PROXY STATEMENT
This Proxy Statement is being furnished to you by the Board of Directors (our Board) of Carriage Services, Inc. (Carriage
Services, Carriage, the Company, we, us or our) for use at our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (our Annual Meeting).
Annual Meeting Date and Location
We intend to hold our Annual Meeting in person at our offices at 3040 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 850, Houston, Texas 77056, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022,
at 9:00 a.m., Central Standard Time. If you plan to attend in person, please use the main lobby entrance where you will see an area to check in prior to entering the room.
We continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation and the related recommendations and protocols issued by public
health authorities and federal, state, and local governments. If necessary, we may impose additional procedures or limitations on meeting attendees or determine that alternate Annual Meeting arrangements are advisable or required (i.e., a
virtual-only meeting). If we determine that such alternative arrangements are advisable or required, then we will announce our decision and post additional information on our Investors Relations website at www.carriageservices.com and file a notice
with the SEC. Please check this website in advance of the Annual Meeting date if you are planning to attend in person.
Delivery of Proxy Materials
Mailing Date and Delivery of Proxy Materials
On or about April 4, 2022, we will begin mailing a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the Notice of Availability) to
our stockholders containing instructions on how to access the Proxy Materials and submit your proxy online. We have made these Proxy Materials available to you over the internet or, upon your request, have delivered paper copies of these materials
to you by mail, in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board for our Annual Meeting.
Stockholders Sharing
the Same Address
Each stockholder of record will receive one Notice of Internet Availability, regardless of whether you have the same
address as another registered stockholder. If your shares are held in street name (that is, in the name of a financial institution, broker or other holder of record), applicable rules permit brokerage firms and the Company, under certain
circumstances, to send one Notice of Internet Availability to multiple stockholders who share the same address. This practice is known as householding. Householding saves printing and postage costs by reducing duplicate mailings. If you
hold your shares through a broker, you may have consented to reducing the number of copies of materials delivered to your address. In the event that you wish to revoke a householding consent you previously provided, you must contact your
broker to revoke your consent. You may also contact the Company directly to request copies of materials by submitting a written request to our Corporate Secretary at 3040 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 300, Houston, TX 77056. If your household is
receiving multiple copies of the Notice of Availability and you wish to request delivery of a single copy, you should contact your broker directly.
Questions and Answers About Our Annual Meeting and Voting
Why am I receiving these proxy materials?
Our
Board is soliciting your proxy to vote at our Annual Meeting because you owned shares of our common stock, par value $.01 per share (the Common Stock) at the close of business on March 18, 2022, the record date for our Annual
Meeting (the Record Date), and are therefore entitled to vote at our Annual Meeting.
This Proxy Statement, along with a proxy card, is
made accessible, free of charge to you, via the Internet at http://investors.carriageservices.com/annuals-proxies.cfm, or if elected, mailed to our stockholders on
2022 Proxy
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