Operating income increased to $63.9 million from $59.4
      million in the second quarter a year ago. Higher gross profit, as well
      as a modest decline in corporate SG&amp;A expense, more than offset higher
      SG&amp;A expenditures in the Garden and Pet segments made to help fuel
      future growth. Operating margin of 11.2% increased 20 basis points
      compared to 11.0% in the second quarter a year ago. Net income of $34.7
      million rose 6.1% compared to $32.7 million in the second quarter a year
      ago and earnings per diluted share increased 3.1% to $0.67 from $0.65.
    </p>
    <div style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; width: 100%; margin-left: 0pt">
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: left">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div style="page-break-after: always">
        <div style="text-align: center">

        </div>
        <div style="text-align: center">
          <hr style="color: black; height: 1.5pt">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: right">

        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <p>
      <u><b>Pet Segment Fiscal 2017 Second Quarter Results</b></u>
    </p>
    <p>
      Second quarter net sales for the Pet segment increased 8.4% to $298.4
      million, from the same period a year ago, driven primarily by the
      Segrest acquisition. Pet organic sales grew 1.3%, impacted to some
      degree from timing differences compared to the prior year, which
      benefited this year's first quarter and held back growth in the second
      quarter. For perspective, consumption in the Nielsen pet categories for
      our products over the 13-week period ending March 25, 2017 grew 3.0%.
      Fiscal year-to-date organic growth in the Pet segment was 3.6%. The Pet
      segment&#8217;s second quarter branded product sales were $240.5 million, up
      10.9% compared to a year ago and sales of other manufacturers&#8217; products
      were $57.9 million, a decrease of 0.9%.
    </p>
    <p>
      The Pet segment&#8217;s operating income rose 6.9% compared to the second
      quarter a year ago to $34.6 million. Pet operating margin decreased to
      11.6%, a decline of 20 basis points compared to the second quarter a
      year ago. While operating margin benefited from a higher gross margin,
      the benefit was more than offset by higher SG&amp;A expenses as a percent of
      sales, most notably in the dog and cat category, which continued its
      efforts to consolidate several facilities during the quarter.
    </p>
    <p>
      <u><b>Garden Segment Fiscal 2017 Second Quarter Results</b></u>
    </p>
    <p>
      Net sales for the Garden segment, all organic, rose 2.1% compared to the
      second quarter a year ago to $271.5 million, due primarily to higher
      control and fertilizer sales and increased sales of other manufacturer's
      products. The Garden segment&#8217;s branded product sales were $216.7 million
      in the quarter, up 0.4% compared to the second quarter a year ago. Sales
      of other manufacturers&#8217; products were up 9.4% to $54.8 million.
    </p>
    <p>
      The Garden segment&#8217;s operating income in the quarter rose to $46.0
      million compared to $44.4 million in the second quarter a year ago.
      Garden operating margin improved 20 basis points to 16.9%, benefiting
      from a higher gross margin, offset to a large degree by higher SG&amp;A
      expenses as a percent of sales. SG&amp;A expenses rose as the Company
      invested in demand-creation activities to drive top-line growth in the
      current year and beyond.
    </p>
    <div style="margin-bottom: 10pt; width: 100%; margin-right: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt">
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: left">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div style="page-break-after: always">
        <div style="text-align: center">

        </div>
        <div style="text-align: center">
          <hr style="color: black; height: 1.5pt">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: right">

        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <p>
      <u><b>Year-to-date 2017 Operating Income, Net Earnings and EPS</b></u>
    </p>
    <p>
      Year-to-date non-GAAP results through the second quarter of 2017 exclude
      a $2.0 million gain on the sale of a distribution facility. Results for
      the same period a year ago exclude the impact of $14.3 million of
      incremental costs from the redemption of the Company's 2018 Notes and
      issuance of its 2023 Notes, that are included in the period's interest
      expense;
    </p>
    <p>
      For the six months ending March&#160;25, 2017, the Company reported:
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        Year-to-date sales of $989.4 million compared with $901.1 million a
        year ago;
      </li>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        Operating income of $83.8 million increased $15.6 million from $68.2
        million in the first six months of 2016; non-GAAP operating income
        increased to $81.7 million from $68.2 million.
      </li>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        Operating margin of 8.5% increased 90 basis points from 7.6% in the
        first six months of fiscal 2016. Non-GAAP operating margin of 8.3%
        increased 70 basis points to 7.6%.
      </li>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        Net income rose 75.6% to $42.3 million from $24.1 million a year ago.
        Non-GAAP net income was $41.0 million compared to $33.4 million in the
        first six months of 2016; and
      </li>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        Diluted EPS of $0.82 rose 70.8% from $0.48 per share a year ago.
        Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share increased 19.7% to $0.79 from
        $0.66 in the first six months of 2016.
      </li>
    </ul>
    <div style="margin-bottom: 10pt; width: 100%; margin-right: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt">
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: left">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div style="page-break-after: always">
        <div style="text-align: center">

