SecurityNational Mortgage Company Enters into Agreement to Settle Litigation with

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. and Aurora Commercial Corporation

On December 11, 2016, SecurityNational Mortgage Company (“SecurityNational Mortgage”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Security National Financial Corporation, entered into a Binding Term Sheet (the “Term Sheet”) with Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (“Lehman Holdings”) and Aurora Commercial Corporation (“Aurora”) to settle the litigation brought by Lehman Holdings against SecurityNational Mortgage in the United States District Court for the District of Utah, which was assigned to Judge Stewart. The settlement will also eliminate any appeal and any related matters in the case before Judge Nuffer in which SecurityNational Mortgage obtained a judgment against Aurora Bank, FSB, formerly known as Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB and Aurora Loan Services, LLC. The parties agreed to jointly prepare a final Settlement and Mutual Release Agreement. Final agreements were executed on December 20, 2016, effective as of December 9, 2016.

Under the terms of the settlements involving both of the Utah legal cases, payments are to be made by Aurora to SecurityNational, and by SecurityNational Mortgage to Lehman Holdings. The net result is a payment of $2,125,000 to Lehman Holdings, which includes agreement to settle and release all claims arising from the sale of mortgage loans by SecurityNational Mortgage to Aurora or Lehman Holdings pertinent to the Utah cases.

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