Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): February 15, 2017

Carriage Services, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		1-11961		76-0423828
(State or other jurisdiction    of incorporation)		(Commission    File Number)		(IRS Employer    Identification No.)

3040 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 300

Houston, Texas 77056

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

[phone]

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ITEM 2.02    RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION .

In the press release dated February 15, 2017, the Company announced and commented on its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2016. A copy of the press release issued by the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by this reference. The information being furnished under Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits, including the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liabilities of that Section.

The Company’s press release dated February 15, 2017, contains non-GAAP financial measures. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company’s performance, financial position, or cash flows that either excludes or includes amounts that are not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation G, the Company has provided quantitative reconciliations within the press release of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

ITEM 9.01    FINANCIAL STATMENTS AND EXHIBITS .

(d)     Exhibits. The following are furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

    

99.1 Press Release dated February 15, 2017

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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: February 15, 2017	By:		/s/ Viki K. Blinderman
			Viki K. Blinderman
			Senior Vice President, Principal Financial Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit			Description
99.1			Press Release dated February 15, 2017.