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STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685) 1. Publication Title: Pet Product News International 2. Publication Number. 1935-6323. 3. Filing Date: 10/1/17. 4. Issue Frequency: Monthly. 5. Number of Issues Published Annually: 12. 6. Annual Subscription Price: $42. 7. Complete Mailing Address of Known Office of Publication: PPN, LLC, 333 Seventh Ave, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10001. Contact Person: Brian Mc Tigue, Telephone (212) 979-4813. 8. Complete Mailing Address of Headquarters or General Business Office of the Publisher: PPN, LLC, 333 Seventh Ave, 11th Floor, New York, N Y 10001. 9. Full Names and Complete Mailing Addresses of Publisher, Editor, and Managing Editor: Director of Sales and Marketing: Trish Rodriguez, PPN, LLC, 333 Seventh Ave, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10001. Editor: Jennifer Boncy, PPN, LLC, 333 Seventh Ave, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10001. 10. Owner: PPN, LLC, 333 Seventh Ave, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10001. 11. Known Bondholders, Mortgagees, and Other Security Holders Owning or Holding 1 Percent or More of Total Amount of Bonds, Mortgages, or Other Securities: none. 12. N/A. 13. Publication Title: Pet Product News International. 14. Issue Date for Circulation Data: October 2016 – September 2017. 15. Extent and Nature of Circulation: A. Total number of copies: Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 26,512. Actual number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: 25,882. B. Legitimate Paid and/or Requested Distribution (by mail and outside the mail): B1. Outside County Paid/ Requested Mail Subscriptions stated on PS Form 3541. Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 23,410. Actual number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: 24,156. B2. In-County Paid/Requested Mail Subscriptions stated on PS Form 3541. Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 0. Actual number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: 0. B3. Sales Through Dealers and Carriers, Street Vendors, Counter Sales, and Other Paid or Requested Distribution Outside USPS. Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 601. Actual number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: 406. B4. Requested Copies Distributed by Other Mail Classes Through the USPS (e.g. First-Class Mail). Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 0. Actual number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: 0. C. Total Paid and/or Requested Circulation: Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 24,011. Actual number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: 24,562. D. Nonrequested Distribution (by mail and outside the mail): D1. Outside County Nonrequested Copies Stated on PS Form 3541. Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 742. Actual number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: 708. D2. In-County Nonrequested Copies Stated on PS Form 3541. Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 0. Actual number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: 0. D3. Nonrequested Copies Distributed Through the USPS by Other Classes of Mail. Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 0. Actual number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: 0. D4. Nonrequested Copies Distributed Outside the Mail (Include Pickup Stands, Trade Shows, Showrooms and Other Sources). Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 585. Actual number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: 0. E. Total Nonrequested Distribution: Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 1,327. Actual number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: 708. F. Total Distribution: Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 25,338. Actual number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: 25,270. G. Copies not Distributed: Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 1,174. Actual number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: 612. H. Total: Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 26,512. Actual number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: 25,882. I. Percent Paid and/or Requested Circulation: Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 94.76%. Actual number of copies of single issue published nearest to filing date: 97.20%. 16. Total circulation doesn’t include electronic copies. 17. Publication of Statement of Ownership: Will be printed in the November 2016 issue of this publication. 18. Signature and Title of Editor, Publisher, Business Manager, or Owner: Brian McTigue, Circulation Director. 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