Document:

Second Supplemental Indenture

 Exhibit 4.1 
 Execution Copy 
  

 
 Second Supplemental Indenture

 Dated as of February 13, 2012 
 Supplement to the Indenture 
 Dated as of March 8, 2010

  
  

CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY 
 Issuer 
 and 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 
 Trustee 
  

 
  

 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
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	ARTICLE 1	 	DEFINITIONS	  	 	2	  
			
	ARTICLE 2	 	REOPENING OF 8 1/4% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2018; EXCHANGE NOTES; TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF CERTAIN NOTES	  	 	3	  
			
	        Section 2.01.	 	Reopening; Issuance of Original Additional 2018 Notes	  	 	3	  
			
	        Section 2.02.	 	Exchange Notes	  	 	4	  
			
	        Section 2.03.	 	Transfer and Exchange of Transfer Restricted Notes	  	 	4	  
			
	ARTICLE 3	 	GUARANTEES	  	 	8	  
			
	        Section 3.01.	 	Guarantees	  	 	8	  
			
	        Section 3.02.	 	Release of Guarantor	  	 	8	  
			
	        Section 3.03.	 	Contribution	  	 	9	  
			
	        Section 3.04.	 	Parity with Guarantees Delivered Under the Existing Indenture	  	 	9	  
			
	ARTICLE 4	 	SUBORDINATION OF GUARANTEES	  	 	9	  
			
	        Section 4.01.	 	Agreement to Subordinate	  	 	9	  
			
	        Section 4.02.	 	Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy	  	 	9	  
			
	        Section 4.03.	 	Default on Senior Debt of Guarantor	  	 	10	  
			
	        Section 4.04.	 	Demand for Payment	  	 	10	  
			
	        Section 4.05.	 	When Distribution Must Be Paid Over	  	 	10	  
			
	        Section 4.06.	 	Subrogation	  	 	10	  
			
	        Section 4.07.	 	Relative Rights	  	 	10	  
			
	        Section 4.08.	 	Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Guarantor	  	 	11	  
			
	        Section 4.09.	 	Rights of Trustee and Paying Agents	  	 	11	  
			
	        Section 4.10.	 	Distribution or Notice to Representative	  	 	11	  
			
	        Section 4.11.	 	Article 4 Not to Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right to Demand Payment	  	 	11	  
			
	        Section 4.12.	 	Trustee Entitled to Rely	  	 	12	  
			
	        Section 4.13.	 	Trustee to Effectuate Subordination	  	 	12	  
			
	        Section 4.14.	 	Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt of Guarantor	  	 	12	  
			
	ARTICLE 5	 	MISCELLANEOUS	  	 	13	  
			
	        Section 5.01.	 	Application of Second Supplemental Indenture	  	 	13	  
			
	        Section 5.02.	 	Effective Date of Second Supplemental Indenture	  	 	13	  
			
	        Section 5.03.	 	Counterparts	  	 	13	  

  
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	EXHIBIT A	 	Form of Note	 	 	A-1	  
	EXHIBIT B	 	Form of Guarantee	 	 	B-1	  
	EXHIBIT C	 	Form of Transferee Letter of Representation	 	 	C-1	  

  
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 Exhibit 4.1 
 SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of February 13, 2012 (this “Second Supplemental Indenture”), by and among CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY, a corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company” or the “Issuer”), certain subsidiaries of the Company parties hereto (the “Guarantors”) and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national
banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as Trustee under the Indenture (as hereinafter defined) (the “Trustee”). 
 RECITALS OF THE COMPANY 
 A. The Company and the Trustee are parties to
that certain Indenture, dated as of March 8, 2010 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 8, 2010, and this Second Supplemental Indenture (this “Second Supplemental
Indenture,” and together with the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”) by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, providing for the issuance by the Company of an unlimited number of
series of Securities (as defined in the Base Indenture) from time to time. 
 B. Under the Base Indenture, the Company is
authorized to establish one or more series of Securities at any time in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, and the terms of such series of Securities may be described by a supplemental indenture executed by the Company
and the Trustee. 
 C. Pursuant to the First Supplemental Indenture, the Company established a series of
Securities designated as the 8 1/4% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”) and issued Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000 (the “Initial Notes”). 
 D. Section 2.05 of the First Supplemental Indenture provides that the Notes may be reopened, from time to time, for issuances of additional Notes of such series, and any additional Notes issued and
comprising the Notes shall have identical terms as the Initial Notes, other than with respect to the date of the issuance, any required legends, the issue price and first payment of interest. 

E. The execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture has been authorized by a Board Resolution (as defined in the
Indenture) and the Second Supplemental Indenture constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against it in accordance with its terms. 
 F. Concurrent with the execution hereof, the Company has caused its counsel to deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 903 of the Base
Indenture, together with the documents required under Section 2.05 of the First Supplemental Indenture. 
 G. The Company
has done all things necessary to make this Second Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms. 

 NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Trustee agree, for the benefit of each other and for the
equal and proportionate benefit of Holders of the Notes with respect to all provisions herein applicable to such series of Notes, as follows: 
 ARTICLE 1 
 DEFINITIONS 

Unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the First Supplemental
Indenture or if not defined therein, in the Base Indenture. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following additional terms are hereby established for purposes of this Second Supplemental Indenture and shall have the meanings set forth in this
Second Supplemental Indenture only for purposes of this Second Supplemental Indenture: 
 “Additional 2018 Notes”
means the Original Additional 2018 Notes and the Exchange Notes. 
 “Definitive Note” means a certificated Original
Additional 2018 Note or Exchange Note bearing, if required, the restricted securities legend set forth in Section 2.03(d)(i). 
 “Distribution Compliance Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b). 
 “Exchange Notes” means the 8 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 to be issued pursuant to the Indenture in connection with a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. 

“Global Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b). 

“Guarantor has the meaning set forth in the preamble. 
 “Guarantee” means the guarantees issued pursuant to this Second Supplemental Indenture. 
 “IAI” means an institutional “accredited investor” as described in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act. 

“IAI Global Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b). 

“Initial Purchasers” means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. 

“Non-U.S. Person” means any Person that is not a “U.S. person” as such term is defined in Regulation S. 

“Original Additional 2018 Notes” means the 8 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 issued on the date hereof.

  
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 “Purchase Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement dated February 8, 2012,
among the Company and the Initial Purchasers relating to the Original Additional 2018 Notes. 
 “QIB” means a
“qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act. 
 “Registered
Exchange Offer” means the offer by the Company, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, to certain Holders of Original Additional 2018 Notes, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Original Additional 2018 Notes, a like
aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes registered under the Securities Act. 
 “Registration Rights Agreement”
means the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, the Initial Purchasers and the Guarantors relating to the Additional 2018 Notes. 
 “Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act. 
 “Rule
144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act. 
 “Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

 “Rule 144A Global Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b). 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

“Shelf Registration Statement” means a registration statement issued by the Company in connection with the offer and sale of
Original Additional 2018 Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. 
 “Transfer Restricted Notes” means
Original Additional 2018 Notes that bear or are required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.03(d)(i) hereto. 
  

 
 The words
“herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Second Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. 

ARTICLE 2 
 REOPENING OF 8 1/4% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2018; EXCHANGE 
 NOTES; TRANSFER AND
EXCHANGE OF CERTAIN NOTES 
 SECTION 2.01. Reopening; Issuance of Original Additional 2018 Notes. 

(a) Pursuant to Section 2.05 of the First Supplemental Indenture, the series of Notes is reopened and Original Additional 2018 Notes
comprising part of such series shall be issued in the aggregate principal amount of $50,000,000. As a result of the issuance of Original 

  
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Additional 2018 Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $50,000,000, the issued amount of the Notes now totals $450,000,000. The Original Additional 2018 Notes will be offered and sold by the
Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and were resold initially only to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A. Original Additional 2018 Notes may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs, Non-U.S. Persons and IAIs under Rule 501(a)(1), (2),
(3) or (7) under the Securities Act, subject to restrictions on transfer set forth in the Indenture and in the Notes. 

(b) Original Additional 2018 Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more global
Notes in fully registered form (collectively, the “Rule 144A Global Notes”), in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A with the global securities legend and the applicable restricted securities legend set forth in Exhibit A and
registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee. 
 Original Additional 2018 Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form or one or more global Notes in fully registered form
(collectively, the “Regulation S Global Notes”), substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A with the global securities legend and the applicable restricted securities legend set forth in Exhibit A and registered in the name of the
Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee. 
 Original Additional
2018 Notes transferred subsequent to the initial resale thereof to IAIs shall be issued initially in the form of one or more global Notes in fully registered form (collectively, the “IAI Global Notes” and, together with the Rule 144A
Global Notes and the Regulation S Global Notes, the “Global Notes”), in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A with the global securities legend and the applicable restricted securities legend set forth in Exhibit A and registered
in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee. 

