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Exhibit

EXHIBIT 4.1

NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated effective as of March 30, 2019, by Arden Companies, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), a direct subsidiary of Central Garden & Pet Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Company, the other Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as supplemented from time to time, the “Base Indenture”), dated as of March 8, 2010;
WHEREAS, the Company executed the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 9, 2015 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”), providing for the issuance of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes”) and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 14, 2017 (the “Seventh Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”),  providing for the issuance of 5.125% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes” and collectively with the 2023 Notes, the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Subsidiary Guarantor will execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantor will unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Guarantee”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Third Supplemental Indenture and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1.    CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition will have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2.    AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agree to provide an unconditional Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Guarantee and in the Third Supplemental Indenture and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, including but limited to Article 10 thereof.

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3.    EXECUTION AND DELIVERY. The Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that the Guarantee will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of the Guarantee.
4.    NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director, manager, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of the Subsidiary Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes, the Guarantee, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.  Each Holder of the Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.
5.    NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE BUT 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.
6.    COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.  Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF may be used in lieu of the originals shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
7.    EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and will not affect the construction hereof.
8.    THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee makes no representation as to and will not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the Guarantee or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Subsidiary Guarantor and the Company.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.
ARDEN COMPANIES, LLC
By: /s/ George A. Yuhas
Name: George A. Yuhas
Title: Secretary
CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY
By: /s/ George A. Yuhas
Name: George A. Yuhas
Title: Secretary

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GUARANTORS:
FOUR PAWS PRODUCTS LTD. 
KAYTEE PRODUCTS, INCORPORATED 
PENNINGTON SEED, INC. 
ALL-GLASS AQUARIUM CO., INC. 
T.F.H. PUBLICATIONS, INC. 
WELLMARK INTERNATIONAL 
GRO TEC, INC. 
B2E CORPORATION 
B2E BIOTECH LLC 
FARNAM COMPANIES, INC. 
GULFSTREAM HOME & GARDEN, INC. 
NEW ENGLAND POTTERY, LLC 
PETS INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 
MATSON, LLC 
IMS TRADING, LLC 
IMS SOUTHERN, LLC 
HYDRO-ORGANICS WHOLESALE 
SEGREST, INC. 
BLUE SPRINGS HATCHERY, INC. 
SEGREST FARMS, INC. 
FLORIDA TROPICAL DISTRIBUTORS 
  INTERNATIONAL, INC. 
SUN PET, LTD. 
AQUATICA TROPICALS, INC. 
K&H MANUFACTURING, LLC 
B2E MANUFACTURING, LLC 
B2E MICROBIALS, LLC 
FOURSTAR MICROBIAL LLC 
MIDWEST TROPICALS LLC 
NEXGEN TURF RESEARCH, LLC 
QUALITY PETS, LLC
By: /s/ George A. Yuhas
Name: George A. Yuhas
Title: Authorized Officer of each above listed entity

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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 
as Trustee
By: /s/ Michael Q Tu
Name: Michael Q. Tu 
Title: Vice President

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Exhibit 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED POST EMPLOYMENT CONSULTING AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made as of February 13, 2019 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Central Garden & Pet Company and/or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries, successors and assigns (collectively called “the Company”) and George Roeth (“Executive”).
WHEREAS, Executive recognizes that in his capacity as a key executive with the Company he will provide unique services that will be exceedingly difficult to replace after termination of his employment;
WHEREAS, Executive recognizes that the Company desires continued access to Executive’s unique services, knowledge and a reasonable transition after the termination of Executive’s employment;
WHEREAS, Executive recognizes that he has been provided adequate consideration for entering into this Consulting Agreement (“Agreement”);
THEREFORE, in consideration of the employment of President and Chief Executive Officer and other good and adequate consideration, Executive and the Company agree to the following:
1.Right to Receive Consulting Services.  Executive hereby grants the Company the right to receive continuing Consulting Services on the terms provided herein following termination of Executive’s employment with the Company.
2.Consulting Services.  Executive will provide continuing strategic advice and counsel related to the business issues and projects Executive was involved in while employed by the Company (“Consulting Services”).  Consulting Services shall perform at such times and in a manner as are mutually agreed and shall, on average, consist of 20 to 30 hours per month.
3.Term of Agreement.  Executive will provide Consulting Services effective upon termination of Executive’s employment with the Company and continuing thereafter for a period of seventy two (72) months (“Term of Agreement”).
4.Compensation.  Executive shall be paid fifteen percent (15%) of his base salary at the time of termination of Executive’s employment with the Company for each year during the Term of Agreement.  This amount shall be paid one-twelfth (1/12) at the end of each month.  Such compensation shall be in addition to any compensation to which Executive is entitled for serving on the Board of Directors of the Company.
5.Expenses.  During the Term of Agreement, Executive will be reimbursed by the Company for all expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of this Agreement.
6.Termination.  Notwithstanding the Term of Agreement specified above, this Agreement shall terminate under any of the following circumstances: (a) in the event Executive dies, this Agreement shall terminate immediately; (b) if due to physical or mental disability, Executive is 

