Company: CRL
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-030908
Chunk: 104

Company: CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 104
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 and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 28, 2024. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has served as our auditor since 1999. The members of the Audit Committee and Board believe that the continued retention of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm is in our best interests and the best interests of our shareholders. The Audit Committee proposes that the shareholders ratify this appointment for the fiscal year ending December 27, 2025. We expect that a representative of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP will be present at the Annual Meeting, with the opportunity to make a statement if he or she so desires, and will be available to respond to appropriate questions. In the event that ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm is not obtained at the Meeting, the Audit Committee will reconsider its appointment. Even if ratification is obtained, the Audit Committee may decide in the future it is in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders to no longer retain PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Statement of Fees Paid to Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The following table presents fees for professional services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the audit of our annual financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 28, 2024 and December 30, 2023, and fees for other services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for those periods.

| ​                     | ​ | ​ | 2024 |   |           |   | ​ | ​ | 2023 |   |           |   | ​ |
|:----------------------|:--|:--|:-----|:--|----------:|:--|:--|:--|:-----|:--|----------:|:--|:--|
| Audit fees(1)         | ​ | ​ | ​    | $ | 7,059,541 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​    | $ | 6,633,855 | ​ | ​ |
| Audit related fees(2) | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ | 1,407,000 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ | 1,248,900 | ​ | ​ |
| Tax fees(3)           | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ |   873,360 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ | 1,080,672