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): April 27, 2005

 

 

 

Carriage Services, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in is charter)

 

 

 

Delaware

 

1-11961

 

76-0423828

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

1900 St. James Place, 4th Floor

Houston, Texas 77056

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

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(713) 332-8400

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o  Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 


 

ITEM 2.02.  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

 

                    In the press release dated April 27, 2005, the Company announced and commented on its financial results for its fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2005.  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 April 27, 2005 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 STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

(c)          Exhibits. The following exhibits are furnished as part of this
current report on Form 8-K:

 

99.1                           Press Release dated April 27, 2005.

 

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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: April 28, 2005

By

:/s/ Joseph Saporito

 

 

 

Joseph Saporito

 

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

 

 

Exhibit

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated April 27, 2005.

 

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