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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. We are diligent in complying with established accounting principles and are committed to providing financial information that is transparent, timely and accurate. We have established global processes through which employees, either directly or anonymously, can notify management (and the Audit Committee of the Board) of alleged accounting and auditing concerns or violations, including fraud. Our internal Disclosure Committee meets regularly and operates pursuant to formal disclosure procedures and guidelines to support our public reporting. Copies of our Corporate Governance Guidelines and our Related Person Transactions Policy are available on our website at www.criver.com under the “Investor Relations—Corporate Governance” caption. Reports and documents on our corporate website are not incorporated by reference into this Proxy Statement. Some of these reports contain cautionary statements regarding forward-looking information that should be carefully considered. Our statements and reports about our objectives may include statistics or metrics that are estimates, make assumptions based on developing standards that may change and provide aspirational goals that are not intended to be promises or guarantees. The statements and reports may also change at any time, and we undertake no obligation to update them, except as required by law. 29

Corporate Governance Snapshot Below is a summary of some of the key elements of our strong governance policies and practices:

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 Majority voting standardin uncontested director elections with a mandatory resignation policy that requires incumbent director nominees to submit a resignation that becomes effective upon the failure to receive a majority vote and the Board’s acceptance of the resignation 
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 Mandatory director retirement ageof 75 with grandfather provision permitting any director who was a member of the Board as of December 17, 2019, to retire at age 78                                                                                                             
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 Expectation of director attendancewith all directors attending over 75% of Board and respective Committee meetings in 2024                                                                                                                                                                 
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 Proxy Accessprovision in our by-laws by which eligible stockholders may nominate director candidates for inclusion in our proxy statement and proxy card                                                                                                                                   
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