OLD STONE CORP
10-Q, 1998-11-13
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                                    FORM 10-Q

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

[X]  Quarterly Report Under 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

     For Quarter Ended September 30, 1998

or

[ ]  Transition  Report  pursuant  to Section  13 or 15(d) of the  Securities
     Exchange Act of 1934 For the transition period of to

Commission File Number 0-8016

                              OLD STONE CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        Rhode Island                                   05-0341273
(State or other jurisdiction of         (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 incorporation or organization)

        957 Warren Avenue
East Providence, Rhode Island                               02914
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                    Zip Code

                                 (401) 434-4632
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

* Indicate  by check mark  whether  the  registrant:  (1) has filed all  reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities  and Exchange Act
of 1934  during the  preceding  12 months (or for such  shorter  period that the
registrant was required to file such reports),  and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.

                  Yes:     X                              No:

The number of shares  outstanding of the  registrant's  Common Stock,  $1.00 par
value, as of September 30, 1998; 8,297,046.238


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PART I -   FINANCIAL INFORMATION:                                    PAGE NO.

Item 1.    Financial Statements

           Consolidated Balance Sheets -                                 1
           September 30, 1998 and December 31, 1997

           Consolidated Statements of Operations - For the               2
           Three Months and Nine Months Ended 
           September 30, 1998 and 1997

           Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders'           3
           Equity (Deficit) - For the Nine Months Ended 
           September 30, 1998 and 1997

           Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - For the               4
           Nine Months Ended September 30, 1998 and 1997

           Notes to Financial Statements                                 5

Item 2.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial             7
           Condition and Results of Operations

PART II -  OTHER INFORMATION

Item 3.    Defaults Upon Senior Securities                               8



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                         PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
                          Item 1. Financial Statements

                              OLD STONE CORPORATION
                           CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                                ($ In Thousands)
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<CAPTION>



                                                          September 30,        December 31,
                                                              1998                 1997
                                                           Unaudited
                                         ASSETS
<S>                                                       <C>                    <C>          
Cash                                                      $       24            $       27
Short-term investments                                           105                   251
Loans (net of reserve for loan losses of $52 in
         1998 and in 1997)                                        17                    34
Other assets                                                     274                    56
                                                          ----------           -----------
TOTAL ASSETS                                              $      420            $      368
                                                          ==========            ==========

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
LIABILITIES
<S>                                                        <C>                   <C>        
Other Liabilities                                           $  1,342           $     1,184
                                                           ---------             ---------
TOTAL LIABILITIES                                              1,342                 1,184

REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK
Preferred stock, series B, $1.00 par value;
         1,046,914 shares authorized, issued and
         outstanding (Liquidation value $20,938)              20,447                20,300

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Common stock, $1.00 par value; 25,000,000 shares
         authorized; 8,300,175 shares issued in 1998
         and 1997                                              8,300                 8,300
Additional paid-in capital                                    91,540                91,685
Surplus                                                       30,000                30,000
Accumulated deficit                                         (150,066)             (149,958)
Treasury stock, at cost; 54,000 shares in 1998
         and 1997                                        (     1,143)          (     1,143)
                                                            ---------             ---------
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)                      (   21,369)           (   21,116)
                                                             --------              --------

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS'
         EQUITY (DEFICIT)                               $        420          $        368
                                                           ==========            ==========

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         The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated
                             financial statements.