        </div>
        <div style="text-align: center">
          <hr style="color: black; height: 1.5pt">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: right">

        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <p>
      <u><b>2017 Guidance</b></u>
    </p>
    <p>
      Given the strong performance to-date, the Company currently expects
      non-GAAP earnings per fully-diluted share of $1.37 or higher for fiscal
      2017, an increase of 8.7% or more from the prior year, excluding any
      impact from the acquisition of K&amp;H Manufacturing that closed last week.
      Sales trends in the second half are expected to remain strong, however
      non-operating factors are expected to impact net income in the second
      half of the year. These factors include timing differences of corporate
      expenses versus the prior year, a higher projected tax rate, and two new
      joint venture investments which likely will have a negative effect on
      earnings in the back half of the current fiscal year, before
      contributing positively to earnings next fiscal year.
    </p>
    <p>
      Roeth concluded, &quot;Overall, we remain pleased with our efforts to
      position the company for sustained growth through organic sales gains,
      cost savings, margin improvement, and strategic M&amp;A activity, all
      intended to drive profit growth for years to come.&quot;
    </p>
    <p>
      <u><b>Additional Information</b></u>
    </p>
    <p>
      Total debt at March&#160;25, 2017 was $496.2 million compared to $497.0
      million at March&#160;26, 2016. Net interest expense was $6.8 million for the
      second quarter compared to $7.1 million in the prior-year period.
    </p>
    <p>
      The Company&#8217;s effective tax rate for the second quarter of 2017 was
      37.1%, compared with 36.0% for the second quarter of 2016. The increase
      in the tax rate was due primarily to reduced projected tax incentives in
      the current year.
    </p>
    <p>
      <u><b>Conference Call</b></u>
    </p>
    <p>
      The Company will host a conference call today at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
      / 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time to discuss its third quarter results. The
      conference call will be accessible via the internet through Central&#8217;s
      website, <u>http://ir.central.com</u>.
    </p>
    <p>
      Alternatively, to listen to the call by telephone, dial (201) 689-8345
      (domestic and international) using confirmation #13659646. A replay of
      the call will be available for three days by dialing (201)&#160;612-7415 and
      entering confirmation #13659646.
    </p>
    <div style="margin-bottom: 10pt; width: 100%; margin-right: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt">
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: left">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div style="page-break-after: always">
        <div style="text-align: center">

        </div>
        <div style="text-align: center">
          <hr style="color: black; height: 1.5pt">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: right">

