SECURITY GROWTH & INCOME FUND/KS/
485APOS, EX-99.M(4), 2000-11-20
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                         SECURITY GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
                           BROKERAGE ENHANCEMENT PLAN


WHEREAS,  Security Growth and Income Fund (the "Fund") engages in business as an
open-end  management  investment  company  and is  registered  as such under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Act");

WHEREAS,  shares  of  common  stock of the Fund are  authorized  to be issued in
multiple series, but are currently issued in only a single series;

WHEREAS in the event the Fund issues its shares in more than a single  series in
the future (the "Series"), such Series can be added to this Plan by listing such
Series on a Schedule and attaching the same hereto;

WHEREAS, shares of common stock of the Fund are divided into multiple classes of
shares,  and this Plan applies to the Fund as a whole and the effect of the Plan
does not vary based upon a class of shares;

WHEREAS,  the Fund employs Security  Distributors,  Inc. (the  "Distributor") as
distributor of the securities of which the Fund is the issuer;

WHEREAS,  the Board of Directors of the Fund (the "Board") has determined  that,
subject to the  requirement to seek best price and execution,  it is appropriate
and desirable for the Fund to use certain brokerage commissions generated on the
purchase  and  sale of  portfolio  securities  to  finance  activities  that are
primarily  intended  to  result  in the  sale  of  its  shares  (the  "Brokerage
Enhancement Plan" or the "Plan");

WHEREAS, any benefits that may be obtained from brokerage commissions are assets
of the Fund,  and the Fund  wishes,  pursuant  to Rule 12b-1  under the Act,  to
utilize such assets in furtherance of the distribution of the Fund's shares; and

WHEREAS,  the Board has  determined  that,  to the extent  that the use of these
benefits   earned  by  a  Series  under  this  Plan  results  in  the  increased
distribution of the Fund's shares, a benefit in the form of potential  economies
of scale  should  inure to that  Series and to the other  Series  offered by the
Fund;

NOW, THEREFORE, this Brokerage Enhancement Plan is adopted by the Fund on behalf
of the  Series,  if any,  in  accordance  with Rule 12b-l  under the Act, on the
following terms and conditions:

 1.  The Fund is authorized to enter into agreements or arrangements pursuant to
     which the Fund may direct Security Management Company,  LLC ("SMC"), in its
     capacity as the Fund's investment adviser, and each of the sub-advisors, if
     any,  retained by SMC (and  approved by the Fund) to manage  certain of the
     Series (each a "Sub-Advisor"), acting as agents for the Fund or its Series:

     a.  To place orders for the purchase or sale of portfolio  securities  with
         the Distributor or other introducing  broker-dealers who will receive a
         portion of the brokerage commission paid by the Fund or its Series from
         broker-dealers executing such portfolio transactions for the benefit of
         the Fund or its Series ("Brokerage Payments") that can be used directly
         or indirectly to finance the distribution of the Fund's shares; or

     b.  To  allocate  transactions  for  the  purchase  or  sale  of  portfolio
         securities or other assets to broker-dealers,  and receive, in addition
         to execution of the brokerage transaction,  credits,  benefits or other
         services from the broker-dealer  ("Brokerage Credits") that can be used
         directly  or  indirectly  to  promote  the  distribution  of the Fund's
         shares;

     in each case,  provided that SMC or the Sub-Advisor must reasonably believe
     that the  Distributor or  broker-dealer  (or the clearing broker of either)
     will execute the transaction in a manner  consistent with standards of best
     execution,  as described in the  Registration  Statement  for the Fund,  as
     amended from time to time.

 2.  The Fund is authorized to expend Brokerage  Credits and Brokerage  Payments
     to compensate the  Distributor  and other  broker-dealers  for the cost and
     expense of certain  distribution-related  activities or to procure from, or
     otherwise  induce,  the  Distributor  and other  broker-dealers  to provide
     services,  where such  activities  or services  are intended to promote the
     sale of the Fund's shares.  Such  activities or services may be provided by
     the Distributor or  broker-dealer  to which a purchase or sale  transaction
     has been allocated (the directed broker-dealer) or by another broker-dealer
     or  other  party  at  the   direction  of  the   Distributor   or  directed
     broker-dealer.  The  activities  or  services  which may be  procured  with
     Brokerage Credits and Brokerage  Payments  include,  but are not limited to
     (i) developing,  preparing, printing, and mailing of advertisements,  sales
     literature and other promotional material describing and/or relating to the
     Fund or its  Series;  (ii)  printing  and  mailing  of  Fund  prospectuses,
     statements  of  additional   information,   any  supplements   thereto  and
     shareholder  reports  for  existing  and  prospective  shareholders;  (iii)
     holding or participating in seminars and sales meetings designed to promote
     the distribution of shares of the Fund or its Series,  including  materials
     intended  either  for  broker-dealer  only  use or  for  retail  use;  (iv)
     providing  information  about  the Fund,  its  Series,  or mutual  funds in
     general,  to registered  representatives of  broker-dealers;  (v) providing
     assistance to broker-dealers  that are conducting due diligence on the Fund
     or its Series;  (vi) payment or reimbursement  of legal and  administrative
     costs associated with implementing the Plan; (vii) marketing fees requested
     by broker-dealers who sell shares of the Fund; (viii) obtaining information
     and  providing  explanations  to  shareholders  regarding the Fund's or its
     Series'  investments and policies and other  information about the Fund and
     its Series,  including  the  performance  of the Fund or its  Series;  (ix)
     training sales personnel;  (x) personal  service and/or  maintenance of the
     shareholder  accounts;  (xi) payment of commissions to  broker-dealers  who
     sell  shares of the Fund and (xii)  financing  any other  activity  that is
     intended to result in the sale of Fund shares.

