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): July 31, 2020 (July 30, 2020)
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ITEM 5.02 | DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS |
(d) Election of a new Director
On July 30, 2020, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Carriage Services, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Dr. Achille Messac to serve as a Class II Director until the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of shareholders. Dr. Messac was appointed to serve on the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee. There are no family relationships between Dr. Messac and any directors or officers of the Company, and there have been no transactions, nor are there any proposed transactions, between the Company and Dr. Messac that would require disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Dr. Messac previously served as the Dean of Engineering for Howard University, as well as for Mississippi State University. Prior to his leadership roles at those institutions, Dr. Messac served as a senior member of the technical staff at Draper Laboratory where he contributed to work in critical areas of aerospace engineering, including work for the Space Shuttle and Space Station. Dr. Messac has also served on the Board and as Faculty Senate President for Renssselaer Polytechnic Institute, as Department Chair and professor at Syracuse University, as professor at Northeastern University, and has served on the Board of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Dr. Messac received his BS, MS and PhD from MIT in aerospace engineering and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, The American Society of Mechanical Engineering, and The American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Concurrently with the election, the Board granted Dr. Messac 1,082 shares of the Company’s common stock under the Company’s Director Compensation Policy, which was valued at approximately $25,000 based on the closing price on July 30, 2020.
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: July 31, 2020 | By: | /s/ Viki K. Blinderman | |
Viki K. Blinderman | |||
Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Secretary | |||
(Principal Financial Officer) | |||