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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-19-000243
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190206
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190206
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190206

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:			0929

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33268
		FILM NUMBER:		19571749

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

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

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19941019
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            <b>February 6, 2019</b>
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            <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16pt"><b>Central
            Garden &amp; Pet Company</b></font>
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            <b>Delaware</b>
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            <b>001-33268</b>
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            <b>68-0275553</b>
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            <b>1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600, Walnut Creek, California</b>
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            <b>94597</b>
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            <b>(925) 948-4000</b>
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      (Former name or former address if changed since last report)
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      Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
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      <b>Item 2.02&#160;&#160;<u>Results of Operations and Financial Condition</u>.</b>
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      On February 6, 2019, Central Garden &amp; Pet Company issued a press release
      announcing its financial results for the first fiscal quarter ended
      December 29, 2018.&#160;&#160;A copy of the press release is attached as
      Exhibit&#160;99.1.
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      <b>Item 9.01&#160;&#160;<u>Financial Statements and Exhibits</u>.</b>
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      <a href="a51936949ex99_1.htm">Exhibit 99.1</a>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<a href="a51936949ex99_1.htm">Press
      release dated February 6, 2019.</a>
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">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
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            CENTRAL GARDEN &amp; PET COMPANY
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            Nicholas Lahanas
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            February 6, 2019
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      <b>Exhibit 99.1</b>
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    <p style="text-align: center">
      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt"><b>Central
      Garden &amp; Pet Company Announces Fiscal First Quarter Revenues and Profits</b></font>
    </p>
    <p style="text-align: center">
      <i><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt"><b>Fiscal
      1Q 2019 sales increased 4.5% to $462.0 million</b></font></i>
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    <p style="text-align: center">
      <i><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt"><b>Fiscal
      1Q 2019 diluted EPS decreased to $0.03 vs. $0.50 in Fiscal 1Q 2018</b></font></i>
    </p>
    <p style="text-align: center">
      <i><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt"><b>Fiscal
      1Q 2019 non-GAAP diluted EPS decreased to $0.03 vs. $0.19 in Fiscal 1Q
      2018</b></font></i>
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    <p style="text-align: center">
      <i><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt"><b>Maintaining
      fiscal year diluted EPS guidance of $1.80 or higher</b></font></i>
    </p>
    <p>
      WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 6, 2019--Central Garden
      &amp; Pet Company (NASDAQ: CENT) (NASDAQ: CENTA), a leading innovator,
      producer and distributor of branded and private label products for the
      lawn &amp; garden and pet supplies markets, today announced financial
      results for its fiscal 2019 first quarter ended December&#160;29, 2018.
    </p>
    <p>
      <u><b>Fiscal 2019 First Quarter Financial Results</b></u>
    </p>
    <p>
      Total net sales increased 4.5% to $462.0 million compared to $442.0
      million in the first quarter a year ago, driven by two recent
      acquisitions, Bell Nursery and General Pet. Total Company organic growth
      declined 1.7%, due in part to timing of orders from a large Garden
      customer in the quarter compared to the prior year's first quarter.
      Strength in the Company's wild bird feed business offset some of the
      organic growth decline in the first quarter. Branded product sales of
      $354.4 million increased 1.3%, and sales of other manufacturers&#8217;
      products of $107.6 million increased 16.7%, favorably impacted by the
      acquisition of General Pet. Gross margin of 28.2% declined 160 basis
      points compared to the first quarter a year ago, due in part to the
      inclusion of the Company's recent Bell Nursery and General Pet
      acquisitions, which will anniversary at the end of the Company's second
      fiscal quarter. A less favorable mix of sales and higher raw material
      and labor costs also negatively impacted gross margin. Mix is expected
      to improve throughout the year and price increases taken at the
      beginning of the calendar year are expected to mitigate much of the
      margin pressure from the higher costs for the remainder of the year.