        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <p>
      <u><b>About Central Garden &amp; Pet</b></u>
    </p>
    <p>
      Central Garden &amp; Pet Company is a leading innovator, marketer and
      producer of quality branded products for the lawn &amp; garden and pet
      supplies markets. Committed to new product innovation, our products are
      sold to specialty independent and mass retailers. Participating
      categories in Lawn &amp; Garden include: Grass seed and the brands
      PENNINGTON&#174;, and THE REBELS&#174;; wild bird feed and the brand PENNINGTON&#174;;
      weed and insect control and the brands AMDRO&#174;, SEVIN&#174;, IRONITE&#174; and
      OVER-N-OUT&#174;; and decorative outdoor patio products under the PENNINGTON
      &#174; brand. We also provide a host of other regional and
      application-specific garden brands and supplies. Participating
      categories in Pet include: Animal health and the brands ADAMS&#8482; and
      ZODIAC&#174;; aquatics and reptile and the brands AQUEON&#174;, CORALIFE&#174; and
      ZILLA&#174;; bird &amp; small animal and the brands KAYTEE&#174;, Forti-Diet&#174; and
      CRITTER TRAIL&#174;; dog &amp; cat and the brands TFH&#8482;, NYLABONE&#174;, FOUR PAWS&#174;,
      IMS&#8482;, CADET&#174;, DMC&#8482;, SEGREST, PINNACLE&#174; and AVODERM&#174;; and equine and the
      brands FARNAM&#174;, HORSE HEALTH&#8482; and VITAFLEX&#174;. We also provide a host of
      other application-specific pet brands and supplies. Central Garden &amp; Pet
      Company is based in Walnut Creek, California, and has approximately
      4,100 employees, primarily in North America. For additional information
      on Central Garden &amp; Pet Company, including access to the Company's SEC
      filings, please visit the Company&#8217;s website at <u>www.central.com</u>.
    </p>
    <p>
      &#8220;Safe Harbor&#8221; Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform
      Act of 1995: The statements contained in this release which are not
      historical facts, including expectations for future favorable results
      and cost reductions and earnings guidance for fiscal 2017 are
      forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties
      that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set
      forth in or implied by forward-looking statements. All forward-looking
      statements are based upon the Company&#8217;s current expectations and various
      assumptions. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that could
      cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking
      statements contained in this release including, but not limited to, the
      following factors:
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        seasonality and fluctuations in the Company&#8217;s operating results and
        cash flow;
      </li>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        fluctuations in market prices for seeds and grains and other raw
        materials and the Company&#8217;s ability to pass through cost increases in
        a timely manner;
      </li>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        adverse weather conditions;
      </li>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        the recent transition to a new CEO and our dependence upon our key
        executives;
      </li>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        dependence on a small number of customers for a significant portion of
        our business;
      </li>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        uncertainty about new product innovations and marketing programs; and
      </li>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        competition in our industries.
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p>
      These risks and others are described in the Company&#8217;s Securities and
      Exchange Commission filings. The Company undertakes no obligation to
      publicly update these forward-looking statements to reflect new
      information, subsequent events or otherwise.
    </p>
    <div style="margin-bottom: 10pt; width: 100%; margin-right: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt">
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: left">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div style="page-break-after: always">
        <div style="text-align: center">

        </div>
        <div style="text-align: center">
          <hr style="color: black; height: 1.5pt">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: right">

        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
<div style="text-align:left">
    <table style="margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 100%; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman" cellspacing="0">
      <tr>
        <td colspan="14">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: center" colspan="14" valign="top">
          <b>CENTRAL GARDEN &amp; PET COMPANY</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: center" colspan="14" valign="top">
          <b>CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: center" colspan="14" valign="top">
          <b>(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: center" colspan="14" valign="top">
          <b>(Unaudited)</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td colspan="14">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: center" valign="bottom">
          <b>ASSETS</b>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="3" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>March 25, 2017</b>
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="3" valign="bottom">
          <b>March 26, 2016</b>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="3" valign="bottom">
          <b>September 24, 2016</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Current assets:
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Cash and cash equivalents
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          6,169
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          9,826
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          92,982
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Restricted cash
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          10,988
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          11,946
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          10,910
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Accounts receivable (less allowance for doubtful accounts of
          $20,227, $23,759 and $21,069)
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          343,202
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          340,526
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          201,151
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Inventories
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          426,385
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          390,754
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          362,004
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Prepaid expenses and other
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          54,074
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          50,758
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          47,759
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Total current assets
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          840,818
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          803,810
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          714,806
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Land, buildings, improvements and equipment&#8212;net
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          175,940
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          164,794
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          158,224
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Goodwill
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          230,385
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          213,753
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          231,385
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Other intangible assets&#8212;net
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          91,424
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          82,989
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          95,865
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Other assets
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          60,361
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          57,753
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          11,913
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 4.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Total
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          1,398,928
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          1,323,099
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          1,212,193
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: center" valign="bottom">
          <b>LIABILITIES AND EQUITY</b>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Current liabilities:
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Accounts payable
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          141,791
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          133,211
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          102,413
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Accrued expenses
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          101,421
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          97,682
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          99,343
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Current portion of long-term debt
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          374
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          594
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          463
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Total current liabilities
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          243,586
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          231,487
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          202,219
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Long-term debt
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          495,870
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          496,396
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          394,806
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Other long-term obligations
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          64,981
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          62,274
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          60,581
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Equity:
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Common stock, 12,176,787, 11,908,317, and 11,998,472 shares
          outstanding at March 25, 2017, March 26, 2016 and September 24, 2016
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          122
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          119
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          120
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Class A common stock, $0.01 par value: 37,731,149, 36,794,100 and
          37,418,572 shares outstanding at March 25, 2017, March 26, 2016 and
          September 24, 2016
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          377
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          368
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          374
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Class B stock, $0.01 par value: 1,652,262 shares outstanding
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          16
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          16
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          16
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Additional paid-in capital
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          391,541
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          391,665
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          393,297
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Accumulated earnings
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          202,822
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          140,082
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          160,501
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          (1,658
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          (528
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          (1,294
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          )
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Total Central Garden &amp; Pet Company shareholders&#8217; equity
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          593,220
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          531,722
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          553,014
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Noncontrolling interest
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          1,271
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          1,220
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          1,573
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Total equity
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          594,491
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          532,942
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          554,587
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 4.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Total
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          1,398,928
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          1,323,099
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          1,212,193
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <div style="margin-bottom: 10pt; width: 100%; margin-right: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt">
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: left">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div style="page-break-after: always">
        <div style="text-align: center">

