Post-effective Amendment to an S-8 Filing (s-8 Pos)

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2016

Registration No. 333-135895

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

PULASKI FINANCIAL CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Missouri

43-1816913

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

12300 Olive Boulevard

St. Louis, Missouri 63141

(314) 878-2210

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

PULASKI FINANCIAL CORP. 2006 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN;

PULASKI FINANCIAL CORP. STOCK-BASED DEFERRED

COMPENSATION PLAN; AND

CERTAIN NON-STATUTORY STOCK OPTION

ARRANGEMENTS

(Full Title of the Plan)

Copies to:

Gary W. Douglass

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pulaski Financial Corp.

12300 Olive Boulevard

St. Louis, Missouri 63141

(314) 878-2210

Aaron M. Kaslow, Esq.

Suzanne A. Walker, Esq.

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

607 14 ^th Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 508-5800

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone

number, including area code, of agent for service)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the following registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 20, 2006 by Pulaski Financial Corp., a Missouri corporation (the “Registrant”):

Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-135895, registering 500,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, for issuance under the Pulaski Financial Corp. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan; registering 250,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, for issuance under the Pulaski Financial Corp. Stock-Based Deferred Compensation Plan and registering 90,765 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, for issuance subject to non-statutory stock options granted to certain officers of the Registrant.

The Registrant intends to terminate and suspend all reporting obligations with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Accordingly, pursuant to the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities that remain unsold or unissued at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby amends the Registration Statement by deregistering all shares that remain unsold or unissued under such Registration Statement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 478 thereunder, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on this 29th day of April, 2016.