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    <p>
      First quarter operating income decreased to $10.2 million from $22.5
      million in the first quarter a year ago and operating margin decreased
      290 basis points to 2.2% compared to 5.1%. The Company's lower gross
      margin was a factor, as was higher warehousing and freight costs. EBITDA
      for the quarter was $22.5 million versus $33.7 million in the first
      quarter a year ago.
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      Net income of $1.8 million decreased from $26.2 million in the first
      quarter a year ago, due in large part to a tax benefit in the first
      quarter of last year related to a revaluation of the Company's deferred
      tax accounts. Net income, excluding the tax benefit from the prior year,
      declined from $9.9 million, due to the operating income decline and
      higher interest costs. Earnings per diluted share decreased to $0.03 in
      the quarter on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis compared to $0.50 and
      $0.19 on a GAAP and non-GAAP basis, respectively, in the first quarter a
      year ago.
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    <p>
      &quot;While challenged by the expected headwinds that we articulated last
      quarter, the results for our first quarter came in largely as we
      expected, excluding the key customer shipment timing. With a strong
      sales performance in January, we are comfortable where our businesses
      stand at his point in the year,&quot; said George Roeth, President &amp; CEO of
      Central Garden &amp; Pet. &quot;We continue to expect to end the year with
      healthy organic sales and profitability growth in both our Garden and
      Pet segments, primarily driven by new products, a more favorable mix of
      sales, and higher organic margins aided by pricing actions and continued
      cost savings. We, therefore, are reaffirming guidance for the year and
      are comfortable with the progress we are making.&quot;
    </p>
    <p>
      <u><b>Pet Segment Fiscal 2019 First Quarter Results</b></u>
    </p>
    <p>
      First quarter net sales for the Pet segment increased 4.7% to $340.4
      million, from the same period a year ago, driven by the acquisition of
      General Pet. Organic Pet sales were down 0.6%, impacted by a decline in
      animal health sales, driven by increased competition in the behavior
      modification category and a shift in order patterns in Central's equine
      business. The Company expects a product improvement launch for behavior
      modification and normal equine consumption results to help mitigate
      these issues in the back half of the year. In addition, wild bird feed
      sales rose, benefiting from harsh winter weather early in the season.
      The Pet segment&#8217;s first quarter branded product sales were $262.0
      million, down 0.3% compared to a year ago, and sales of other
      manufacturers&#8217; products were $78.5 million, an increase of 26.1%, driven
      by the impact of General Pet.
    </p>
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    </div>
    <p>
      The Pet segment&#8217;s operating income decreased 17.7% compared to the first
      quarter a year ago to $29.8 million. Pet operating margin decreased to
      8.7%, a decline of 240 basis points compared to the first quarter a year
      ago, due in part to the lower margins associated with General Pet,
      higher raw material, freight, and labor costs, and an unfavorable sales
      mix. Many of these margin pressures are expected to lessen or be
      eliminated in the second half of the year. Pet EBITDA of $37.8 million
      declined 12.7% from $43.3 million in the first quarter a year ago.
    </p>
    <p>
      <u><b>Garden Segment Fiscal 2019 First Quarter Results</b></u>
    </p>
    <p>
      First quarter net sales for the Garden segment rose 4.0% to $121.6
      million, due to the Company's acquisition of Bell Nursery. Organic
      growth decreased 4.6%, impacted by a timing shift at a large customer,
      which placed significant seasonal load-in orders in January this year
      versus December last year. It is noteworthy that Garden consumption at
      the Company's largest customers in the quarter rose substantially and
      has continued strong through January. The Garden segment&#8217;s branded
      product sales, including Bell Nursery, were $92.5 million in the
      quarter, up 6.3% compared to the first quarter a year ago. Sales of
      other manufacturers&#8217; products were down 2.8% to $29.1 million.
    </p>
    <p>
      The Garden segment had an operating loss of $4.6 million in the quarter
      compared to an operating gain of $2.3 million in the first quarter of
      fiscal 2018. Operating margin decreased 580 basis points to 3.8%, due to
      the inclusion of Bell Nursery as a result of its extreme seasonality,
      lower organic volumes, and higher costs. The first quarter is very
      unprofitable for Bell Nursery, which was not included in the Company's
      results in last year's first quarter. The acquisition will anniversary
      late in the Company's second fiscal quarter. Inflationary cost pressure
      on raw materials, freight, and labor was also a factor, which should be
      mitigated going forward with the price increases that took place at the
      beginning of the calendar year. Garden EBITDA of ($1.8) million declined
      from $3.9 million in the first quarter a year ago.
    </p>
    <p>
      <u><b>Additional Information</b></u>
    </p>
    <p>
      The Company's cash balance at the end of the quarter increased to $478.7
      million compared to $283.5 million in the first quarter a year ago,
      reflecting the proceeds of the Company's equity offering in August 2018.