        </div>
        <div style="text-align: center">
          <hr style="color: black; height: 1.5pt">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: right">

        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
<div style="text-align:left">
    <table style="margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 100%; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman" cellspacing="0">
      <tr>
        <td colspan="17">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: center" colspan="17" valign="top">
          <b>CENTRAL GARDEN &amp; PET COMPANY</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: center" colspan="17" valign="top">
          <b>CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: center" colspan="17" valign="top">
          <b>(in thousands, except per share amounts)</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: center" colspan="17" valign="top">
          <b>(Unaudited)</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td colspan="17">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="7" valign="bottom">
          <b>Three Months Ended</b>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="7" valign="bottom">
          <b>Six Months Ended</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="3" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>March 25,</b><br><b>2017</b>
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="3" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>March 26,</b><br><b>2016</b>
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="3" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>March 25,</b><br><b>2017</b>
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="3" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>March 26,</b><br><b>2016</b>
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Net sales
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          569,924
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          541,249
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          989,422
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          901,061
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Cost of goods sold and occupancy
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          386,395
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          371,910
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          685,215
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          631,936
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Gross profit
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          183,529
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          169,339
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          304,207
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          269,125
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Selling, general and administrative expenses
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          119,669
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          109,936
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          220,409
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          200,949
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Operating income
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          63,860
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          59,403
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          83,798
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          68,176
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Interest expense
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          (6,830
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          (7,096
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          (13,703
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          (29,241
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          )
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Interest income
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          8
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          9
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          46
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          31
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Other expense
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          (965
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          (88
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          (1,932
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          (561
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          )
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Income before income taxes and noncontrolling interest
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          56,073
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          52,228
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          68,209
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          38,405
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Income tax expense
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          20,824
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          18,793
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          25,171
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          13,593
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Income including noncontrolling interest
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          35,249
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          33,435
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          43,038
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          24,812
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          565
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          738
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          717
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          717
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 4.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Net income attributable to Central Garden &amp; Pet Company
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          34,684
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          32,697
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          42,321
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          24,095
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Net income per share attributable to Central Garden &amp; Pet Company:
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 4.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Basic
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          0.69
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          0.67
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          0.85
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          0.50
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 4.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Diluted
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          0.67
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          0.65
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          0.82
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          0.48
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Weighted average shares used in the computation of net income per
          share:
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Basic
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          50,079
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          48,717
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          49,872
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          48,641
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Diluted
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          51,983
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          50,445
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          51,911
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          50,558
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <div style="margin-bottom: 10pt; width: 100%; margin-right: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt">
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: left">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div style="page-break-after: always">
        <div style="text-align: center">

        </div>
        <div style="text-align: center">
          <hr style="color: black; height: 1.5pt">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: right">