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                              OLD STONE CORPORATION
                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                   ($ In Thousands except for per share data)
                                   (Unaudited)
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<CAPTION>

                                                  Three Months Ended            Nine Months Ended
                                                     September 30,               September 30,
                                                   1998          1997           1998          1997
                                                   ----          ----           ----          ----

INCOME:
<S>                                            <C>           <C>             <C>          <C>     
Interest income                                $        7    $       5       $      15     $     17
Other income                                           75           38             168          120
                                                ---------    ---------       ---------     --------
TOTAL INCOME                                           82           43             183          137
                                                ---------    ---------       ----------    --------

EXPENSES:
Salaries and employee benefits                        36            35             116          114
Net occupancy expense                                  3             3               8            8
Equipment expense, including depreciation              1             1               4            4
Other expenses                                        56            63             163          131
                                               ---------     ---------       ---------     --------
TOTAL EXPENSES                                        96           102             291          257
                                               ---------      --------       ---------     --------

(Loss) from continuing operations
      before income taxes                      (      14)    (      59)      (     108)   (     120)
                                                      
Income taxes                                          -0-           -0-             -0-          -0-
                                                ----------    ----------      ---------     --------
NET (LOSS)                                     ($     14)    ($     59)      ($    108)   ($    120)
                                                 =======       =======         =======       =======

NET (LOSS) AVAILABLE FOR
  COMMON STOCKHOLDERS                           ($   691)     ($   736)       ($ 2,139)    ($ 2,151)

(LOSS) PER SHARE                               ($    .09)    ($    .09)      ($    .26)    ($   .26)
                                                 =======       =======         =======      =======

AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING                     8,297,046     8,297,046       8,297,046    8,297,046
                                               =========     =========       =========    =========

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               The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
                       consolidated financial statements.


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                              OLD STONE CORPORATION
                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN
                         STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
                  Nine Months Ended September 30, 1998 and 1997
                                ($ in Thousands)
                                   (Unaudited)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                   Additional
                                       Common       Paid-In                  Accumulated   Treasury
                                        Stock       Capital      Surplus     (Deficit)      Stock         Total

<S>                                    <C>         <C>           <C>        <C>            <C>        <C>       
December 31, 1996                      $ 8,300     $ 91,881      $ 30,000   ($149,745)     ($1,143)   ($ 20,707)

Net (loss)                                                                  (     120)                (     120)
                                                                                  
Accretion of discount on
    preferred stock, series B          _______    (     147)      _______        _______    _______    (    147)
                                       -------    ------------    -------        -------    -------    ---------

September 30, 1997                     $ 8,300     $  91,734      $ 30,000   ($149,865)    ($1,143)   ($ 20,974)
                                       =======     =========      ========   ==========    ========   ==========


December 31, 1997                      $ 8,300      $ 91,685      $ 30,000   ($149,958)    ($1,143)   ($ 21,116)

Net (loss)                                                                        (108)               (     108)
                                                                                 
Accretion of discount on
    preferred stock, series B          _______    (      145)     _______      _______     _______    (     145)
                                       -------    ------------    -------      -------     -------    ----------

September 30, 1998                     $ 8,300     $  91,540      $ 30,000   ($150,066)    ($1,143)   ($ 21,369)
                                       =======     =========      ========   ==========    ========   ==========


</TABLE>



               The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
                       consolidated financial statements.


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                              OLD STONE CORPORATION
                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                  Nine Months Ended September 30, 1998 and 1997
                                ($ In Thousands)
                                   (Unaudited)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                1998                 1997
                                                                ----                 ----

Operating activities:
<S>                                                           <C>                  <C>         
Net (loss)                                                 ($      108)         ($      120)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) to net
     cash (used) by operating activities:
     Other, net                                           (         58)       (          17)
                                                            ----------          -----------
         Net (used) by operating activities                (       166)        (        137)

Investing activities:
Net decrease in investments                                        146         (        119)
Net decrease in loans                                               17                    2
                                                           -----------         ------------
         Net cash provided by investing activities                 163         (        121)

(Decrease) in cash                                        (          3)        (         16)

Cash at beginning of period                                         27                   33
                                                           -----------           ----------

Cash at end of period                                    $          24        $          17
                                                           ===========          ===========

</TABLE>


               The accompanying notes are an integral part of the
                       consolidated financial statements.