      Total debt at December&#160;29, 2018 was $692.4 million compared to $691.3
      million at December&#160;30, 2017. Net interest expense of $8.1 million for
      the first quarter increased $0.9 million from $7.2 million in the
      prior-year period. The Company's leverage ratio at the end of the first
      quarter, as defined in the Company's credit agreement, was 3.2x compared
      to 3.3x at the end of the prior year quarter.
    </p>
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    <p>
      Other expense in the first quarter of $0.2 million decreased $2.9
      million from an expense of $3.1 million for the same period a year ago.
      The improvement was due primarily to lower losses from an equity
      investment.
    </p>
    <p>
      The Company&#8217;s effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2019 was
      14.3%, compared with a tax benefit for the first quarter of 2018. The
      prior year quarter reflected a provisional tax benefit of $16.3 million.
      Adjusting for that tax benefit resulted in an effective tax rate of
      17.3% in the prior year quarter.
    </p>
    <p>
      <u><b>2019 Guidance</b></u>
    </p>
    <p>
      The Company is maintaining its fiscal 2019 guidance of earnings per
      fully-diluted share of $1.80 or higher for the year. The guidance
      excludes the impact of the Company's February 2, 2019 acquisition of the
      remaining 55% interest in Arden Companies, a manufacturer of outdoor
      cushions and pillows, it did not previously own.
    </p>
    <p>
      The Company expects certain factors will continue to be a drag on second
      quarter 2019 earnings before more favorable trends and comparisons
      should allow it to show meaningful sales, margin, and profit growth in
      the second half of the year. Specifically, the inclusion of Bell Nursery
      in its results for the second quarter, will be a factor, as Bell Nursery
      has historically only shown a profit in the Company's third fiscal
      quarter. In addition, in the second quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company
      had organic sales growth of 6%, making for a difficult comparison this
      year. The second half of the year is expected to benefit from the
      alleviation of inflationary pressures, price increases, a more favorable
      mix of sales, and the positive impact of the Company's cost savings
      initiatives.
    </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 first 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 #13686895. A replay of
      the call will be available for three days by dialing (201)&#160;612-7415 and
      entering confirmation #13686895.
    </p>
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    <p>
      <u><b>About Central Garden &amp; Pet</b></u>
    </p>
    <p>
      Central Garden &amp; Pet Company is a leading innovator, producer and
      distributor of branded and private label 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<sup>&#174;</sup>, and THE REBELS<sup>&#174;</sup>;
      wild bird feed and the brand PENNINGTON<sup>&#174;</sup>; weed and
      insect control and the brands AMDRO<sup>&#174;</sup>, SEVIN&#174;, and
      OVER-N-OUT<sup>&#174;</sup>; fertilizer and the brands PENNINGTON<sup>&#174;</sup>
      and IRONITE<sup>&#174;</sup>; live plants from BELL NURSERY; and
      decorative outdoor patio products under the PENNINGTON<sup>&#174;</sup>
      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<sup>&#8482;</sup>, COMFORT ZONE<sup>&#174;</sup>,
      FARNAM<sup>&#174;</sup>, HORSE HEALTH<sup>&#8482;</sup> and VITAFLEX<sup>&#174;</sup>;
      aquatics and reptile and the brands AQUEON<sup>&#174;</sup>, CORALIFE<sup>&#174;</sup>,
      SEGREST<sup>&#8482;</sup> and ZILLA<sup>&#174;</sup>; bird &amp; small
      animal and the brands KAYTEE<sup>&#174;</sup>, Forti-Diet<sup>&#174;</sup>
      and CRITTER TRAIL<sup>&#174;</sup>; and dog &amp; cat and the brands TFH<sup>&#8482;</sup>,
      NYLABONE<sup>&#174;</sup>, FOUR PAWS<sup>&#174;</sup>, IMS<sup>&#174;</sup>,
      CADET<sup>&#174;</sup>, DMC&#8482;, K&amp;H Pet Products<sup>&#8482;</sup>,
      PINNACLE<sup>&#174;</sup> and AVODERM<sup>&#174;</sup>. 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 5,400 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 financial results,
      earnings guidance for fiscal 2019 expected cost and mix improvements in
      the second half of fiscal 2019 and new product offerings, 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>
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    <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 inability 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">
        our dependence upon our key executives;
      </li>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        potential acquisitions;
      </li>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        the impact of new accounting regulations and the U.S. Tax Cuts and
        Jobs Act on the Company's tax rate;
      </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">
        the impacts of recent tariffs or a potential trade war;
      </li>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        risk associated with litigation arising from 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.
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      <tr>
        <td colspan="13">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: center" colspan="13">
          <b>CENTRAL GARDEN &amp; PET COMPANY</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: center" colspan="13">
          <b>CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: center" colspan="13">
          <b>(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: center" colspan="13">
          <b>(Unaudited)</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td colspan="3">

