Filing Details

  1

NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS

Scott M. Quist

  2

(b)   G

  3

SEC USE ONLY

  4

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

U.S.A. Citizen

 

 

 

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SOLE VOTING POWER

Class A common stock – 0 shares (1)

Class C common stock – 959,559 shares (1) (2)

(Class C common stock is convertible into Class A common stock at the ratio of one share of Class C common stock to one share of Class A common stock)

  6

SHARED VOTING POWER

Class A common stock – 3,349,447 shares

(518,517 shares as trustee of issuer's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); 74,883 shares as managing partner of Associated Investors; 798,146 shares as trustee of issuer's Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan; and 1,957,901 shares as trustee of issuer's 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan)

Class C common stock – 396,643 shares (2)

(278,904 shares as trustee of issuer's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); and 117,739 shares as managing partner of Associated Investors)

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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

Class A common stock – 0 shares (1)

Class C common stock – 959,559 shares (1)

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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

Class A common stock – 3,349,447 shares

(518,517 shares as trustee of issuer's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); 74,883 shares as managing partner of Associated Investors; 798,146 shares as trustee of issuer's Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan; and 1,957,901 as trustee of issuer's 401(k)Retirement Savings Plan)

Class C common stock – 398,643 shares (2)

(278,904 shares as trustee of issuer's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); and 117,739 shares as managing partner of Associated Investors)

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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

0 shares of Class A common stock and 959,559 shares of Class C common stock (Class C common stock is convertible into Class A common stock at the ratio of one share of Class C common stock to one share of Class A common stock)

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CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

Not applicable.

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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

Class A common stock – 9.1% (1) (3); Class C common stock – 50.5% (1)

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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

IN

(1)

Includes a total of 300,972 shares of Class A common stock and 90,386 shares of Class C  common stock owned indirectly by the reporting person in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), Associated Investors, the Non-Qualified  Deferred Compensation Plan, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, as to which the reporting person has sole voting and dispositive powers.

(2)

Each share of Class C common stock has ten votes. Thus, 959,559 shares of Class C common stock have 9,595,590 votes.

(3)

Assumes that 959,559 shares of Class C common stock that the reporting person beneficially owns and 90,386 shares of Class C common stock that the reporting person indirectly owns are converted into a total of 1,049,945 shares of Class A common stock, which would result in the reporting person becoming the beneficial owner of 1,350,917 shares of Class A common stock (which includes the 300,972 shares of Class A common stock that the reporting person owns indirectly), or 9.1% of the then outstanding shares of Class A common stock.

Item 1.

(a)

Name of Issuer

Security National Financial Corporation

(b)

Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices

5300 South 360 West, Suite 250

Salt Lake City, Utah 84123

Item 2.

(a)

Name of Persons Filing

Scott M. Quist

(b)

Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence

5300 South 360 West, Suite 250

Salt Lake City, Utah 84123

(c)

Citizenship

Mr. Quist is a U.S.A. citizen.

(d)

Title of Class of Securities

Class A Common Stock

(e)

CUSIP Number

814785309

Item 3.   If this statement is filed pursuant to §§ 240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:  Not applicable.   

 

Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act  

(b)

Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act

(c)

Insurance Company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act

(d)

Investment Company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

(e)

An investment adviser in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)

(f)

An employee benefit plan, or endowment fund in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)

(g)

A parent holding company or control person in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G)

(h)

A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)

(i)

A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(6)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3)

(j)

Group, in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J)

(a)

Amount Beneficially Owned as of December 31, 2017 

Scott M. Quist:  0 shares of Class A common stock (1) 

959,559 shares of Class C common stock (1) 

(Class C common stock is convertible into Class A common stock at the ratio of one share of Class C common stock to one share of Class A common stock) 

(b)

Percent of Class

Class A common stock – 9.1% (1) (3) 

Class C common stock – 50.5% (1) 

(c)

Number of shares as to which such person has: 

(i)

sole power to vote or to direct the vote:

Class A common stock – 0 shares (1)

Class C common stock – 959,559 shares (1) (3)

(Class C common stock is convertible into Class A common stock at the ratio of one share of Class C common stock to one share of Class A common stock)

(ii)

shared power to vote or to direct the vote:

Class A common stock – 3,349,447 shares (518,517 shares as trustee of issuer's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); 74,883 shares as managing partner of Associated Investors; 798,146 shares as trustee of issuer's Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan; and 1,957,901 shares as trustee of issuer's 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan)

Class C common stock – 396,643 shares (278,904 shares as trustee of issuer's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); and 117,739 shares as managing partner of Associated Investors) (1)(2)

(iii)

sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:

Class A common stock – 0 shares (1)

Class C common stock – 959,559 shares (1) (3)

(iv)

shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:

Class A common stock – 3,349,447 shares (518,517 shares as trustee of issuer's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); 74,883 shares as managing partner of Associated Investors; 798,146 shares as trustee of issuer's Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan; and 1,957,901 shares as trustee of issuer's 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan)

Class C common stock – 396,643 shares (278,904 shares as trustee of issuer's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); and 117,739 shares as managing partner of Associated Investors) (1)(2)

(1)

Includes a total of 300,972 shares of Class A common stock and 90,386 shares of Class C common stock owned indirectly by the reporting person in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), Associated Investors, the Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, as to which the reporting person has sole voting and dispositive powers.

(2)

Each share of Class C common stock has ten votes. Thus, 959,559 shares of Class C common stock have 9,595,590 votes.

(3)

Assumes that 959,559 shares of Class C common stock that the reporting person beneficially owns and 90,386 shares of Class C common stock that the reporting person indirectly owns are converted into a total of 1,049,945 shares of Class A common stock, which would result in the reporting person becoming the beneficial owner of 1,350,917 shares of Class A common stock (which includes the 300,972 shares of Class A common stock that the reporting person owns indirectly), or 9.1% of the then outstanding shares of Class A common stock.

Item 5.  Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class 

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following [   ].  

Item 6.  Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person 

Not applicable.  

Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company  

Not applicable.  

Item 8.  Identification and Classification of Members of the Group 

Not applicable.  

Item 9.  Notice of Dissolution of Group  

Not applicable.  

Item 10.  Certification  

Date: January 31, 2018

Signature

Name/Title