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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001100682-25-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRL"
cik: "0001100682"
company_name: "CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC."
filed_at: "2025-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T13:05:30.119825+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Charles River Labs extends CEO Foster's term to Feb 2027; appoints four new directors

## Summary
- CEO James C. Foster's employment term extended by one year to February 12, 2027; all other terms unchanged.
- Board appointed Steven Barg, Mark Enyedy, Abraham Ceesay, and Paul Graves as directors, replacing four departing members.
- Shareholders elected seven directors, approved executive compensation (advisory) and ratification of PwC as auditor for FY2024.
- PETA shareholder proposal to report on non-human primate imports rejected with 38.1M votes against vs 3.5M for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001100682-25-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRL
- cik: 0001100682
- company_name: CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1100682/000110068225000023/0001100682-25-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1100682/000110068225000023/crl-20250520.htm

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