SECTION 2.02. Exchange Notes. The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Exchange Notes, which shall comprise part of the
Notes, for issue only in a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement for a like principal amount of Original Additional 2018 Notes, upon a written order of the Company signed by two Officers. The aggregate principal
amount of Additional 2018 Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed $50,000,000. 
 SECTION 2.03. Transfer and Exchange
of Transfer Restricted Notes. 
 (a) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes. In addition to the requirements
for transfer and exchange under the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, a definitive Transfer Restricted Note shall be transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to
clause (i), (ii) or (iii) below, accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as applicable. 
 (i) if such definitive Transfer Restricted Notes are being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that
effect; or 

  
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 (ii) if such definitive Transfer Restricted Notes are being transferred to
the Company or a subsidiary thereof, a certification to that effect; or 
 (iii) if such definitive Transfer
Restricted Notes are being transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, (i) a certification to that effect and (ii) if the Company or the Trustee so requests, an opinion of
counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory to each of them as to the compliance with the restrictions set forth in the legend set forth in Section 2.03(d)(i) below. 

(b) In the case of a transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global Note to an IAI, the transferee may be required by the Trustee to
furnish a signed letter to the Trustee containing certain representations and agreements in the form of Exhibit B hereto. 
 (c) (i) In the event that a Global Note is exchanged for definitive Notes pursuant to the Indenture prior to the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration
Statement with respect to such Notes or (ii) in the event that any Transfer Restricted Note (including any Transfer Restricted Note represented by a Global Note) is transferred, such exchange or transfer shall be made only in accordance with
the restrictions set forth therein and such procedures as are substantially consistent with the provisions of this Section 2.03 (including the certification requirements set forth in the legend and on the reverse of the Additional 2018 Notes
intended to ensure that such transfers comply with Rule 144A, Regulation S or such other applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act, as the case may be) and such other procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the
Company and upon receipt by the Company and the Trustee of an opinion of counsel, certification and other requirements satisfactory to each of them. 
 (d) Legend. 
 (i) Except as permitted by the following
paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv), each certificate evidencing the Global Notes and any definitive Additional 2018 Notes (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form: 
 “THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED

  
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SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS [IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES: ONE YEAR AFTER THE
LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF, THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE ISSUANCE OF ANY ADDITIONAL NOTES AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY),] [IN
THE CASE OF REGULATION NOTES: 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) WAS FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS (AS DEFINED IN RULE 902 OF
REGULATION S) IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S,] ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND THAT IS
PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SECURITIES OF $250,000, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D), (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION
AND/ OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE. [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF
REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON 

  
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NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.] 

“BY ITS ACQUISITION OF THIS SECURITY, THE HOLDER THEREOF WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT EITHER (1) NO
PORTION OF THE ASSETS USED BY SUCH HOLDER TO ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY CONSTITUTES THE ASSETS OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE U.S. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OF
A PLAN, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) OR PROVISIONS UNDER ANY OTHER FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAWS OR
REGULATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO SUCH PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAWS”), OR OF AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY SUCH PLAN, ACCOUNT OR ARRANGEMENT, OR (2) THE
ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A SIMILAR VIOLATION UNDER ANY APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAWS.” 

(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Note (including any Transfer Restricted Note represented by a
Global Note) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act: 
 (A) in the case of any Transfer Restricted Note
that is a definitive Note, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a Note that does not bear the legends set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted
Note; and 
 (B) in the case of any Transfer Restricted Note that is represented by a Global Note, the Registrar
shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a Note that does not bear the legends set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Note, 

in either case, if the Holder complies with the requirements set forth in Section 2.03(a)(iii) above (whether the Transfer Restricted
Note is a definitive Note or a Global Note). 

  
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 (iii) After a transfer of any Original Additional 2018 Notes during the
period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Original Additional 2018 Notes, all requirements pertaining to restricted legends on such Original Additional 2018 Note will cease to apply and an Original Additional
2018 Note in global form without restricted legends will be available to the transferee of the beneficial interests of such Original Additional 2018 Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the circumstances described in this paragraph, the Company will
deliver an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee instructing the Trustee to issue Notes without restricted legends. 
 (iv) Upon the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the Original Additional 2018 Notes pursuant to which certain Holders of such Original Additional 2018 Notes are offered Exchange
Notes in exchange for their Original Additional 2018 Notes, Exchange Notes initially in global form substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A without the restricted legends will be available to Holders or beneficial owners that
exchange such Original Additional 2018 Notes (or beneficial interests therein) in such Registered Exchange Offer. 
 ARTICLE 3

 GUARANTEES 
 SECTION 3.01. Guarantees. 
 Each Guarantor hereby agrees that
Article XVI of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to the Additional 2018 Notes. 
 SECTION 3.02. Release of
Guarantor. 
 Upon the sale (including any sale pursuant to any exercise of remedies by a holder of Senior Debt of the
Company or of any Guarantor) or other disposition (including by way of consolidation or merger) of such Guarantor or (b) the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor (in case of clauses (a) and (b),
other than a sale or disposition to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company and if in connection therewith the Company provides an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee to the effect that the Company will comply with its obligations under
Section 4.08 hereof in respect of such disposition), (c) upon the release of such Guarantor from its guarantee, if any, of all pledges and security, if any, granted by such Guarantor in connection with the Credit Facility or (d) upon
designation of a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, such Guarantor shall be deemed released from all obligations under this Article 3 without any further action required on the part of the Trustee or any
Holder. If the Company exercises its Legal Defeasance option or its Covenant Defeasance option in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of the First Supplemental Indenture or if its obligations under the Indenture are discharged in accordance
with Section 8.06 of the First Supplemental Indenture, each Guarantor shall be released from all obligations under this Article 3 without any further action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. At the request of the Company, the
Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing the release of a Guarantor pursuant to this Section 3.02. 

  
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 SECTION 3.03. Contribution. 

Each Guarantor that makes a payment under its Guarantee shall be entitled upon payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations to
contribution from each Guarantor, as applicable, in an amount equal to such Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP.

 SECTION 3.04. Parity with Guarantees Delivered Under the Existing Indenture. 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any provision of the Indenture or any Additional 2018 Notes issued hereunder on the
date hereof, the Guarantees delivered under this Second Supplemental Indenture on the date hereof shall rank in parity in all respect to the Guarantees delivered or deliverable under the Existing Indenture. 

ARTICLE 4 

SUBORDINATION OF GUARANTEES 
 SECTION 4.01. Agreement to Subordinate. 
 Each Guarantor agrees, and
each Holder by accepting an Additional 2018 Note agrees, that the Indebtedness evidenced by such Guarantor’s Guarantee and all Obligations relating thereto are subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this
Article 4, to the prior payment of all Senior Debt of such Guarantor and all Obligations relating thereto and that the subordination is for the benefit of and enforceable by the holders of such Senior Debt. The Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in
each Guarantee) of a Guarantor shall in all respects rank pari passu with all other Senior Subordinated Debt of such Guarantor and only Senior Debt of such Guarantor (including such Guarantor’s Guarantee of Senior Debt of the Company) shall
rank senior to the Guaranteed Obligations of such Guarantor in accordance with the provisions set forth herein. 
 SECTION 4.02.
Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy. 
 Upon any payment or distribution of the assets of any Guarantor to
creditors upon a total or partial liquidation or a total or partial dissolution of such Guarantor or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to such Guarantor or its property, in an assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or in any marshaling of the Company’s assets and liabilities: 
 (1) holders of Senior Debt of such
Guarantor shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of all Obligations in respect of such Senior Debt before Holders of Additional 2018 Notes shall be entitled to receive any payment pursuant to the Guarantee of such Guarantor; and

 (2) until all Obligations in respect of the Senior Debt of any Guarantor is paid in full in cash, any payment or distribution
to which Holders of Additional 2018 Notes would be entitled but for this Article 4 shall be made to holders of such Senior Debt as their interests may appear, except that Holders of Additional 2018 Notes may receive and retain Permitted Junior
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 A distribution may consist of cash, securities or other property, by set-off or otherwise.

 SECTION 4.03. Default on Senior Debt of Guarantor. 

