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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities
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SECURITY LAND AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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SEC 1913 (3-99)
SECURITY LAND & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
2816 WASHINGTON ROAD SUITE 103
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30909
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD MAY 3, 2001
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Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the stockholders of Security
Land & Development Corporation will be held at Sheraton Augusta Hotel, Bobby
Jones Expressway and Wheeler Road, Augusta, Georgia, on Thursday, May 3, 2001,
at 10:00 A.M., Augusta, Georgia time, for the purpose of considering and acting
on the following matters:
1. Setting the number of the Board of Directors at six (6) members.
2. The election of six (6) Directors.
3. The election of an auditor for the company.
4. The transaction of such other business as may properly
come before the meeting.
Pursuant to the By-laws, the Board of Directors has fixed the close of business
on April 3, 2001 as the record date for the determination of stockholders
entitled to vote at the meeting. Only stockholders of record at the close of
business on that date will be entitled to vote.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM SECURITY LAND & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Enclosed with this notice of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held
on Thursday, May 3, 2001 are a Proxy Statement and Proxy Card. I would like to
urge each of you to plan to attend this meeting if at all possible and if not
possible, please execute the enclosed proxy and return the same to me
immediately. It is necessary that we have a quorum represented in person or by
proxy in order to conduct any business at this meeting. Therefore, please give
this your immediate attention and return it by mail.
QUORUM
The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the
stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote shall be necessary to
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the Annual Meeting. Based
on the number of shares outstanding and entitled to vote as of February 1, 2001,
a quorum for this meeting will be 2,629,946 shares.
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SHAREHOLDERS' PROPOSALS FOR ANNUAL
MEETING TO BE HELD IN 2002
Shareholders who have a legitimate item of business that they wish to be
taken up at the Corporation's Annual Stockholders Meeting to be held in the year
2002 must send their proposals to Security Land & Development Corporation, 2816
Washington Road, Suite 103, Augusta, Georgia 30909, no later than November 30,
2001. This deadline is necessitated by the fact that the Corporation must have
time to review the proposal and to include same within the proxy materials to be
reviewed by the Securities & Exchange Commission.
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT SECURITY LAND & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WILL PROVIDE
WITHOUT CHARGE BY WRITTEN REQUEST, A COPY OF THE CORPORATION'S ANNUAL
REPORT ON FORM 10K, INCLUDING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES
THERETO, REQUIRED TO BE FILED WITH THE SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION
PURSUANT TO RULE 13(A)(1) UNDER THE ACT FOR THIS CORPORATION'S FISCAL YEAR
ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2000.
ALL SUCH WRITTEN REQUESTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO:
T. GREENLEE FLANAGIN
PRESIDENT
SECURITY LAND & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
2816 WASHINGTON ROAD SUITE 103
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30909
By Order of the Board of Directors
Gregory B. Scurlock
Secretary and Treasurer
SECURITY LAND & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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PROXY STATEMENT
FOR
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD MAY 3, 2001
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DATE OF FIRST MAILING TO STOCKHOLDERS: APRIL 3, 2001
The accompanying proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors of
Security Land & Development Corporation in connection with the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be held May 3, 2001. The shares represented by a proxy in the
accompanying form, which is properly executed, returned to management and not
revoked, will be voted in accordance with the instructions contained in the
proxy. If no instructions are given with respect to a matter to be acted upon,
the shares represented by the proxy will be voted as stated in the section of
this statement entitled Actions to be Taken Under the Proxy. A proxy may be
revoked at the option of persons executing the same at any time before the
voting thereof, either in writing or by being present and voting at the
meeting.
Only stockholders of record at the close of business on April 3, 2001 are
entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof. As of this
date, the outstanding voting stock of Security Land & Development Corporation
was 5,259,892 shares of Common Stock, ten cents ($0.10) par value. Each share of
outstanding stock entitles the holder to one vote.
The cost of solicitations of proxies will be borne by Security Land &
Development Corporation, including the expenses in connection with preparing,
assembling and mailing this statement. As in the past, Security Land &
Development Corporation will also reimburse brokers, custodians, and nominees
for their expense in sending proxies and proxy material to beneficial owners.