 3.  The Fund may direct the Distributor to take  appropriate  actions to effect
     the purposes of this Plan, including,  but not limited to, (a) directing on
     behalf  of the Fund or a Series  and  subject  to the  standards  described
     above,  SMC or a Sub-Advisor to allocate  transactions  for the purchase or
     sale of  portfolio  securities  in the manner  described  in the Plan;  (b)
     compensating  a   broker-dealer   for  the  cost  and  expense  of  certain
     distribution-related  activities  or  procuring  from  a  broker-dealer  or
     otherwise  inducing  a  broker-dealer  to  provide  services,   where  such
     activities  or services  are  intended to promote the sale of shares of the
     Fund or a Series,  all on behalf  of the Fund or a Series.  Subject  to the
     standards set forth in Section 1, and subject to applicable  law, SMC and a
     Sub-Advisor may also direct brokerage  transactions to a broker-dealer that
     is an affiliated person of the Distributor, SMC or a Sub-Advisor.  Provided
     that any  Brokerage  Credits or Brokerage  Payments  directly or indirectly
     inure to the  benefit  of  those  Series  which  generated  the  particular
     Brokerage  Credit or  Brokerage  Payment,  any such credits or payments may
     also inure to the benefit of other Series of the Fund.

 4.  This Plan shall not take effect with  respect to a Series until it has been
     approved by (a) a vote of a majority of the outstanding  voting  securities
     of that  Series;  and,  together  with  any  related  agreements,  has been
     approved by (a) the Fund's Board of Directors,  and (b) those  Directors of
     the Fund who are not  "interested  persons"  of the Fund (as defined in the
     Act) and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation
     of this Plan or any agreements  related to it (the "Rule 12b-l Directors"),
     cast in person at a meeting (or meetings) called, at least in part, for the
     purpose of voting on this Plan and such related  agreements.  If additional
     Series of the Fund are  established,  this Plan shall not take  effect with
     respect  to  such  Series  until  the  Plan,   together  with  any  related
     agreements, has been approved by votes of a majority of both (a) the Fund's
     Board of  Directors  and (b) the Rule 12b-1  Directors  cast in person at a
     meeting  called,  at least in  part,  for the  purpose  of  voting  on such
     approval.

 5.  After  approval  as set  forth  in  paragraph  4, and any  other  approvals
     required  pursuant  to the Act and Rule 12b-1  thereunder,  this Plan shall
     take effect at the time specified by the Fund's Board of Directors,  or, if
     no such time is specified by the Directors,  at the time that all approvals
     necessary  have been  obtained.  The Plan shall  continue in full force and
     effect  as to a  Series  for so long as such  continuance  is  specifically
     approved at least  annually by votes of a majority of both (a) the Board of
     Directors and (b) the Rule 12b-1 Directors of the Fund, cast in person at a
     meeting called, at least in part, for the purpose of voting on this Plan.

 6.  The Distributor shall provide to the Directors of the Fund a written report
     of the amounts  expended or benefits  received  and the  purposes for which
     such expenditures were made at such frequency as may be required under Rule
     12b-1 of the Act.

 7.  This Plan may be terminated as to the Fund or a Series at any time, without
     payment of any penalty,  by vote of the Directors of the Fund, by vote of a
     majority  of the Rule 12b-l  Directors,  or by a vote of a majority  of the
     outstanding  voting  securities  of the  Series  on not more  than 30 days'
     written notice to any other party to the Plan. In addition,  all Agreements
     shall provide that such  Agreement  shall  terminate  automatically  in the
     event of its assignment.

 8.  This Plan may not be amended in any material  respect unless such amendment
     is  approved  by a vote of a  majority  of both  (a) the  Fund's  Board  of
     Directors  and (b) the Rule  12b-1  Directors  cast in  person at a meeting
     called,  at least in part, for the purpose of voting on such approval.  The
     Plan may not be amended to increase  materially  the amount to be spent for
     distribution  unless  such  amendment  is  approved  by a  majority  of the
     outstanding  voting securities of the pertinent Series and by a majority of
     both (a) the Fund's  Board of  Directors  and (b) the Rule 12b-1  Directors
     cast in person at a meeting  called,  at least in part,  for the purpose of
     voting on such approval;  provided however, that increases in amounts spent
     for  distribution  by virtue of a greater  amount of  Brokerage  Credits or
     Brokerage  Payments generated by the Fund shall not be deemed to constitute
     a material increase in the amount to be spent for distribution.

 9.  While this Plan is in effect, the selection and nomination of Directors who
     are not  "interested  persons" (as defined in the Act) of the Fund shall be
     committed  to the  discretion  of the  Directors  who  are  not  interested
     persons.

10.  The Fund shall  preserve  copies of this Plan and related  agreements for a
     period of not less than six years from the date of  termination of the Plan
     or related  agreements,  the first two years in an easily accessible place;
     and shall  preserve all reports  made  pursuant to paragraph 6 hereof for a
     period of not less than  six,  the first two years in an easily  accessible
     place.

11.  The provisions of this Plan are severable as to each Series, and any action
     to be taken with  respect to this Plan shall be taken  separately  for each
     Series affected by the matter.

Date:  January 27, 2000


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