---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001016281-24-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSV"
cik: "0001016281"
company_name: "CARRIAGE SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2024-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T08:18:35.697969+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carriage Services appoints Kathryn Shanley as Chief Accounting Officer

## Summary
- Shanley appointed CAO effective March 25, 2024; Granmayeh ceases as Principal Accounting Officer but remains CFO.
- Shanley was Assistant VP and Assistant Controller at Service Corp. International for 10 years; CPA with M.S./B.S. from LeTourneau Univ.
- Employment agreement: base salary $325K, target annual bonus ≥50% of base, target LTIP ≥150% of base.
- Initial term through Dec 31, 2026, auto-renew 12-month; non-compete for 12 months post-employment.
- Severance up to 12 months base salary (or 2x base plus target bonus if within corporate change period), subject to release.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001016281-24-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSV
- cik: 0001016281
- company_name: CARRIAGE SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2024-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628124000063/0001016281-24-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628124000063/csv-20240325.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001016281-24-000063
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001016281-24-000063.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001016281-24-000063.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kathryn Shanley was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) at CARRIAGE SERVICES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
  source text: Effective March 25, 2024, Kathryn Shanley has been appointed to serve as Carriage Service, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628124000063/0001016281-24-000063-index.htm
- Executive change
  L. Kian Granmayeh changed role as Principal Accounting Officer at CARRIAGE SERVICES INC.
  - Action: ceased
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: In connection with the appointment of Ms. Shanley as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) , effective March 25, 2024, L. Kian Granmayeh ceased serving as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628124000063/0001016281-24-000063-index.htm

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