Edgar Filing: SECURITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORP

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Sill Garrett S.

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SECURITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORP [SNFCA]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
CFO and Treasurer

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

2463 SOUTH 1375 WEST

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/05/2016

(Street)

SYRACUSE, UT 84075

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	02/05/2016		J⁽¹⁾	V	1,656	A	$ 5.8	34,776 ⁽²⁾	D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 4.16 ⁽³⁾

12/06/2013

4,631 ⁽³⁾

03/06/2014

12/06/2023

Class A Common Stock

4,631 ⁽³⁾

$ 4.16 ⁽³⁾

4,631 ⁽³⁾

Employee Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 3.88 ⁽⁴⁾

07/02/2014

4,410 ⁽⁴⁾

10/02/2014

07/02/2024

Class A Common Stock

4,410 ⁽⁴⁾

$ 3.88 ⁽⁴⁾

4,410 ⁽⁴⁾

Employee Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 4.53 ⁽⁵⁾

12/05/2014

8,820 ⁽⁵⁾

03/05/2015

12/05/2024

Class A Common Stock

8,820 ⁽⁵⁾

$ 4.53 ⁽⁵⁾

8,820 ⁽⁵⁾

Employee Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 6.38 ⁽⁶⁾

12/04/2015

10,500 ⁽⁶⁾

03/04/2016⁽⁶⁾

12/04/2025

Class A Common Stock

10,500 ⁽⁶⁾

$ 6.38 ⁽⁶⁾

10,500 ⁽⁶⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Sill Garrett S. 2463 SOUTH 1375 WEST SYRACUSE, UT 84075			CFO and Treasurer

Signatures

/s/ Garrett S. Sill		04/06/2016
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Received pursuant to a stock dividend paid on February 5, 2016.
(2)	Does not include 11,909 shares of Class A Common Stock owned indirectly by the reporting person in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan.
(3)	This option was granted on December 6, 2013 as an option for 4,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.85 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2013 Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 7, 2014, February 6, 2015 and February 5, 2016.
(4)	This option was granted on July 2, 2014 as an option for 4,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.29 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2013 Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 6, 2015 and February 5, 2016.
(5)	This option was granted on December 5, 2014 as an option for 8,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $5.02 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2013 Stock Option Plan to reflect 5% stock dividends paid on February 6, 2015 and February 5, 2016.
(6)	This option was granted on December 4, 2015 as an option for 10,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $6.72 per share, but adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2013 Stock Option Plan to reflect a stock dividend paid on February 5, 2016. This option vests in four equal quarterly installments of Class A Common Stock, beginning on March 4, 2016, until such shares are fully vested.

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