The Obligations of each Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to this Article 4 will be junior and subordinated to the
Senior Debt of such Guarantor on the same basis as the Additional 2018 Notes are junior and subordinated to Senior Debt of the Company. For the purposes of the foregoing sentence, the Trustee and the Holders of Additional 2018 Notes will have the
right to receive and/or retain payments by any of the Guarantors only at such times as they may receive and/or retain payments in respect of the Additional 2018 Notes pursuant to the Indenture, including Article 10 of the First Supplemental
Indenture. 
 SECTION 4.04. Demand for Payment. 

If a demand for payment is made on a Guarantor pursuant to Article 3 hereof, the Trustee shall promptly notify the holders of the
Designated Senior Debt of such Guarantor (or their Representatives) of such demand. 
 SECTION 4.05. When Distribution
Must Be Paid Over. 
 If a payment or distribution is made to Holders of Additional 2018 Notes that because of this
Article 4 should not have been made to them, the Trustee or the Holders who receive the distribution shall hold it in trust for holders of the relevant Senior Debt of the applicable Guarantor and pay it over to them or their Representatives as their
interests may appear. If any Designated Senior Debt of a Guarantor is outstanding, such Guarantor shall not make a payment on its Guarantee until five Business Days after the Representatives of all the issues of Designated Senior Debt of such
Guarantor receive notice of such acceleration and, thereafter, shall be entitled to pay the Notes only if this Article 4 otherwise permits payment at that time. 
 SECTION 4.06. Subrogation. 
 After all Senior Debt of a Guarantor is
paid in full and until the Additional 2018 Notes are paid in full, Holders shall be subrogated to the rights of holders of such Senior Debt to receive distributions applicable to Senior Debt of such Guarantor. A distribution made under this Article
4 to holders of such Senior Debt that otherwise would have been made to Holders of Additional 2018 Notes is not, as between the relevant Guarantors and Holders of Additional 2018 Notes, a payment by such Guarantor on such Senior Debt. 

SECTION 4.07. Relative Rights. 
 This Article 4 defines the relative rights of Holders of Additional 2018 Notes and holders of Senior Debt of a Guarantor. Nothing in this Indenture shall: 

  
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 (a) impair, as between a Guarantor and Holders of Additional 2018 Notes, the obligation of
the such Guarantor, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay its Guarantee to the extent set forth in Article 11 of the First Supplemental Indenture; or 
 (b) affect the relative rights of Holders of Additional 2018 Notes and creditors of the Guarantors other than their rights in relation to holders of Senior Debt; or 

(c) prevent the Trustee or any Holder of Additional 2018 Notes from exercising its available remedies upon an Event of Default by such
Guarantor under its Guarantee, subject to the rights of holders of Senior Debt of such Guarantor to receive distributions otherwise payable to Holders of Additional 2018 Notes. 

SECTION 4.08. Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Guarantor. 

No right of any holder of Senior Debt of any Guarantor to enforce the subordination of the Guarantee of such Guarantor shall be impaired
by any act or failure to act by such Guarantor or any Holder of Additional 2018 Notes or by its failure to comply with the Indenture. 
 SECTION 4.09. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agents. 
 Notwithstanding
anything in this Article 4, the Trustee or any Paying Agent may continue to make payments on any Guarantee and shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of facts that would prohibit the making of any such payments to or by the Trustee
unless and until, not less than two Business Days prior to the date of such payment, a Responsible Officer receives written notice satisfactory to it that payments may not be made under this Article 4. The Company, the relevant Guarantor, the
Registrar, the applicable Paying Agent, a Representative or a holder of Senior Debt of any Guarantor may give the notice; provided, however, that, if an issue of Senior Debt of any Guarantor has a Representative, only the Representative may give the
notice. 
 The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior Debt of any Guarantor with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee. The Paying Agents may do the same with like rights. The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article 4 with respect to any Senior Debt of any Guarantor that may at any time be held by it,
to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Debt; and nothing in Article VI of the Base Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article 4 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee
under or pursuant to Section 606 of the Base Indenture. 
 SECTION 4.10. Distribution or Notice to
Representative. 
 Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Debt of any Guarantor,
the distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative (if any). 
 SECTION 4.11. Article 4 Not to
Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right to Demand Payment. 
 The failure to make any payment to a Guarantee by reason
of any provision in this Article 4 shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default. Nothing in this Article 4 shall have any effect on the right of the Holders of Additional 2018 Notes or the Trustee to make a demand for payment on
any Guarantor pursuant to its Guarantee. 

  
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 SECTION 4.12. Trustee Entitled to Rely. 

Upon any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article 4, the Trustee and the Holders of Additional 2018 Notes shall be entitled to
rely (a) upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 4.02 are pending, (b) upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or Agent or other Person making
such payment or distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders of Additional 2018 Notes or (c) upon a certificate of the Representative of the holders of Senior Debt of any Guarantor or, if there is no Representative, the holders of Senior Debt
of any Guarantor for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Senior Debt and other indebtedness of such Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts
paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 4. In the event that the Trustee determines, in good faith, that evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Debt of any
Guarantor to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article 4, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Debt of such Guarantor held by
such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article 4, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any
payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment. The provisions of 602 of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to all actions or omissions of actions by the Trustee pursuant to this
Article 4. 
 SECTION 4.13. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination. 

Each Holder of Additional 2018 Notes by accepting an Additional 2018 Note authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such
action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination between the Holders of Additional 2018 Notes and the holders of Senior Debt of any Guarantor as provided in this Article 4 and appoints the Trustee as
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. 
 SECTION 4.14. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt of
Guarantor. 
 The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt of any Guarantor
and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Additional 2018 Notes or the Company or any other Person, money or assets to which any holders of such Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of
this Article 4 or otherwise. 

  
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 ARTICLE 5 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
 SECTION 5.01. Application of Second Supplemental
Indenture. 
 Except as provided herein, each and every term and condition contained in this Second Supplemental
Indenture that modifies, amends or supplements the terms and conditions of the Indenture shall apply only to the Notes and not to any other series of Securities established under the Indenture. Except as specifically amended and supplemented by, or
to the extent inconsistent with, this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed. 
 SECTION 5.02. Effective Date of Second Supplemental Indenture. 
 This Second Supplemental Indenture shall be effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by each of the parties hereto. 
 SECTION 5.03. Counterparts. 
 This Second Supplemental
Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	ISSUER:
	
	CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY,
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Lori A. Varlas

		 	Name: Lori A. Varlas
		 	Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

  

	
	GUARANTORS:
	
	ALL-GLASS AQUARIUM CO., INC.
	B2E BIOTECH, LLC
	B2E CORPORATION
	CEDAR WORKS, LLC
	FARNAM COMPANIES, INC.
	FOUR PAWS PRODUCTS, LTD.
	GRANT LABORATORIES, INC.
	GRO TEC, INC.
	GULFSTREAM HOME & GARDEN, INC.
	INTERPET USA, LLC
	KAYTEE PRODUCTS INCORPORATED
	MATSON, LLC
	MATTHEWS REDWOOD AND NURSERY SUPPLY, INC.
	NEW ENGLAND POTTERY, LLC
	PENNINGTON SEED, INC.
	PENNINGTON SEED, INC. OF NEBRASKA
	PETS INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
	SEEDS WEST, INC.
	T.F.H. PUBLICATIONS, INC.
	WELLMARK INTERNATIONAL

  

			
	By:	 	 /s/ Lori A. Varlas

		 	Name: Lori A. Varlas
		 	Title: Authorized Officer

 Signature page to Second Supplemental Indenture 

			
	TRUSTEE:
	
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Maddy Hall

		 	Name: Maddy Hall
		 	Title: Vice President

 Signature page to Second Supplemental Indenture 

 EXHIBIT A 
 FORM OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES ISSUED AS PART OF THE 

8 1/4% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2018 
 [FACE OF NOTE] 
 [Global Notes Legend] 

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY AND REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 305 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL
NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 305 OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 311 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO
A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY. 
 UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
 [Restricted
Notes Legend] 
 THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS
SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED NOTES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER SUCH NOTE, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS [IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES: ONE YEAR AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF, THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE ISSUANCE OF ANY
ADDITIONAL NOTES AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH NOTE),] [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION NOTES: 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE
DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) WAS FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS (AS DEFINED IN RULE 902 OF REGULATION S) IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S,] ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF,
(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON IT
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE
ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT 

  
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OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1),
(2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
NOTES OF $250,000, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES
(D), (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/ OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION
DATE. [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN
ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.] 
 BY ITS ACQUISITION OF THIS NOTE, THE HOLDER THEREOF WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT EITHER (1) NO PORTION OF THE ASSETS USED BY SUCH HOLDER TO ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS NOTE CONSTITUTES THE ASSETS OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE U.S. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OF A PLAN, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) OR PROVISIONS UNDER ANY OTHER
FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAWS OR REGULATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO SUCH PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAWS”), OR OF AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY SUCH
PLAN, ACCOUNT OR ARRANGEMENT, OR (2) THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS NOTE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A SIMILAR VIOLATION UNDER ANY APPLICABLE SIMILAR
LAWS. 