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                              OLD STONE CORPORATION
                          NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                  Nine Months Ended September 30, 1998 and 1997
                                   (Unaudited)



NOTE 1 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:

COMPANY DESCRIPTION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Until January 28, 1993,  Old Stone  Corporation  (The  "Company" or "OSC") was a
unitary savings and loan holding company which  conducted  substantially  all of
its  business  primarily  through its  ownership  of Old Stone  Bank,  a Federal
Savings Bank and its  subsidiaries  (the "Bank" or "Old Stone").  On January 29,
1993, the Office of Thrift  Supervision  of the United States  Department of the
Treasury  (the "OTS")  placed the Bank into  receivership  due to the Bank being
critically  undercapitalized.  The OTS  created  a new  institution,  Old  Stone
Federal  Savings  Bank ("Old Stone  Federal") to assume all deposits and certain
assets and  liabilities of Old Stone.  The  Resolution  Trust  Corporation  (the
"RTC") was appointed  Receiver to handle all matters related to Old Stone and as
Conservator of Old Stone Federal.

As a result of the receivership of the Bank, the Company has undergone  material
changes in the nature of its  business  and is no longer  operating as a unitary
savings  and loan  holding  company.  As of  September  30,  1998 the  Company's
business activities included its only surviving subsidiary, Old Stone Securities
Company, a registered securities broker-dealer which provides brokerage services
to retail and institutional clients.

The accompanying  unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared
in  accordance  with  generally  accepted  accounting   principles  for  interim
financial  information and with the  instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of
Regulation  S-X.  Accordingly,  they do not include all of the  information  and
footnotes  required by generally  accepted  accounting  principles  for complete
financial statements. In the opinion of management,  all adjustments (consisting
of normal recurring accruals)  considered necessary for a fair presentation have
been included and operating results for the nine months ended September 30, 1998
are not necessarily  indicative of the results that may be expected for the year
ended  December 31, 1998.  For further  information,  refer to the  consolidated
financial  statements and notes thereto included in the Old Stone  Corporation's
Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1997.  All material
intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.  Certain previously
reported amounts have been restated to conform with the current presentation.

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                              OLD STONE CORPORATION
                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                  Nine Months Ended September 30, 1998 and 1997
                   ($ in Thousands except for per share data)
                                   (Unaudited)



NOTE 2 - (LOSS) PER SHARE

The calculation of loss per share is as follows ($ in thousands,  except for per
share amounts):

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<CAPTION>

                                                   Three Months Ended              Nine Months Ended
                                                        September 30,                 September 30,
                                                   1998            1997           1998           1997
                                                   ----            ----           ----           ----
PRIMARY (LOSS):
<S>                                               <C>            <C>              <C>            <C>     
Net (loss)                                     ($      14)    ($      59)      ($    108)     ($    120)
Deduct accretion of discount on
    series B preferred stock and
    preferred dividends                               677            677           2,031          2,031
                                                  -------        -------          ------         ------
Net (loss) applicable to common stock           ($    691)     ($    736)       ($ 2,139)      ($ 2,151)
                                                  =======        =======          ======         ======

ALLOCATION OF PRIMARY (LOSS):
(Loss) from continued operations               ($      14)    ($      59)      ($    108)     ($    120)
Deduct accretion of discount on
  series B preferred stock
  and preferred dividends                             677            677           2,031          2,031
                                                   ------        -------          ------         ------
TOTAL NET (LOSS)                                ($    691)     ($    736)       ($ 2,139)      ($ 2,151)
                                                  =======        =======          ======         ======

Average shares outstanding                      8,297,046      8,297,046       8,297,046      8,297,046
                                                =========      =========       =========      =========

PRIMARY (LOSS) PER
  COMMON SHARE                                 ($     .09)    ($     .09)    ($     .26)    ($     .26)
                                                  =======        =======        =======        =======

</TABLE>

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NOTE 3 - REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK:

On October 6, 1991,  the  annual  dividend  of $2.40 per share of the  Preferred
Series B stock was  suspended.  As of September 30, 1998,  cumulative  preferred
dividends of $17,588,155 ($16.80 per share) had not been declared or paid.



ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
         OF OPERATIONS

Current Operations

As a result of the Bank Closing,  the Corporation's  present business activities
include its only surviving significant subsidiary, Old Stone Securities Company,
a registered  securities  broker-dealer  which  provides  brokerage  services to
retail and institutional clients.

Old Stone  Securities'  loss before income taxes was ($4,315) for the nine month
period ended  September  30, 1998,  compared to a loss of ($55,601) for the nine
month period ended September 30, 1997.

Management has invested,  and intends in the future to invest, the Corporation's
assets on a short-term  basis.  While the  Corporation's  Board of Directors has
considered  selling Old Stone Securities,  the Board has determined not to do so
at the present time.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At September 30, 1998, the Corporation  had $.4 million in assets,  $1.3 million
in total  liabilities,  $20.5  million  in  redeemable  preferred  stock,  and a
stockholders'  deficit of ($21.4)  million,  compared  to $.4 million in assets,
$1.2 million in total liabilities,  $20.3 million in redeemable  preferred stock
and stockholders' deficit of ($21.1) million at December 31, 1997.

The Corporation's assets are currently being invested  short-term,  and expenses
have been reduced to a level that management  believes is commensurate  with the
Corporation's current activities pending resolution of any potential claims.

Results of Operations

Total income  increased  $39,000 for the three month period ended  September 30,
1998 as  compared  to the same  period  in 1997.  This  increase  was  primarily
attributable  to an increase in other  income of $37,000 in the 1998 period over
the comparable period in 1997. Total income year to date increased by $46,000 as
compared to the same period in 1997. The increase was primarily  attributable to
an increase in other  income of $48,000  and a reduction  in interest  income of
$2,000 in the 1998 period over the comparable period in 1997.

Interest income was $7,000 and $5,000 respectively,  for the three month periods
ended September 30, 1998 and 1997.  Other income was $75,000 for the three month
period ended September 30, 1998,  compared to $38,000 for the three month period
ended September 30, 1997.

Total expenses  decreased  $6,000 for the three month period ended September 30,
1998 as  compared  to the three month  period  ended  September  30,  1997.  The
decrease was  attributable  to other  expenses of $7,000 of which were primarily
legal and professional expenses, over the comparable period in 1997.

Total expenses year to date increased  $34,000 as compared to the same period in
1997, of which were primarily attributable to legal and professional fees.

The  Corporation's  primary  operating  expenses have been legal and  accounting
expenses  as well as the  operating  expenses of Old Stone  Securities  Company.
Operating expenses  (including salaries and benefits) were $96,000 for the three
month period ended September 30, 1998,  compared to $102,000 for the same period
in 1997.  Operating expenses year to date were $291,000 compared to $257,000 for
the same period in 1997.

As a result of the foregoing, the Corporation reported net loss of ($14,000) for
the three month period ended  September 30, 1998,  compared to ($59,000) for the
same period in 1997.

The loss per share  available for common  stockholders  was ($.09) for the three
month period ended September 30, 1998 after the deduction of preferred dividends
of $677,000. The loss per share available for common stockholders was ($.09) for
the three month period ended September 30, 1997 after the deduction of preferred
dividends of $677,000. No preferred or common dividends have been paid since the
second quarter of 1991 and the  Corporation  does not expect to pay dividends in
the  foreseeable  future.  Further,  the  Corporation is prohibited  from paying
dividends on the Common Stock until the  aggregate  deficiency  on the preferred
stock  dividends is paid in full.  Total loss per share year to date, was ($.26)
as compared to ($.26) for the same period in 1997.


