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Form of Principal

 EXHIBIT 4.2 
  
 [Face of Note] 
  
 Unless this certificate 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 certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede
& Co. or 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. 
  

					
	 CUSIP NO. 949746 FU 0
	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $                    
	 REGISTERED NO. 1
	  	 	 	 

  
 WELLS FARGO &
COMPANY 
  
 Principal Protected Minimum Return

 Notes Linked to the Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM due May 5, 2011 
  
 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & Co., or registered assigns, an amount equal to the Maturity Payment Amount (as defined below), in such coin or currency of the United States of America as
at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, on the Stated Maturity Date (as defined below). This Security shall not bear any interest. 
  
 Any payments on this Security at Maturity will be made against presentation of this Security at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for that purpose in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

 “Dow Jones” and “Dow Jones Industrial Average” are servicemarks of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. (“Dow Jones”, which term, as used herein, includes its successors) and have been licensed for use for certain
purposes by the Company. This Security, based on the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Dow Jones, and Dow Jones makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in this
Security. 

 Determination of Maturity Payment Amount 
  
 “Maturity Payment Amount” shall mean, for each $1,000 principal
amount of this Security, the sum of (i) $1,000 and (ii) the Additional Amount, if any. 
  
 Set forth below are certain defined terms used in this Security in connection with the determination of the Maturity Payment Amount. 
  
 “Additional Amount” shall mean, for each $1,000 principal amount of this Security, an amount equal to the greater
of (i) $70 and (ii) the product of: 
  

	 	•	$1,000; 

  

	 	•	Participation Rate; and 

  

	 	•	Average Index Level – Initial Index Level 

       Initial Index Level 
  
 “Average Index Level” shall mean the arithmetic average of seven annual Closing Levels of the Dow Jones Industrial Average on the last Trading Day of each April beginning April 2005 and ending April 2011. If a Market Disruption
Event occurs or is continuing on any such last Trading Day, the Closing Level of the Dow Jones Industrial Average on the first subsequent Trading Day on which there is not a Market Disruption Event will be used to calculate the Average Index Level.

  
 “Business Day” shall mean a day other than a
Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions in Minneapolis, Minnesota or New York, New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed. 
  
 “Calculation Agency Agreement” shall mean the Calculation Agency Agreement dated as of April 30, 2004 between the
Company and the Calculation Agent, as amended from time to time. 
  
 “Calculation Agent” shall mean the Person that has entered into the Calculation Agency Agreement with the Company providing for, among other things, the determination of the Average Index Level, the Additional Amount, if any, and
the Maturity Payment Amount, which term shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include its successors under such Calculation Agency Agreement. The initial Calculation Agent shall be Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. Pursuant to the Calculation
Agency Agreement, the Company may appoint a different Calculation Agent from time to time after the initial issuance of the Securities of this series without the consent of the Holders of the Securities of this series and without notifying the
Holders of the Securities of this series. 
  
 “Closing
Level” shall mean, on any date, the last reported level of the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on such date; provided, however, that in the event that Dow Jones discontinues publication of the Dow Jones
Industrial Average, the Closing Level will be determined in the manner set forth in this Security under “Discontinuance Of The Dow Jones Industrial Average; Alteration Of Method Of Calculation.” 
  

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 “Dow Jones Industrial Average” shall mean the Dow Jones Industrial Average as calculated by Dow
Jones. 
  
 “Initial Index Level” shall mean 10472.84.

  
 A “Market Disruption Event” with respect to the Dow
Jones Industrial Average will occur on any day if the Calculation Agent determines any of the following: 
  

	 	•	A material suspension or material limitation of trading in 20% or more of the underlying stocks which comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average or any successor index has occurred
on that day, in each case during the one-half hour period preceding the close of trading on the primary organized U.S. exchange or trading system on which those stocks are traded or, in the case of a common stock not listed or quoted in the United
States, on the primary non-U.S. exchange, trading system or market for that security. Limitations on trading during significant market fluctuations imposed pursuant to the rules of any primary organized U.S. exchange or trading system similar to New
York Stock Exchange Rule 80B or any applicable rule or regulation enacted or promulgated by The New York Stock Exchange, any other exchange, trading system or market, any other self regulatory organization or the Securities and Exchange Commission
of similar scope or as a replacement for Rule 80B, may be considered material. A “trading system” includes bulletin board services. 

