SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 12b-25
NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING
Commission File Number 0-9341
(Check one)
|_| Form 10-K and Form 10-KSB |_| Form 11-K
|_| Form 20-F |X| Form 10-Q and Form 10-QSB |_| Form N-SAR
For period ended: September 30, 2001
|_| Transition Report on Form 10-K and Form 10-KSB
|_| Transition Report on Form 20-F
|_| Transition Report on Form 11-K
|_| Transition Report on Form 10-Q and Form 10-QSB
|_| Transition Report on Form N-SAR
For the transition period ended _____________________________________________
Read Attached Instruction Sheet Before Preparing Form. Please Print or Type.
Nothing in this form shall be construed to imply that the Commission has
verified any information contained herein.
If the notification relates to a portion of the filing checked above,
identify the item(s) to which the notification
relates_____________________________________________________________________
PART I
REGISTRANT INFORMATION
Full name of registrant: Security National Financial Corporation
Former name if applicable: ___________________________________________________
Address of principal executive office (Street and number):
5300 South 360 West, Suite 250
Salt Lake City, Utah 84123
PART II
RULE 12b-25(b) AND (c)
If the subject report could not be filed without unreasonable effort or
expense and the registrant seeks relief pursuant to Rule 132b-25(b), the
following should be completed. (Check box if appropriate).
(a) The reasons described in reasonable detail in Part III of this form
could not be eliminated without unreasonable effort or expense.
|X| (b) The subject annual report, semi-annual report, transition report
on Form 10-K, Form 20-F, 11-K or Form N-SAR, or portion thereof, will
be filed on or before the fifteenth calendar day following the
prescribed due date; or the subject quarterly report of transition
report on Form
10-Q,or portion thereof will be filed on or before the fifth calendar
day following the prescribed due date; and
(c) The accountant's statement or other exhibit required by Rule
12(b)-25(c) has been attached if applicable.
PART III
NARRATIVE
State below in reasonable detail the reasons why Forms 10-K, 11-K, 10-Q,
N-SAR or the transition report or portion thereof, could not be filed within the
prescribed time period. (Attach extra sheets if needed.)
The Form 10-Q cannot be completed within the requested time period due to
the additional time required to complete the financial statements of registrant,
primarily as a result of changes in personnel in registrant's accounting
department.
PART IV
OTHER INFORMATION
(1) Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this
notification
Randall A. Mackey (801) 575-5000
-----(name)-------------------(area code)-----(telephone number)--------
(2) Have all other periodic reports required under Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30 of the Investment Company Act of
1940 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter) period that the
registrant was required to file such report(s) been filed? If answer is no,
identify report(s).
|X|Yes |_| No
(3) Is it anticipated that any significant change in results of operations from
the corresponding period for the last fiscal year will be reflected by the
earnings statements to be included in the subject report or portion thereof?
If so, attach an explanation of the anticipated change, both narratively and
quantitatively, and, if appropriate, state the reasons why a reasonable estimate
of the results cannot be made.
|_|Yes |X| No
Security National Financial Corporation
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(Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.
Date: September 14, 2001 By: Stephen M. Sill
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Stephen M. Sill
Vice President, Controller
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)