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0001594796
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0001053706
CHARLES RIVER CORPORATION
000-24049
200 Clarendon Street
Boston
MA
02116-5092
617-425-3000
CHRISTINE R DETRICK
Director
Common
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services
1 New York Plaza
8th Floor
New York
NY
10004
2500
410138.25
6915601
05/10/2024
NASDAQ
Common
07/08/2021
Restricted stock vesting under a registered plan
Issuer
N
509
07/08/2021
Not Applicable
Common
05/08/2023
Restricted stock vesting under a registered plan
Issuer
N
493
05/08/2023
Not Applicable
Common
07/28/2022
Restricted stock vesting under a registered plan
Issuer
N
291
07/28/2022
Not Applicable
Common
07/08/2022
Restricted stock vesting under a registered plan
Issuer
N
509
07/08/2022
Not Applicable
Common
05/07/2021
Restricted stock vesting under a registered plan
Issuer
N
492
05/07/2021
Not Applicable
Common
05/09/2022
Restricted stock vesting under a registered plan
Issuer
N
206
05/09/2022
Not Applicable
Y
05/10/2024
/s/ Christine Rose Detrick