8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 28, 2023 (April 27, 2023)

Carriage Services, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-11961	76-0423828
(State or other jurisdiction    of incorporation)	(Commission    File Number)	(IRS Employer    Identification No.)

3040 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 300

Houston, Texas 77056

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

     (713) 332-8400

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	CSV	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

                                         Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

On March 13, 2023, Melvin C. Payne, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Carriage Services, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a stock trading plan designed to comply with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Plan”). Rule 10b5-1 permits officers and directors of public companies, who routinely become aware of material nonpublic information and therefore are unable to sell company securities until the information has been made public, to plan in advance for their liquidity or other needs by adopting, at a time when they are not in possession of material non-public information, a written plan providing for securities transactions to occur over specified future periods of time under specified conditions. Once an individual has entered into a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, the individual has no discretion or control over whether or when transactions in Company securities will occur pursuant to the Plan.

The Plan provides for sales of Company securities as part of his long-term asset diversification, tax, estate and financial planning strategy, and is in accordance with the Company’s Insider Trading & Anti-Hedging Policy. Under the terms of the Plan, Mr. Payne will sell 50,000 shares of the Company’s common stock on a specified date every three months beginning on June 13, 2023 and continuing through December 31, 2024. Accordingly, the maximum number of shares to be sold under the Plan is 350,000.

Any transactions under the Plan will be disclosed publicly through Form 144 and Form 4 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission to the extent required by law.

The information furnished in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

The following are furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit	Description
101	Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document
104	The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as Inline XBRL

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Carriage Services, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.
Dated: April 28, 2023	By:	/s/ Steven D. Metzger
		Steven D. Metzger
		Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit	Description
101	Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document
104	The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as Inline XBRL

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