OLD STONE CORP
10-Q, 1999-05-14
SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED
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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 March 31, 1999

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
  incorporation or organization)                             Number)

         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 March 31, 1999; 8,297,046.238


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PART I -   FINANCIAL INFORMATION                                        PAGE NO.

Item 1.    Financial Statements

           Consolidated Balance Sheets -                                    1
           March 31, 1999 and December 31, 1998

           Consolidated Statements of Operations - For the Three
           Months Ended March 31, 1999 and 1998                             2
           
           Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity       3
           (Deficit) - For the Three Months Ended March 31, 1999 and 1998

           Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - For the Three Months     4
           Ended March 31, 1999 and 1998

           Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements                       5

Item 2.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
           and Results of Operations                                        7
          
PART II -  OTHER INFORMATION                                                9

Item 1.    Legal Proceedings                                                9

Item 3.    Defaults Upon Senior Securities                                 10



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                         PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

                              OLD STONE CORPORATION
                           CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                                ($ In Thousands)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    March 31,      December 31,
                                                                      1999            1998
                                                                      ----            ----
                                                                    Unaudited
                                                                    ---------
                                ASSETS
<S>                                                                 <C>            <C>      
Cash                                                                $       9      $       4
Short-term investments                                                     86            105
Loans (net of reserve for loan losses of $52 in
         1999 and in 1998)                                                 30             30
Other assets                                                              276            276
                                                                    ---------      ---------
TOTAL ASSETS                                                        $     401      $     415
                                                                    =========      =========

                 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
LIABILITIES
Other Liabilities                                                   $   1,344      $   1,344
                                                                    ---------      ---------
TOTAL LIABILITIES                                                       1,344          1,344

REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK
Preferred stock, series B, $1.00 par value;
         1,046,914 shares authorized, issued and
         outstanding (Liquidation value $20,938)                       20,545         20,496

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Common stock, $1.00 par value; 25,000,000 shares
         authorized; 8,300,175 shares issued in 1999
         and 1998                                                       8,300          8,300
Additional paid-in capital                                             91,440         91,489
Surplus                                                                30,000         30,000
Accumulated deficit                                                  (150,085)      (150,071)
Treasury stock, at cost; 54,000 shares in 1999
         and 1998                                                      (1,143)        (1,143)
             ----                                                    --------       -------- 
 TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)                                 (21,488)       (21,425)
                                                                     --------       -------- 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS'
         EQUITY (DEFICIT)                                           $     401      $     415
                                                                    =========      =========
</TABLE>




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


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                              OLD STONE CORPORATION
                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                   Three Months Ended March 31, 1999 and 1998
                   ($ In Thousands except for per share data)
                                   (Unaudited)

                                                    Three Months Ended
                                                        March 31,
                                                    1999          1998
                                                    ----          ----

INCOME:
Interest income                               $         3      $         3
Other income                                           86               51
                                              -----------      -----------
TOTAL INCOME                                           89               54
                                              -----------      -----------

EXPENSES:
Salaries and employee benefits                         38               38
Net occupancy expense                                   2                3
Equipment expense, including depreciation               1                1
Other expenses                                         62               41
                                              -----------      -----------
TOTAL EXPENSES                                        103               83
                                              -----------      -----------

(Loss) from continuing operations
      before income taxes                     (       14)      (       29)
Income taxes                                          -0-              -0-
                                              -----------      -----------
NET (LOSS)                                    ($      14)      ($      29)
                                              ===========      ===========

NET (LOSS) AVAILABLE FOR
  COMMON STOCKHOLDERS                         ($     691)      ($     706)

(LOSS) PER SHARE                              ($     .08)      (      .09)
                                              ===========      ===========

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








     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)
                   Three Months Ended March 31, 1999 and 1998
                                ($ 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, 1997                      $8,300       $91,685      $30,000    ($149,958)     ($1,143)       ($21,116)

Net (loss)                                                                        (29)                         (29)
Accretion of discount on
     preferred stock, series B                    (      49)                                              (     49)
                                        -----      --------       ------      -------        -----         -------

March 31, 1998                         $8,300       $91,636      $30,000    ($149,987)     ($1,143)       ($21,194)
                                        =====        ======       ======      =======        =====          ======


December 31, 1998                      $8,300       $91,489      $30,000    ($150,071)     ($1,143)       ($21,425)

Net (loss)                                                                        (14)                         (14)
Accretion of discount on
     preferred stock, series B                          (49)                                                   (49)
                                       ------           ---       ------      ------         -----          ------ 

