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 2023 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, Lobby Conference Room, Houston, Texas 77056, on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 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 conference room.
In the event circumstances change to prevent or limit an in-person meeting, we may implement 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 our 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 3, 2023, 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 17, 2023, 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 or about April 3, 2023. This Proxy Statement summarizes the information that you need to know in order
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