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unable to perform the services called for under this Agreement with or without reasonable accommodation, either the Company or Executive may terminate this Agreement by providing thirty (30) days’ written notice; provided, however, that in the event of termination of Executive by the Company under this clause (b) the Company shall accelerate the vesting of any employee stock options previously granted to Executive which would otherwise cease to vest as a result of such termination; (c) Executive materially breaches the terms of this Agreement; (d) the Company terminates Executive’s employment for cause pursuant to Section 14 of the Employment Agreement dated May 4, 2016 between the Company and Executive; and (e) the parties may terminate this Agreement by mutual written agreement.
7.Unique Services.  Duty of Loyalty.  Executive acknowledges and agrees that the services he performs under this Agreement are of a special, unique, unusual, extraordinary, or intellectual character, which have a peculiar value, the loss of which cannot be reasonably or adequately compensated in damages in an action at law.  Executive further acknowledges and agrees that during his employment and, provided the Company exercises its option to engage Executive to provide Consulting Services and compensate him under the terms of this Agreement, then during the Term of Agreement he will have a continuing fiduciary duty and duty of loyalty to the Company.  He agrees that during the Term of Agreement, he will not render executive, managerial, market research, advice or consulting services, either directly or indirectly, to any business engaged in or about to be engaged in developing, producing, marketing, distributing or selling lawn, garden, animal health, animal nutrition or pet related products or which would otherwise conflict with his obligations to the Company; provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions shall not be applicable to cat litter products developed, produced or marketed by Oil-Dri.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 7 shall prevent Executive from serving on the Board of Directors of one or more companies or other entities which are not principally engaged in developing, producing, marketing, distributing or selling lawn, garden, animal health, animal nutrition or pet-related products during the Term of Agreement.
8.Confidential Information or Materials.  During the Term of Agreement, Executive will have access to the Company’s confidential, proprietary and trade secret information including but not limited to information and strategy regarding the Company’s products and services including customer lists and files, product description and pricing, information and strategy regarding profits, costs, marketing, purchasing, sales, customers, suppliers, contract terms, employees, salaries; product development plans; business, acquisition and financial plans and forecasts and marketing and sales plans and forecasts (collectively called “Company Confidential Information”). Executive will not, during the Term of Agreement or thereafter, directly or indirectly disclose to any other person or entity, or use for Executive’s own benefit or for the benefit of others besides Company, Company Confidential Information.  Upon termination of this Agreement, Executive agrees to promptly return all Company Confidential Information.
9.Remedies.  Executive understands and acknowledges that Company’s remedies at law for any material breach of this Agreement by Executive are inadequate and that any such breach will cause the Company substantial and irrevocable damage and therefore, in the event of any such breach, in addition to such other remedies which may be available, including the return of consideration paid for this Agreement, Executive agrees that the Company shall have the right to 

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seek specific performance and injunctive relief.  It is also expressly agreed that, in the event of such a breach, Company shall also be entitled to recover all of its costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in enforcing its rights hereunder.
10.Independent Contractor Status.  For all purposes, during the Term of Agreement, Executive shall be deemed to be an independent contractor, and not an employee or agent of the Company.  Accordingly, Executive shall not be entitled to any rights or benefits to which any employee of Company may be entitled.
11.Other Employment.  Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent Executive from performing services for other employers or business entities, consistent with the terms of this Agreement, during the Term of Agreement.
12.Intellectual Property Rights.  Company shall have sole ownership of and all right, title 
and interest, to all data, drawings, designs, analyses, graphs, reports, products, tooling, physical property, computer programs, software code, trade secrets and all inventions, discoveries and improvements or other items or concepts, whether patentable or not, (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) which are conceived or reduced to practice during the Term of Agreement and arising out of or relating to the services performed hereunder or using the equipment or resources of the Company. To the extent any such Intellectual Property qualifies as a “work for hire” under the United States Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. Sec. 101), Executive agrees that the Company is the author for copyright purposes.  To the extent that any Intellectual Property is not a work for hire, Executive agrees to assign, and hereby does assign, its entire right, title and interest in such Intellectual Property, including the right to sue for past infringements.
13.No Authority to Bind Company.  During the Term of Agreement, Executive will not have any authority to commit or bind Company to any contractual or financial obligations without the Company’s prior written consent.
14.Assignment.  This is a personal services agreement and Executive may not assign this Agreement, or any interest herein, without the prior written consent of the Company.
15.Entire Agreement.  This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding of the parties on the subjects covered.  It cannot be modified or waived except in a writing signed by both parties.
16.Agreement Enforceable to Full Extent Possible.  If any restriction set forth in this Agreement is found by a court to be unenforceable for any reason, the court is empowered and directed to interpret the restriction to extend only so broadly as to be enforceable in that jurisdiction.  Additionally, should any of the provisions of this Agreement be determined to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, it is agreed that such determination shall not affect the enforceability of the other provisions herein.

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17.The parties agree to all of the terms and conditions set forth above.
	
		
	Dated:   March 3, 2019   
	/s/ George Roeth   
(George Roeth)

	Dated:   March 7, 2019   
	Central Garden & Pet Company

	 
	   

	 
	By:  /s/ George Yuhas
Title:  General Counsel and Secretary

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