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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* Includes experience in any of the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostic device, or manufacturing industries.

Tenure and Age Distribution In addition to the skills, qualifications and attributes noted above, we believe the composition of our director nominees will ensure a balance of deep knowledge of the Company along with fresh perspectives.

| ​ | Tenure                      |   |   |   | ​ | ​ | Age         |   |   |   | ​ |
| ​ | Newer Tenured (<5 years)    | ​ | ​ | 4 | ​ | ​ | <60 years   | ​ | ​ | 2 | ​ |
| ​ | Medium Tenured (6-10 years) | ​ | ​ | 2 | ​ | ​ | 60-70 years | ​ | ​ | 5 | ​ |
| ​ | Longer Tenured (>10 years)  | ​ | ​ | 5 | ​ | ​ | >70 years   | ​ | ​ | 4 | ​ |

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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ITS COMMITTEES Board Leadership Structure and the Role of the Board of Directors in Risk Oversight We are led by Mr. James C. Foster, who has served as our President since 1991, our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since 1992 and Chair of the Board since 2000. Our Board of Directors is currently composed of Mr. Foster and ten directors, each of whom, other than Mr. Foster, is independent. One of our independent directors, currently Mr. George E. Massaro, serves as our Lead Director. It is our current practice that the positions of Chair of the Board and CEO be held by the same person. We believe that this leadership structure has been effective for us because it promotes clear accountability, effective decision-making and alignment on corporate strategy. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines require the election, by the independent directors, of a Lead Director. The Lead Director helps to provide independent oversight and is responsible for ensuring that the Board is acting in conformity with good corporate governance practices and in our long-term best interests. Our Lead Director has broad responsibility and authority, including to: • establish, with the Chair of the Board, the schedule and agendas for Board and committee meetings, including approving meeting agendas and assuring there is sufficient time for discussion of all agenda items; • develop agendas for, and preside over, executive sessions of the Board’s independent directors; • assist the Board and the Corporate Governance