PULSE BANCORP INC
SC 13D/A, 1997-10-08
SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, NOT FEDERALLY CHARTERED
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                (Amendment No.1)


                               PULSE BANCORP, INC.
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                                (Name of issuer)


                     Common Stock $1.00 Par Value Per Share
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                         (Title of class of securities)


                                   745860106
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                                 (CUSIP Number)


                               Richard Fisch, Esq.
                      Malizia, Spidi, Sloane & Fisch, P.C.
                       1301 K Street, N.W., Suite 700 East
                             Washington, D.C. 20005
                                 (202) 434-4660
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                  (Name, address and telephone number of person
                authorized to receive notices and communications)

                                October 5, 1997
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                     (Date of event which requires filing of
                                 this statement)

         If the filing person has  previously  filed a statement on Schedule 13G
to report the  acquisition  which is the subject of this  Schedule  13D,  and is
filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box
|_|.

         Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this Statement |_|.
(A fee is not required only if the filing person:  (1) has a previous  statement
on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of
securities  described  in Item 1;  and (2) has  filed  no  amendment  subsequent
thereto reporting  beneficial  ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7.)

         Note.  Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits,
should be filed with the Commission.  See Rule 13d-1(a) for other
parties to whom copies are to be sent.

                         (Continued on following pages.)

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CUSIP No.  745860106                                             13D             Page 2 of 7 Pages
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           1             NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
                         S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
                         George T. Hornyak, Jr.

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           2             CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP                                                (a)  |_|
                                                                                                                         (b)  |_|

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           3             SEC USE ONLY


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           4             SOURCE OF FUNDS

                                          PF
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           5             CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
                           TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)                                                                            |_|

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           6             CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
                         United States

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                               7          SOLE VOTING POWER
      NUMBER OF
        SHARES                                                   92,248
     BENEFICIALLY
       OWNED BY
         EACH
      REPORTING
     PERSON WITH

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                               8          SHARED VOTING POWER
                                                                 109,800
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                               9          SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                                                  92,248
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                               10         SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                                                 109,800
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          11             AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

                                                  202,048
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          12             CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
                         CERTAIN SHARES                                                                                   |_|

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          13             PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
                         6.4%

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          14             TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
                         IN

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Item 1.  Security and Issuer
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         The class of equity  securities to which this Statement  relates is the
common stock, $1.00 par value per share (the "Common Stock"),  of Pulse Bancorp,
Inc.  (the  "Issuer"),  the  executive  office of which is  located at 6 Jackson
Street, South River, New Jersey 08882.

Item 2.  Identity and Background
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         The name and business  address of the person  filing this  Statement is
George T. Hornyak,  Jr., 6 Jackson Street,  South River,  New Jersey 08882.  Mr.
Hornyak is the President,  Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Issuer.
During the last five years,  Mr.  Hornyak has not been  convicted  in a criminal
proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar  misdemeanors),  and has not
been a party to a civil  proceeding  of a  judicial  or  administrative  body of
competent jurisdiction which resulted in his being subject to a judgment, decree
or final order  enjoining  future  violations  of, or  prohibiting  or mandating
activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation
with  respect to such  laws.

         Mr. Hornyak is a citizen of the United States of America.

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other  Consideration
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         Mr. Hornyak may be deemed to beneficially  own the following  shares of
common stock: (1) 25,000 shares of common stock (as adjusted for a 2 for 1 stock
split in  December  1987 and  another  2 for 1 stock  split  in  December  1993)
directly owned by him for a total purchase price of approximately  $100,000, all
of which shares were acquired with personal funds.  Such shares were acquired on
September 18, 1986,  the date of  completion of the  conversion of Pulse Savings
Bank, the Issuer's  wholly owned savings bank  subsidiary  (the "Bank"),  to the
stock form of  organization  ("Conversion");  (2) 10,000  shares of common stock
held in the Pulse Savings Bank

