Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE:CSV) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE:CSV) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

The 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Carriage Services,
Inc. (the Company) was held on May 17, 2017. As of the record
date for the meeting, we had 16,689,360 shares of Common Stock
outstanding, each of which was entitled to one vote. The matters
presented for a vote and the related results are as follows:

PROPOSAL 1 ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Proposal 1 was the election of the nominee to serve as a Class
III director for a three-year term expiring on the date of the
2020 annual meeting. The result of the vote was as follows:



Nominee	Votes For	Votes Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Donald D. Patteson, Jr.	9,025,602	2,502,713	2,851,723

to the foregoing vote, the director nominee was duly elected as a
Class III director.

PROPOSAL 2 ADVISORY VOTE ON NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION

Proposal 2 was an advisory vote regarding the approval of the
Named Executive Officer compensation. The result of the vote was
as follows:



Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
9,316,334	2,149,142	62,837	2,851,724

to the foregoing vote, and the acceptance of the vote by the
Board of Directors of the Company, the Named Executive Officer
compensation, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement for the 2017
Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company, was approved.

PROPOSAL 3 ADVISORY VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF AN ADVISORY VOTE ON
NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION

Proposal 3 was an advisory vote the frequency of an advisory vote
for named executive officer compensation be on an annual basis.
The result of the vote was as follows:



One Year	Two Years	Three Years	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
11,226,290	73,180	203,352	25,491	2,851,724

to the foregoing vote, and the acceptance of the vote by the
Board of Directors of the Company, the advisory vote on Named
Executive Officer compensation will occur each year.

PROPOSAL 4 APPROVAL OF THE CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC. 2017 OMNIBUS
INCENTIVE PLAN

Proposal 4 was the approval of the Carriage Services, Inc. 2017
Omnibus Incentive Plan. The result of the vote was as follows:



Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
6,161,574	5,311,949	54,790	2,851,724

to the foregoing vote, the Carriage Services, Inc. 2017 Omnibus
Incentive Plan was approved.

PROPOSAL 5 RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM

Proposal 5 was the ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as the
independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2017. The result of the vote was as follows:



Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
14,347,902	23,994	8,141

to the foregoing vote, the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the
independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2017 was ratified.

About Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE:CSV)
Carriage Services, Inc. is a provider of death care services and merchandise in the United States. The Company operates in two business segments: Funeral Home Operations and Cemetery Operations. The Funeral Homes segment provides funeral services (traditional burial and cremation) and sells related merchandise, such as caskets and urns. Its cemetery products and services include interment services, the rights to interment in cemetery sites (primarily grave sites, mausoleum crypts and niches) and related cemetery merchandise, such as memorials and vaults. It serves suburban and rural markets. It provides funeral and cemetery services and products on both at-need (time of death) and preneed (planned prior to death) basis. It also maintains trusts in connection with funeral home and cemetery operations, including preneed funeral trusts, preneed cemetery merchandise and service trusts and cemetery perpetual care trusts. It operates approximately 167 funeral homes and 32 cemeteries. Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE:CSV) Recent Trading Information
Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE:CSV) closed its last trading session down -0.61 at 25.56 with 128,650 shares trading hands.