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Carriage Services, Inc. 2025-2026 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and Carriage Services, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed May 14, 2026 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 13, 2026.

  • 6Ballot items
  • 197Asset managers
  • 1,195Fund votes
  • May 12, 2026Meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of May 12, 2026: 6 items on Carriage Services, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed May 14, 2026: 3 approved · 1 not approved · 2 without a stated outcome.

Not approved or not elected

Material dissent

Material dissent: a director nominee under 80% of the votes cast, say-on-pay under 70%, any other item the board put forward under 80%, or a shareholder proposal with more than 50%, on the company’s own Form 8-K tally. How this is decided · This season’s results screens

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Official 2025-2026 meeting results reported by Carriage Services, Inc.

These tallies are Carriage Services, Inc.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed May 14, 2026 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.

Carriage Services, Inc. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held May 12, 2026
Ballot itemForAgainst AbstainWithheldBroker non-votesSupport (of votes cast)Reported outcomeVoting standard
Elect Director: Donald D. Patteson, Jr. 11,137,853---- 857,7851,854,346 93%Not verified—
Elect Director: Douglas B. Meehan 11,336,853---- 658,8251,854,346 95%Not verified—
2. To approve an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to declassify the Board of Directors (the "Board") 11,975,33216,3603,986 --1,854,346 99.8%Not approved
Not approved: the filing states that this item needed more than a majority of the votes cast.
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3. To approve, on an advisory basis, our Named Executive Officers' compensation, as disclosed in our Proxy Statement 11,879,875104,95410,849 --1,854,346 99.1%Approved—
4. The approval of the Second Amendment to the Company's 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan 6,138,4085,843,51013,760 --1,854,346 51.2%Approved—
5. The ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 13,803,39843,4093,217 ---- 99.6%Approved—

This meeting is also recorded here as May 14, 2026; both records come from the same filing, so the date should be checked against it.

Source: Carriage Services, Inc., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 14, 2026 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the Carriage Services, Inc. 2025-2026 meeting

Each item below shows how the 197 asset managers that disclosed a Carriage Services, Inc. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.

1. Elect Director: Donald D. Patteson, Jr.

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

93% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 93%
FOR: 11,137,853WITHHELD: 857,785
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 60 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of two Class III Directors for a three-year term ending at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: Donald D. Patteson, Jr.

Carriage Services, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Donald D. Patteson, Jr.”): 11,137,853 for, 857,785 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 14, 2026 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 60 asset managers below reported 4,615,747 for, 175,313 withheld, 6,127 abstained.

FOR
FOR: 4,615,747ABSTAIN: 6,127WITHHOLD: 175,313
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of two Class III Directors for a three-year term ending at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: D” at Carriage Services, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Fidelity2,008,2580 00For
Vanguard934,3320 1615For
BlackRock515,4770 00For
HEARTLAND GROUP INC207,3000 00For
Dimensional00 0159,688Withhold
RBB FUND, INC.140,7770 00For
NICHOLAS Ltd EDITION, INC.131,5000 00For
Charles Schwab124,6320 00For
T. Rowe Price81,8920 00For
WisdomTree70,6090 00For
Allspring62,7490 00For
ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND50,8000 00For
TIAA40,1570 00For
Equitable33,2220 00For
American Century31,7170 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC23,5690 00For
Goldman Sachs23,1960 00For
Invesco18,2940 00For
Lincoln Financial9,9350 03,525Mixed
JPMorgan12,4390 00For
State Street12,1640 02For
AIG/SunAmerica7,0440 00For
Global X6,5270 00For
Northern Trust00 06,496Withhold
Principal Exchange-Traded Funds6,3590 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 60 asset managers. See all 60 in the interactive database.

2. Elect Director: Douglas B. Meehan

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

95% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 95%
FOR: 11,336,853WITHHELD: 658,825
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 60 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of two Class III Directors for a three-year term ending at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: Douglas B. Meehan

Carriage Services, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Douglas B. Meehan”): 11,336,853 for, 658,825 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 14, 2026 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 60 asset managers below reported 4,623,218 for, 168,121 withheld, 5,848 abstained.

