Effective February 21, 2024, the Carriage Services, Inc.?s Board of Directors appointed L. Kian Granmayeh, the Company?s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer), as the Company?s Principal Accounting Officer. In this role, Mr. Granmayeh will serve as both the Company?s Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. Granmayeh, age 45, has been the Company?s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) since March 2023.

Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Granmayeh, served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Tellurian, Inc. from March 2020 to February 2023. Prior to that role, Mr. Granmayeh served as Tellurian, Inc.?s Director of Investor Relations from August 2019 to March 2020, Director of Special Projects from July 2019 to August 2019 and as a consultant to the Chief Financial Officer from January 2019 to June 2019. Prior to joining Tellurian, Mr. Granmayeh worked at Apache Corporation where he served as a Manager in the Investor Relations and Strategic Planning groups from May 2014 to February 2018.

Prior to Apache Corporation, Mr. Granmayeh served as a Vice President, and earlier as an Associate, at Lazard Freres & Co. in their oil and gas investment banking group from 2009 to 2014, during which time he advised on a broad range of advisory-focused transactions, particularly around mergers & acquisitions, restructuring, and debt and equity capital raises. Mr. Granmayeh holds a B.A. in Neuroscience & Behavior from Columbia University and an M.B.A. from Rice University.

In connection with the appointment of Mr. Granmayeh as the Company?s Principal Accounting Officer, effective February 21, 2024, Adeola Olaniyan ceased serving as the Company?s Principal Accounting Officer. Ms. Olaniyan continues to serve as the Company?s Corporate Controller.