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="3">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>December 29,</b><br><b>2018</b>
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="3">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>December 30,</b><br><b>2017</b>
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="3">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>September 29,</b><br><b>2018</b>
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Current assets:
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          478,737
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          283,466
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          482,106
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          10,921
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          12,419
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          10,899
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Accounts receivable (less allowance for doubtful accounts of
          $18,030, $20,481 and $24,125)
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          250,223
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          235,075
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          275,908
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          493,745
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          440,421
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          427,823
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          38,398
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          22,519
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          20,562
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Total current assets
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          1,272,024
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          993,900
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          1,217,298
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          211,560
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          179,230
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          217,647
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          281,177
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          256,275
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          281,177
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          148,782
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          113,726
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          152,265
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          37,303
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          74,221
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          38,822
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4.0px">
          Total
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          1,950,846
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          1,617,352
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          1,907,209
        </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">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: center">
          <b>LIABILITIES AND EQUITY</b>
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

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

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          141,186
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          124,583
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          110,259
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          108,245
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          100,004
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          102,583
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          117
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          372
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          122
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Total current liabilities
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          249,548
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          224,959
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          212,964
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          692,332
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          690,964
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          692,031
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          52,482
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          39,478
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          49,380
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Common stock, $0.01 par value: 12,145,135, 12,160,023 and 12,145,135
          shares outstanding at December 29, 2018, December 30, 2017 and
          September 29, 2018
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          121
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          121
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Class A common stock, $0.01 par value: 44,059,803, 38,029,367 and
          43,953,265 shares outstanding at December 29, 2018, December 30,
          2017 and September 29, 2018
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          441
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          380
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          439
        </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>
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Class B stock, $0.01 par value: 1,652,262 shares outstanding
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          592,451
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          396,702
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          590,168
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          364,726
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          265,576
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          362,923
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          (1,492
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          (907
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          (1,218
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </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>
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Total Central Garden &amp; Pet Company shareholders&#8217; equity
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          956,263
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          661,889
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          952,449
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          221
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          62
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          385
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.0px">
          Total equity
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          956,484
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          661,951
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          952,834
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4.0px">
          Total
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          1,950,846
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          1,617,352
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          1,907,209
        </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>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; width: 100%; text-indent: 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="height: 1.5pt; color: black">

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

        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
<div style="text-align:left">
    <table style="font-family: Times New Roman; margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 100%; font-size: 8pt" cellspacing="0">
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: center" colspan="9">
          <b>CENTRAL GARDEN &amp; PET COMPANY</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: center" colspan="9">
          <b>CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: center" colspan="9">
          <b>(in thousands, except per share amounts)</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: center" colspan="9">
          <b>(Unaudited)</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td colspan="7">