        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <p>
      <b>Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures</b>
    </p>
    <p>
      We report our financial results in accordance with U.S. generally
      accepted accounting principles (GAAP). However, to supplement the
      financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP, we use non-GAAP
      financial measures including non-GAAP operating income on a consolidated
      and segment basis and non-GAAP net income and diluted net income per
      share. Management believes these non-GAAP financial measures that
      exclude the impact of specific items (described below) may be useful to
      investors in their assessment of our ongoing operating performance and
      provide additional meaningful comparisons between current results and
      results in prior operating periods.
    </p>
    <p>
      The reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly
      comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance
      with GAAP are shown in the tables below. We believe that the non-GAAP
      financial measures provide useful information to investors and other
      users of our financial statements, by allowing for greater transparency
      in the review of our financial and operating performance. Management
      also uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial,
      operating and planning decisions and in evaluating our performance, and
      we believe these measures similarly may be useful to investors in
      evaluating our financial and operating performance and the trends in our
      business from management's point of view. While our management believes
      that non-GAAP measurements are useful supplemental information, such
      adjusted results are not intended to replace our GAAP financial results
      and should be read in conjunction with those GAAP results. We have not
      provided a reconciliation of non-GAAP guidance measures to the
      corresponding GAAP measures on a forward-looking basis, because such
      reconciliation cannot be done without unreasonable efforts due to the
      potential significant variability and limited visibility of the excluded
      items discussed below.
    </p>
    <p>
      Non-GAAP financial measures reflect adjustments based on the following
      items:
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        Gains or losses on disposals of significant plant assets: we have
        excluded the impact of gains or losses on the disposal of facilities
        as these represent infrequent transactions that impact comparability
        between operating periods. We believe the adjustment of these gains or
        losses supplements the GAAP information with a measure that may be
        used to help assess the sustainability of our continuing operating
        performance.
      </li>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        Loss on early extinguishment of debt: we have excluded the charges
        associated with the refinancing of our 2018 Notes as the amount and
        frequency of such charges are not consistent and are significantly
        impacted by the timing and size of debt financing transactions.
      </li>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        Tax impact: the adjustment represents the impact of the tax effect of
        the pre-tax non-GAAP adjustments excluded from non-GAAP net income.
        The tax impact of the non-GAAP adjustments is calculated based on the
        consolidated effective tax rate on a GAAP basis, applied to the
        non-GAAP adjustments, unless the underlying item has a materially
        different tax treatment.
      </li>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        We have also provided organic net sales, a non-GAAP measure that
        excludes the impact of businesses purchased or exited in the prior 12
        months, because we believe it permits investors to better understand
        the performance of our historical business without the impact of
        recent acquisitions or dispositions.
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p>
      From time to time in the future, there may be other items that we may
      exclude if we believe that doing so is consistent with the goal of
      providing useful information to investors and management.
    </p>
    <p>
      The non-GAAP adjustments reflect the following:
    </p>
<div style="text-align:left">
    <table style="margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 100%; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman" cellspacing="0">
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="top">
          (1)
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 5.0px; text-align: left" valign="top">
          During the first quarter of fiscal 2017, we recorded a $2.0 million
          gain in our Garden segment from the sale of a distribution facility
          resulting from rationalizing our facilities to reduce excess
          capacity. This adjustment was recorded as part of selling, general
          and administrative costs in the condensed consolidated statements of
          operations.
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="top">
          (2)
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 5.0px; text-align: left" valign="top">
          During the first quarter of fiscal 2016, we redeemed our 2018 Notes
          and issued senior notes due November 2023. As a result of the
          redemption, we incurred incremental expenses of $14.3 million,
          comprised of a call premium payment of $8.3 million, a $2.7 million
          payment of overlapping interest expense for 30 days and a $3.3
          million non-cash charge for the write off of unamortized deferred
          financing costs and discount related to the 2018 Notes. These
          amounts are included in Interest expense in the condensed
          consolidated statements of operations.
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <div style="margin-bottom: 10pt; width: 100%; margin-right: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt">
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: left">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div style="page-break-after: always">
        <div style="text-align: center">

        </div>
        <div style="text-align: center">
          <hr style="color: black; height: 1.5pt">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: right">