FOR
FOR: 4,623,218ABSTAIN: 5,848WITHHOLD: 168,121
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of two Class III Directors for a three-year term ending at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: D” at Carriage Services, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Fidelity2,008,2580 00For
Vanguard934,9470 10For
BlackRock515,4770 00For
HEARTLAND GROUP INC207,3000 00For
Dimensional00 0159,688Withhold
RBB FUND, INC.140,7770 00For
NICHOLAS Ltd EDITION, INC.131,5000 00For
Charles Schwab124,6320 00For
T. Rowe Price81,8920 00For
WisdomTree70,6090 00For
Allspring62,7490 00For
ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND50,8000 00For
TIAA40,1570 00For
Equitable33,2220 00For
American Century31,7170 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC23,5690 00For
Goldman Sachs23,1960 00For
Invesco18,2940 00For
Lincoln Financial9,9350 03,525Mixed
JPMorgan12,4390 00For
State Street12,1660 00For
AIG/SunAmerica7,0440 00For
Global X6,5270 00For
Northern Trust6,4960 00For
Principal Exchange-Traded Funds6,3590 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 60 asset managers. See all 60 in the interactive database.

3. 2. To approve an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to declassify the Board…

Official resultCORPORATE GOVERNANCEReported outcome: Not approved

99.8% Not approved · of votes cast

FOR 99.8%
FOR: 11,975,332AGAINST: 16,360
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 61 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: APPROVE OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY'S AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO DECLASSIFY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Carriage Services, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“2. To approve an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to declassify the Board of Directors (the "Board")”): 11,975,332 for, 16,360 against — failed, per its Form 8-K filed May 14, 2026 (Item 5.07). This item required more than a simple majority of votes cast — see the filing.

Reported outcome: Not approved, in the filing’s own words: “Pursuant to the foregoing vote, the proposed amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to declassify the Board did not receive the required affirmative vote of at least 80% of the Company's outstanding shares entitled to vote.”
Not approved: the filing states that this item needed more than a majority of the votes cast.
Support: 99.8% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 61 asset managers below reported 4,797,507 for.

FOR
FOR: 4,797,507
Largest asset managers voting on “APPROVE OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY'S AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO DECLASSIF” at Carriage Services, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Fidelity2,008,2580 00For
Vanguard934,9480 00For
BlackRock515,4770 00For
HEARTLAND GROUP INC207,3000 00For
Dimensional159,6880 00For
RBB FUND, INC.140,7770 00For
NICHOLAS Ltd EDITION, INC.131,5000 00For
Charles Schwab124,6320 00For
T. Rowe Price81,8920 00For
WisdomTree70,6090 00For
Allspring62,7490 00For
ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND50,8000 00For
TIAA40,1570 00For
Equitable33,2220 00For
American Century31,7170 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC23,5690 00For
Goldman Sachs23,1960 00For
Invesco18,2940 00For
Lincoln Financial13,4600 00For
JPMorgan12,4390 00For
State Street12,1660 00For
AIG/SunAmerica7,0440 00For
Global X6,5270 00For
Northern Trust6,4960 00For
Principal Exchange-Traded Funds6,3590 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 61 asset managers. See all 61 in the interactive database.

4. 4. The approval of the Second Amendment to the Company's 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan

Official resultFund totals may overlapCOMPENSATIONReported outcome: Approved

Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

51.2% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 51.2%AGAINST
FOR: 6,138,408AGAINST: 5,843,510
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 63 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Approve our proposed Second Amendment to the Company's 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

