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FORM 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL
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/ / Check this box if no STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OMB Number: 3235-0287
longer subject to Expires: January 31, 2005
Section 16. Form 4 or Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Estimated average burden
Form 5 obligations may Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or hours per response .... 0.5
continue. SEE Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 -----------------------------
Instruction 1(b).
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
to Issuer (Check all applicable)
PALM JULIA D Charles River Laboratories Int'l., Inc (CRL) Director 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. I.R.S. Identification 4. Statement for ---- title ---- (specify
Number of Reporting Month/Day/Year below) below)
Person, if an entity Sr. Vice President
(voluntary)
251 Ballardvale Street 02/28/2003
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(Street) 5. If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
Date of Original (Check Applicable Line)
(Month/Day/Year) _X_Form filed by One Reporting Person
___Form filed by More than One
Wilmington MA 01887 Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of 2. Trans- 2A. Deemed 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
Security action Execution action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
(Instr. 3) Date Date, Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
if any (Instr. 8) Owned Follow- Direct Bene-
(Month/ (Month/ ing Reported (D) or ficial
Day/ Day/ ------------------------------------------ Transaction(s) Indirect Owner-
Year) Year) (A) or (Instr. 3 (I) ship
Code V Amount (D) Price and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock 02/07/03 M 5,000 A $ 5.33 D
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Common Stock 02/07/03 S 5,000 D $29.64 1,569 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction 4(b)(v).
POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM
ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALIED OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
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TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 3A. Deemed 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exer-
(Instr. 3) sion or action Execution tion Code ative Securities Ac- cisable and Ex-
Exercise Date Date, (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Dis- piration Date
Price of (Month/ if any posed of (D) (Month/Day/
Deriv- Day/ (Month/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Year)
ative Year) Day/
Security Year)
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Date Expira-
Exer- tion
Code V (A) (D) cisable Date
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Stock Options (Right to buy) $5.33 02/07/03 M 5,000 03/21/01 09/29/09
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7. Title and Amount of 8. Price of 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of
Underlying Securities Derivative Derivative Form of Indirect
(Instr. 3 and 4) Security Securities Derivative Beneficial
(Instr. 5) Beneficially Securities: Ownership
Owned Direct (D) or (Instr. 4)
Following Indirect (I)
Reported (Instr. 4)
Transaction(s)
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Title Amount or
Number of
Shares
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Common Stock 5,000 $5.33 16,006 D
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Explanation of Responses:
SEE ATTACHED PAGE(S)
/s/ Deborah E. Gray 02/28/03
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
By: Deborah E. Gray, Attorney-in-fact
PALM, JULIA D
251 Ballardvale Street
Wilmington MA 01887
Charles River Laboratories Int'l., Inc (CRL)
02/2003
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.
POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM
ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALIED OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
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