SC 13D/A 1 doc1.htm Schedule 13D
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 1 )*

Charles River Laboratories International
(Name of Issuer)


Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)


159864107
(CUSIP Number)


Andrew Davalla,  605 Third Avenue  New York,  NY  10158  Phone : 646-497-4674
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)


October 12, 2010
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)



If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box.    x

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
 

1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
   
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
   
Neuberger Berman Group LLC
    
   
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
o
 
(b)
x
   
3
SEC USE ONLY
   
     
   
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
   
OO
    
   
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(e) or 2(f)
 
o
 
   
   
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
Delaware
    
   
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
   
0
    
   
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
   
2876785
    
   
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
   
0
    
   
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
   
3436619
    
   
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
3436619
    
   
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
 
x
 
   
   
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
5.19%
   
   
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
   
HC
    
   
 
 
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
   
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
   
Neuberger Berman LLC
    
   
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
o
 
(b)
x
   
3
SEC USE ONLY
   
     
   
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
   
OO
    
   
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(e) or 2(f)
 
o
 
   
   
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
Delaware
    
   
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
   
0
    
   
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
   
1831694
    
   
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
   
0
    
   
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
   
2346028
    
   
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
2346028
    
   
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
 
x
 
   
   
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
3.54%
   
   
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
   
IA  BD
    
   
 
 
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
   
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
   
Neuberger Berman Management LLC
    
   
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a)
o
 
(b)
x
   
3
SEC USE ONLY
   
     
   
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
   
OO
    
   
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(e) or 2(f)
 
o
 
   
   
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
   
Delaware
    
   
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
   
0
    
   
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
   
1045091
    
   
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
   
0
    
   
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
   
1090591
    
   
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
   
1090591
    
   
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
 
o
 
   
   
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
   
1.65%
   
   
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
   
IA
    
   
 
 
 
 
Item 1.
Security and Issuer
  
 
 
The class of equity securities to which this Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D relates is the common shares of Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (the “Issuer’), (the “Securities”), a Delaware corporation, having its principal business office at 255 Ballardvale Street, Wilmington, Massachusetts 01887.
 
Item 2.
Identity and Background
  
 
 
(a)
This statement is being filed by the following persons: Neuberger Berman Group LLC (“NBG”), Neuberger Berman Holdings LLC (“NB Holdings”), Neuberger Berman Management LLC (“NBM”) and Neuberger Berman LLC (“NB LLC”) (the “Reporting Persons”).

 
(b)
NBG, NB Holdings, NBM and NB LLC are Delaware limited liability companies, each having its principal business office at 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158.

 
(c)
NBG is the parent company of various subsidiaries engaged in the investment advisory business.

NB Holdings is the holding company of NB LLC, NBM and certain other subsidiaries engaged in the investment advisory business primarily with respect to equities.

NBM, an indirect subsidiary of NBG, is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and a limited purpose broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. As a registered investment adviser (“RIA”), NBM provides investment advisory services to investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

NB LLC, an indirect subsidiary of NBG, is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. As a RIA, NB LLC provides discretionary investment advisory services to private investors, institutions, endowments, employee benefit plans, foundations and others.

The information required by instruction C to Schedule 13D with respect to the executive officers and directors of the Reporting Persons is set forth below.

Neuberger Berman Group LLC
Directors

Joseph Amato

Robert D’Alelio

William Fox

Jack McCarthy

George Walker

Richard Worley

Lawrence Zicklin

Executive Officers

George Walker
Chief Executive Officer

Joseph Amato
President

Heather Zuckerman
Secretary and Executive Vice President

Andrew Komaroff Chief
Operating Officer and Executive Vice President

Irene Ashkenazy
Treasurer

Neuberger Berman Holdings LLC
Executive Officers

Joseph Amato
President and Chief Executive Officer

Kevin Handwerker
Secretary and General Counsel

Irene Ashkenazy
Vice President and Treasurer

Neuberger Berman Management LLC
Executive Officers

Robert Conti
President, Chief Executive Officer

Joseph Amato
Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer -Equities

Brad Cetron
Chief Compliance Officer, Director of Compliance –B/D

Chamaine Williams
Chief Compliance Officer, Director of Compliance –I/A

John Dorogoff
Chief Operations Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer

Maxine Gerson
General Counsel and Managing Director

Bradley Tank
Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer –Fixed Income

Neuberger Berman LLC
Executive Officers

Joseph Amato
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer - Equities

Brad Cetron
Chief Compliance Officer

John Dorogoff
Chief Operations Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer

Kevin Handwerker
General Counsel and Managing Director

Bradley Tank
Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer –Fixed Income

 
(d)
None of the individuals referenced above have been convicted in a criminal proceeding in the past five years.