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="3">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>December 29,</b><br><b>2018</b>
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="3">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>December 30,</b><br><b>2017</b>
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Net sales
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          461,990
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          442,011
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          331,808
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          310,174
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Gross profit
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          130,182
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          131,837
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.0px">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Selling, general and administrative expenses
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          120,001
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          109,316
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          <b>Operating income</b>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          10,181
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          22,521
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          (10,614
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          (7,405
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Interest income
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          2,537
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          187
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          (192
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          (3,089
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Income before income taxes and noncontrolling interest
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          1,912
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          12,214
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          273
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          (14,236
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Income including noncontrolling interest
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          1,639
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          26,450
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          (164
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          203
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4.0px">
          <b>Net income attributable to Central Garden &amp; Pet Company</b>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          1,803
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          26,247
        </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">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Net income per share attributable to Central Garden &amp; Pet Company:
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          0.03
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          0.52
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4.0px">
          Diluted
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          0.03
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          56,903
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          50,730
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          58,001
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          52,695
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <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-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; width: 100%; text-indent: 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="height: 1.5pt; color: black">

        </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 net sales 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>
      EBITDA is defined by us as income before income tax, net other expense,
      net interest expense and depreciation and amortization. We present
      EBITDA because we believe that EBITDA is a useful supplemental measure
      in evaluating the cash flows and performance of our business and
      providers greater transparency into our results of operations. EBITDA is
      used by our management to perform such evaluation. EBITDA should not be
      considered in isolation or as substitutes for cash flow from operations,
      income from operations or other income statement measure prepared in
      accordance with GAAP. We believe that EBITDA is frequently used by
      investors, securities analysts and other interested parties in their
      evaluation of companies, many of which present EBITDA when reporting
      their results. Other companies may calculate EBITDA differently, it may
      not be comparable.
    </p>
    <p>
      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.
    </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 have not provided a
      reconciliation of non-GAAP guidance measures to the corresponding GAAP
      measures on a forward-looking basis due to the potential significant
      variability and limited visibility of the excluded items. 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.
    </p>
    <p>
      Non-GAAP financial measures reflect adjustments based on the following
      item:
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li style="margin-bottom: 10.0px">
        The U.S. government enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly
        referred to as the Tax Cuts and Job Act (the &quot;Tax Reform Act&quot;) in
        December 2017. We have excluded the transitional impact of the Tax
        Reform Act as the remeasurement of our deferred tax assets and
        liabilities does not reflect the ongoing impact of the lower U.S.
        statutory rate on our current year or future year earnings.
      </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="font-family: Times New Roman; margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 100%; font-size: 8pt" cellspacing="0">
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          (1)
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Transitional impact of U.S. Tax Reform: As a result of the Tax
          Reform Act, the Company recorded a provisional tax benefit of $16.3
          million in the quarter ended December 30, 2017, due to the
          remeasurement of its deferred tax assets and liabilities. We have
          excluded only this transitional impact and have not included in the
          adjustment the ongoing impact of the lower U.S. statutory rate on
          our current or future year earnings.
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; width: 100%; text-indent: 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="height: 1.5pt; color: black">

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

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

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

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="5">
          <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 Three Months Ended</b>
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.0px">
          <b>Net Income and Diluted Net Income Per Share Reconciliation</b>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          <b>December 29, 2018</b>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          <b>December 30, 2017</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          GAAP net income attributable to Central Garden &amp; Pet
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          1,803
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          26,247
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.0px">
          Tax effect of revaluation of deferred tax amounts
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          16,343
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4.0px">
          Non-GAAP net income attributable to Central Garden &amp; Pet
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          1,803
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          9,904
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          GAAP diluted net income per share
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          0.03
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          0.50
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Non-GAAP diluted net income per share
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          0.03
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          0.19
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Shares used in GAAP and non-GAAP diluted net earnings per share
          calculation
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          58,001
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          52,695
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <div style="margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; width: 100%; text-indent: 0pt">
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        <div style="text-align: left">