  

	 	•	A material suspension or material limitation has occurred on that day, in each case during the one-half hour period preceding the close of trading in options or futures contracts
related to the Dow Jones Industrial Average or any successor index, whether by reason of movements in price exceeding levels permitted by an exchange, trading system or market on which those options or futures contracts are traded or otherwise.

  

	 	•	Information is unavailable on that date, through a recognized system of public dissemination of transaction information, during the one-half hour period preceding the close of
trading, of accurate price, volume or related information in respect of 20% or more of the underlying stocks which comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average or any successor index or in respect of options or futures contracts related to the Dow
Jones Industrial Average or any successor index, in each case traded on any major U.S. exchange or trading system or, in the case of securities of a non-U.S. issuer, traded on the primary non-U.S. exchange, trading system or market for that
security. 

  

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 For purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred: 
  

	 	•	a limitation on the hours or number of days of trading will not constitute a Market Disruption Event if it results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the
relevant exchange, trading system or market; and 

  

	 	•	close of trading means 4:00 p.m., New York City time. 

  
 “Participation Rate” shall mean 1.15. 
  
 “Stated Maturity Date” shall mean May 5, 2011, subject to postponement if a Market Disruption Event occurs. If a Market Disruption Event occurs
or is continuing on the last Trading Day in April 2011, the Stated Maturity Date shall be the later of (i) the date which is two Business Days after the first subsequent Trading Day on which there is not a Market Disruption Event and (ii) May 5,
2011. 
  
 “Trading Day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is a day on which The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq National Market and The American Stock Exchange are open for trading. 
  
 Discontinuance Of The Dow Jones Industrial Average; Alteration Of Method Of Calculation 

 
 If Dow Jones discontinues publication of the Dow Jones Industrial Average
and Dow Jones or another entity publishes a successor or substitute index that the Calculation Agent determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the discontinued Dow Jones Industrial Average, then any subsequent Closing Level will be
determined by reference to the level of such successor or substitute index (in any such case, a “successor index”) at 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date that any Closing Level is to be determined. 
  
 Upon any selection by the Calculation Agent of a successor index, the Company
will promptly give notice to the Holders of the Securities of this series. 
  
 If Dow Jones discontinues publication of the Dow Jones Industrial Average prior to, and such discontinuance is continuing on, the date that any Closing Level is to be determined and the Calculation Agent determines
that no successor index is available at such time, then, on such date, the Calculation Agent will determine the Closing Level to be used in computing the Average Index Level. The Closing Level will be computed by the Calculation Agent in accordance
with the formula for and method of calculating the Dow Jones Industrial Average last in effect prior to such discontinuance, using the Closing Price (or, if trading in the relevant securities has been materially suspended or materially limited, its
good faith estimate of the Closing Price that would have prevailed but for such suspension or limitation) at the close of the principal trading session on such date of each security most recently comprising the Dow Jones Industrial Average on the
primary organized U.S. exchange or trading system. “Closing Price” means, with respect to any security on any date, the last reported sales price regular way on such date or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such date, the
average of the reported closing bid and asked prices regular way on such date, in either case on the primary organized U.S. exchange or trading system on which such security is then listed or admitted to trading. 
  

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 If a successor index is selected or the Calculation Agent calculates a Closing Level as a substitute for
the Dow Jones Industrial Average, such successor index or Closing Level will be used as a substitute for the Dow Jones Industrial Average for all purposes, including for purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event exists. 

 
 If the method of calculating the Dow Jones Industrial Average or a
successor index, or its Closing Level, is changed in a material respect, or if the Dow Jones Industrial Average or a successor index is in any other way modified so that such index does not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent, fairly represent
the level of the Dow Jones Industrial Average or such successor index had such changes or modifications not been made, then the Calculation Agent will, at the close of business in New York City on the date that the Closing Level is to be determined,
make such calculations and adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the Calculation Agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a level of a stock index comparable to the Dow Jones Industrial Average or such successor index, as the case may
be, as if such changes or modifications had not been made. The Calculation Agent will calculate the Closing Level and the Average Index Level with reference to the Dow Jones Industrial Average or such successor index, as adjusted. Accordingly, if
the method of calculating the Dow Jones Industrial Average or a successor index is modified so that the level of such index is a fraction of what it would have been if it had not been modified (for example, due to a split in the index), then the
Calculation Agent will adjust such index in order to arrive at a level of the Dow Jones Industrial Average or such successor index as if it had not been modified (for example, as if such split had not occurred). 
  
