Company: CRL
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-030908
Chunk: 21

Company: CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 21
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 board experience, industry experience, independence, financial expertise and other relevant information, and are interviewed by at least one member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. These candidates are discussed at regular or special meetings of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and may be considered at any point during the year. As described below, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee considers any director candidates recommended by shareholders as well as properly submitted shareholder nominations for candidates for the Board. If any materials are provided by a shareholder in connection with the nomination of a director candidate instead, such materials are forwarded to the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Such nominations must be in accordance with our By-laws. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee also reviews materials provided by professional search firms or other parties. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee evaluates all candidates based on the minimum qualifications described below under “—Board Nomination Process” as well as the criteria set forth in our Corporate Governance Guidelines. In evaluating nominations, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee seeks to recommend to shareholders a group that can best oversee our success and represent shareholder interests through the exercise of sound judgment using its diversity of experience in various areas. Whether the nominee is recommended by a shareholder or the Board, there is no difference in the manner in which the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee evaluates nominees. Finance Committee The Finance Committee was dissolved in February 2025. Its responsibilities will be reallocated to the Audit Committee and the Strategic Planning and Capital Allocation Committee. 21 The Finance Committee met one time in 2024. The members of the Finance Committee were: Mr. Wallman (Chair) and Dr. Mackay. The Finance Committee was responsible for: • assisting the Board in providing ongoing, broad-based guidance and input to management regarding opportunities to enhance finance systems and practices and to promote heightened levels of financial performance and efficiency; • reviewing and making recommendations to enhance the finance systems and practices used to support our portfolio of business; • reviewing our finance policies and practices; and • reviewing and making recommendations on matters pertaining to the finance systems and practices required to support our long-term business objectives and strategic plan. Responsible Animal Use Committee The Responsible Animal Use Committee met two times in 2024. The current members of the Responsible Animal Use Committee are: Drs. Mackay (Chair), Andrews, Kochevar, and Thompson, and Mr. Foster. The Responsible Animal Use Committee was created in 2023 to assist and advise with respect to the Company’s impact on responsible animal utilization