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

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

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

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

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td colspan="20">

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="20">
          <b>GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation</b><br><b>(in millions) </b><br><b>For
          the Three Months Ended December 29, 2018</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="6">
          <b>Consolidated</b>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="6">
          <b>Pet Segment</b>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="6">
          <b>Garden 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="3">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>Percent</b><br><b>change</b>
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid" colspan="3">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>Percent</b><br><b>change</b>
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid" colspan="3">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <b>Percent</b><br><b>change</b>
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td colspan="2">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Reported net sales - Q1 FY19 (GAAP)
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          462.0
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          340.4
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          121.6
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.0px">
          Reported net sales - Q1 FY18 (GAAP)
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          442.0
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          325.1
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          116.9
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

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

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          20.0
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          4.5
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            &#160;%
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          15.3
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          4.7
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            &#160;%
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          4.7
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          4.0
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            &#160;%
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.0px">
          Effect of acquisition and divestitures on increase in net sales
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          27.3
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          17.2
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          10.1
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4.0px">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Decrease in organic net sales - Q1 2019
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          (7.3
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          (1.9
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 4.0px">
          (0.6
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 4.0px">
          )%
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          (5.4
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 4.0px">
          (4.6
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 4.0px">
          )%
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

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        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

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        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
<div style="text-align:left">
    <table style="font-family: Times New Roman; margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 100%; font-size: 8pt" cellspacing="0">
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.0px">
          <b>EBITDA Reconciliation</b>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="15">
          <b>GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation</b><br><b>(in thousands, except
          per share amounts) </b><br><b>For the Three Months Ended December
          29, 2018</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="3">
          <b>Garden</b>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="3">
          <b>Pet</b>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="3">
          <b>Corp</b>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="3">
          <b>Total</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Net income attributable to Central Garden &amp; Pet
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          1,803
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

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

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        <td>

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        <td>

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        <td colspan="2">

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        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

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        <td colspan="2">

        </td>
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        <td>

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        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 15.0px; text-align: left">
          Interest expense, net
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          8,077
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 15.0px; text-align: left">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Other income
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          192
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 15.0px; text-align: left">
          Income tax expense
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          273
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 15.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.0px">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          (164
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 30.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.0px">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Sum of items below operating income
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          8,378
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Income (loss) from operations
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          (4,637
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          29,755
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          (14,937
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          10,181
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.0px">
          Depreciation &amp; amortization
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          2,826
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          8,056
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          1,470
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          12,352
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          EBITDA
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          (1,811
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          37,811
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          (13,467
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          22,533
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
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        <div style="text-align: center">
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        </div>
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        <div style="text-align: right">

        </div>
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<div style="text-align:left">
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      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.0px">
          <b>EBITDA Reconciliation</b>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="15">
          <b>GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation</b><br><b>(in thousands, except
          per share amounts) </b><br><b>For the Three Months Ended December
          30, 2017</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="3">
          <b>Garden</b>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="3">
          <b>Pet</b>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="3">
          <b>Corp</b>
        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap" colspan="3">
          <b>Total</b>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Net income attributable to Central Garden &amp; Pet
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            &#160;
          </p>
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            &#160;
          </p>
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            &#8212;
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            &#160;
          </p>
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            &#160;
          </p>
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          26,247
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 15.0px; text-align: left">
          Interest expense, net
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          7,218
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 15.0px; text-align: left">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Other income
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          3,089
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 15.0px; text-align: left">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Income tax benefit
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          (14,236
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 15.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.0px">
          Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          203
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 30.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.0px">
          Sum of items below operating income
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          &#8212;
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          (3,726
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Income (loss) from operations
          </p>
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          2,300
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          36,176
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          (15,955
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          22,521
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.0px">
          Depreciation &amp; amortization
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          1,569
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          7,145
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          2,449
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap" colspan="2">
          11,163
        </td>
        <td style="border-bottom-width: 1.0pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid">
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          EBITDA
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          3,869
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          43,321
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          (13,506
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap">
          )
        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          $
        </td>
        <td valign="bottom" style="padding-right: 0.0px; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap">
          33,684
        </td>
        <td>

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

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>

        </td>
        <td>
          &#160;
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <p>

    </p>
    <p>
      CONTACT:<br>Steve Zenker<br>VP Finance - Investor Relations, FP&amp;A, &amp;
      Corporate Communications<br>Central Garden &amp; Pet Company<br>925.948.3657
    </p>
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