  
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	No. R- [    ]	 	Principal Amount: $50,000,000
		 	CUSIP No: 153527 AH9

8 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 
 Central Garden & Pet Company, a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, the principal sum of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) on March 1, 2018.

 Interest Payment Dates: March 1 and September 1, commencing March 1, 2012. 

Record Dates: February 15 and August 15. 
 Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note. 

  
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 IN WITNESS THEREOF, the Company has caused this
Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officer. 
  

									
	Dated: February 13, 2012	 		 	CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY
				
		 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	Name:	 	Lori A. Varlas
		 		 		 	Title:	 	 Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
 Officer and Secretary

 Signature Page to the Global Note 

  
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 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF 
 AUTHENTICATION 
 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL 

ASSOCIATION, 
 as Trustee, certifies that this is
one of the Global 
 Notes referred to in the within-mentioned 
 Indenture. 
  

			
	By:	 	  

		 	Authorized Signatory

 Signature Page to the Global Note 

  
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 REVERSE SIDE OF GLOBAL NOTE 

8 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 
 Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the First Supplemental Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated or, if not defined in the First Supplemental
Indenture, the Base Indenture referred to below. 
 1. Interest  

[(a)] Central Garden & Pet Company, a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns
under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest on this Note semi-annually in
arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, or, if such date is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing March 1, 2012. Interest on this Note will accrue
from September 1, 2011. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and interest on overdue installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect.
Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. 
 [(b)
Special Interest. The holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits under the terms of a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2012, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers named therein.]1 
 2. Method of Payment 
 The Company will pay interest on the
Notes to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on February 15 or August 15 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest
Payment Date, except with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York or
Minneapolis, Minnesota, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available
funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest and premium on all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due
date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its judgment), to the Company or the Principal Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts. 
  

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 3. Paying Agent and Registrar 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Trustee”), acts as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may
appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. 
 4. Indenture 
 The Company issued this Note under an
Indenture dated as of March 8, 2010 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee as supplemented by that First Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 8, 2010 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”) and the
Second Supplemental Indenture (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of February 13, 2012, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental
Indenture are collectively referred to herein as the “Indenture”. The terms of this Note include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C.
§§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. This Note is subject to all such terms, and
Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of those terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 This Note is an Additional Note issued under the Second Supplemental Indenture and
pursuant to the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture and constitutes part of a series of Securities designated as the “8 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018” (the “Notes”) established by the Company pursuant to the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental
Indenture. The Company issued Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000 on March 8, 2010 (the “Initial Notes”). As a result of the further issuance of $50,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Additional Notes, the issued
amount of Notes now totals $450,000,000. 
 The Company is entitled, subject to its compliance with
Section 4.07 of the First Supplemental Indenture, to issue Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.05 of the First Supplemental Indenture. The Initial Notes, the Additional Notes issued on the date hereof and any Additional Notes, if any,
issued in the future will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture. 
 5. Optional Redemption 

At any time prior to March 1, 2014, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes (which includes Additional
Notes, if any) upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed 

  
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plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the rights of Holders of
Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date. 
 On and after
March 1, 2014, the Company shall be entitled at its option to redeem all or a portion of the Notes at the redemption prices set forth below (expressed in percentages of principal amount on the Redemption Date) plus accrued interest to, but not
including, the Redemption Date, if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on March 1 of the years set forth below: 
  

					
	 Year
	  	Redemption Price	 
	 2014
	  	 	104.125	%
	 2015
	  	 	102.063	%
	 2016 and thereafter
	  	 	100.00	%

 In addition, prior to March 1, 2013, the Company shall be entitled at its option on
one or more occasions to redeem Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued (which includes the Additional Notes, if any) at a redemption price (expressed, as a percentage of
principal amount) of 108.25%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Redemption Date, with the net cash proceeds from one or more Equity Offerings; provided, however, that (1) at least 65% of such aggregate principal amount
of Notes (which includes the Additional Notes, if any) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption (other than Notes held, directly or indirectly, by the Company or its Affiliates); and (2) each such redemption
occurs within 90 days after the date of the closing of the related Equity Offering. 
 6. Notice of Redemption 

Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder
of Notes to be redeemed at each such Holder’s registered address. 
 7. Repurchase at Option of Holder 

If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder shall have the right to require that the Company purchase all or a portion of
such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described in the Indenture (the “Change of Control Offer”), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date of purchase. Within 30 days
following the date upon which the Change of Control occurred, the Company must send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each Holder, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer and shall be in compliance with the
Indenture. Holders electing to have their Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer shall be required to surrender their Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase”

  
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on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the change of control Payment
Date. 
 If the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary consummates any Asset Sales, under certain circumstances the
Company is required to commence an offer to all Holders of Notes (an “Asset Sale Offer”) pursuant to Section 4.08 of the Indenture. The Asset Sale Offer may also be made to holders of other Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary ranking pari passu with the Notes requiring the making of such an offer (“Pari Passu Debt”). Pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, the Company shall offer to purchase on a date not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following the
applicable Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date, from all Holders and holders of any other Pari Passu Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, on a pro rata basis, the maximum amount of Notes and such other Pari Passu Debt that may be purchased with
the Asset Sale Offer Amount at a price equal to 100% of their principal amount in accordance with the procedures (including pro-rating in the event of over-subscription and calculation of the principal amount of notes denominated in different
currencies) set forth in the Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase (or, in respect of such other Pari Passu Debt, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of such Pari Passu Debt
in accordance with the procedures (including pro-rating in the event of over-subscription and calculation of the principal amount of Notes denominated in different currencies) set forth in the Indenture). If the aggregate principal amount of Notes
or such other Pari Passu Debt surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the amount of Asset Sale Offer Amount, the Notes will be purchased on a pro rata basis. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale
Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Notes. 

8. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange 
 The Notes are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with
the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the
transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or 15 days
before an Interest Payment Date. 
 9. Persons Deemed Owners 

The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. 

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 Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall be entitled to
terminate some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. government securities for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may
be. 
 11. Amendment, Waiver 
 Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Without the consent of
any Holder of a Note, the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be amended to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes or to alter the provisions of
Article 2 of the First Supplemental Indenture or Exhibit A to the First Supplemental Indenture relating to the form of the Notes (including the related definitions) in a manner that does not materially adversely affect any Holder, to provide for the
assumption of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes by a successor to the Company or a Guarantor pursuant to Article 5 or Article 11 of the First Supplemental Indenture, to make any change that would provide
any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of
the Indenture under the TIA, to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture, to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture and/or a Guarantee with respect to the Notes, to
remove a Guarantor, which, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, ceases to be liable in respect of its Guarantee, to make appropriate provision in connection with the appointment of a successor trustee, or to conform the text of the
Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes to any provision in the Description of Notes contained in the final offering document relating to the original offering of the Notes to the extent that such provision in the Description of Notes was intended to
be a verbatim recitation of a provision in the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes. 
 12. Defaults and Remedies 

