When did Charles River Laboratories become a publicly traded company?
Charles River initially went public in 1968 on the NASDAQ and was later bought by Bausch & Lomb in 1984. In September 1999, the executive management team did a leveraged buyout of the company. In June 2000, the company launched an initial public offering and again became a public company. It trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “CRL.