If necessary in order to assure that more than the minimum of 50 percent of
the outstanding shares required for a quorum are represented by proxies, proxy
solicitation may also be made personally or by telephone or telegram by officers
or employees of the corporation. Additionally, if a quorum is not present at the
meeting, either in person or by proxy, then it is the intention of the Board of
Directors to adjourn the meeting to such time as shall be then announced, but
not later than 30 days from the date of the meeting as originally scheduled, and
the officers and employees of the Corporation will be again requested to
telephone shareholders for the sole purpose of requesting that they execute and
return proxy cards. The meeting will continue to be adjourned from time to time
until a quorum is obtained.
ACTION TO BE TAKEN UNDER PROXY
The persons acting under the proxy will vote the shares represented thereby
in accordance with the instructions of the grantor of the proxy. Unless
otherwise instructed, the persons will vote FOR setting the number of the
members of the Board of Directors at six (6) members; FOR the election of the
following nominees as directors; T. Greenlee Flanagin, W. Stewart Flanagin, Jr.,
M. David Alalof, Robert M. Flanagin, Gregory B. Scurlock, John C. Bell, Jr.; FOR
the approval of Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, C.P.A., as Auditor for the Company
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and such matters as the holder
may desire in the transaction of any other business as may come before the
meeting or any adjournment thereof.
SETTING THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
At the last Annual Stockholders' Meeting, a resolution was passed setting
the number of directors of the Corporation at seven (7) members. Since then, one
of the directors, Mr. E. R. Murphey, who had served the company for many years
as a director, passed away, leaving a total of six (6) directors. Unless
otherwise instructed, persons under proxy will vote FOR setting the number of
directors at six (6).
In the event that a majority of the shares present and voting approve
setting the number of directors at six (6), it will be so set. If less than a
majority so approve, then the number of directors will remain at seven (7) since
it was so set at the last shareholders meeting and it requires a majority vote
to change the number of directors. If by a majority vote the number of directors
is set at more then six (6), then the persons acting under the proxy will
utilize the discretion contained in the proxy to vote such additional persons as
are necessary to fill the vacancies so created. If by majority vote the number
of directors is set at less than six (6), then the persons acting under the
proxy will vote such of the six (6) persons nominated above as may be necessary
to fill the number of director positions available. It is the present intention
of persons acting under the proxy to eliminate from the successful slate by
"straw vote", i.e., solely by chance.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
One purpose of the Annual Meeting is to elect members to the Board of
Directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting or until their successors are
duly elected and qualified.
Shareholders may vote for the slate of Directors or may abstain.
Additionally, shareholders may withhold authority to vote for certain
individually named nominees in the slate by lining through or otherwise striking
out the name of any such nominee.
In the event, by reason of death or other unexpected occurrence, any one or
more of the nominees shall not be available for election, the persons named in
the proxy have advised that they will vote for such substitute nominees as the
Board of Directors may propose. Unless contrary instructions are received, the
persons named in the proxy have advised that they intend to vote FOR the
nominees named by the Board of Directors of Security Land & Development
Corporation.
For the 12 month period starting February 1, 2000 and ending February 1,
2001, the Board of Directors held three (3) meetings. Most, but not all, of the
nominees were present at every meeting.
Security Land & Development Corporation does not have a standing audit,
nominating or compensation committee or any other committee performing such
functions.
STOCK TRANSACTIONS BY NOMINEES WITHIN LAST TWO YEARS
12/29/99 T. Greenlee Flanagin transferred 38,460 shares to T. Greenlee
Flanagin, Jr.
PRESENT DIRECTORS & AMOUNT OF SHARES PERCENT OF
OFFICERS AS A GROUP BENEFICIALLY OWNED OWNERSHIP
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6 2,000,873 38%
PRINCIPAL SECURITY HOLDERS
On or about November 29, 1982, Messrs. W. Stewart Flanagin, Jr., T.
Greenlee Flanagin, and Robert M. Flanagin purchased 1,302,754 shares of stock
including 1,140,307 shares owned by the Judy Lynn Tanner Insurance Agency, Inc.
