---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001100682-24-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRL"
cik: "0001100682"
company_name: "CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T03:20:06.052752+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Charles River Labs annual meeting: all director nominees elected, say-on-pay approved, PETA proposal rejected

## Summary
- Eleven directors elected; Martin W. Mackay received lowest support with 39.8M for, 6.4M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with 43.8M for, 2.3M against.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor for fiscal 2024 approved with 45.6M for, 2.6M against.
- PETA shareholder proposal on non-human primate import report defeated: 11.4M for, 34.5M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001100682-24-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRL
- cik: 0001100682
- company_name: CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1100682/000110068224000020/0001100682-24-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1100682/000110068224000020/crl-20240508.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. shareholders approved Advisory, non-binding approval of named executive officer compensation at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: The shareholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of our named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1100682/000110068224000020/0001100682-24-000020-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. shareholders approved Election of eleven directors at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: The following eleven (11) directors were elected to serve until our 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and received the number of votes listed opposite each of their names below
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1100682/000110068224000020/0001100682-24-000020-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal to publish a report on non-human primates imported by the Company at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: The shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal submitted by PETA to publish a report on non-human primates imported by the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1100682/000110068224000020/0001100682-24-000020-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditors for fiscal 2024 at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: The shareholders approved the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent auditors for fiscal 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1100682/000110068224000020/0001100682-24-000020-index.htm

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