==========================================START OF PAGE 1====== UNITED STATES OF AMERICA before the SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Rel. No. 38583 / May 8, 1997 Admin. Proc. File No. 3-9051 _____________________________________ : In the Matter of : : KENNETH J. SCHULTE : _____________________________________: NOTICE THAT INITIAL DECISION HAS BECOME FINAL The time for filing a petition for review of the initial decision in this proceeding has expired. No such petition has been filed, and the Commission has not chosen to review the decision on its own initiative. Accordingly, notice is hereby given, pursuant to Rule 360(e) of the Commission's Rules of Practice, that the initial decision of the administrative law judge -[*]- has become the final decision of the Commission. The order contained in that decision bars Schulte from association with a broker, dealer, member of a national securities exchange or registered securities association, and from participation in any offering of penny stock. That order is hereby declared effective. For the Commission by the Office of the General Counsel, pursuant to delegated authority. Jonathan G. Katz Secretary ---------FOOTNOTES---------- -[*]- Kenneth J. Schulte, Initial Decision Release No. 110 (April 10, 1997), __ SEC Docket ____.