Company: CRL
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-030908
Chunk: 103

Company: CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 103
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 Audit Committee concerning independence. The Audit Committee has discussed with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP its independence. • Considered the status of taxation matters and other areas of oversight relating to the financial reporting and audit process that the Audit Committee determined appropriate. • Evaluated the annual inspection report by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and discussed the report with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. The Audit Committee also evaluated a report on PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s quality controls, and discussed the report with them. • Monitored compliance with the policies and procedures for the engagement of the independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee engaged the independent registered public accounting firm only for certain services including audit, audit related, and specifically approved tax and other services. • Monitored compliance with the policy and procedures for the confidential and anonymous receipt, retention and treatment of complaints regarding our accounting, internal controls over financial reporting and auditing matters. 77 Based on the Audit Committee’s review of the audited financial statements, the discussions referred to above, and representations made by and discussions with management and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that the audited financial statements be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2024 for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Ms. Virginia M. Wilson (Chair)
Mr. Robert Bertolini
Mr. George Llado, Sr.
Mr. George E. Massaro The foregoing report should not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, by any general statement incorporating by reference this Proxy Statement except to the extent that we specifically incorporate this information by reference and shall not otherwise be deemed filed under such Acts. 78

PROPOSAL THREE—
RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, to audit our financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 27, 2025, and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 27, 2025. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2024, and audited our financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2024,