Shareholder Vote

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C.  20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): July 1, 2015     SECURITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in this Charter) Utah 000-09341 87-0345941 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)     (Commission File Number)  (IRS Employer Identification No.)   5300 South 360 West,  Salt Lake City, Utah 84123 (Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code) Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:  (801) 264-1060    Does Not Apply (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders The Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Security National Financial Corporation (the "Company") was held on July 6, 2016, in Salt Lake City, Utah.  As of the record date, there were issued and outstanding 13,137,697 shares of Class A common stock and 1,716,024 shares of Class C common stock, such Class C shares representing a weighted voting total of 17,160,240 Class C common shares, for a combined voting total of 30,297,937 Class A and Class C common shares.  At the Annual Meeting there was present or represented by proxy a total of 9,387,455 Class A common shares (or approximately 71% of the outstanding Class A shares) and 1,679,052 Class C common shares (or approximately 98% of the outstanding Class C shares), such Class C shares representing a weighted voting total of 16,790,520 Class C common shares for a  combined voting total of 26,177,975 Class A and Class C common shares (approximately 86% of the outstanding Class A and Class C shares).  Accordingly, under Article IX of the Company's Articles of Incorporation and the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act, the combined voting total of Class A and Class C common shares was a majority of the outstanding voting total of shares of Class A and Class C common stock and constituted a quorum for the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders (i) approved the election of Scott M. Quist, H. Craig Moody, Jason G. Overbaugh, John L. Cook, Gilbert A. Fuller, Robert G. Hunter, M.D., S. Andrew Quist and Norman G. Wilbur as directors of the Company; (ii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers; (iii) approved the amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to increase the authorized capital stock of the Company from 32,000,000 shares to 33,000,000 shares by increasing the number of authorized shares of Class C common stock from 2,000,000 shares to 3,000,000 shares; and (iv) ratified the appointment of Eide Bailey LLC as the Company's independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. The results of the voting at the Annual Meeting on the matters submitted to the stockholders are set forth below.  It should be noted that at the Company's Annual Stockholders Meeting held on July 2, 2014, the stockholders approved a resolution providing for a 1-for-10 reverse stock split of the Company's Class C common stock and for weighted voting of the Class C common stock.  As a result, each share of Class C common stock has weighted voting of ten votes per share and may be converted into one share of Class A common stock. The voting results at the Annual Meeting set forth below reflect the weighted voting for the Class C common shares. 1.  To elect three directors to be voted upon by Class A common stockholders voting separately as a class to serve until the 2017 Annual Meeting and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.   Name   Class   Votes For   Votes Withheld   Scott M. Quist Jason G. Overbaugh Gilbert A. Fuller   Class A Class A Class A   7,424,706 7,416,824 7,424,261   211,581 219,463 212,026   2.  To elect the remaining five directors to be voted upon by Class A and Class C common stockholders together to serve until the 2017 Annual Meeting and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Name Class Votes For Votes Withheld         John L. Cook Class A  7,422,724  213,563   Class C 16,790,520      –         Total  24,213,244  213,563         Robert G. Hunter, M.D. Class A  7,424,849    211,438    Class C  16,790,520      –         Total  24,215,369 211,438          H. Craig Moody Class A  7,424,787 211,500    Class C  16,790,520      –        Total  24,215,307    211,500         S. Andrew Quist Class A  7,384,642  251,645   Class C  16,788,550     1,970   Total  24,173,192   253,615         Norman G. Wilbur Class A  5,539,931  2,096,356   Class C  16,790 , 520        –          Total 22,330,451  2,096,356 3.  To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.   Class   Votes For   Votes Against   Votes Abstaining   Class A Class C  Total    7,174,801 16,788,550 23,963,351   448,041    1,970 450,011   13,444      –    13,444 4.  To approve the amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to increase the authorized capital stock of the Company from 32,000,000 shares to 33,000,000 shares by increasing the number of authorized shares of Class C common stock from 2,000,000 shares to 3,000,000 shares.   Class   Votes For   Votes Against   Votes Abstaining   Class A Class C  Total    7,885,203 16,788,550 24,673,753   1,423,530         1,970 1,425,500   6,081      –    6,081 5.  To ratify the appointment of Eide Bailey LLC as the Company's independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.   Class   Votes For   Votes Against   Votes Abstaining   Class A Class C    Total    9,273,666 16,790,520 26,064,186   107,630        –     107,630    6,159      –     6,159 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.     SECURITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION                                     (Registrant)         Date: July 8, 2016 By:    /s/ Scott M. Quist                                                                Scott M. Quist, Chairman, President              and Chief Executive Officer