---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-26-002326"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRL"
cik: "0001100682"
company_name: "CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC."
filed_at: "2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:56:33.695666+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Charles River appoints Glenn Coleman as CFO, effective April 6, 2026

## Summary
- Glenn Coleman, 58, joins from Premier, Inc. with 30+ years of financial leadership.
- Base salary $800,000; target bonus 85% of base; annual equity award value $3,000,000 for 2026.
- One-time new hire cash award of $1,875,000 and equity award of $3,500,000 (RSUs vesting over 4 years).
- Coleman succeeds interim CFO Michael Knell, who continues as CAO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-26-002326
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRL
- cik: 0001100682
- company_name: CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1100682/000095010326002326/0000950103-26-002326-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1100682/000095010326002326/dp241741_8k.htm

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