Company: CRL
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-030908
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Company: CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
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Ratification of Auditors We are asking our shareholders to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2025. Set forth below is a summary of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ fees for services for fiscal years 2024 and 2023.

| ​                  | ​ | ​ | 2024 |   |           |   | ​ | ​ | 2023 |   |           |   | ​ |
|:-------------------|:--|:--|:-----|:--|----------:|:--|:--|:--|:-----|:--|----------:|:--|:--|
| Audit fees         | ​ | ​ | ​    | $ | 7,059,541 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​    | $ | 6,633,855 | ​ | ​ |
| Audit related fees | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ | 1,407,000 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ | 1,248,900 | ​ | ​ |
| Tax fees           | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ |   873,360 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ | 1,080,672 | ​ | ​ |
| All other fees     | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ |   402,000 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ |   742,125 | ​ | ​ |
| Total              | ​ | ​ | ​    | $ | 9,741,901 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​    | $ | 9,705,552 | ​ | ​ |

Details regarding these fees can be found on page 79of this Proxy Statement. Shareholder Proposal The Board recommends a vote against a proposal submitted by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

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CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
251 Ballardvale Street
Wilmington, Massachusetts 01887
(781) 222-6000 PROXY STATEMENT For Annual Meeting of Shareholders
to Be Held May 20, 2025 GENERAL INFORMATION This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors of Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, of proxies, in the accompanying form, to be used at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held at the offices of Cooley LLP