March 31, 1999                         $8,300       $91,440      $30,000    ($150,085)     ($1,143)       ($21,488)
                                        =====        ======       ======      =======        =====          ======
</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
                   Three Months Ended March 31, 1999 and 1998
                                ($ In Thousands)
                                   (Unaudited)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             1999           1998
                                                             ----           ----

Operating activities:
<S>                                                     <C>              <C>        
Net (loss)                                              ($       14)     ($      29)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) to net
     cash (used) by operating activities:
     Other, net                                         (         0)     (       46)
                                                         ----------        --------
         Net (used) by operating activities             (        14)     (       75)

Investing activities:
Net decrease in investments                                      19      (      56)
                                                         ----------       --------
         Net cash provided by investing activities               19      (      56)
                                                         ----------       --------

Increase (decrease) in cash                                       5      (      19)

Cash at beginning of period                                       4             27
                                                         ----------       --------

Cash at end of period                                   $         9      $       8
                                                         ==========       =========
</TABLE>














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


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                              OLD STONE CORPORATION
                          NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                   Three Months Ended March 31, 1999 and 1998
                                   (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 March 31, 1999 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 three months ended March 31, 1999
are not necessarily  indicative of the results that may be expected for the year
ended  December 31, 1999.  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, 1998.  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
                   Three Months Ended March 31, 1999 and 1998
                   ($ 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):

                                                  Three Months Ended
                                                       March 31,
                                                  1999            1998
                                                  ----            ----
PRIMARY (LOSS):
Net (loss)                                    ($       14)   ($       29)
Deduct accretion of discount on
    series B preferred stock and
    preferred dividends                               677            677
                                                 --------       --------
Net (loss) applicable to common stock         ($      691)   ($      706)
                                                =========      =========

ALLOCATION OF PRIMARY (LOSS):
Income (Loss) from continued operations       ($       14)   ($       29)
Deduct accretion of discount on
  series B preferred stock
  and preferred dividends                             677            677
                                                ---------      ---------
TOTAL NET (LOSS)                              ($      691)   ($      706)
                                                ==========     =========

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

PRIMARY (LOSS) PER
  COMMON SHARE                                ($      .08)   ($      .09)
                                                =========      =========


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 March  31,  1999,  cumulative  preferred
dividends of $18,844,452 ($18.00 per share) had not been declared or paid.





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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' income before income taxes was $11,634 for the three month
period  ended March 31,  1999,  compared to a loss of $2,880 for the three month
period ended March 31, 1998.

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 March 31, 1999, the  Corporation  had $.4 million in assets,  $1.4 million in
total  liabilities,   $20.5  million  in  redeemable   preferred  stock,  and  a
stockholders'  deficit of ($21.5)  million,  compared  to $.4 million in assets,
$1.3 million in total liabilities,  $20.5 million in redeemable  preferred stock
and stockholders' deficit of ($21.4) million at December 31, 1998.

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  $35,000 for the three month period ended March 31, 1999
as compared to the same period in 1998. This increase was primarily attributable
to an increase in other income of $35,000 in the 1999 period over the comparable
period in 1998.

Interest  income was $3,000 for the three  month  periods  ended  March 31, 1999
compared to $3,000 for the three month period ended March 31, 1998. Other income
was $86,000 for the three month period ended March 31, 1999, compared to $51,000
for the three month period ended March 31, 1998.

Total  operating  expenses  increased  $20,000 for the three month  period ended
March 31, 1999 as compared to the three month period in 1998.

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 $103,000 for the three
month period  ended March 31,  1999,  compared to $83,000 for the same period in
1998.



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As a result of the foregoing,  the Corporation  reported net loss of $14,000 for
the three month period  ended March 31,  1999,  compared to $29,000 for the same
period in 1998.

The loss per share  available  for  common  stockholders  was $.08 for the three
month period ended March 31, 1999 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  March 31,  1998 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.



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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
("FSLIC"))  in exchange for the Bank's  purchasing  certain  assets and assuming
certain liabilities of two FSLIC-insured  thrift institutions  supervised by the
FHLBB,  agreed among other things to provide  Plaintiffs  with certain  valuable
capital credits and authorized Plaintiffs to treat those credits and supervisory
goodwill as regulatory  capital to be amortized 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 OTS (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 27, 1998, the Corporation  filed a motion for summary judgment which
the  Defendant  is  opposing.  The  Court  has not  ruled  on this  motion.  The
Corporation  and the Defendant are currently  involved in discovery  proceedings
which are expected to be completed by July 31, 1999.

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.



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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 March  31,  1999 was
$18,844,452.

                                   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:  May     , 1999                     /s/ Geraldine Nelson
          -----                          ---------------------------------------
                                         Geraldine Nelson
                                         President and Treasurer
                                         (Chief Executive and Chief Accounting
                                         Officer)





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