Events of Default include: (i) the failure to pay interest on any Notes when the same becomes due and payable and the
default continues for a period of 30 days (whether or not such payment is prohibited by Article 10 or Article 12 of the First Supplemental Indenture); (ii) the failure to pay the principal on any Notes when such principal becomes due and
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date specified for such payment in the applicable offer to purchase) (whether or not such payment is prohibited by Article 10 or Article 12 of the First Supplemental Indenture); (iii) a
default in the observance or performance of any other covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture if the default continues for a period of 60 days after the Company receives written notice specifying the default (and demanding that such default
be remedied) from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes (except in the case of a default with respect to Section 5.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture, which will constitute an Event of
Default with such notice requirement but without such passage of time requirement); (iv) the failure to pay at final stated maturity (giving effect to any applicable grace periods and any extensions thereof) the principal amount of any
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than the failure by a Securitization Entity to pay Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) or the acceleration of the final stated
maturity of any such Indebtedness, if the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at final maturity or which has been accelerated,
aggregates $30.0 million or more at any time; (v) one or more judgments in an aggregate amount in excess of $30.0 million (to the extent not covered by independent third party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute the coverage)
shall have been rendered against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and such judgments remain undischarged, unpaid or unstayed for a period of 60 days after such judgment or judgments become final and non-appealable; (vi) except
as permitted by the Indenture, any Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor that is a Significant
Subsidiary, or any Person acting on behalf of such Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Guarantee; and (vii) certain events of bankruptcy, as set forth in the Indenture, with respect to the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare the principal and all accrued interest on all the Notes to be due and payable immediately by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee specifying the respective Event of
Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration” (the “Acceleration Notice”), and the same (i) shall become immediately due and payable and (ii) if there are any amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility, shall
become immediately due and payable upon the first to occur of an acceleration under the Credit Facility or five Business Days after receipt by the Company and the Representative under the Credit Facility of such Acceleration Notice but only if such
Event of Default is then continuing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy with respect to the Company, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or
notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the
Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of
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the principal of, the Notes. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required upon becoming aware of any
Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default. 
 13. Guarantee

 The full and punctual payment by the Company of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes
is fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several senior subordinated basis by each of the Guarantors. 
 14. Trustee Dealings
with the Company 
 Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in
its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the
Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee. 
 15. No Recourse
Against Others 
 Any past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, as
such, of the Company, any Guarantors or the Trustee shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Notes, the Indenture, the Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such
obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes. 
 16. Authentication 
 This Note shall not be valid until an
authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note. 
 17. Abbreviations  
 Customary abbreviations may be used in
the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to
Minors Act). 
 18. Subordination 
 Payment of principal, interest and premium on the Notes is subordinated to the prior payment of Senior Debt on the terms provided in the First Supplemental Indenture. 

  
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 19. CUSIP Numbers 

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures the Company has
caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon. 
 20. Governing
Law 
 THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS NOTE WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. 
 The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: 

Central Garden & Pet Company 
 1340 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600 
 Walnut Creek, California 94597

 Attention: Secretary 

  
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 ASSIGNMENT FORM 
 To assign this Note, fill in the form below: 
 (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to

 (Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code) 

(Insert assignee’s soc.sec. or tax I.D. no.) 
 and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. 

 

							
	  

				
	Date:	 	
                    
                 
	  	Your signature:	  	  

	
	  

	Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note.

 In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring while this Note is a Transfer
Restricted Note, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms: 
 CHECK ONE BOX BELOW 

 

	 	(1)	 ̈ to the Company or any subsidiary thereof; or 

 

	 	(2)	 ̈ pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or 

 

	 	(3)	 ̈ inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under
the Securities Act of 1933; or 

  

	 	(4)	 ̈ pursuant to offers and sales to non-U.S. persons that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation
S under the Securities Act; or 

  

	 	(5)	 ̈ to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act of 1933) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements (the form of which letter can be obtained from the Trustee or the Company); or 

 

	 	(6)	 ̈ pursuant to another available exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933.

  
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 Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this
certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (4), (5) or (6) is checked, the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such
legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933. 
  

							
		 		  	  

		 		  	Your Signature
	Signature Guarantee:	 		  		  	
			
	  
	 		  	  

	Signature must be guaranteed	 		  	Signature	  	

 Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements
of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

  
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 SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE 

The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made: 

 

									
	 Date of
Exchange
	  	Amount of
decrease in
Principal amount
of this Global Note	  	Amount of
increase in
Principal amount of
this Global Note	  	Principal amount
of this Global
Note following
such decrease or
increase	  	Signature of
authorized officer
of Trustee or
Custodian
	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 

  
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 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.08 or 4.11 of the First Supplemental
Indenture, check the box: 
  
  ̈ 
 If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.08 or 4.11 of the First Supplemental Indenture, state the amount in principal amount: 

$            . 

 

							
	Dated:	  	 	Your Signature:	  	 	  

		  				 	 (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other
 side of this Note.)

	  	 
	Signature Guarantee:	  				 	
		  	 	(Signature must be guaranteed)	  	 	

 Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements
of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to,
or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

  
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 EXHIBIT B 
 [FORM OF GUARANTEE] 
 For value received, each Guarantor (which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture) party hereto, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees, to the extent set forth in and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, dated as March 8, 2010 (the “Base
Indenture”), between Central Garden & Pet Company, as issuer (the “Company”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by that First Supplemental Indenture dated as of
March 8, 2010 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”) and that Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 13, 2012 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”, and together with the Base Indenture, the
“Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto and the Trustee, (a) the full and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Additional 2018 Notes when due, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Additional 2018 Notes and (b) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the
Company under the Indenture and the Additional 2018 Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in
whole or in part, without notice or further assent from such Guarantor and that such Guarantor will remain bound hereunder notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation. 

The obligations of each Guarantor to the Holders of Additional 2018 Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture
are expressly set forth in the Indenture (including Article 3 and Article 4 of the Second Supplemental Indenture and Article XVI of the Base Indenture) and reference is hereby made thereto for the precise terms of the Guarantee. Each Holder of an
Additional 2018 Note, by accepting the same agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions. This Guarantee is subject to release as and to the extent set forth in Sections 8.02, 8.03 and 8.06 of the First Supplemental Indenture and
Section 3.02 of the Second Supplemental Indenture. Without limiting the foregoing, payment of this Guarantee is subordinated to the prior payment of Senior Debt on the terms provided in the Second Supplemental Indenture. 

Capitalized terms used herein and not defined are used herein as so defined in the Second Supplemental Indenture and if not defined
therein, in the First Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed and
delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the     day of February 2012. 
  

					
		 	[GUARANTOR]
			
		 	By:	 	  

		 		 	Name:
		 		 	Title:

 Signature Page to the Guarantee 

  
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 EXHIBIT C 
 Form of 
 Transferee Letter of Representation 

Central Garden & Pet Company 
 In care of 
 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee 

707 Wilshire Boulevard 
 Los Angeles, CA 90017 
 Facsimile: (213) 614-3355 

Attention of: Corporate Trust Department 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of
$[            ] principal amount of the [8-1/4% Senior Notes Subordinated Notes due 2018] [CUSIP Number](the “Notes”) of CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY (the
“Company”). 
 Upon transfer, the Notes would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as follows: 

Name: 
 Address: 

Taxpayer ID Number: 
 The
undersigned represents and warrants to you that: 
 1. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor,” and we are
acquiring the Notes not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits
and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we invest in or purchase notes similar to the Notes in the normal course of our business. We, and any accounts for which we are acting, are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.

 2. We understand that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold
except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing Notes to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Notes prior to the date that is [one] year after the later of
the date of original issue and the last date on which the Company or any affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Notes (or any predecessor thereto) (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) only (a) to the Company,
(b) pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared 

  
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effective under the Securities Act, (c) in a transaction complying with the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”), to a person we reasonably believe is a
qualified institutional buyer under Rule 144A (a “QIB”) that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of a QIB and to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (d) to an institutional
“accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor,” or
(e) pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject in each of the foregoing cases to any requirement of law that the disposition of our property or the property of such investor
account or accounts be at all times within our or their control and in compliance with any applicable state securities laws. The foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent to the Resale Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or
other transfer of the Notes is proposed to be made pursuant to clause (d) above prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Company
and the Trustee, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and that it is acquiring such
Notes for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. Each purchaser acknowledges that the Company and the Trustee reserve the right prior to the offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Restriction
Termination Date of the Notes pursuant to clause (d) or (e) above to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications or other information satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee. 

 

									
		 		 		  	TRANSFEREE:                         
                                   ,
					
		 		 		  	By:	  	  

		
	Dated:        Your Signature:	 	  

		 	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.)
		
	Signature Guarantee:	 	  

		 	(Signature must be guaranteed)

 Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar,
which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended 

  
 C-2Registration Rights Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
 EXECUTION VERSION 
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated February 13, 2012 (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and among Central
Garden & Pet Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the guarantors listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Initial Guarantors”), and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (“J.P. Morgan”),
Barclays Capital Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. (the “Initial Purchasers”). 
 The Company, the
Initial Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers are parties to the Purchase Agreement dated February 8, 2012 (the “Purchase Agreement”), which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of $50,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 8.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (the “Securities”) which will be guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis by each of the Guarantors. As an inducement to the
Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement. 
 In consideration of the foregoing, the
parties hereto agree as follows: 
 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings: 
 “Additional Guarantor” shall mean any subsidiary of the Company that executes a
Guarantee under the Indenture after the date of this Agreement. 
 “Business Day” shall mean any day that is
not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed. 
 “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include the Company’s successors. 
 “Closing Date” shall mean February 13, 2012 

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time. 