 Calculation Agent 
  
 The Calculation Agent will determine the Maturity Payment Amount. In
addition, the Calculation Agent will (i) determine if adjustments are required to the Closing Level under the circumstances described in this Security, (ii) if publication of the Dow Jones Industrial Average is discontinued, select a successor index
or, if no successor index is available, determine the Closing Levels under the circumstances described in this Security and (iii) determine whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred. 
  
 The Company covenants that, so long as any of the Securities of this series are Outstanding, there shall at all times be a
Calculation Agent (which shall be a broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution) with respect to the Securities of this series. 
  
 All determinations made by the Calculation Agent with respect to the Securities of this series will be at the sole discretion of the Calculation Agent
and, in the absence of manifest error, will be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and the Holders of the Securities of this series. All percentages and other amounts resulting from any calculation with respect to the Securities
of this series will be rounded at the Calculation Agent’s discretion. 
  

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 Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof,
which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
  
 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature or its duly
authorized agent under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

  

			
	DATED:	 	  

  

					
	 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 	 	 Its:
	 	  

  
 [SEAL] 
  

					
	 Attest:
	 	  

	 	 	 Its:
	 	  

  
 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF

 AUTHENTICATION 
 This is one of the Securities of the

 series designated therein described 
 in the within-mentioned
Indenture. 
  

			
	 CITIBANK, N.A., as Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 	 	 Authorized Signature

  
 OR

  

			
	 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Authenticating Agent for the Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 	 	 Authorized Signature

  

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 [Reverse of Note] 
  

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 
  
 Principal Protected Minimum Return 
 Notes Linked to the Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM due May 5, 2011 
  
 This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company
(herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated as of July 21, 1999, as amended or supplemented from time to time (herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company and
Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the
series designated on the face hereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $26,172,000; provided, however, that the Company may, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, without the consent of the Holders of the
Securities of this series, issue additional Securities with the same terms as the Securities of this series, and such additional Securities shall be considered part of the same series under the Indenture as the Securities of this series. 

 
 The Securities of this series are not subject to redemption at the option
of the Company or repayment at the option of the Holder hereof prior to May 5, 2011. The Securities will not be entitled to any sinking fund. 
  
 The Company agrees, to the extent permitted by law, not to voluntarily claim the benefits of any laws concerning usurious rates of interest against a
Holder of Securities of this series. 
  
 If an Event of Default,
as defined in the Indenture, with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the Maturity Payment Amount (calculated as set forth in the next sentence) of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The amount payable to the Holder hereof upon any acceleration permitted under the Indenture will be equal to the Maturity Payment Amount hereof calculated as though the date of acceleration was
the Stated Maturity Date and the last day of the last full calendar month during the term of the Securities of this series. Upon payment of the amount so declared due and payable, all of the Company’s obligations in respect of payment of the
Maturity Payment Amount shall terminate. The Securities of this series will not bear a default rate of interest after the occurrence of an Event of Default or an acceleration under the Indenture. 
  
 The Company agrees, and by acceptance of a beneficial ownership interest in
this Security each beneficial owner of this Security will be deemed to have agreed, for United States federal income tax purposes (i) to treat this Security as a single debt instrument subject to the Treasury regulations governing contingent payment
debt instruments, (ii) to report all income (or loss) with 
  

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 respect to this Security according to those Treasury regulations, and (iii) to be bound by the Company’s
determination of the “comparable yield” and the “projected payment schedule” (within the meaning of such Treasury regulations) for this Security, unless such beneficial owner timely discloses and justifies in its federal income
tax return the use of a different comparable yield and projected payment schedule. 
  
 The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each
series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected, acting together. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of all series at the time Outstanding affected by certain provisions of the Indenture, acting together, on behalf of the Holders of all
Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with those provisions of the Indenture. Certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences may be waived under the Indenture by the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series. Solely for the purpose of determining whether any consent, waiver, notice or other action or Act to be taken or given by the Holders
of Securities pursuant to the Indenture has been given or taken by the Holders of Outstanding Securities in the requisite aggregate principal amount, the principal amount of this Security will be deemed to be equal to the amount set forth on the
face hereof as the “Principal Amount” hereof. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. 
  
