==========================================START OF PAGE 1====== UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Litigation Release No. 15330 / April 15, 1997 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION V. NVID INTERNATIONAL, INC., MATTHEW E. KLENOVIC, and ROBERT F. BUNTE, DEFENDANTS, and MARILEE S. KLENOVIC and ANDREW ARATA, RELIEF DEFENDANTS. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, No. 97-758-CIV-T-25E. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that on April 11, 1997 it obtained an Order of Preliminary Injunction against NVID International, Inc., Matthew E. Klenovic, and Robert F. Bunte. The Court found good cause to believe that the defendants violated Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. The Order extended the terms of the Temporary Restraining Order issued on April 3, 1997, including the freeze on the assets of the defendants and the relief defendants. The Order granted defendant NVID International, Inc. the opportunity to petition the Court to release its assets if NVID is unable to reach a "going forward" agreement with the Commission that enables it to conduct the lawful business of the corporation. The defendants and relief defendants were given ten days to provide an accounting of their assets. The Order arises out of a complaint filed by the Commission on April 3, 1997 in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. In its complaint, the Commission alleges that during 1996, NVID, Klenovic, and Bunte defrauded investors by raising $3.3 million dollars and spending most of that money for improper purposes, including the purchase of three Sarasota, Florida homes. The Honorable Henry Lee Adams, Jr. issued the Order after hearing arguments from the Commission, the defendants, and relief defendant Marilee S. Klenovic. [For further information, see Litigation Release No. 15317.]