 
(e)
None of the individuals referenced above have been party to a civil proceeding or a judicial or administrative proceeding or subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws in the past five years.

 
(f)
All of the individuals referenced above are citizens of the United States.
 
Item 3.
Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
  
 
 
Not applicable.
 
Item 4.
Purpose of Transaction
  
 
None of the Reporting Persons nor any of the individuals referenced above have any plans or proposals with respect to the Issuer which relate to or would result in the events listed in Item 4 (a) – (j) of the instructions for Schedule 13D.

 
(a)
Not applicable.

 
(b)
Not applicable.

 
(c)
Not applicable.

 
(d)
Not applicable.

 
(e)
Not applicable.

 
(f)
Not applicable.

 
(g)
Not applicable.

 
(h)
Not applicable.

 
(i)
Not applicable.

 
(j)
Not applicable.
 
Item 5.
Interest in Securities of the Issuer
  
 
(a)
The aggregate number of Securities to which this Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D relates is 3,436,619 shares, representing 5.19% of the 66,259,289 common shares reported as outstanding in the Issuer’s most recent Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ending June 26, 2010. The Reporting Persons beneficially own the Securities as follows:

Common Shares % of Common Shares Outstanding

NBM 1,090,591 1.65%

NB LLC 2,346,028 3.54%

As a result of NBG’s and NB Holdings’ indirect and direct ownership of NB LLC and NBM, each of NBG and NB Holdings are deemed to beneficially own the Securities beneficially owned by NBM and NB LLC.

 
(b)
NBM has been granted discretionary voting and dispositive power with respect to 1,045,091 of the shares reported herein as being beneficially owned by it. In addition, NBM has been granted discretionary dispositive power, but not voting power, with respect to the remaining 45,500 shares reported herein as beneficially owned by it. NB LLC has been granted discretionary voting and dispositive power with respect to 1,831,694 of the shares reported herein as being beneficially owned by it, and with respect to such shares, NB LLC shares voting and dispositive power with its clients in whose accounts the shares are held. In addition, NB LLC has been granted discretionary dispositive power, but not voting power, with respect to the remaining 514,334 shares reported herein as beneficially owned by it. NB LLC shares only dispositive power with those clients in whose accounts such shares are held.

 
(c)
Transactions effected during the past sixty days are set forth below. All transactions were effected on the New York Stock Exchange.

 
 
Transaction Date Shares or Unites Purchased (Sold) Price Per Share or Unit 
 
 
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(d)
Not applicable.

 
(e)
Not applicable.
 
Item 6.
Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer
  
 
 
The Reporting Persons hold $8,164,000(par value) of the Issuer’s 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Notes”). Due to conversion conditions of the Notes, it is not possible as of the date of this filing for the Reporting Persons to convert the Notes into common stock of the Issuer.
 
Item 7.
Material to Be Filed as Exhibits
  
 
 
 
Signature
 
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 
Neuberger Berman Group LLC
  
       
October 13, 2010
By:
/s/ Kevin Handwerker
  
   
General Counsel
  
       
 
Neuberger Berman LLC
  
       
October 13, 2010
By:
/s/ Kevin Handwerker
  
   
General Counsel
  
       
 
Neuberger Berman Management LLC
  
       
October 13, 2010
By:
/s/ Robert Conti
  
   
President and Chief Executive Officer
  
       
 
The original statement shall be signed by each person on whose behalf the statement is filed or his authorized representative. If the statement is signed on behalf of a person by his authorized representative (other than an executive officer or general partner of the filing person), evidence of the representative’s authority to sign on behalf of such person shall be filed with the statement: provided, however, that a power of attorney for this purpose which is already on file with the Commission may be incorporated by reference. The name and any title of each person who signs the statement shall be typed or printed beneath his signature.

Footnotes: 
 
Attention: Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal criminal violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)