 Section 403 and Article Fifteen of the Indenture and the provisions of clause (ii) of Section 401(1)(B) of the Indenture, relating to defeasance at any
time of (a) the entire indebtedness on this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, shall not apply to this Security. The remaining
provisions of Section 401 of the Indenture shall apply to this Security. 
  
 Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a new Security or Securities of this series in authorized denominations
for an equal aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor, as provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations provided therein and to the limitations described below, without charge except for any tax or
other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith. 
  
 This Security is exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form only if (x) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Security or if at any time the Depositary ceases to
be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, (y) the Company in its
sole discretion determines that this Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form and notifies the Trustee thereof or (z) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented hereby has occurred and is
continuing. If this Security is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence, it shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form, having the same terms and of authorized denominations aggregating a like amount. 
  

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 This Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary
or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor. Except as provided above, owners of beneficial
interests in this Security will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Securities in definitive form and will not be considered the Holders hereof for any purpose under the Indenture. 
  
 No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of the Indenture shall
alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Maturity Payment Amount at the times and place, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed, except as otherwise provided in this Security. 

 
 Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee
nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
  
 No recourse shall be had for the payment of the Maturity Payment Amount, or for any claim based on this Security, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any
incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or
otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released. 
  
 All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise defined in
this Security. 
  
 This Security shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 
  

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 ABBREVIATIONS 
  
 The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they
were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: 
  

					
	 TEN COM
	 	 —
	 	 as tenants in common

			
	 TEN ENT
	 	 —
	 	 as tenants by the entireties

			
	 JT TEN
	 	 —
	 	 as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

  

									
	 UNIF GIFT MIN ACT
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	  	 Custodian
	  	  

	 	 	 	 	(Cust)	  	 	  	(Minor)

  

	
	 Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

	
	  

	(State)

  
 Additional
abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 
  
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s) and transfer(s) unto 
  

	
	 Please Insert Social Security or
 Other Identifying
Number of Assignee

	
	  

  

	
	  

	
	  

	
	  

	(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING
POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE)

  

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 the within Security of WELLS FARGO & COMPANY and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
                         attorney to transfer the said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of
substitution in the premises. 
  

							
	 Dated:
	 	  

	 	 	  	 
				
	 	 	 	 	 	  	  

				
	 	 	 	 	 	  	  

  
 NOTICE: The signature to this
assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. 
  

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 Exhibit 10.2.2 
  
 CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY 
  
 SECOND AMENDMENT 
  
 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT 
  
 This SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is dated as of February 12, 2004 between CENTRAL GARDEN
& PET COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”) and CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE, as administrative agent for Lenders (“Administrative Agent”), and is made with reference to that certain
Credit Agreement dated as of May 14, 2003, as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of October 27, 2003 (the “Credit Agreement”), by and among Borrower, the financial institutions listed therein as Lenders, the
Co-Syndication Agents named therein, and the Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the same meanings herein as set forth in the Credit Agreement. 
  
 RECITALS 
  
 WHEREAS, Borrower, Agents and Lenders desire to amend the Credit Agreement (i) to permit Borrower to acquire (a)
substantially all of the assets of Kent Marine, Inc. and (b) substantially all of the assets of New England Pottery Co., Inc., (ii) to amend the definition of “Cash Equivalents”, (iii) to change the dates for delivery of Margin
Determination Certificates and Financial Plans, (iv) to provide for Letters of Credit supporting trade payables, and (v) to make certain other amendments as provided herein; 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the
parties hereto agree as follows: 
  
 Section 1. AMENDMENTS TO
THE CREDIT AGREEMENT 
  
 1.1 Amendments to Section 1:
Definitions 
  
 A. New Definitions. Subsection
1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following definitions, inserted in proper alphabetical order: 
  
 “ ‘Kent Marine Acquisition’ means the acquisition by Borrower of substantially all of the assets of Kent Marine,
Inc. for an aggregate purchase price not to exceed $9,600,000, on terms and conditions acceptable to Administrative Agent.” 
  
 “ ‘New England Pottery Acquisition’ means the acquisition by Borrower of substantially all of the assets of New
England Pottery Co., Inc., for an aggregate cash purchase price not to exceed $69,000,000, plus up to $3,500,000 in investments made in connection with such acquisition, on terms and conditions acceptable to Administrative Agent.” 

