{"url_path":"/sec/csv/proxy/2026-03-27/000110465926036099","section_key":"body","section_title":"DEFA14A body","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"DEFA14A","doc_date":"2026-03-27","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/0001104659-26-036099-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-036099","cik":"0001016281","ticker":"CSV","issuer_name":"CARRIAGE SERVICES INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/0001104659-26-036099-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001016281","primary_entity_name":"CARRIAGE SERVICES INC"},"word_count":773,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"DEFA14A\n1\ntm261332d3_defa14a.htm\nDEFA14A\n\n** **\n\n****\n\n** **\n\n**UNITED STATES**\n\n**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**\n\n**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**\n\n**SCHEDULE 14A**\n\n**Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of\nthe**\n\n**Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )**\n\nFiled by the\nRegistrant x\n\nFiled by a\nParty other than the Registrant ¨\n\nCheck the appropriate box:\n\n¨ Preliminary\nProxy Statement\n\n¨ **Confidential,\nFor Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))**\n\n¨ Definitive\nProxy Statement\n\nx Definitive\nAdditional Materials\n\n¨ Soliciting\nMaterial Under Rule 14a-12\n\n**Carriage Services, Inc.**\n\n**(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)**\n\n**(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if\nother than the Registrant)**\n\nPayment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):\n\nx No\nfee required.\n\n¨ Fee\npaid previously with preliminary materials.\n\n¨ Fee\ncomputed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.\n\n1. Election of two Class III Directors for a three-year term ending at the 2029 Annual\nMeeting of Shareholders.\nDonald D. Patteson, Jr.\nDouglas B. Meehan\n\n2. Approve our proposed amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate\nof Incorporation to declassify the Board of Directors.\n3. To approve on an advisory basis our 2025 Named Executive Officers’ compensation.\n4. Approve our proposed Second Amendment to the Company’s 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan.\n5. Ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting\nfirm for the fiscal year ended 2026.\nNote: In their discretion, the Proxies are authorized to vote upon any other business as may\nproperly come before the meeting or any adjournment(s) thereof.\nNOMINEES:\nThis communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. We\nencourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting.\nIf you want to receive a paper or e-mail copy of the proxy materials you must request one. There is no charge to you for requesting a\ncopy. To facilitate timely delivery please make the request as instructed below before April 28, 2026.\nPlease visit investors.carriageservices.com/sec-filings-annual-reports-proxy-investor-materials, where the following materials are\navailable for view:\n• Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders\n• Proxy Statement\n• Form of Electronic Proxy Card\n• Annual Report on Form 10-K\nTO REQUEST MATERIAL: TELEPHONE: 1-888-Proxy-NA (1-888-776-9962) or +1-201-299-6210 worldwide\nE-MAIL: help@equiniti.com\nWEBSITE: us.astfinancial.com/OnlineProxyVoting/ProxyVoting/RequestMaterials\nTO VOTE: ONLINE: To access your online proxy card, please visit www.voteproxy.com and follow the on-screen\ninstructions or scan the QR code with your smartphone. You may enter your voting instructions at\nwww.voteproxy.com up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off or meeting date.\nIN PERSON: You may vote your shares in person by attending the Annual Meeting.\nTELEPHONE: To vote by telephone, please visit www.voteproxy.com to view the materials and to obtain\nthe toll free number to call.\nMAIL: You may request a card by following the instructions above.\nCOMPANY NUMBER\nACCOUNT NUMBER\nCONTROL NUMBER\nJOHN SMITH\n1234 MAIN STREET\nAPT. 203\nNEW YORK, NY 10038\nPlease note that you cannot use this notice to vote by mail.\nImportant Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of\nCARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.\nTo Be Held On:\nMay 12, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. Central Time\n3040 Post Oak Blvd., Lobby Conference Room, Houston, Texas 77056\n\n0\n------------------ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ----------------\n14475\nCARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.\nProxy Solicited on Behalf of the Board of Directors\nfor the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 12, 2026\nThe undersigned, hereby revoking all prior proxies, hereby appoints Carlos R. Quezada\nand Steven D. Metzger, and each of them, his true and lawful proxies, with full and several\npower of substitution, to vote all the shares of Common Stock of CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.\nstanding in the name of the undersigned, at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of CARRIAGE\nSERVICES, INC. to be held on May 12, 2026, and at any adjournments or postponements thereof,\non all matters coming before said meeting.\nThis proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in accordance with your\nindicated directions. If no direction is made, this proxy will be voted FOR the\nelection of the director nominees in Proposal 1 and FOR Proposals 2, 3, 4, and 5,\nand as the proxies deem advisable on all other matters that may properly come\nbefore the meeting.\n(Continued and to be signed on the reverse side)\n1.1"}