“Exchange Dates” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof. 

“Exchange Offer” shall mean the exchange offer by the Company and the Guarantors of Exchange Securities for Registrable
Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof. 

 “Exchange Offer Registration” shall mean a registration under the
Securities Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof. 
 “Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall
mean an exchange offer registration statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate form) and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part
thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein. 
 “Exchange Securities”
shall mean senior subordinated notes issued by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantors under the Indenture containing terms identical to the Securities (except that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to
any increase in annual interest rate for failure to comply with this Agreement) and to be offered to Holders of Securities in exchange for Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer. 

“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. 

“Free Writing Prospectus” means each free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) prepared
by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in connection with the sale of the Securities or the Exchange Securities. 
 “Guarantees” shall mean the guarantees of the Securities and guarantees of the Exchange Securities by the Guarantors under the Indenture. 

“Guarantors” shall mean the Initial Guarantors, any Additional Guarantors and any Guarantor’s successor that
Guarantees the Securities. 
 “Holders” shall mean the Initial Purchasers, for so long as they own any
Registrable Securities, and each of their successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture; provided that, for purposes of Section 4 and Section 5 hereof, the
term “Holders” shall include Participating Broker-Dealers. 
 “Indemnified Person” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 5 (c) hereof. 
 “Indemnifying Person” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 5(c) hereof. 
 “Indenture” shall mean the Indenture relating to the Securities dated as of
March 8, 2010 among the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 8, 2010 among Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, and the
Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 13, 2012 among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, and as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. 

  
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 “Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 “Inspector” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(xiv) hereof. 

“Issuer Information” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof. 

“J.P. Morgan” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble. 

“Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable
Securities; provided that whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, any Registrable Securities owned directly or indirectly by the Company or any of its
“affiliates” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage or amount; and provided,
further, that if the Company shall issue any additional Securities under the Indenture prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if applicable, the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement, such additional Securities and the
Registrable Securities to which this Agreement relates shall be treated together as one class for purposes of determining whether the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities has been obtained. 

“Notice and Questionnaire” shall mean a notice of registration statement and selling security holder questionnaire
distributed to a Holder by the Company upon receipt of a Shelf Request from such Holder. 
 “Participating
Broker-Dealers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof. 
 “Participating
Holder” shall mean any Holder of Registrable Securities that has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company in accordance with Section 2(b) hereof. 

“Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust or unincorporated
organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof. 
 “Prospectus” shall mean the
prospectus included in, or, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities Act, deemed a part of, a Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus
supplement, including a prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, and in
each case including any document incorporated by reference therein. 

  
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 “Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 “Registrable Securities” shall mean the Securities; provided that the Securities shall cease to be
Registrable Securities (i) when a Registration Statement with respect to such Securities has become effective under the Securities Act and such Securities have been exchanged or disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement,
(ii) when such Securities cease to be outstanding, (iii) except in the case of Securities that otherwise remain Registrable Securities and that are held by an Initial Purchaser and that are ineligible to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer,
when the Exchange Offer is consummated, or (iv) when such Securities are actually sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act in circumstances which result in the removal of any restrictive legend from such Securities. 

“Registration Default” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the Exchange Offer is not completed
on or prior to the Target Registration Date, (ii) the Shelf Registration Statement, if required pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or Section 2(b)(ii) hereof, has not become effective on or prior to the Target Registration Date,
(iii) if the Company receives a Shelf Request pursuant to Section 2(b)(iii), the Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed thereby has not become effective by the later of (a) the Target Registration Date and (b) 90 days
after delivery of such Shelf Request, (iv) the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by this Agreement, has become effective and thereafter ceases to be effective or the Prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable, in each case whether
or not permitted by this Agreement, at any time during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, and such failure to remain effective or usable exists for more than 30 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period or (v) the Shelf Registration
Statement, if required by this Agreement, has become effective and thereafter, on more than two occasions in any 12-month period during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, the Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective or the Prospectus
contained therein ceases to be usable, in each case whether or not permitted by this Agreement. 
 “Registration
Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or compliance by the Company and the Guarantors with this Agreement, including without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or FINRA registration and filing fees,
(ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for any Underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any
Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities), (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus and any
amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements or other similar agreements and any other documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees,
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securities laws and the Trust Indenture Act, (vi) the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (vii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the
Guarantors and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Participating Holders (which counsel shall be selected by the Participating Holders holding a majority of the aggregate
principal amount of Registrable Securities held by such Participating Holders and which counsel may also be counsel for the Initial Purchasers) and (viii) the fees and disbursements of the independent registered public accountants of the
Company and the Guarantors, including the expenses of any special audits or “comfort” letters required by or incident to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, but excluding fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters
(other than fees and expenses set forth in clause (ii) above) or the Holders and underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by a
Holder. 
 “Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors
that covers any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and all amendments and supplements to any such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the
Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein. 

“SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. 

“Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble. 

“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time. 

“Shelf Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof. 

“Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof. 

“Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors
that covers all or a portion of the Registrable Securities (but no other securities unless approved by a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities held by the Participating Holders) on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the
Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part
thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein. 

  
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 “Shelf Request” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b)
hereof. 
 “Staff” shall mean the staff of the SEC. 

“Target Registration Date” shall mean the 90th day after the Closing Date. 

“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time. 

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture. 

“Underwriter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e) hereof. 

“Underwritten Offering” shall mean an offering in which Registrable Securities are sold to an Underwriter for reoffering
to the public. 
 2. Registration Under the Securities Act. (a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law
or applicable interpretations of the Staff, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to (x) cause to be filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement covering an offer to the Holders to exchange all the
Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities and (y) have such Registration Statement become and remain effective until 180 days after the last Exchange Date for use by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers. The Company and the Guarantors
shall commence the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and use their reasonable best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer not later than 60 days after such effective date.

 The Company and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing the related Prospectus, appropriate letters of
transmittal, if required, and other accompanying documents to each Holder stating, in addition to such other disclosures as are required by applicable law, substantially the following: 

 

	(i)	that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Agreement and that all Registrable Securities validly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be accepted for
exchange; 

  

	(ii)	the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a period of at least 20 Business Days from the date such notice is mailed (or longer if required by applicable
law)) (the “Exchange Dates”); 

  

	(iii)	that any Registrable Security not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest but will not retain any rights under this Agreement, except as
otherwise specified herein; 

  

	(iv)	 that any Holder electing to have a Registrable Security exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be required to (A) surrender such

  
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Registrable Security, together with the appropriate letters of transmittal, to the institution and at the address and in the manner specified in the notice, or (B) effect such exchange
otherwise in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for such Registrable Security, in each case prior to the close of business on the last Exchange Date; and 

 

	(v)	that any Holder will be entitled to withdraw its election, not later than the close of business on the last Exchange Date, by (A) sending to the institution and at
the address specified in the notice, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Securities delivered for exchange and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its
election to have such Securities exchanged or (B) effecting such withdrawal in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for the Registrable Securities. 

As a condition to participating in the Exchange Offer, a Holder will be required to represent to the Company and the Guarantors that
(1) any Exchange Securities to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (2) at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer it has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in
the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act, (3) it is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the
Company or any Guarantor and (4) if such Holder is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Registrable Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities,
then such Holder will deliver a Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available a Prospectus to purchasers) in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. 

As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Company and the Guarantors shall: 

 

	(I)	accept for exchange Registrable Securities or portions thereof validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and 

 

	(II)	deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Securities or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the Company and issue, and
cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder, Exchange Securities equal in principal amount to the principal amount of the Registrable Securities tendered by such Holder. 

The Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as provided above and shall comply
with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other applicable laws and regulations in connection with the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer
does not violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff. 

  
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 (b) In the event that (i) the Company and the Guarantors determine that the Exchange
Offer Registration provided for in Section 2(a) hereof is not available or the Exchange Offer may not be completed as soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date because it would violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of
the Staff, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not for any other reason completed by the Target Registration Date or (iii) upon receipt of a written request (a “Shelf Request”) from any Initial Purchaser representing that it holds
Registrable Securities that are or were ineligible to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause to be filed as soon as practicable after such determination, date or Shelf
Request, as the case may be, a Shelf Registration Statement providing for the sale of all the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and to have such Shelf Registration Statement become effective; provided that no Holder will be
entitled to have any Registrable Securities included in any Shelf Registration Statement, or entitled to use the prospectus forming a part of such Shelf Registration Statement, until such Holder shall have delivered a completed and signed Notice and
Questionnaire and provided such other information regarding such Holder to the Company as is contemplated by Section 3(b) hereof. 
 In the event that the Company and the Guarantors are required to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their
reasonable best efforts to file and have become effective both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof with respect to all Registrable Securities and a Shelf Registration Statement (which may be a combined
Registration Statement with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities held by the Initial Purchasers after completion of the Exchange Offer. 