Carriage Services, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“4. The approval of the Second Amendment to the Company's 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan”): 6,138,408 for, 5,843,510 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 14, 2026 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Pursuant to the foregoing vote, the Second Amendment to the Company's 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan was approved.”
Support: 51.2% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports: 61 asset managers voting on “Approve our proposed Second Amendment to the Company's 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan.” at Carriage Services, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Fidelity301,3231,706,935 00Mixed
Vanguard933,5991,349 00For
BlackRock515,4770 00For
HEARTLAND GROUP INC207,3000 00For
Dimensional0159,688 00Against
RBB FUND, INC.0140,777 00Against
NICHOLAS Ltd EDITION, INC.0131,500 00Against
Charles Schwab124,6320 00For
T. Rowe Price081,892 00Against
WisdomTree070,609 00Against
Allspring062,749 00Against
ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND50,8000 00For
TIAA040,157 00Against
Equitable23,3729,850 00Mixed
American Century031,717 00Against
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC23,5690 00For
Goldman Sachs023,196 00Against
Invesco018,294 00Against
Lincoln Financial013,460 00Against
JPMorgan012,439 00Against
State Street712,159 00Against
MSS Series Trust7,5000 00For
AIG/SunAmerica07,044 00Against
Global X6,5270 00For
Northern Trust06,496 00Against

Fund voting reports, all 61 managers: 2,227,731 for, 2,577,276 against. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports: 1 asset manager voting on “Approve our proposed Second Amendment to the Company's 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan.” at Carriage Services, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Manatuck Hill Partners, LLC0127,000 00Against

Institutional-manager reports, all 1 managers: 127,000 against.

5. 3. To approve, on an advisory basis, our Named Executive Officers' compensation, as disclosed in our Proxy Statement

Official resultFund totals may overlapSECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESReported outcome: Approved

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.1% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 99.1%
FOR: 11,879,875AGAINST: 104,954
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 197 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To approve on an advisory basis our 2025 Named Executive Officers' compensation.

Carriage Services, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“3. To approve, on an advisory basis, our Named Executive Officers' compensation, as disclosed in our Proxy Statement”): 11,879,875 for, 104,954 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 14, 2026 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Pursuant to the foregoing vote, the Named Executive Officer compensation, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement for the Company's 2026 Annual Meeting, was approved on an advisory basis.”
Support: 99.1% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports: 62 asset managers voting on “To approve on an advisory basis our 2025 Named Executive Officers' compensation.” at Carriage Services, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Fidelity2,008,2580 00For
Vanguard934,9480 00For
BlackRock515,4770 00For
HEARTLAND GROUP INC207,3000 00For
Dimensional159,6880 00For
RBB FUND, INC.140,7770 00For
NICHOLAS Ltd EDITION, INC.131,5000 00For
Charles Schwab124,6320 00For
T. Rowe Price81,8920 00For
WisdomTree70,6090 00For
Allspring62,7490 00For
ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND50,8000 00For
TIAA40,1570 00For
Equitable33,2220 00For
American Century031,717 00Against
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC23,5690 00For
Goldman Sachs23,1960 00For
Invesco18,2940 00For
Lincoln Financial13,4600 00For
JPMorgan12,4390 00For
State Street12,1660 00For
MSS Series Trust7,5000 00For
AIG/SunAmerica7,0440 00For
Global X6,5270 00For
Northern Trust6,4960 00For

Fund voting reports, all 62 managers: 4,773,290 for, 31,717 against, 13 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports: 154 asset managers voting on “To approve on an advisory basis our 2025 Named Executive Officers' compensation.” at Carriage Services, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Fidelity2,361,7130 00For
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC498,8040 00For
BlackRock449,3490 00For
Renaissance381,9470 00For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC354,3300 00For
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT279,0490 00For
State Street275,2600 00For
PUNCH & ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.259,3060 00For
Two Sigma251,0330 00For
Polar Asset Management Partners Inc.240,0000 00For
HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC207,3000 00For
Boston Partners201,7200 00For
T. Rowe Price130,6930 00For
Manatuck Hill Partners, LLC127,0000 00For
Charles Schwab125,7050 00For
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP120,1520 00For
Vanguard112,3870 00For
KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC107,6740 00For
Northern Trust102,1230 00For
Dimensional78,6760 00For
Allspring75,2610 00For
DEROY & DEVEREAUX PRIVATE INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC67,0100 00For
UI BVK Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH65,5770 00For
Lazard63,0500 00For
JB CAPITAL PARTNERS LP61,0070 00For

Institutional-manager reports, all 154 managers: 7,529,201 for, 44,269 against. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

6. 5. The ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year…

Official resultAUDIT-RELATEDReported outcome: Approved

99.6% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 99.6%
FOR: 13,803,398AGAINST: 43,409
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 62 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended 2026.

