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EXHIBIT 10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 
  
 AMENDMENT TO THE 
 PULASKI FINANCIAL CORP. 
 2002 STOCK OPTION PLAN 
  
 WHEREAS, the shareholders of Pulaski Financial Corp. (the “Company”) adopted the Pulaski Financial Corp.
2002 Stock Option Plan (the “Option Plan”) on January 16, 2002; 
  
 WHEREAS, on November 19, 2003, the Board of Directors of the Company amended the Option Plan to increase the number of shares of stock reserved for the issuance of stock options by 150,000 shares; and

  
 WHEREAS, the foregoing amendment to the Option Plan was
presented to and approved by shareholders at the annual meeting in order that such plan and options awarded thereunder will qualify for certain favorable tax treatment and/or exemptive treatment from the short-swing profit recapture provisions of
Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and to comply with the criteria for listing of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq National Market. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, effective as of the date of the approval of the amendment to the Option Plan by the
Company’s shareholders, the Option Plan shall be amended as follows: 
  
 The first sentence of Section 8(a) of the Option Plan shall be amended to read: 
  
 Five hundred thousand (500,000) shares, subject to adjustment under paragraph (b) below, are available for purchase upon the exercise of Options granted
under this Plan. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the shareholders
of the Company has adopted this Amendment to the Pulaski Financial Corp. 2002 Stock Option Plan. 
  

							
	 ATTEST:
	 	 	 	 PULASKI FINANCIAL CORP.

				
	 /s/    Christine A. Munro

	 	 	 	 By:
	 	 /s/    William A. Donius

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 For the Entire Board of DirectorsEmployment Agreement with James F. Gordon dated January 31, 2004

 EXHIBIT 10.13 
  
 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
  
 AGREEMENT made as of this 31st day of January, 2004 by and between the parties: JAMES F. GORDON, an individual residing at 350 Sorrento Ranches Drive, Nokomis, FL 34275 (hereinafter referred to as the “Executive”) and OPUS RESOURCE GROUP,
INC., a Colorado corporation, with principal executive offices located at 12900 Automobile Boulevard, Ste D, Clearwater, FL 33762 (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”). 
  
 W I T N E S S E T H 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company designs, manufactures and markets proprietary blast mitigation materials; and 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain and employ the Executive for
the purpose of securing to the Company the experience, ability and services of the Executive as Chief Executive Officer; and 
  
 WHEREAS, the Executive desires to be employed by the Company; and 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, it is mutually agreed by and between the parties hereto as follows: 
  
 ARTICLE I 
 EMPLOYMENT 
  
 The Company hereby employs the Executive effective January 31, 2004 as Chief Executive Officer and the Executive hereby accepts such employment and agrees to serve on a full-time basis as an executive officer of the Company subject to and
upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. 
  
 ARTICLE II 
 DUTIES 
  
 (A) The Executive shall, during the term of his employment with the Company and subject to the direction and control of the Company’s Board of
Directors, perform such executive duties and functions as he may be called upon to perform consistent with his employment hereunder as Chief Executive Officer. 
  

(B) The Executive Agrees to devote his full time and best efforts to the performance of his duties for the Company, which shall include, but not be
limited to, the following: to participate in the direction of the Company’s business; and to promote the Company’s relationships with its employees, customers and others in the business community. 
  

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 ARTICLE III 
 COMPENSATION 
  
 (A) The
Company shall pay to the Executive for all services to be rendered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement: (i) a base salary at the rate of One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars and 00/100, or $14,583.33 per month for the first year, payable in
accordance with the Company’s normal payroll procedures. In addition, the Executive is entitled to a two percent (2%) Net Profit Bonus each year based on the Company’s fiscal year December 31 financials. Executive shall also be entitled to
periodic salary adjustments as determined by the Board of Directors. Salary adjustments will be set at a minimum of the rate of inflation as stated by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) published by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor
Statistics. Executive’s voluntary termination of employment for any reason not covered herein shall terminate the salary of Executive as of the date of such termination. 
  
