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

Large accelerated filer

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¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

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

Registration No. 333-84392

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 BANK EMPLOYEES’ SAVINGS & PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST

PULASKI FINANCIAL CORP. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

PULASKI FINANCIAL CORP. 2002 STOCK OPTION PLAN

(Full Title of the Plan)

Copies to:


Gary W. Douglass		Aaron M. Kaslow, Esq.
President and Chief Executive Officer		Suzanne A. Walker, Esq.
Pulaski Financial Corp.		Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
12300 Olive Boulevard		607 14 ^th Street, N.W.
St. Louis, Missouri 63141		Washington, DC 20005
(314) 878-2210		(202) 508-5800
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the following registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2002 by Pulaski Financial Corp., a Missouri corporation (the “Registrant”):

Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-84392, registering 175,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, for issuance under the Pulaski Financial Corp. 2002 Stock Option Plan; 250,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, for issuance under the Pulaski Financial Corp. Deferred Compensation Plan; 87,522 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, for issuance under the Pulaski Bank Employees’ Savings & Profit Sharing Plan and Trust; and an indeterminate number of participation interests issued pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933.

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 and participation interests that remain unissued at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby amends the Registration Statement by deregistering all shares that remain unsold and participation interests that remain 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.