The Company and the Guarantors agree to use their reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective
until the Securities cease to be Registrable Securities (the “Shelf Effectiveness Period”). The Company and the Guarantors further agree to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement, the related Prospectus and any Free
Writing Prospectus if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules and regulations thereunder or if
reasonably requested by a Holder of Registrable Securities with respect to information relating to such Holder, and to use their reasonable best efforts to cause any such amendment to become effective, if required, and such Shelf Registration
Statement, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to become usable as soon as thereafter practicable. The Company and the Guarantors agree to furnish to the Participating Holders copies of any such supplement or amendment
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 (c) The Company and the Guarantors shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with
any registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) hereof. Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement. 
 (d) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to
Section 2(a) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC. A Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been
declared effective by the SEC or is automatically effective upon filing with the SEC as provided by Rule 462 under the Securities Act. 
 If a Registration Default occurs, the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be increased by (i) 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period beginning on the day immediately following
such Registration Default and (ii) an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period, in each case until and including the date such Registration Default ends, up to a maximum increase of 1.00% per annum. A
Registration Default ends when the Securities cease to be Registrable Securities or, if earlier, (1) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (i) of the definition thereof, when the Exchange Offer is completed, (2) in the
case of a Registration Default under clause (ii) or clause (iii) of the definition thereof, when the Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective or (3) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (iv) or clause (v)
of the definition thereof, when the Shelf Registration Statement again becomes effective or the Prospectus again becomes usable. If at any time more than one Registration Default has occurred and is continuing, then, until the next date that there
is no Registration Default, the increase in interest rate provided for by this paragraph shall apply as if there occurred a single Registration Default that begins on the date that the earliest such Registration Default occurred and ends on such
next date that there is no Registration Default. 
 (e) Without limiting the remedies available to the Initial Purchasers and
the Holders, the Company and the Guarantors acknowledge that any failure by the Company or the Guarantors to comply with their obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial
Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such
relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof. 

  
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 3. Registration Procedures. (a) In connection with their obligations pursuant to
Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof, the Company and the Guarantors shall as expeditiously as possible: 
 (i)
prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form (A) shall be selected by the Company and the Guarantors, (B) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for
the sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and (C) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include or incorporate all financial statements required by the SEC to be
filed therewith; and use their reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof; 

(ii) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to
keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule
424 under the Securities Act; and keep each Prospectus current during the period described in Section 4(3) of and Rule 174 under the Securities Act that is applicable to transactions by brokers or dealers with respect to the Registrable
Securities or Exchange Securities; 
 (iii) to the extent any Free Writing Prospectus is used, file with the SEC any Free
Writing Prospectus that is required to be filed by the Company or the Guarantors with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act and to retain any Free Writing Prospectus not required to be filed; 

(iv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Participating Holder, to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for
such Participating Holders and to each Underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement
thereto, as such Participating Holder, counsel or Underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities thereunder; and, subject to Section 3(c) hereof, the Company and the
Guarantors consent to the use of such Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or such Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law by each of the Participating Holders and any such Underwriters in
connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by and in the manner described in such Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or such Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with
applicable law; 
 (v) use their reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable
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such jurisdictions as any Participating Holder shall reasonably request in writing by the time the applicable Registration Statement becomes effective; cooperate with such Participating Holders
in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA; and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each Participating Holder to complete the disposition in each such jurisdiction of the
Registrable Securities owned by such Participating Holder; provided that neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such
jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (2) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (3) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not so subject;

 (vi) notify counsel for the Initial Purchasers and, in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Participating Holder and
counsel for such Participating Holders promptly and, if requested by any such Participating Holder or counsel, confirm such advice in writing (1) when a Registration Statement has become effective, when any post-effective amendment thereto has
been filed and becomes effective, when any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed, (2) of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority
for amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective, (3) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities
authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, including the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the SEC to the use of a Shelf Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act, (4) if, between the applicable effective date of a Shelf Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities covered
thereby, the representations and warranties of the Company or any Guarantor contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to an offering of such Registrable Securities cease to be
true and correct in all material respects or if the Company or any Guarantor receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding
for such purpose, (5) of the happening of any event during the period a Registration Statement is effective that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus untrue in any
material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading and (6) of any determination by the Company or any
Guarantor that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus would be appropriate; 

  
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 (vii) use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement or, in the case of a Shelf Registration, the resolution of any objection of the SEC pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act, including by filing an amendment to such Registration Statement on the
proper form, as promptly as practicable and provide immediate notice to each Holder or Participating Holder of the withdrawal of any such order or such resolution; 
 (viii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Participating Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto
(without any documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested); 
 (ix) in the case of a Shelf
Registration, cooperate with the Participating Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and enable such Registrable Securities to
be issued in such denominations and registered in such names (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) as such Participating Holders may reasonably request at least one Business Day prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;

 (x) upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(a)(vi)(5) hereof, use their reasonable best efforts to
prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or post-effective amendment to the applicable Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or any document incorporated
therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available) to purchasers of the Registrable Securities, such Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may
be, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and the Company and the Guarantors
shall notify the Participating Holders (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) and the Initial Purchasers and any Participating Broker-Dealers known to the Company (in the case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to suspend use of
the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and such Participating Holders, such Participating Broker-Dealers and the Initial Purchasers, as applicable, hereby agree to suspend use
of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, until the Company and the Guarantors have amended or supplemented the Prospectus or the Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to correct such misstatement or omission;

 (xi) a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any
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Registration Statement, a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus after initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel
(and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, to the Participating Holders and their counsel) and make such of the representatives of the Company and the Guarantors as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel
(and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating Holders or their counsel) available for discussion of such document; and the Company and the Guarantors shall not, at any time after initial filing of a Registration Statement,
use or file any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment of or supplement to a Registration Statement or a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus, or any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement,
a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus, of which the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating Holders and their counsel) shall not have previously been advised and furnished a
copy or to which the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating Holders or their counsel) shall object; 
 (xii) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, not later than the initial effective date of a Registration Statement; 

(xiii) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities
or Registrable Securities, as the case may be; cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and
execute, and use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in
a timely manner; 
 (xiv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by a representative of the
Participating Holders (an “Inspector”), any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, any attorneys and accountants designated by a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities held by the Participating Holders and any attorneys and accountants designated by such Underwriter, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, all pertinent financial and other records, documents and properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries, and cause the respective officers, directors and employees of the Company and the Guarantors to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with a Shelf
Registration Statement; provided that if any such information is identified by the Company or any Guarantor as being confidential or proprietary, each Person receiving such information shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary to
protect the confidentiality of such information to the extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment of or in derogation of the rights and interests of any Inspector, Holder or Underwriter); 

  
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 (xv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use their reasonable best efforts to cause all
Registrable Securities to be listed on any securities exchange or any automated quotation system on which similar securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor are then listed if requested by the Majority Holders, to the extent
such Registrable Securities satisfy applicable listing requirements; 
 (xvi) if reasonably requested by any Participating
Holder, promptly include in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to such Participating Holder as such Participating Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and make all required filings of such
Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as the Company has received notification of the matters to be so included in such filing; 
 (xvii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary agreements and take all such other actions in connection therewith (including those requested by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement) in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities including, but not limited to, an Underwritten Offering and in such
connection, (1) to the extent possible, make such representations and warranties to the Participating Holders and any Underwriters of such Registrable Securities with respect to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries and the
Registration Statement, Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus and documents incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference, if any, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in
underwritten offerings and confirm the same if and when requested, (2) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and the Guarantors (which counsel and opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Participating
Holders and such Underwriters and their respective counsel) addressed to each Participating Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (3) obtain
“comfort” letters from the independent registered public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other registered public accountant of any subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor, or of any business
acquired by the Company or any Guarantor for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the Registration Statement) addressed to each Participating Holder (to the extent permitted by applicable professional
standards) and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with underwritten offerings, including but not limited to
financial information contained in any preliminary prospectus, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus and (4) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holders of a