 ARTICLE IV 
 STOCK OPTIONS 
  
 (A) The Company shall grant to
the Executive non-qualified options to purchase 580,000 (post split) shares of Common Stock of the parent Company OPUS Resource Group, Inc. (the “Options”) at an exercise price of $2.00 per share (the “Exercise Price”). These
Options will expire on December 31, 2007 (the “Expiration Date”) and shall vest as follows: 200,000 options will vest on June 1, 2004 and January 1, 2005 and 180,000 options on January 1, 2006, respectively. To exercise the Options, the
Executive may pay the Exercise Price, as he shall determine, by cash or check, by reduction of the number of shares of Common Stock the Executive is entitled to receive upon exercise thereof based upon the then fair market value of the shares of
Common Stock determined by reference to the primary established trading market for the Common Stock, or if no such market exists, determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith, or pursuant to any other program which the Company
has established for the exercise of employee stock options generally. An appropriate restrictive legend will be placed on all share certificates delivered to Executive upon exercise of the options unless the shares have been registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under a S-8 plan or registration statement, whatever comes first. If the Executive’s employment with the Company ceases for any reason or for no reason, then all vested and unvested Options shall vest
immediately and continue to be exercisable until the Expiration Date. 
  
 ARTICLE V 
 WORKING CONDITIONS AND BENEFITS 
  
 (A) The Executive shall be entitled to paid vacations during each year of his employment with the Company in accordance with
Company practice. The Executive is entitled to three weeks paid vacation. 
  
 (B) The Executive is authorized to incur reasonable and necessary expenses for promoting the business of the Company, including authorized expenses for entertainment, travel and similar items. The Company shall
reimburse the Executive on a monthly basis for all such expenses, upon presentation by the Executive of an itemized account of such authorized expenditures. 
  

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 (C) The Executive shall be employed by the Company at executive offices maintained by the Company in
Clearwater, Florida. The Executive shall travel on the Company’s behalf to the extent reasonably necessary. 
  
 (D) The Company shall provide the Executive during the term of this Agreement with major medical health benefits equivalent to that provided other
officers. 
  
 (E) The Company shall provide to the Executive to
the full extent provided for under the laws of the Company’s State of Incorporation and the Company’s Bylaws, indemnification for any claim or lawsuit which may be asserted against the Executive when acting in such capacity for the
Company, provided that said indemnification is not in violation of any of the following: (a) federal and state law or (b) rule or regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  
 ARTICLE VI 
 OTHER BENEFITS 
  
 During the term hereof, the
Executive shall be entitled to receive such of the following other benefits of employment that are available to other members of the Company’s management: health and life insurance benefits, pension, profit sharing and income protection or
disability plans, in each instance, consistent with his position. 
  
 ARTICLE VII 
 TERM 
  
 The term of this Agreement shall commence as of January 1, 2004 and continue until December 31, 2007 unless this Agreement is otherwise terminated
pursuant to the terms hereof. 
  
 ARTICLE VIII 

TERMINATION 
  
 (A) The Company may terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the Executive if the Executive becomes disabled or suffers an illness and as a result
of such disability or illness is substantially unable to perform his duties hereunder for a period of three consecutive months or an aggregate of 90 working days over a consecutive 12 month period; such notice shall be forwarded to the Executive by
the Company upon and after a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors authorizing such notification. 
  
 (B) The Company may terminate this Agreement, for cause, at any time, by giving the Executive notice thereof specifying the grounds for such termination.
In such event, this Agreement and the employment relationship hereunder shall be terminated as of the date of such notice and you will be entitled to no further payments from the Company. For purposes hereof, “Cause” shall mean (i) a
breach of trust, including, inter alia, acts of moral turpitude, theft, embezzlement and self-dealing; (ii) the disclosure of confidential information is prohibited hereof (except disclosure in the 
  

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 good faith belief that the same is for the benefit of the Company) which results (or can reasonably be expected to
result) in material harm to the Company; (iii) willful misconduct which results (or can reasonably be expected to result) in material harm to the Company, or (iv) willfully fails to carry out the policies of the Company’s Board of Directors.

  
 (C) In the event that the Company terminates the employment of
the Executive without cause, then the Executive shall be entitled to severance pay equal to the greater of twelve month’s base salary at the rate of base salary then in effect at the termination date or the balance of the base salary due for
the first three years of the contract. Such severance pay shall be made in one lump sum or in monthly installments on the first day of each month at the option of the Company. 
  
 (D) In the event Company is acquired, or is the non-surviving party in a merger, or sells all or substantially all of its
assets, this agreement shall not be terminated and the company is bound by the provisions of this agreement. 
  
