SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 1) Central Garden & Pet Company (Name of Issuer) Common Stock (Title of Class of Securities) 153527106 (CUSIP Number) *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). (Continued on following pages) Page 1 of 4 Pages CUSIP NO. 153527106 13G Page 2 of 4 Pages 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON OppenheimerFunds, Inc. I.R.S. NO. 13-2527171 - ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* ------------------------------------------------------------ A ------------- B X ------------- - ------ ---- ------------- ------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY - ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Colorado - ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 5 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 0 BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH -------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------- 6 SHARED VOTING POWER 0 -------- -------------------------------------------------------------- 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 -------- -------------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 330,000 -------- ------------- ------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 330,000 ------------- ------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ------------- ------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 1.26% ------------- ------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IA - ------ -------- ------------- ------------- *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Schedule 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Item 1(a) Name of Issuer: Central Garden & Pet Company Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 3697 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Suite 310 Lafayette, CA 94549 Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing: OppenheimerFunds, Inc. Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office: Two World Trade Center, Suite 3400 New York, New York 10048-0203 Item 2(c) Citizenship: Inapplicable Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock Item 2(e) CUSIP Number: 153527106 Item 3(e) X Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of --- the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Item 4(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 330,000 shares Item 4(b) Percent of Class: 1.26% Item 4(c)(i) Sole Power to vote or to direct the vote - 0 Item 4(c)(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote - 0 Item 4(c)(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of - 0 Item 4(c)(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of - 330,000 shares Page 3 of 4 Pages Item 5 Ownership to Five Percent or Less of a Class: -------------------------------------------- If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof, the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the class of securities, check the following: X Item 6 Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another ---------------------------------------------------------- Person: Inapplicable Item 7 Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which --------------------------------------------------------- Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company: Inapplicable Item 8 Identification and Classification of Members of the Group: --------------------------------------------------------- Inapplicable Item 9 Notice of Dissolution of Group: ------------------------------ Inapplicable Item 10 Certification: By signing below, I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect. SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: February 9, 1998 Signature: /s/ Merryl Hoffman Name/Title: Merryl Hoffman, Vice President sec\cen#1.13g Page 4 of 4 Pages