Carriage Services, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“5. The ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026”): 13,803,398 for, 43,409 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 14, 2026 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Pursuant to the foregoing vote, the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 was ratified.”
Support: 99.6% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 62 asset managers below reported 4,805,005 for, 2 against.

FOR
FOR: 4,805,005AGAINST: 2
Largest asset managers voting on “Ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fisc” at Carriage Services, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Fidelity2,008,2580 00For
Vanguard934,9480 00For
BlackRock515,4770 00For
HEARTLAND GROUP INC207,3000 00For
Dimensional159,6880 00For
RBB FUND, INC.140,7770 00For
NICHOLAS Ltd EDITION, INC.131,5000 00For
Charles Schwab124,6320 00For
T. Rowe Price81,8920 00For
WisdomTree70,6090 00For
Allspring62,7490 00For
ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND50,8000 00For
TIAA40,1570 00For
Equitable33,2220 00For
American Century31,7170 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC23,5690 00For
Goldman Sachs23,1960 00For
Invesco18,2940 00For
Lincoln Financial13,4600 00For
JPMorgan12,4390 00For
State Street12,1642 00For
MSS Series Trust7,5000 00For
AIG/SunAmerica7,0440 00For
Global X6,5270 00For
Northern Trust6,4960 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 62 asset managers. See all 62 in the interactive database.

Largest Carriage Services, Inc. shareholders voting in 2025-2026

Ranked separately for each type of Form N-PX report. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two tables can list the same shares and are never added together. Each is ranked by the shares voted on the item that the most managers of that type reported, shown as a share of the 15,872,328 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Fund voting reports: top Carriage Services, Inc. shareholders by shares voted on “To approve on an advisory basis our 2025 Named Executive Officers' compensation.”, 2025-2026
#Asset manager % of shares outstanding
1Fidelity 12.65%
2Vanguard 5.89%
3BlackRock 3.25%
4HEARTLAND GROUP INC 1.31%
5Dimensional 1.01%
6RBB FUND, INC. 0.89%
7NICHOLAS Ltd EDITION, INC. 0.83%
8Charles Schwab 0.79%
9T. Rowe Price 0.52%
10WisdomTree 0.44%
Institutional-manager reports: top Carriage Services, Inc. shareholders by shares voted on “To approve on an advisory basis our 2025 Named Executive Officers' compensation.”, 2025-2026
#Asset manager % of shares outstanding
1Fidelity 14.88%
2AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 3.14%
3BlackRock 2.83%
4Renaissance 2.41%
5GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 2.23%
6LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 1.76%
7State Street 1.73%
8PUNCH & ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 1.63%
9Two Sigma 1.58%
10Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. 1.51%

Reported Carriage Services, Inc. holdings and ownership

As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.

Carriage Services, Inc. holdings and ownership disclosed for the 2025-2026 proxy season
Holder % outstanding Disclosure
FMR, LLC 13.94% DEF14A
Vanguard Group 6.44% 13F
BlackRock 6.43% 13F
Dimensional Fund Advisors 3.85% 13F
Renaissance Technologies 2.70% 13F
Two Sigma 2.30% 13F
State Street 1.94% 13F
Morgan Stanley 0.92% 13F
Charles Schwab 0.79% 13F
VINEYARD CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.L.C. 0.26% 13G

Percentages above are of 15,872,328 shares outstanding, as reported by Carriage Services, Inc. on its Form 10-Q dated April 28, 2026 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2025-2026 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.

About this page

Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered funds disclose how they voted every proxy and institutional managers disclose their votes on executive pay (say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and golden parachutes), and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from Carriage Services, Inc.’s 10-Q dated April 28, 2026. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 13, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At Carriage Services, Inc.'s shareholder meeting held May 12, 2026, in the 2025-2026 proxy season, 197 asset managers reported how they voted on 6 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 1,195 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — To approve on an advisory basis our 2025 Named Executive Officers' compensation. — Carriage Services, Inc.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 99.1% support of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side). Source: Carriage Services, Inc.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2026.

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