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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;18, 2010.
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 3pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>DELAWARE</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction <BR>
of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>76-0423828</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>3040 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;300,</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Houston, Texas</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77056</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.<BR>
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2006 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Terry E. Sanford<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
3040 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;300</B><BR>

<B>Houston, Texas 77056</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(713)&nbsp;332-8400</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Bryce D. Linsenmayer<BR>
Haynes and Boone, LLP<BR>
1221 McKinney Street, Suite&nbsp;2100</B><BR>

<B>Houston, Texas 77010<BR>
(713)&nbsp;547-2007<BR>
(713)&nbsp;236-5540 (facsimile)</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer&#148;, &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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<TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD><TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD><TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,500,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$4.91</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$7,365,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$525.12</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional shares of
common stock that may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions pursuant to anti-dilution and adjustment provisions of the Carriage Services, Inc.
Amended and Restated 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;Amended and Restated Plan&#148;) described
herein..</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The registration fee has been calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, based upon the average of the high and low prices for the common stock of
Carriage Services, Inc. on May&nbsp;14, 2010, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This Registration Statement registers an additional 1,500,000 shares issuable under the
Amended and Restated Plan. We have previously registered 1,350,000 shares issuable under the
Amended and Restated Plan under Registration No.&nbsp;333-136313.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.*</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to participants in the Carriage Services, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Long-Term Incentive
Plan as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;). Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Securities Act Rule&nbsp;424. These documents, which include the statement of
availability required by Item&nbsp;2 of Form S-8 and the documents incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Form S-8 (Part&nbsp;II hereof), taken together, constitute
a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by us with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated herein by
reference:
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    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009, filed on March&nbsp;5,
2010;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2010, filed
on May&nbsp;7, 2010;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Current Reports on Form 8-K filed February&nbsp;18, 2010 and May&nbsp;6, 2010, in
each case other than information furnished and not filed with the Commission; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of our common stock contained in the registration statement
on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;28, 1998, as amended by Form 8-A/A
filed on December&nbsp;4, 2002, including any additional amendments that we may have filed
in the past, or may file in the future, for the purpose of updating the description
of our common stock.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered under the plan have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of the
filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained herein or in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carriage Services, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), a Delaware corporation, is empowered by Section&nbsp;145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;), subject to the procedures and limitations
stated therein, to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that such
person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the
request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other
enterprise, against reasonable expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement actually incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if
such director, officer, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The
Company is required by Section&nbsp;145 to indemnify any person against reasonable expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees) actually incurred by him in connection with an action, suit or proceeding in which
he is a party because he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or is or
was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or other enterprise, if he has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the
defense of the action, suit or proceeding. Section&nbsp;145 also allows a corporation to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any such person against any liability asserted against him in any
such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the
power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of Section&nbsp;145. In addition,
Section&nbsp;145 provides that indemnification pursuant to its provisions is not exclusive of other
rights of indemnification to which a person may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of
shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;10 of the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the &#147;Charter&#148;)
provides that the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless any person who was, is, or is
threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she (i)&nbsp;is or was a
director or officer of the Company or (ii)&nbsp;while a director or officer of the Company, is or was
serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor,
trustee, employee, agent, or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic corporation,
partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise,
to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL. The right to indemnification under Article&nbsp;10 of
the Charter is a contract right which includes, with respect to directors and officers, the right
to be paid by the Company the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its
disposition.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


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    <TD width="5%" nowrap align="left">4.1</TD>
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    <TD>Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Year Ended December&nbsp;31,
1996).</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Certificate of Amendment dated May&nbsp;7, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 of the
Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 1997).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.3</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Certificate of Amendment dated May&nbsp;7, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the
Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2002).</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.4</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to
Amendment No.&nbsp;1 of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration
No.333-05545) filed on June&nbsp;7, 1996).</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.5</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Amendments to the By-laws of the Company effective December&nbsp;18, 2000 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.8 of the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2000).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.6</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Amendments to the By-laws of the Company effective May&nbsp;20, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s current report on Form 8-K filed May&nbsp;28, 2008).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP, counsel for the Company.</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="5%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Haynes and Boone, LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">99.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Carriage Services, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Appendix&nbsp;A of our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed on April&nbsp;13,
2010).</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;We hereby undertake:
</DIV>


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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>

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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective Registration Statement;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3 and the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by us pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;We hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each filing of our annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(h)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
us of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of our
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURE</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on the 18<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of
May, 2010.
</DIV>