The Flanagins own as February 1, 2001, shares as follows:
W. Stewart Flanagin, Jr.-- 463,052 shares 8.8%
1117 Glenn Avenue
Augusta, Georgia 30904
Thomas Greenlee Flanagin-- 679,847 shares 12.9%
3326 Wheeler Road
Augusta, Georgia 30909
Robert Monroe Flanagin- 499,083 shares 9.5%
3052 Skinner Mill Road
Augusta, Georgia 30909
Anne Flanagin Smith- 387,541 shares 7.4%
4688 Great Falls Highway
Great Falls, South Carolina 29055
The Flanagin Family group owns a total of approximately 42.7% of all shares
of stock issued and outstanding. This 42.7% includes 79,585 shares (1.5%) owned
by the estate of the late Dr. W. S. Flanagin, Sr., 135,366 shares (2.6%) owned
by Thomas Greenlee Flanagin, Jr., and 3,429 shares owned by Harriette Robinson
Flanagin.
REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The present Directors of the Company serve without compensation and no
officer receives compensation in excess of fifty thousand and no/100 ($50,000)
dollars annually. The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation received or
accrued compensation during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000 in the sum
of $33,426 and the Chairman of the Board received or accrued
compensation in the sum of $3,600. Each Director of the Corporation receives
compensation of $100 per Director's meeting attended for services performed as a
Director.
There were no annuity, pension or retirement benefits paid during the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000 and none are proposed to be paid to any
Officer or Director of Security Land & Development Corporation.
There are no remuneration payments other than ordinary salary payments
proposed to be made in the future (directly or indirectly) by the Corporation or
any of its subsidiaries pursuant to any plan or arrangement with any Director or
Officer.
There were no options granted to any Officer or Director to purchase
securities of Security Land & Development Corporation or its subsidiaries during
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000 and none have been granted to date.
INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS
IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
In the ordinary course of business, the Company may enter into transactions
with Directors, officers, security holders, or their immediate family members.
During 2000 the Company acquired the remaining one-third interest in land
from an entity in which John C. Bell, Jr., a Director and security-holder, was a
50% owner. In this transaction the Company acquired the remaining one-third
interest in 6.92 acres of land in Evans, Georgia on North Belair Road Extension
at Washington Road. The purchase price of the land $522,846.
In a separate transaction from above, the Company acquired from the
following individuals, who were equal owners in the property, approximately 4.0
acres of land in Evans on North Belair Road Extension at Washington Road. The
purchase price of the land was $371,970.
W. Stewart Flanagin, Jr. Director and security holder
T. Greenlee Flanagin President, Director and security holder
Robert M. Flanagin Director and security holder
Anne Flanagin Smith Security Holder
Virginia Wilson Flanagin Immediate family member of Director
and security holder
Tate McKenzie Flanagin Immediate family member of Director
and security holder
W. Stewart Flanagin, III Immediate family member of Director
and security holder
John Lawrence Smith Immediate family member of security
holder
Chesley Stewart Smith Immediate family member of Director
and security holder
Harriette Robinson Flanagin Immediate family member of Director
and security holder
T. Greenlee Flanagin, Jr. Immediate family member of Director
security holder
The Company purchased insurance from A.H.S. & Associates, with which M.
David Alalof, Director and security holder, is affiliated. The Board of
Directors believe the prices were not in excess of prices that would have been
paid had the Company obtained this insurance from other sources. The total
premiums paid for this coverage during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000
were in the amount of $3,515.
RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
The Board of Directors has selected the firm of Cherry, Bekaert & Holland,
C.P.A., 1029 Greene Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901, to serve as independent
public accountants for the Corporation for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2001. Although the selection and appointment of independent accountants is not
required to be submitted to a vote of the stockholders, the Board has decided to
ask the stockholders to approve the appointment. If the stockholders do not
approve such appointment, the Board will reconsider the appointment. The vote of
a majority of the stock present and voting is necessary to approve the
appointment of the auditor. It is the intention of the Board of Directors to
vote the shares represented by any proxy so received FOR the approval of the
selection of Cherry, Bekaert & Holland as C.P.A., unless otherwise indicated on
any proxy so received.
The firm of Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, Certified Public Accountant, does
not presently have nor has not in the past had any direct or indirect financial
or material interest in Security Land & Development Corporation or any of said
Corporation's subsidiaries. The firm of Cherry Bekaert & Holland does not
presently have nor had not in the past had any direct interest in Security Land
& Development Corporation or any of said Corporation's subsidiaries in capacity
of promoter, underwriter, voting trustee, director, officer, or employee.