  
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majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold or the Underwriters, and which are customarily delivered in underwritten offerings, to evidence the continued validity of the
representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors made pursuant to clause (1) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in an underwriting agreement; and 

(xviii) so long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, cause each Additional Guarantor upon the creation or acquisition by the
Company of such Additional Guarantor, to execute a counterpart to this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A and to deliver such counterpart, together with an opinion of counsel as to the enforceability thereof against such entity, to the
Initial Purchasers no later than five Business Days following the execution thereof. 
 (b) In the case of a Shelf Registration
Statement, the Company may require each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company a Notice and Questionnaire and such other information regarding such Holder and the proposed disposition by such Holder of such Registrable Securities
as the Company and the Guarantors may from time to time reasonably request in writing. 
 (c) Each Participating Holder agrees
that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company and the Guarantors of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(a)(vi)(3) or Section 3(a)(vi)(5) hereof, such Participating Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition
of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until such Participating Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(a)(x) hereof
and, if so directed by the Company and the Guarantors, such Participating Holder will deliver to the Company and the Guarantors all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Participating Holder’s possession, of
the Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that is current at the time of receipt of such notice. 
 (d) If the Company and the Guarantors shall give any notice to suspend the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall extend the
period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Holders of
such Registrable Securities shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions. The Company and the Guarantors may give any such notice only twice during any
365-day period and any such suspensions shall not exceed 30 days for each suspension and there shall not be more than two suspensions in effect during any 365-day period. 

  
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 (e) The Participating Holders who desire to do so may sell such Registrable Securities in an
Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment bank or investment banks and manager or managers (each an “Underwriter”) that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Registrable Securities included in such offering with the consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld). 
 4. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in
exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the
Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. 
 The Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a
statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may
be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available to purchasers) to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own
accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act. 
 (b) In light of the above, and
notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors agree to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period of up to 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as
such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) hereof), in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a)
above. The Company and the Guarantors further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall be authorized to deliver such Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available) during such period in connection with the resales contemplated
by this Section 4. 
 (c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with
respect to any request that they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof. 
 5. Indemnification and Contribution.
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and each Person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser or any Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any
and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or
several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (1) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or (2) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer
information” (“Issuer Information”) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser or information relating to any Holder furnished to the Company in writing through J.P. Morgan or any selling Holder, respectively,
expressly for use therein. In connection with any Underwritten Offering permitted by Section 3, the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will also indemnify the Underwriters, if any, selling brokers, dealers and similar securities
industry professionals participating in the distribution, their respective affiliates and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the
indemnification of the Holders, if requested in connection with any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any Issuer Information. 
 (b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors, the Initial Purchasers and the other selling Holders, the directors of the Company and the
Guarantors, each officer of the Company and the Guarantors who signed the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company, the Guarantors, any Initial Purchaser and any other selling Holder within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are
based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any
Registration Statement, any Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus. 
 (c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any
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paragraph (a) or (b) above, such Person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the
“Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it
has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may
have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying
Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such
proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own
counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person
has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in
addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the
same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be
liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such reasonable fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm
(x) for any Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control Persons of such Initial Purchaser shall be designated in writing by J.P. Morgan, (y) for any Holder, its directors and officers and any control Persons
of such Holder shall be designated in writing by the Majority Holders and (z) in all other cases shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without
its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or
judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the
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settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in
accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified
Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any
Indemnified Person. 
 (d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an
Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors from the offering
of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, on the one hand, and by the Holders from receiving Securities or Exchange Securities registered under the Securities Act, on the other hand, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is
not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders on the other
in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders
on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company and
the Guarantors or by the Holders and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. 
 (e) The Company, the Guarantors and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if
the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as
a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection
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Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, in no event shall a Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities or
Exchange Securities sold by such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to
this Section 5 are several and not joint. 
 (f) The remedies provided for in this Section 5 are not exclusive and
shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity. 
 (g) The
indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 5 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial
Purchasers or any Holder or any Person controlling any Initial Purchaser or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the Company or the Guarantors or the officers or directors of or any Person controlling the Company or the Guarantors,
(iii) acceptance of any of the Exchange Securities and (iv) any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement. 
 6. General. 
 (a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company and the
Guarantors represent, warrant and agree that (i) the rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of any other outstanding securities issued or
guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor under any other agreement and (ii) neither the Company nor any Guarantor has entered into, or on or after the date of this Agreement will enter into, any agreement that is inconsistent with the rights
granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. 
 (b)
Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the
Company and the Guarantors have obtained the written consent of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent;
provided that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to any departure from the provisions of Section 5 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless consented to in writing by such
Holder. Any amendments, modifications, supplements, waivers or consents pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be by a writing executed by each of the parties hereto. 

  
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 (c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder
shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company by means of a notice given in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c), which address initially is, with respect to the Initial Purchasers, the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement; (ii) if to the Company and the Guarantors, initially at the
Company’s address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c); and (iii) to such other persons at their respective addresses
as provided in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c). All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the
time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day if timely delivered to an air courier
guaranteeing overnight delivery. Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the address specified in the Indenture. 

(d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and
transferees of each of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of
Registrable Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities
shall be held subject to all the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement
and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. The Initial Purchasers (in their capacity as Initial Purchasers) shall have no liability or obligation to the Company or the Guarantors with respect to any failure by a Holder to
comply with, or any breach by any Holder of, any of the obligations of such Holder under this Agreement. 
 (e) Third Party
Beneficiaries. Each Holder shall be a third party beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to
protect its rights or the rights of other Holders hereunder. 
 (f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 

  
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 (g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only,
are not a part of this Agreement and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. 
 (h) Governing Law. This
Agreement, and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 

(j) Entire Agreement; Severability. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject
matter hereof and supersedes all oral statements and prior writings with respect thereto. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable
or against public policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions contained herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated. The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial
Purchasers shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions.

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written
above. 
  

			
	CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY
		
	By	 	 /s/ Lori A. Varlas

	Name:	 	Lori A. Varlas
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President, Chief
	Financial Officer and Secretary

  

			
		  	ALL-GLASS AQUARIUM CO., INC.
		  	B2E BIOTECH, LLC
		  	B2E CORPORATION
		  	CEDAR WORKS, LLC
		  	FARNAM COMPANIES, INC.
		  	FOUR PAWS PRODUCTS, LTD.
		  	GRANT LABORATORIES, INC.
		  	GRO TEC, INC.
		  	GULFSTREAM HOME & GARDEN, INC.
		  	INTERPET USA, LLC
		  	KAYTEE PRODUCTS INCORPORATED
		  	MATSON, LLC
		  	MATTHEWS REDWOOD AND NURSERY SUPPLY, INC.
		  	NEW ENGLAND POTTERY, LLC
		  	PENNINGTON SEED, INC.
		  	PENNINGTON SEED, INC. OF NEBRASKA
		  	PETS INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
		  	SEEDS WEST, INC.
		  	T.F.H. PUBLICATIONS, INC.
		  	WELLMARK INTERNATIONAL

  

			
	By	 	 /s/ Lori A. Varlas

	Name:	 	Lori A. Varlas
	Title:	 	Authorized Officer
		 	

  
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 Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written: 

 

			
	J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
	
	For itself and on behalf of the
several Initial Purchasers
		
	By	 	     /s/ James McHugh

		 	Name: James McHugh
		 	Title: Executive Director

  
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 Schedule 1 
 Initial Guarantors 
 All-Glass Aquarium Co., Inc. 

B2E Biotech, LLC 
 B2E Corporation 

Cedar Works, LLC 
 Farnam Companies, Inc.

 Four Paws Products, Ltd. 
 Grant
Laboratories, Inc. 
 Gro Tec, Inc. 

Gulfstream Home & Garden, Inc. 

Interpet USA, LLC 
 Kaytee Products Incorporated

 Matson, LLC 
 Matthews Redwood and
Nursery Supply, Inc. 
 New England Pottery, LLC 
 Pennington Seed, Inc. 
 Pennington Seed, Inc. of Nebraska 

Pets International, Ltd. 
 Seeds West, Inc.

 T.F.H. Publications, Inc. 
 Wellmark
International 

 Annex A 
 Counterpart to Registration Rights Agreement 
 The undersigned hereby
absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees as a Guarantor (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated [closing date] by and among [issuer], a [jurisdiction of incorporation] corporation, the guarantors party
thereto and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, on behalf of itself and the other Initial Purchasers) to be bound by the terms and provisions of such Registration Rights Agreement. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this counterpart as of                     ,
201    . 
  

			
	 [GUARANTOR]

		
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