        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
<div style="text-align:left">
    <table style="margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 100%; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman" cellspacing="0">
      <tr>
        <td colspan="11">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          <b>Operating Income Reconciliation</b>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="7" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation</b><br><b>(in thousands)</b><br><b>For
            the Six Months Ended</b>
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="3" valign="bottom">
          <b>March 25, 2017</b>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="3" valign="bottom">
          <b>March 26, 2016</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          GAAP operating income
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          83,798
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          68,176
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Sale of distribution facility
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="middle">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <sup>(1)</sup>
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          (2,050
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 4.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Non-GAAP operating income
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          81,748
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          68,176
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          GAAP operating margin
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          8.5
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          7.6
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Non-GAAP operating margin
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          8.3
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          7.6
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
<div style="text-align:left">
    <table style="margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 100%; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman" cellspacing="0">
      <tr>
        <td colspan="11">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="7" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation</b><br><b>(in thousands, except
            per share amounts)</b><br><b>For the Six Months Ended</b>
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          <b>Net Income and Diluted Net Income Per Share Reconciliation</b>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="3" valign="bottom">
          <b>March 25, 2017</b>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="3" valign="bottom">
          <b>March 26, 2016</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          GAAP net income (loss) attributable to Central Garden &amp; Pet
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          42,321
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          24,095
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Sale of distribution facility
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="middle">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <sup>(1)</sup>
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          (2,050
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          2018 notes redemption
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="middle">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <sup>(2)</sup>
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          14,339
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Tax effects of non-GAAP adjustments
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          757
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          (5,075
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          )
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 4.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Total net income (loss) impact from non-GAAP adjustments
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          (1,293
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          9,264
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Non-GAAP net income attributable to Central Garden &amp; Pet
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          41,028
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          33,359
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          GAAP diluted net income per share
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          0.82
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          0.48
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Non-GAAP diluted net income per share
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          0.79
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          0.66
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Shares used in GAAP diluted net earnings per share calculation
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          51,911
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          50,558
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Shares used in non-GAAP diluted net earnings per share calculation
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          51,911
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          50,558
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td colspan="11">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <p>
      <b>Organic Net Sales Reconciliation</b>
    </p>
    <p>
      We have provided organic net sales, a non-GAAP measure that excludes the
      impact of recent acquisitions and dispositions, because we believe it
      permits investors to better understand the performance of our historical
      business. We define organic net sales as net sales from our historical
      business derived by excluding the net sales from businesses acquired or
      exited in the preceding 12 months. After an acquired business has been
      part of our consolidated results for 12 months, the change in net sales
      thereafter is considered part of the increase or decrease in organic net
      sales.
    </p>
    <div style="margin-bottom: 10pt; width: 100%; margin-right: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt">
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: left">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div style="page-break-after: always">
        <div style="text-align: center">

        </div>
        <div style="text-align: center">
          <hr style="color: black; height: 1.5pt">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: right">

        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
<div style="text-align:left">
    <table style="margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 100%; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman" cellspacing="0">
      <tr>
        <td colspan="13">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center" colspan="11" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation</b><br><b>(in millions)</b><br><b>For
            the Three Months Ended March 25, 2017</b>
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center" colspan="5" valign="bottom">
          <b>Consolidated</b>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="5" valign="bottom">
          <b>Pet Segment</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid" colspan="2">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          <b>Percentage change</b>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid" colspan="2">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          <b>Percentage change</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Reported net sales - Q2 FY17 (GAAP)
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          569.9
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          298.4
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Reported net sales - Q2 FY16 (GAAP)
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          541.2
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid" colspan="2">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          275.3
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid" colspan="2">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Increase in net sales
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          28.7
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          5.3
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          23.1
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          8.4
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Effect of acquisition and divestitures on increase in net sales
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          19.4
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          3.6
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          19.4
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          7.1
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 4.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Increase in organic net sales - Q2 2017
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          9.3
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 4.0px; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          1.7
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 4.0px; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          3.7
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; padding-bottom: 3.0px; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          1.3
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; padding-bottom: 3.0px; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td colspan="13">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td colspan="13">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center" colspan="11" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation</b><br><b>(in millions) </b><br><b>For
            the Six Months Ended March 25, 2017</b>
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center" colspan="5" valign="bottom">
          <b>Consolidated</b>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="5" valign="bottom">
          <b>Pet Segment</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid" colspan="2">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          <b>Percent change</b>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid" colspan="2">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 0.0px" colspan="2" valign="bottom">
          <b>Percent change</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Reported net sales - Q2 FY17 (GAAP)
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          989.4
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          602.4
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Reported net sales - Q2 FY16 (GAAP)
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          901.1
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid" colspan="2">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          524.0
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid" colspan="2">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Increase in net sales
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          88.3
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          9.8
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          78.4
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          15.0
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 2.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Effect of acquisition and divestitures on increase in net sales
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          54.4
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          6.0
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          59.6
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          11.4
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; padding-bottom: 4.0px; text-align: left" valign="bottom">
          Increase in organic net sales
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          33.9
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 4.0px; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          3.8
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 4.0px; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          $
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          18.8
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 4.0px; text-align: right; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          3.6
        </td>
        <td style="padding-left: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 4.0px; text-align: left; padding-right: 0.0px" valign="bottom">
          %
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <p style="text-align: center">

    </p>
    <p>
      CONTACT:<br>Central Garden &amp; Pet Company<br>Steve Zenker,
      925-948-3657<br>VP of Investor Relations &amp; Communications
    </p>
    <p>

    </p>
  </body>
</html>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SEC-DOCUMENT>