                                       -3-

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Defined  Contribution Pension Plan (the "Pension Plan"), over which Mr. Hornyak,
as a Trustee,  shares voting and dispositive power with two other trustees;  (3)
86,448  shares of common  stock that may be acquired by the  exercise of options
granted to Mr.  Hornyak under the Issuer's 1986 Stock Option and Incentive  Plan
and the 1993 Stock Option and Incentive  Plan (the "Plans),  including the grant
of  additional  options as of November 26, 1996,  and 7,324 options that are now
first  exercisable;  and (4)  80,600  shares of common  stock  that Mr.  Hornyak
purchased  in the  market  or  through  the  exercise  of stock  options  during
approximately the past 10 years at prices ranging from $4.00 per share to $8.625
per share  (adjusted for stock splits).  These 80,600 shares were purchased with
personal funds or are owned through  brokerage margin accounts with Smith Barney
and Brown & Company.

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
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         No change from report  previously  filed. All of the shares reported on
this  Schedule  13D as  beneficially  owned by Mr.  Hornyak  were  acquired  for
investment. Mr. Hornyak may, from time to time, depending upon market conditions
and other  investment  considerations,  purchase  additional  securities  of the
Issuer for investment or dispose of securities of the Issuer.  As a director and
an executive officer of the Issuer, Mr. Hornyak, from time to time, explores and
is presented with potential  actions and transactions  which may be advantageous
to the Issuer and its stockholders, including possible mergers, acquisitions and
other business combinations.

         Other  than in the  performance  of his  duties  as a  Director  and an
executive  officer of the Issuer,  Mr. Hornyak has no current plans or proposals
which relate to or would result in:

          (a)  the  acquisition  by any person of  additional  securities of the
               Issuer, or the disposition of securities of the Issuer;

                                       -4-

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          (b)  an  extraordinary  corporate  transaction,   such  as  a  merger,
               reorganization or liquidation, involving the Issuer or any of its
               subsidiaries;

          (c)  a sale or transfer  of a material  amount of assets of the Issuer
               or any of its subsidiaries;

          (d)  any change in the present board of directors or management of the
               Issuer,  including any plans or proposals to change the number or
               term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board;

          (e)  any  material  change in the present  capitalization  or dividend
               policy of the Issuer;

          (f)  any other material  change in the Issuer's  business or corporate
               structure;

          (g)  changes in the  Issuer's  articles  of  incorporation,  bylaws or
               instruments  corresponding  thereto  or other  actions  which may
               impede the acquisition of control of the Issuer by any persons;

          (h)  causing a class of securities of the Issuer to be delisted from a
               national  securities  exchange or to cease to be authorized to be
               quoted  in  an  inter-dealer  quotation  system  of a  registered
               national securities association;

          (i)  a class of equity  securities of the Issuer becoming eligible for
               termination of registration  pursuant to Section  12(g)(4) of the
               Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or

          (j)  any action similar to any of those enumerated above.

Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer
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         Mr. Hornyak may be deemed to own  beneficially  an aggregate of 202,048
shares  of common  stock,  constituting  6.4% of the  number of shares of common
stock outstanding on the

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date hereof  (adjusted for the issuance of shares to cover the exercise of stock
options that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by Mr. Hornyak). Such amount
includes 5,800 shares Mr. Hornyak owns directly, with sole voting and investment
power, and 97,200 shares owned jointly with Mr. Hornyak's wife, with whom he may
be deemed to have shared voting and investment  power. Such amount also includes
2,600 shares owned by Mr.  Hornyak's wife,  which is invested in an IRA account.
Such amount also includes  10,000 shares owned by the Pension Plan for which Mr.
Hornyak,  as a  trustee,  shares  voting  and  dispositive  power with two other
trustees, Mr. Benjamin S. Konopacki and Mr. Edwin A. Roginski.  This amount also
includes  options  granted to Mr.  Hornyak  under the Plans to  purchase  86,448
shares of common stock which are presently exercisable.

Item 6.  Contracts, Arrangements, Understanding or Relationships
         With Respect to Securities of the Issuer
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         Not Applicable.

Item 7.  Material to be Filed as Exhibits
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         None.



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                                    SIGNATURE
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         After reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.


Date:    October 6, 1997                         /s/ George T.Hornyak, Jr.
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                                                 George T. Hornyak, Jr.





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