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accession: "0001016281-24-000105"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSV"
cik: "0001016281"
company_name: "CARRIAGE SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T22:28:41.730203+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
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calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carriage Services Announces 2024 Annual Meeting Results and Committee Chair Appointment

## Summary
- Shareholders elected Julie Sanders and Somer Webb as Class I directors with over 7.7 million votes each.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed with 8,227,375 votes for and 1,830,402 against.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor for 2024 approved with 11,948,683 votes for.
- Julie Sanders appointed Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee, succeeding Chad Fargason who became Non-Executive Chairman.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001016281-24-000105
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSV
- cik: 0001016281
- company_name: CARRIAGE SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628124000105/0001016281-24-000105-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628124000105/csv-20240515.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001016281-24-000105.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CARRIAGE SERVICES INC shareholders approved RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-14
  source text: PROPOSAL 3 – RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Proposal 3 was the ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. The result of the vote was as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 11,948,683.04 49,718.00 44,611.00 — Pursuant to the foregoing vote, the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 was ratified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628124000105/0001016281-24-000105-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CARRIAGE SERVICES INC shareholders approved Election of Julie Sanders as Class I Director at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-14
  source text: ☐ ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS. On May 14, 2024, Carriage Services, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628124000105/0001016281-24-000105-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CARRIAGE SERVICES INC shareholders approved Election of Somer Webb as Class I Director at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-14
  source text: ☐ ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS. On May 14, 2024, Carriage Services, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628124000105/0001016281-24-000105-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CARRIAGE SERVICES INC shareholders approved ADVISORY VOTE ON NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS’ COMPENSATION at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-14
  source text: Proposal 2 was to approve, on an advisory basis, our Named Executive Officers’ compensation, as disclosed in our Proxy Statement. The result of the vote was as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 8,227,375.38 1,830,402.87 53,746.80 1,931,487.00 Pursuant to the foregoing vote, the Named Executive Officer compensation, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement for the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting, was approved on an advisory basis.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628124000105/0001016281-24-000105-index.htm

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