 B. Cash Equivalents. Subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by amending
the definition of “Cash Equivalents” appearing therein as follows: (i) by deleting the phrase “the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s” appearing in clauses (ii), (v) and (vi) of such definition and
substituting the phrase “a rating of at least BBB-/A-2 from S&P or at least Baa3/P-2 from Moody’s” in each case therefor, and (ii) by deleting the phrase “a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from
Moody’s” appearing in clause (iii) of such definition and substituting the phrase “a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Moody’s” therefor. 
  
 C. Letters of Credit. Subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by amending the definition of
“Letter of Credit” appearing therein by deleting the proviso at the end thereof and substituting the following therefor: “provided that Letters of Credit may not be issued for the purpose of supporting any Indebtedness
constituting ‘antecedent debt’ (as that term is used in Section 547 of the Bankruptcy Code)”. 
  
 1.2 Amendments to Section 2: Amounts and Terms of Commitments and Loans 
  
 Subsection 2.2A of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the third paragraph thereof in its entirety and
substituting the following therefor: 
  
 “Upon delivery of a Margin Determination Certificate by Borrower to Administrative Agent (a) with respect to each Fiscal Quarter other than each fourth Fiscal Quarter, within forty-five (45) days after the last day of such Fiscal
Quarter, and (b) with respect to each fourth Fiscal Quarter, within sixty (60) days after the last day of such fourth Fiscal Quarter (each such date as described in clauses (a) and (b) hereof a “Certificate Due Date”), the
Applicable Base Rate Margin and Applicable LIBOR Margin shall automatically be adjusted in accordance with such Margin Determination Certificate, such adjustment to become effective (1) with respect to each Fiscal Quarter other than each fourth
Fiscal Quarter, on the 60th day after the end of such Fiscal Quarter and (2) with respect to each fourth Fiscal
Quarter, on the 75th day after the end of such fourth Fiscal Quarter; provided that (A) at any time a Margin
Determination Certificate is not delivered by the applicable Certificate Due Date, from such Certificate Due Date until delivery of such Margin Determination Certificate, the Applicable Base Rate Margin shall be 1.25% for Revolving Loans, and 0.75%
for Tranche B Term Loans, and the Applicable LIBOR Margin shall be 2.75% for Revolving Loans, and 2.25% for Tranche B Term Loans, and (B) if a Margin Determination Certificate erroneously indicates (as determined by Administrative Agent after
consultation with Borrower) an applicable margin more favorable to Borrower than should be afforded by the actual calculation of the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio, Borrower shall promptly pay additional interest and letter of credit fees
required to correct for such error.” 
  

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 1.3 Amendments to Section 6: Borrower’s Affirmative Covenants 
  
 A. Accountants’ Certification. Subsection 6.1(v) of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the text thereof in it is entirety and substituting the following therefor: 
  
 “(v) Accountants’ Certification: together with each delivery of consolidated financial statements of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries pursuant to subdivision (ii) above, a written statement by the independent certified public accountants giving the report thereon (a) stating whether, in connection with their audit examination, any condition or event that constitutes
noncompliance with Section 8 of this Agreement as they relate to accounting matters has come to their attention and, if such a condition or event has come to their attention, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof; provided
that such accountants shall not be liable by reason of any failure to obtain knowledge of any such noncompliance that would not be disclosed in the course of their audit examination, and (b) stating that based on their audit examination nothing has
come to their attention that causes them to believe either or both that the information contained in the certificates delivered therewith pursuant to subdivision (iii) above is not correct or that the matters set forth in the Compliance Certificates
delivered therewith pursuant to clause (b) of subdivision (iii) above for the applicable Fiscal Year are not stated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;” 
  
 B. Financial Plans. Subsection 6.1(xi) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the phrase “no
later than 30 days after the beginning of each Fiscal Year” appearing therein and substituting the phrase “no later than 60 days after the beginning of each Fiscal Year” therefor. 
  
 1.4 Amendments to Section 7: Borrower’s Negative
Covenants 
  
 Subsection 7.3 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by: (i) deleting the word “and” at the end of clause (vi) thereof, (ii) deleting the period at the end of clause (vii) thereof and substituting “; and” therefor, and (iii) adding a new clause (viii) to the end
thereof as follows: 
  
 “(viii) in addition
to acquisitions permitted pursuant to clause (v) and investments permitted pursuant to clause (vi) above, Borrower may consummate the Kent Acquisition and the New England Pottery Acquisition as described in the definitions thereof; provided
that no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing as a result of any such acquisition or after giving effect thereto.” 
  