 The consideration set forth in this sub-paragraph (C) together with any prior unpaid salary and unreimbursed expenses, shall completely relieve the
Company of any liability to the Executive for any compensation that would have otherwise been payable to the Executive under the terms of this Agreement. 
  
 ARTICLE IX 
 CONFIDENTIALITY AND
NON-COMPETITION 
  
 (A) All Company trade secrets, proprietary
information, software, software codes, advertising, sales, marketing and other materials or articles of information, including without limitation customer and supplier lists, data processing reports, customer sales analyses, invoices, price lists or
information, samples, or any other materials or data of any kind furnished to the Executive by the Company or developed by the Executive on behalf of the Company or at the Company’s direction or for the Company’s use or otherwise in
connection with the Executive’s employment hereunder, are and shall remain the sole and confidential property of the Company; if the Company requests the return of such materials at any time during or after the termination of the
Executive’s employment, the Executive shall immediately deliver the same to the Company. 
  
 (B) During the term of this Agreement and eighteen months after the termination of his employment with the Company for any reason whatsoever, the Executive shall not directly or indirectly induce or attempt to
influence any employee of the Company to terminate his or her employment with Company and shall not engage in (as a principal, partner, director, officer, agent, employee, consultant or otherwise) or be financially interested in any business in
direct competition with the business of the Company. However, nothing contained in this paragraph shall prevent the Executive from holding for investment of no more than two percent (2%) of any class of equity securities of a company whose
securities are traded on a national securities exchange. 
  
 (C)
During the term of this Agreement and at all times thereafter, the Executive shall not use for his personal benefit, or disclose, communicate or divulge to, or use for the direct or indirect benefit of any person, firm association or company other
than the Company, any material referred to 
  

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 in paragraph (A) above or any information regarding the business methods, business policies, procedures, techniques,
research or development projects or results, trade secrets, or other knowledge or processes used or developed by the Company or any names and addresses of customers or clients or any other confidential information relating to or dealing with the
business operations or activities of the Company, made known to the Executive or learned or acquired by the Executive while in the employ of the Company 
  
 ARTICLE X 
 SEVERABILITY

  
 If any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid
or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable with respect to particular circumstances, it shall remain in full force and effect in all other circumstances.

  
 ARTICLE XI 
 ARBITRATION 
  
 Any controversy, claim or dispute arising out of the terms of this Agreement, or the breach thereof, may be settled by arbitration in Pinellas County
Florida under the rules of the American Arbitration Association, if both the Company and the Executive agree to arbitration, and the award rendered thereon shall be final, binding and conclusive as to all parties and may be entered in any court of
competent jurisdiction. 
  
 ARTICLE XII 
 NOTICE 
  
 All notices required to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered to the
addressee in person or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, as follows: 
  
 If to the Company, addressed to: 
  
 OPUS Resource Group, Inc. 
 12900 Automobile Blvd., Ste D 
 Clearwater, FL 33762 
  
 If to the Executive, addressed to: 
  
 James F. Gordon 
 350 Sorrento Ranches Drive

 Nokomis, FL 34275 
  
 or to any such other address as the party to receive the notice shall advise by due notice given in accordance with this paragraph. 
  

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 ARTICLE XIII 
 BENEFIT 
  
 This Agreement
shall inure to and shall be binding upon the parties hereto, the successors and assigns of the Company and the heirs and personal representatives of the Executive. 
  
 ARTICLE XIV 
 WAIVER 
  
 The waiver of either party of any
breach or violation of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach. 
  
 ARTICLE XV 
 GOVERNING LAW

  
 This Agreement has been negotiated and executed in the
State of Florida and Florida law shall govern its construction and validity. 
  
 ARTICLE XVI 
 ENTIRE AGREEMENT 
  
 This Agreement contains the entire Agreement between the parties hereto; no change, addition or amendment shall be made
hereto except by written agreement signed by the parties hereto. This Agreement supersedes all prior Agreements and understandings. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement and affixed their hands and seal the day and year first above written.

  

					
	 	 	 Executive:

		
	 	 	 /s/ James F. Gordon

	 	 	 James F. Gordon

		
	 	 	 OPUS RESOURCE GROUP, INC.

			
	 [Corporate Seal]
	 	 	 	 
			
	 	 	 By
	 	 /s/ John L. Waddell, Jr.

	 	 	 Print Name:
	 	 John L. Waddell, Jr.

	 	 	 Title:
	 	 President & COO

			
	 ATTEST:
	 	 	 	 

  

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