Representatives of Cherry, Bekaert & Holland are expected to be present at the
meeting with an opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so. Such
representatives will be available to respond to appropriate questions. The Board
of Directors of the Company does not have an audit or similar committee.
The affirmative vote, in person or by proxy, of a majority of all
outstanding shares of the Company present at the meeting will be necessary for
the adoption of this proposal.
The Board of Directors recommend a vote FOR this proposal.
The names of the seven nominees, their principal occupations, the periods during
which they have served as directors and their beneficial ownership of equity
securities of Security Land & Development Corporation as of February 1, 2001,
are set forth in the following table:
NOMINEES
Names Principal
Present Office Occupation Served as
(Age) For Preceding Director
5 Year Period since
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W. Stewart Flanagin, Jr. Pharmacist & 1983
(Chairman) Owner, Hill Drug Co.
Age-53
T. Greenlee Flanagin Licensed Realtor 1983
(President)
Age-5
M. David Alalof President, A.H.S. & Associates 1977
(Vice-President)
Age-58
Robert M. Flanagin Licensed Realtor 1987
(Director)
Age-43
John C. Bell, Jr. Attorney-at-Law 1983
(Director)
Age-52
Gregory B. Scurlock Senior Vice-President, 1983
(Secretary-Treasurer) First Union National Bank
Age-52 of Georgia
FOR ELECTION
Term Expires Shares Common
Stock Owned
Beneficially as of 2/1/01
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Annual Meeting 463,052 Shares 8.8%
Scheduled
May 3, 2001
Annual Meeting 679,847 Shares 12.9%
Scheduled
May 3, 2001
Annual Meeting 27,526 Shares ---
Scheduled
May 3, 2001
Annual Meeting 499,083 Shares 9.5%
Scheduled
May 3, 2001
Annual Meeting 330,865 Shares 6%
Scheduled
May 3, 2001
Annual Meeting 500 Shares --
Scheduled
May 3, 2001
PROXY
SECURITY LAND & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
PROXY FOR REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS, MAY 3, 2001. THIS PROXY IS
SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND IF VALIDLY EXECUTED WILL BE
VOTED AT SAID MEETING AND WILL BE VOTED AS SPECIFIED.
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints W. Stewart Flanagin, Jr.
and Gregory B. Scurlock, and each or any of them my true and lawful attorneys in
my name, place, and stead, and as my proxy with all vote for me at the annual
meeting of the shareholders of the Security Land & Development Corp., to be held
at the Sheraton Augusta Hotel, Bobby Jones Expressway and Wheeler Road, Augusta,
Georgia, on Thursday, May 3, 2001, at 10:00 A.M., or at any adjournment or
adjournments thereof according to the number I would be entitled to cast if I
were personally present.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A FAVORABLE VOTE FOR THE FOLLOWING
PROPOSALS. IF NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED "FOR" SAID
PROPOSALS.
1. FOR [_] or AGAINST [_] setting the number of members of the Board
of Directors at six (6).
2. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS:
FOR [_] all nominees listed below or ABSTAIN [_]
(except as marked to the contrary below-withhold authority to
vote for certain individually named nominees in the slate by lining
through or otherwise striking out the name of any such nominee.)
W. STEWART FLANAGIN, JR.; T. GREENLEE FLANAGIN; M. DAVID ALALOF;
JOHN C. BELL, JR.; GREGORY B. SCURLOCK; ROBERT M. FLANAGIN.
3. FOR [_] or AGAINST [_] the appointment of Cherry, Bekaert &
Holland, C.P.A. as auditor for Security Land & Development
Corporation.
4. And upon any other business that may properly come before the meeting.
DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY IS CONFERRED AS TO ALL OTHER MATTERS WHICH MAY COME
BEFORE THE MEETING. MANAGEMENT IS NOT PRESENTLY AWARE OF ANY SUCH MATTERS.
A majority of my aforesaid attorney as shall be present and shall act at
the meeting (or if only one shall be present and act, then that one) shall have
and may exercise all of the powers of all of my aforesaid attorney herein.
Receipt of notice is hereby acknowledged
Signature ______________________________Date________
Shareholders (if signing as attorney, administrator, executor,
guardian, or trustee, add your title to the signature)