SECURITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Mar 7, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SECURITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORP (SNFCA)
CIK: 0000318673
Period of Report: 2011-12-02

Reporting Person: QUIST SCOTT M (Director, President,Chief Operating Offi, 10% Owner)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-02-03	Class A Common Stock	J	8344	$1.43	Acquired	175217	Direct
2012-02-03	Class C Common Stock	J	73571	$0.143	Acquired	1544989	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2003-03-21	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$3.8	A	108593	Acquired	2013-03-21	Class A Common Stock (108593)	Direct
2005-03-25	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$2.49	A	98497	Acquired	2015-03-25	Class A Common Stock (98497)	Direct
2008-03-31	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$0.348	A	607754	Acquired	2013-03-31	Class C Common Stock (607754)	Direct
2008-12-05	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$1.36	A	47312	Acquired	2013-12-05	Class A Common Stock (47312)	Direct
2008-12-05	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$0.136	A	742395	Acquired	2013-12-05	Class C Common Stock (742395)	Direct
2009-12-04	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$0.334	A	1157625	Acquired	2014-12-04	Class C Common Stock (1157625)	Direct
2010-12-03	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$0.183	A	1102500	Acquired	2015-12-03	Class C Common Stock (1102500)	Direct
2011-12-02	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$1.37	A	105000	Acquired	2015-12-02	Class A Common Stock (105000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Received pursuant to a 5% stock dividend declared on December 2, 2011 and paid on February 3, 2012.

F2: Owned jointly by the reporting person and his wife. Does not include 230,644 shares of Class A Common Stock and 335,213 shares of Class C Common Stock owned indirectly by the reporting person in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), Associated Investors, the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, and the Deferred Compensation Plan.

F3: This option was originally reported as an option for 70,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $5.90 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 1993 Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on January 19, 2004, February 7, 2005, February 17, 2006, February 9, 2007, February 8, 2008, February 6, 2009, February 5, 2010, February 4, 2011 and February 3, 2012.

F4: This option was originally reported as an option for 70,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.51 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2003 Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 17, 2006, February 9, 2007, February 8, 2008, February 6, 2009, February 5, 2010, February 4, 2011 and February 3, 2012.

F5: This option was originally granted as an option for either 50,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.24 per share or 500,000 share of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.424 per share, or any combination thereof. This option reflects the reporting person's election to have an option for 500,000 shares of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.424 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2003 Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 6, 2009, February 5, 2010, February 4, 2011 and February 3, 2012.

F6: This option was originally granted as an option for either 100,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.65 per share or 1,000,000 share of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.165 per share, or any combination thereof. This option reflects the reporting person's election to have an option for 38,923 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.65 per share and 610,770 shares of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.165 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2003 Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 6, 2009, February 5, 2010, February 4, 2011 and February 3, 2012.

F7: This option was originally granted as an option for either 100,000 share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.87 per share or 1,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $.387 per share. or any combination thereof. This option reflects the reporting person's election to have an option for 1,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $.387 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2003 Stock Option Plan to relfect 5% stock dividends paid on Feburary 5, 2010, February 4, 2011 and February 3, 2012.

F8: This option was originally granted as an option for either 100,000 shares of Class A Commono Stock at an exercise price of $2.01 per share or 1,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.201 per share, or any combination thereof. This option reflects the reporting person's election to have an option for 1,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.201 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2003 Stock Option Plan to relfect 5% stock dividends paid on Febuary 4, 2011 and February 12, 2012.

F9: This option was granted on December 2, 2011 as an option for either 100,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.43 per share or 1,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.143 per share, or any combination thereof. Because there are only five shares of Class C Common Stock remaining to be issued under the 2003 Stock Option Plan, the reporting person cannot elect at this time the option for 1,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock. Thus this option reflects an option for 100,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.43 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2003 Stock Option Plan to reflect a 5% stock dividend paid on February 3, 2012.

F10: This option vests in four equal quarterly installments, beginning on March 31, 2012, until such shares are fully vested. At such time as the Stock Option Plan is amended to provide for the issuance of an additional 1,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock, the reporting person will elect to have the option for 1,000,000 shares of Class C common Stock at an exercise price of $0.143 per share.