Exhibit 10.1







Exhibit 10.1



AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT




THIS AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Amendment”) is entered into this 23rd day of April, 2010 by and between
First Trinity Financial Corporation an Oklahoma corporation (the “Company”), and William S. Lay (“Employee”).



The Corporation and Employee entered into an Employment Agreement dated April 18, 2009 (the “Employment Agreement”)
which contains the terms and conditions of the Company’s employment of the Employee. The Company and Employee now
desire to amend certain provisions of the Employment Agreement.



The Employment Agreement may be amended by the Company and Employee in accordance with section 11(a) of the
Employment Agreement upon the mutual consent of the Company and Employee.



NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the following promises and mutual covenants, and intending to be legally bound, the
parties agree as follows:



Wheareas, Company desires to employ Employee as its Chief Financial Officer during the first eighteen months of the
agreement, being June 30, 2010 and



Wheareas, Employee desires to accept such position;



1. DEFINED TERMS



Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Amendment, the capitalized terms used in this Amendment and defined
in the Employment Agreement shall have the same meanings as provided in the Employment Agreement.



2. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1. TERMS AND DUTIES



Section 1, Terms and Duties, of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting the terms of that section in their
entirety and substituting the following in their place, reading in their entirety as follows:



For valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Employee is hereby employed and shall work for
Company and its subsidiaries for a term commencing on January 1, 2009 and continuing for a period of thirty six (36)
months ending December 31, 2011, or the termination of this Agreement as described In Section 6 hereof, whichever shall
occur first. Employee shall be employed as Chief Financial Officer for a period of eighteen (18) months and thereafter
in such other position(s) as Employee and Company may agree. Employee may perform his work from his home, the Company
office or other location as he may determine. The employee’s duties shall be to manage Company’s interests in its
business and subsidiaries as mutually agreed and set forth in an agreed job description.


 


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3. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2. TIME



Section 2, Time, of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting the terms of that section in their entirety and
substituting the following in their place, reading in their entirety as follows:



Employee is employed hereafter and shall work during the first eighteen months (18) of this agreement for whatever
period of time and such hours as necessary to fulfill his duties hereunder. During the next six months (6) of the
agreement employee is not required to work any minimum number of hours and during the next twelve months (12) of the
agreement employee is not required to work more than 375 hours. Employee shall give his best efforts, loyalty, and
attention to Company’s interests during the term of this agreement. Employee agrees not to engage in any other
insurance or financial service business during the term of this Agreement without seeking approval of the Board of
Directors so that they may be able to determine if there is any conflict of interest.



4. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3. COMPENSATION



Section 3, Compensation, of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting the terms of that section in their entirety
and substituting the following in their place, reading in their entirety as follows:



(a) Base Salary. As compensation for all services rendered by the employee under this agreement during the first twelve
months, Company will pay Employee a base salary that is the greater of $125,000 per year or an amount that makes
employee the second highest paid employee of the Company and/or its subsidiaries, excluding any subsidiaries acquired
after January 1, 2009; during year two (2) of the agreement, Company will pay employee $62,500 plus $90.00 per hour for
all hours worked in excess of 750, including hours for holidays and vacation time; during year three of the agreement,
Company will pay employee $31,250 plus $90 per hour for hours worked in excess of 375, including hours for holidays and
vacation time, payable periodically, but no less often than semi-monthly in accordance with company’s payroll practices
from time to time in effect.  



(b) Bonus. Company, at the discretion of the compensation committee and Board of Directors, may grant additional
bonuses to Employee based on performance relating to events such as, but not limited to, acquisitions, establishment of
subsidiaries or affiliates, company expansion, corporate profits and corporate cost savings. Such bonuses shall be
granted on an annual basis.



3. EFFECT OF AMENDMENT ON EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.



All provisions of this Amendment shall be deemed to be incorporated in, and made part of, the Employment Agreement, and
the Employment Agreement, as amended and supplemented by this Amendment, shall be read, taken, and construed as one and
the same agreement. Other than as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not constitute a consent or waiver
to or modification of any term or condition of the Employment Agreement. Subject to the express modifications made by
this Amendment, all terms, provisions, covenants, representations, warranties, agreements, and conditions contained in the Employment Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.


 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be signed by the President and CEO and Employee has
executed this Amendment.




First Trinity Financial Corporation



	 	 	 	 	 
	By	/s/Gregg Zahn	 	Date	April 23, 2010
	Gregg Zahn, President and CEO

	 	 
	 
	By	/s/William S. Lay	 	Date	April 23, 2010
	William S. Lay, Employee
	 	






 


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