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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Charles River Laboratories (CRL)

Charles River CFO Flavia Pease resigns; interim CFO named, 2025 guidance reaffirmed

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

Chief Financial Officer Flavia H. Pease will resign effective September 29, 2025, to pursue another opportunity, and Michael G. Knell, the Chief Accounting Officer, will serve as interim CFO until a permanent successor is named. The company said her decision was not the result of any disagreement over financial statements, internal controls, operations, policies or practices, and it reaffirmed its 2025 revenue and non-GAAP earnings per share guidance first provided on August 6, 2025.

Key points

  • Flavia H. Pease resigns as CFO effective September 29, 2025, to pursue another opportunity
  • Michael G. Knell, age 49, joined the company in April 2017 and will serve as interim CFO, effective upon Pease's departure
  • The company has commenced a comprehensive search for a permanent CFO; Knell's compensation terms were not determined as of the filing date
  • 2025 revenue and non-GAAP EPS guidance, previously provided August 6, 2025, was reaffirmed

The filing

CompanyCharles River Laboratories (CRL)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECSep 16, 2025, 7:10 AM ET
Accession number0000950103-25-011676

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:11 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on September 16, 2025.

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