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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Terry E. Sanford
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Terry E. Sanford&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" nowrap>Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURE and POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Terry E. Sanford, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file
the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the 18<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of May, 2010.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Melvin C. Payne
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; FONT-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Melvin C. Payne
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director <BR>(Principal Executive
Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Terry E. Sanford
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; FONT-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Terry E. Sanford
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer <BR>(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Vincent D. Foster
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; FONT-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Vincent D. Foster
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ronald A. Erickson
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; FONT-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Ronald A. Erickson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ L. William Heiligbrodt
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; FONT-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>L. William Heiligbrodt
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard W. Scott
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; FONT-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Richard W. Scott
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
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    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the Year Ended December&nbsp;31,
1996).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment dated May&nbsp;7, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 of the
Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 1997).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment dated May&nbsp;7, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the
Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2002).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to
Amendment No.&nbsp;1 of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration
No.333-05545) filed on June&nbsp;7, 1996).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendments to the By-laws of the Company effective December&nbsp;18, 2000 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.8 of the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for its year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2000).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendments to the By-laws of the Company effective May&nbsp;20, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s current report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed May&nbsp;28, 2008).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP, counsel for the Company.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Haynes and Boone, LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Carriage Services, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Appendix&nbsp;A of our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed on April&nbsp;13,
2010).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18, 2010.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
76-0423828
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
3040 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 300,
Houston, Texas
(Address of principal executive offices)
77056
(Zip Code)
CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2006 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Terry E. Sanford
Chief Financial Officer
3040 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77056
(Name and address of agent for service)
(713) 332-8400
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Bryce D. Linsenmayer
Haynes and Boone, LLP
1221 McKinney Street, Suite 2100
Houston, Texas 77010
(713) 547-2007
(713) 236-5540 (facsimile)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer", "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities to
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
be Registered
Registered(1)(3)
Share(2)
Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share
1,500,000
$4.91
$7,365,000
$525.12
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional shares of
common stock that may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions pursuant to anti-dilution and adjustment provisions of the Carriage Services, Inc.
Amended and Restated 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Amended and Restated Plan") described
herein..
(2)
The registration fee has been calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, based upon the average of the high and low prices for the common stock of
Carriage Services, Inc. on May 14, 2010, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
(3)
This Registration Statement registers an additional 1,500,000 shares issuable under the
Amended and Restated Plan. We have previously registered 1,350,000 shares issuable under the
Amended and Restated Plan under Registration No. 333-136313.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to participants in the Carriage Services, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Long-Term Incentive
Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"). Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Securities Act Rule 424. These documents, which include the statement of
availability required by Item 2 of Form S-8 and the documents incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Form S-8 (Part II hereof), taken together, constitute
a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by us with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated herein by
reference:
(a)
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, filed on March 5,
2010;
(b)
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, filed
on May 7, 2010;
(c)
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed February 18, 2010 and May 6, 2010, in
each case other than information furnished and not filed with the Commission; and
(d)
The description of our common stock contained in the registration statement
on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on April 28, 1998, as amended by Form 8-A/A
filed on December 4, 2002, including any additional amendments that we may have filed
in the past, or may file in the future, for the purpose of updating the description
of our common stock.
All documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered under the plan have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of the
filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Carriage Services, Inc. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, is empowered by Section 145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), subject to the procedures and limitations
stated therein, to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that such
person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the
request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other
enterprise, against reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement actually incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if
such director, officer, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The
Company is required by Section 145 to indemnify any person against reasonable expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually incurred by him in connection with an action, suit or proceeding in which
he is a party because he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or is or
was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or other enterprise, if he has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the
defense of the action, suit or proceeding. Section 145 also allows a corporation to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any such person against any liability asserted against him in any
such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the
power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of Section 145. In addition,
Section 145 provides that indemnification pursuant to its provisions is not exclusive of other
rights of indemnification to which a person may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of
shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
Article 10 of the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Charter")
provides that the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless any person who was, is, or is
threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she (i) is or was a
director or officer of the Company or (ii) while a director or officer of the Company, is or was
serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor,
trustee, employee, agent, or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic corporation,
partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise,
to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL. The right to indemnification under Article 10 of
the Charter is a contract right which includes, with respect to directors and officers, the right
to be paid by the Company the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its
disposition.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31,
1996).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment dated May 7, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended September 30, 1997).
4.3
Certificate of Amendment dated May 7, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2002).
4.4
Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
Amendment No. 1 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration
No.333-05545) filed on June 7, 1996).
4.5
Amendments to the By-laws of the Company effective December 18, 2000 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.8 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for its year ended
December 31, 2000).
4.6
Amendments to the By-laws of the Company effective May 20, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's current report on Form 8-K filed May 28, 2008).
5.1
Opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP, counsel for the Company.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent of Haynes and Boone, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).
99.1
Carriage Services, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Appendix A of our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 13,
2010).
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) We hereby undertake:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective Registration Statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3 and the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by us pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b) We hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each filing of our annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
us of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of our
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on the 18
th
day of
May, 2010.
CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.
By:
/s/ Terry E. Sanford
Terry E. Sanford
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
SIGNATURE and POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Terry E. Sanford, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file
the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the 18
th
day of May, 2010.
Signature
Title
/s/ Melvin C. Payne
Melvin C. Payne
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Terry E. Sanford
Terry E. Sanford
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Vincent D. Foster
Vincent D. Foster
Director
/s/ Ronald A. Erickson
Ronald A. Erickson
Director
/s/ L. William Heiligbrodt
L. William Heiligbrodt
Director
/s/ Richard W. Scott
Richard W. Scott
Director
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31,
1996).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment dated May 7, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended September 30, 1997).
4.3
Certificate of Amendment dated May 7, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2002).
4.4
Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
Amendment No. 1 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration
No.333-05545) filed on June 7, 1996).
4.5
Amendments to the By-laws of the Company effective December 18, 2000 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.8 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for its year ended
December 31, 2000).
4.6
Amendments to the By-laws of the Company effective May 20, 2008 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's current report on Form 8-K filed May 28, 2008).
5.1
Opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP, counsel for the Company.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent of Haynes and Boone, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).
99.1
Carriage Services, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Appendix A of our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 13,
2010).