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                           PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
                            Item 1. Legal Proceedings

On September 16, 1992, the Corporation and the Bank ("Plaintiffs")  instituted a
suit  against  the  United  States  ("Defendant")  in the U.S.  Court of Federal
Claims.   In  connection  with  certain   government-assisted   acquisitions  by
Plaintiffs in the 1980's,  the Defendant  (through its agencies the Federal Home
Loan  Bank  Board   ("FHLBB")  and  the  Federal   Savings  and  Loan  Insurance
Corporation) in exchange for the Bank's  purchasing  certain assets and assuming
certain  liabilities  of  Defendant,   agreed  among  other  things  to  provide
Plaintiffs with certain  valuable  capital credits and authorized  Plaintiffs to
treat those credits as regulatory capital. The Defendant  authorized  Plaintiffs
to  amortize  such  capital  credits  along  with the  goodwill  created by such
acquisitions over a period of 25 to 30 years on the Bank's regulatory  financial
statements.  Furthermore,  the Corporation  entered into a Net Worth Maintenance
Stipulation  in which it agreed to maintain  the net worth of the Bank at agreed
upon  regulatory  levels,  which  included the capital  credits and  supervisory
goodwill in the calculation thereof.

Following  the  passage of the  Financial  Institutions  Reform,  Recovery,  and
Enforcement Act in August, 1989, the Office of Thrift Supervision  (successor in
interest to the FHLBB)  required the Bank to discontinue  treating these capital
credits and  supervisory  goodwill as part of regulatory  capital and caused the
Bank to write off immediately  approximately $80 million of such capital credits
and supervisory  goodwill.  Based upon this breach,  Plaintiffs allege breach of
contract by the United States,  resulting in  substantial  injury to Plaintiffs,
effecting  a taking of  Plaintiffs'  property  without  just  compensation,  and
unjustly  enriching the Defendant at the expense of Plaintiffs.  Plaintiffs seek
compensation  for the damages caused by the breach,  just  compensation  for the
property taken,  and disgorgement of the amounts by which the Defendant has been
unjustly  enriched.   The  Defendant  has  filed  a  counterclaim   against  the
Corporation  for  alleged  breach of the  Corporation's  net  worth  maintenance
agreement. The Corporation has filed an answer denying such counterclaim.

Following the Bank Closing,  the Bank's claims and the claims of the Corporation
were split into two separate actions.  The Corporation's claims are separate and
distinct  from the  claims of the Bank.  An  agency of the  Defendant  serves as
Receiver  for  the  Bank  and is  maintaining  the  Bank's  claims  against  the
Defendant.

On February 26, 1998, the Corporation filed a motion for summary  judgment.  The
Bank's summary  judgment  motion was filed on April 3, 1998. On May 4, 1998, the
Defendant filed a Motion for Continuance in order to conduct  discovery prior to
responding  to the  summary  judgment  motion of the  Corporation  and the Bank.
Discovery  proceedings are ongoing. No prediction as to the outcome of this case
can be made at this time.

There are several similar cases pending before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
The  Corporation's  case is dependent,  in part, upon the outcome of cases which
are currently being, or will soon be, litigated on damages.  No prediction as to
the timing or the outcome of the Corporation's case can be made at this time.

                     ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

The  Corporation  discontinued  dividends  to holders of its  Cumulative  Voting
Convertible  Preferred Stock, Series B (the "Preferred Stock"),  during 1991 and
does not expect to pay any dividends on such stock for the  foreseeable  future.
As a result of the failure to pay dividends on the Preferred Stock for more than
four quarters,  the holders of the Preferred Stock  collectively are entitled to
elect a number of directors of the Corporation constituting twenty percent (20%)
of the total  number of  directors  of the  Corporation  at the next  meeting of
stockholders  at  which  directors  are  to  be  elected.  Until  the  aggregate
deficiency is declared and fully paid on the Preferred  Stock,  the  Corporation
may not declare any dividends or make any other  distributions  on or redeem the
Common  Stock.  The total amount of the  arrearage as of September  30, 1998 was
$17,588,155.

                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                OLD STONE CORPORATION


Date:  November 13, 1998        /s/Geraldine Nelson
                                -------------------------------------
                                Geraldine Nelson
                                President and Treasurer
                                (Chief Executive and Chief Accounting Officer)



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