SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Manceaux Christopher (Last) (First) (Middle) 3040 POST OAK BLVD. SUITE 300 (Street) HOUSTON TX 77056 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CARRIAGE SERVICES INC [ CSV ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Sr. VP and Regional Partner
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/19/2020
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock								9,654	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Performance Award	(1)							(1)	12/31/2024	Common Stock	9,000		9,000	D
Performance Award	(2)							(2)	12/31/2023	Common Stock	10,500		10,500	D
Stock Options	$25.43							(3)	02/14/2028	Common Stock	6,160		6,160	D
Stock Options	$26.54							(4)	03/21/2027	Common Stock	12,700		12,700	D
Stock Options	$20.06							(5)	02/23/2026	Common Stock	3,300		3,300	D
Stock Options	$22.58							(6)	02/24/2022	Common Stock	6,000		6,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents performance awards, payable in shares on December 31, 2024 granted under the Carriage Services, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan. The award will vest (if at all) during 2024 provided that certain criteria surrounding share price performance is achieved and the Reporting Person has remained continuously employed by Carriage through such date.

2. Represents performance awards, payable in shares on December 31, 2023 granted under the Carriage Services, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan. The award will vest (if at all) during December 2023 provided that certain criteria surrounding share price performance is achieved and the Reporting Person has remained continuously employed by Carriage through such date.

3. Stock Options granted pursuant to Carriage Services, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Plan which 1/5 vested on 2/14/2019 and 2/24/2020 and 1/5 will vest on 2/14/2021, 2/14/2022 and 2/14/2023. The options will expire on 2/14/2028.

4. Stock Options granted pursuant to the Carriage Services, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan which vested 1/5 on 3/21/2018 and 1/5 on 3/21/2019, and 1/5 each year on 3/21/2020, 3/21/2021 and 3/21/2022. These stock options expire on 3/21/2027.

5. Stock Options granted pursuant to the Carriage Services, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan which vested 1/5 on 2/23/2017, 1/5 on 2/23/2018, 1/5 on 2/23/2019 and 2/23/2020 and 1/5 will vest on 2/23/2021. These stock options expire on 2/23/2026.

6. Stock Option grant pursuant to the Carriage Services, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan which vested 1/3 on 2/24/2016, 1/3 on 2/24/2017 and 1/3 on 2/24/2018. These stock options expire on 02/24/2022.

Remarks:

	/s/ Christopher Manceaux	03/04/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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