 Section 2. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS 
  
 Section 1 of this Amendment shall become effective only upon the satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent
(the date of satisfaction of such conditions being referred to herein as the “Second Amendment Effective Date”): 
  
 A. On or before the Second Amendment Effective Date, Borrower shall deliver to Lenders (or to Administrative Agent for Lenders with sufficient
originally executed copies, where appropriate, for each Lender and its counsel) copies of this Amendment, executed by Borrower and each Credit Support Party. 
  

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 B. On or before the Second Amendment Effective Date, Administrative Agent shall have executed
copies of this Amendment on behalf of itself and consenting Lenders. 
  
 C. On or before the Second Amendment Effective Date, all corporate and other proceedings taken or to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents incidental thereto not previously found
acceptable by Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of Lenders, and its counsel shall be satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent and such counsel, and Administrative Agent and such counsel shall have received all such counterpart
originals or certified copies of such documents as Administrative Agent may reasonably request. 
  
 Section 3. BORROWER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 
  

In order to induce Lenders to enter into this Amendment and to amend the Credit Agreement in the manner provided herein, Borrower represents and
warrants to each Lender that the following statements are true, correct and complete: 
  
 A. Corporate Power and Authority. Borrower and each Credit Support Party has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Amendment and to carry out the transactions contemplated by, and
perform its obligations under, the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment (the “Amended Agreement”). 
  
 B. Authorization of Agreements. The execution and delivery of this Amendment and the performance of the Amended Agreement have been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate action on the part of Borrower and each Credit Support Party. 
  
 C. No Conflict. The execution and delivery by Borrower and each Credit Support Party of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of the Amended Agreement do not and will not (i) violate any provision of
any law or any governmental rule or regulation applicable to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the Certificate or Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any order, judgment or decree of any court or other
agency of government binding on Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except pursuant to the Loan Documents, or (iv) require any approval of stockholders or any
approval or consent of any Person under any Contractual Obligation of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. 
  
 D. Governmental Consents. The execution and delivery by Borrower and each Credit Support Party of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of
the Amended Agreement do not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any federal, state or other governmental authority or regulatory body. 
  

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 E. Binding Obligation. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and each
Credit Support Party and this Amendment and the Amended Agreement are the legally valid and binding obligations of Borrower and each Credit Support Party, enforceable against Borrower and each Credit Support Party in accordance with their respective
terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability. 
  
 F. Incorporation of Representations and Warranties From Credit
Agreement. The representations and warranties contained in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement are and will be true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of the Second Amendment Effective Date to the same extent as though made
on and as of that date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case they were true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of such earlier date. 
  
 G. Absence of Default. No event has occurred and is continuing or will
result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment that would constitute an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default. 
  
 Section 4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONSENT 
  
 Borrower is a party to certain Collateral Documents pursuant to which Borrower has created Liens in favor of Administrative Agent on certain Collateral to
secure the Obligations. Each Subsidiary is a party to a Subsidiary Guaranty and certain Collateral Documents pursuant to which such Subsidiary has (i) guarantied the Obligations and (ii) created Liens in favor of Administrative Agent on certain
Collateral to secure the obligations of such Subsidiary under the Subsidiary Guaranty. Borrower and each Subsidiary are collectively referred to herein as the “Credit Support Parties”, and the Subsidiary Guaranties and Collateral
Documents referred to above are collectively referred to herein as the “Credit Support Documents”. 
  
 Each Credit Support Party hereby acknowledges that it has reviewed the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and this Amendment and consents to the
amendment of the Credit Agreement effected pursuant to this Amendment. Each Credit Support Party hereby confirms that each Credit Support Document to which it is a party or otherwise bound and all Collateral encumbered thereby will continue to
guaranty or secure, as the case may be, to the fullest extent possible the payment and performance of all “Obligations,” “Guarantied Obligations” and “Secured Obligations,” or other similar terms, as the case may be (in
each case as such terms are defined in the applicable Credit Support Document), including, without limitation, the payment and performance of all such “Obligations,” “Guarantied Obligations” or “Secured Obligations,” or
similar terms, as the case may be, in respect of the Obligations of Borrower now or hereafter existing under or in respect of the Amended Agreement and the Notes. 
  

