---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001016281-24-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSV"
cik: "0001016281"
company_name: "CARRIAGE SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T10:20:25.554573+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carriage Services appoints CFO Granmayeh as Principal Accounting Officer; amends executive agreements

## Summary
- Appointed L. Kian Granmayeh (EVP & CFO) as Principal Accounting Officer effective Feb 21, 2024; replaces Adeola Olaniyan who remains Corporate Controller.
- Amended employment agreements for CEO Carlos Quezada, President Steven Metzger, CFO Granmayeh, and SVP Shawn Phillips adopting 'net-best' cutback on parachute payments; eliminates tax gross-ups.
- Phillips' employment term extended to December 31, 2026.
- No new compensatory arrangements for Granmayeh; no family relationships or related transactions disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001016281-24-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSV
- cik: 0001016281
- company_name: CARRIAGE SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628124000035/0001016281-24-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628124000035/csv-20240227.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001016281-24-000035
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001016281-24-000035.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001016281-24-000035.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Adeola Olaniyan changed role as Principal Accounting Officer at CARRIAGE SERVICES INC.
  - Action: ceased serving
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: In connection with the appointment of Mr. Granmayeh as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer, effective February 21, 2024, Adeola Olaniyan ceased serving as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer. Ms. Olaniyan continues to serve as the Company’s Corporate Controller.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628124000035/0001016281-24-000035-index.htm
- Executive change
  L. Kian Granmayeh was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at CARRIAGE SERVICES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: Effective February 21, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed L. Kian Granmayeh, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer), as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628124000035/0001016281-24-000035-index.htm

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