scottquist.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549


SCHEDULE 13G


Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. _______________)*


SECURITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Name of Issuer)


Class A Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)

814785309
(CUSIP Number)

December 31, 2013
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)


Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which the Schedule is filed:

[  ]
Rule 13d-1(b)
[x]
Rule 13d-1(c)
[  ]
Rule 13d-1(d)

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 
 
 

 
  1
 
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Scott M. Quist
 
  2
 
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP *
    (a)   ¨
    (b)   ¨
 
  3
 
SEC USE ONLY
 
  4
 
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
U.S.A. Citizen
 
 
 
 
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  5
 
SOLE VOTING POWER
Class A common stock – 356,750  shares (1)
Class C common stock – 4,697,904 shares (1)  (Class C common stock is convertible into Class A common stock at the ratio of ten shares of Class C common stock to one share of Class A common stock)
 
  6
 
SHARED VOTING POWER
Class A common stock – 2,303,314 shares (1) (574,570 shares as trustee of issuer’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); 60,167 shares as managing partner of Associated Investors; 637,716 shares as trustee of issuer’s Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan; and 1,030,861 shares as trustee of  issuer’s 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan)
Class C common stock – 3,263,187 shares (1) (2,294,549 shares as trustee of issuer’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); and 968,638 shares as general manager of Associated Investors)
 
  7
 
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
Class A common stock – 356,750 shares (1)
Class C common stock – 4,697,904 shares (1)
 
  8
 
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
Class A common stock – 2,303,714 shares (1) (574,570 shares as trustee of issuer’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); 60,167 shares as general manager of Associated Investors; 637,716 shares as trustee of issuer’s Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan; and 1,030,861 shares as trustee of issuer’s 401(k)Retirement Savings Plan)
Class C common stock – 3,263,187 shares (1) (2,294,549 shares as trustee of issuer’s Employee Stock  Ownership Plan (ESOP); and 968,638 shares as general manager of Associated Investors)
 
   9
 
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
356,750 shares of Class A common stock and 4,697,901 shares of Class C common stock (Class C common stock is convertible into Class A common stock at the ratio of ten shares of Class C common stock to one share of Class A common stock)
 
  10
 
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
Not applicable.
 
  11
 
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
Class A common stock – 7.1% (2); Class C common stock – 37.1%
 
  12
 
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1)
Includes a total of 236,796 shares of Class A common stock and 628,695 shares of Class C  common stock owned indirectly by Mr. Quist 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 Mr. Quist has voting and dispositive powers.
       
 
(2)
Assumes that 4,697,904 shares of Class C common stock that Mr. Quist beneficially owns are converted into 469,790 shares of Class A common stock, which would result in Mr. Quist becoming the beneficial owner of 826,540 shares of Class A common stock, or 7.1% of the 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.
   
(a)
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)
 
 
 
 
 
Item 4. 
 Ownership
   
Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.
   
(a)
Amount Beneficially Owned as of December 31, 2013
   
 
Scott M. Quist:      
   
  356,750 shares of Class A common stock (1)
  4,697,904 shares of Class C common stock (1)
 
(Class C common stock is convertible into Class A common stock at the ratio of ten shares of Class C common stock to one share of Class A common stock)
   
(b)
Percent of Class
   
 
Class A common stock – 7.1% (2)
  Class C common stock – 37.1%
   
(c)
Number of shares as to which such person has:
   
(i)
sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
   
  Class A common stock – 356,750 shares (1)
  Class C common stock – 4,697,904 shares (1) (Class C common stock is convertible into Class A common stock at the ratio of ten shares 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 – 2,303,314 shares (1) (574,570 shares as trustee of issuer's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); 60,167 shares as managing partner of Associated Investors; 637,716 shares as trustee of issuer’s Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan; and 1,030,861 shares as trustee of issuer’s 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan)
  Class C common shares – 3,263,187 shares (1) (2,294,549 shares as trustee of issuer's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); and 968,638 shares as general manager of Associated Investors)
   
(iii)
sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
   
  Class A common stock – 356,750 shares (1)
  Class C common stock – 4,697,904 shares (1)
   
(iv)
shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
   
  Class A common stock – 2,303,314 shares (1) (574,570 shares as trustee of issuer's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); 60,167 shares as managing partner of Associated Investors; 637,716 shares as trustee of issuer’s Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan; and 1,030,861 shares as trustee of issuer’s 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan)
  Class C common stock – 3,263,187 shares (1) (2,294,549 shares as trustee of issuer's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); and 968,638 shares as general manager of Associated Investors)

(1)
Includes a total of 236,796 shares of Class A common stock and 628,695 shares of Class C common stock owned indirectly by Mr. Quist 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 Mr. Quist has voting and dispositive powers.
   
(2)
Assumes that 4,697,904 shares of Class C common stock that Mr. Quist beneficially  owns are converted into 469,790 shares of Class A common stock, which would result in Mr. Quist becoming the beneficial owner of 826,540 shares of Class A common stock, or 7.1% of the 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
   
 
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purposes or effect.

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.



Date:  April 7, 2014
  
 
/s/ Scott M. Quist
 
Signature
   
 
Scott M. Quist
 
Name/Title