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 Each Credit Support Party acknowledges and agrees that any of the Credit Support Documents to which it is
a party or otherwise bound shall continue in full force and effect and that all of its obligations thereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be impaired or limited by the execution or effectiveness of this Amendment. Each Credit
Support Party represents and warrants that all representations and warranties contained in the Amended Agreement and the Credit Support Documents to which it is a party or otherwise bound are true, correct and complete in all material respects on
and as of the Second Amendment Effective Date to the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case they were true, correct and
complete in all material respects on and as of such earlier date. 
  
 Each Credit Support Party (other than Borrower) acknowledges and agrees that (i) notwithstanding the conditions to effectiveness set forth in this Amendment, such Credit Support Party is not required by the terms of the Credit Agreement or
any other Loan Document to consent to the amendments to the Credit Agreement effected pursuant to this Amendment and (ii) nothing in the Credit Agreement, this Amendment or any other Loan Document shall be deemed to require the consent of such
Credit Support Party to any future amendments to the Credit Agreement. 
  
 Section 5. MISCELLANEOUS 
  
 A. Reference to
and Effect on the Credit Agreement and the Other Loan Documents. 
  
 (i) On and after the Second Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of like import referring to the Credit
Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Amended
Agreement. 
  
 (ii) Except as specifically amended by this
Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed. 
  
 (iii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, constitute a waiver of any provision of,
or operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of Agent or any Lender under, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. 
  
 B. Fees and Expenses. Borrower acknowledges that all costs, fees and expenses as described in subsection 10.2 of the Credit Agreement incurred by
the Administrative Agent and its counsel with respect to this Amendment and the documents and transactions contemplated hereby shall be for the account of Borrower. 
  
 C. Headings. Section and subsection headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only
and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect. 
  

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 D. Applicable Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK), WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF
LAWS PRINCIPLES. 
  
 E. Counterparts; Effectiveness.
This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but
one and the same instrument; signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signature pages are physically attached to the same document. This Amendment (other than the provisions
of Section 1 hereof, the effectiveness of which is governed by Section 2 hereof) shall become effective upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by Borrower, each Credit Support Party and Administrative Agent and the execution of a Lender Consent
by consenting Lenders and receipt by Borrower and Administrative Agent of written or telephonic notification of such execution and authorization of delivery thereof. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and
delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	CENTRAL GARDEN & PET COMPANY
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/  Stuart W. Booth

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 
	
	 ALL-GLASS AQUARIUM CO., INC.
 FOUR
PAWS PRODUCTS LTD.
 GRANT LABORATORIES, INC.
 GRO
TEC, INC.

	KAYTEE PRODUCTS, INC.
	MATTHEWS REDWOOD & NURSERY SUPPLY, INC.
	NORCAL POTTERY PRODUCTS, INC.
	OCEANIC SYSTEMS, INC.
	PENNINGTON SEED INC. OF NEBRASKA
	PENNINGTON SEED, INC.
	PHAETON CORPORATION
	SEEDS WEST, INC.
	T.F.H. PUBLICATIONS, INC.
	WELLMARK INTERNATIONAL
	 (for purposes of Section 4 only)

	 as a Credit Support Party

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/  Stuart W. Booth

	 Name:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 

  

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	CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
	 as Administrative Agent

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Dean J. Decker

	 	 	 Dean J. Decker

	 	 	 Managing Director

	 	 	 CIBC World Markets Corp., AS AGENT

  

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 EXHIBIT A 
 to Second Amendment 
 to Credit Agreement 
  
 CONSENT OF LENDER 
  
 Reference is hereby made to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”) dated as of February
    , 2004 by and between Central Garden & Pet Company, a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as administrative agent for the Lenders (“Administrative
Agent”), which is made with reference to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of May 14, 2003, as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of October     , 2003 (the “Credit
Agreement”), by and among Borrower, the financial institutions listed therein as Lenders, the Co-Syndication Agents listed therein, and the Administrative Agent. 
  
 The undersigned Lender hereby consents to the execution and delivery of the Amendment by Administrative Agent on its behalf,
substantially in the form of the draft presented to the undersigned Lender on February     , 2004. 
  
 Dated: February     , 2004 
  

			
	

	 [Name of Institution]

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	  

	 Title:
	 	  

  

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