---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000089089-26-000046"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCI"
cik: "0000089089"
company_name: "SERVICE CORP INTERNATIONAL"
filed_at: "2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:17:23.153608+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SCI shareholders approve board governance changes: director minimum cut to 3, board can fill vacancies

## Summary
- Amendments to Articles and Bylaws approved at May 6 annual meeting; Articles effective May 7, Bylaws effective May 6.
- Board may now increase director count and fill newly created vacancies, removing prior shareholder-only restriction.
- Minimum board size reduced from 9 to 3 directors; maximum stays at 15.
- Changes give board more flexibility in composition and succession planning.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000089089-26-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCI
- cik: 0000089089
- company_name: SERVICE CORP INTERNATIONAL
- filed_at: 2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89089/000008908926000046/0000089089-26-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89089/000008908926000046/sci-20260506.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 1be10b1328424598035d4ecb8cde5354d7d2dcfc
  claim: SERVICE CORP INTERNATIONAL: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation to modify director-related provisions (effective 2026-05-07).
  evidence_excerpt: The amendments to the Articles of Incorporation, which became effective on May 7, 2026, and the amendments to the Bylaws, which became effective on May 6, 2026 , include (i) changes permitting the Board to increase the number of directors and fill newly created vacancies, thereby eliminating restrictions requiring that newly created directorships be filled only by shareholders at an annual or special meeting, and (ii) changes reducing the minimum number of directors constituting the Board from nine to three directors (with the maximum remaining at fifteen directors).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89089/000008908926000046/0000089089-26-000046-index.htm
- claim_id: 3bb477e3babf5e1d40c557f3c23b11c204afe57a
  claim: SERVICE CORP INTERNATIONAL: Amendments to Bylaws to modify director-related provisions (effective 2026-05-06).
  evidence_excerpt: The amendments to the Bylaws, which became effective on May 6, 2026 , include (i) changes permitting the Board to increase the number of directors and fill newly created vacancies, thereby eliminating restrictions requiring that newly created directorships be filled only by shareholders at an annual or special meeting, and (ii) changes reducing the minimum number of directors constituting the Board from nine to three directors (with the maximum remaining at fifteen directors).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89089/000008908926000046/0000089089-26-000046-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.