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Corporate Information Carriage Services is a leading provider of funeral and cemetery services and merchandise in the United States As of December 31 2021 Carriage operated 170 funeral homes in 26 states and 31 cemeteries in 11 states Board of Directors Executive Leadership Team Melvin C Payne Melvin C Payne Chief Executive Of cer and Chairman of the Board Chief Executive Of cer and Chairman of the Board Bryan D Leibman Carlos Quezada President and Chief Executive Of cer Frosch Travel President and Chief Operating Of cer Barry K Fingerhut Executive Vice President Chief Financial Of cer and Treasurer Chief Executive Of cer Certi cation Partners LLC Douglas B Meehan Deputy Chief Investment Of cer van Biema Value Partners LLC Dr Achille Messac Former Dean of Engineering at Howard University and Mississippi State University C Benjamin Brink Steven D Metzger Executive Vice President Chief Administrative Of cer General Counsel and Secretary Paul D Elliott Senior Vice President and Regional Partner Shawn R Phillips Senior Vice President and Regional Partner Donald D Patteson Jr Shane T Pudenz Former Chief Executive Of cer and Chairman of the Board Sovereign Business Forms Inc Vice President of Sales and Marketing Advisor to the Board of Directors Peggy Schappaugh Vice President of Operations and Acquisitions Analysis Member Strategic Vision and Principles Group Gregory R Brudnicki Mayor of Panama City Florida Transfer Agent Registrar Grant Thornton LLP Houston Texas American Stock Transfer Trust Company LLC 6201 15th Avenue Brooklyn New York 11219 800 937 5449 www amstock com Form 10 K Availability Houston Support Of ce The Company s Annual Report on Form 10 K for the year ended December 31 2021 may be obtained by writing to Investor Relations Carriage Services Inc 3040 Post Oak Boulevard Suite 300 Houston Texas 77056 via the Company s website www carriageservices com or via the SEC s website www sec gov Carriage Services Inc 3040 Post Oak Boulevard Suite 300 Houston Texas 77056 713 332 8400 www carriageservices com Independent Public Accountants Common Stock Carriage Services Inc s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CSV Forward Looking Statements Statements made in this Annual Report that are not historical facts are intended to be forward looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 These statements are based on assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable however many important factors including factors not in our control or as discussed under Forward Looking Statments in the Company s Form 10 K for the year ended December 31 2021 could cause the Company s results to differ materially from the forward looking statements made herein and in any other documents or presentations made by or on behalf of the Company

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