SANDSTON CORP - Quarter Report: 2010 September (Form 10-Q)

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		September 30, 2010				December 31, 2009
		(Unaudited)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash		$	4,068			$	20,356
Deposit			1,800				1,800
Total assets		$	5,868			$	22,156
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current liabilities - accounts payable		$	3,756			$	591
Shareholders’ deficit:
Common stock, no par value, 30,000,000 shares authorized, 10,796,981 shares issued and outstanding			33,799,784				33,799,784
Accumulated deficit			(33,797,672	)			(33,778,219	)
Total shareholders’ equity			2,112				21,565
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity		$	5,868			$	22,156

		Three Months Ended Sept. 30,								Nine Months Ended Sept. 30,
		2010				2009				2010				2009
		(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)
Net revenues		$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-
General and administrative expenses			3,981				4,443				19,453				19,519
Loss before income taxes			(3,981	)			(4,443	)			(19,453	)			(19,519	)
Income taxes			-				-				-				-
Net loss		$	(3,981	)		$	(4,443	)		$	(19,453	)		$	(19,519	)
Loss per share amounts – basic and diluted (Note 2):		$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic and diluted (Note 2):			10,796,981				10,796,981				10,796,981				10,796,981

 

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We have had no operating history since April 2004 and no revenues or earnings from operations since April 2004.  We have no material assets and we will, in all likelihood, sustain operating expenses without corresponding revenues, at least until the consummation of a business combination.

	·	Since we have no operating history, we will be subject to the risks inherent in establishing a new business.  We have not identified what our new line of business will be; therefore, we cannot fully describe the specific risks presented by such business.

	·	We may be unable to successfully identify and acquire a suitable merger partner or acquisition candidate.

	·	Continuing turmoil across various sectors of the financial markets may negatively impact our ability to complete an acquisition.

	·	We will incur significant costs in connection with our evaluation of suitable merger partners and acquisition candidates.  As part of our plan to acquire or invest in strategically positioned companies, our management is seeking, analyzing, and evaluating potential acquisition and merger candidates.  We have incurred and will continue to incur significant costs, such as due diligence and legal and other professional fees and expenses, as part of these efforts.  Notwithstanding these efforts and expenditures, we cannot give any assurance that we will identify an appropriate acquisition opportunity in the near term, or at all.

	·	Because we may consummate a merger or acquisition with a company in any industry and are not limited to any particular type of business, there is no current basis for shareholders to evaluate the possible merits or risks of the particular industry in which we may ultimately operate or the target business which we may ultimately acquire.

	·	The reporting requirements under federal securities law may delay or prevent us from making certain acquisitions.  Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, require companies subject thereto to provide certain information about significant acquisitions, including certified financial statements for the company acquired, covering one, two, or three years, depending on the relative size of the acquisition.   The time and additional costs that may be incurred by some target entities to prepare such statements may significantly delay or essentially preclude consummation of an otherwise desirable acquisition by us.

	·	The role of our management team and key personnel from the target business we acquire cannot presently be ascertained.  While we intend to closely scrutinize any individuals we engage after a redeployment of our assets, we cannot assure that our assessment of these individuals will prove to be correct.

	·	We must conduct a due diligence investigation of the target businesses we intend to acquire. Intensive due diligence is time consuming and expensive due to the operations, accounting, finance, and legal professionals who must be involved in the due diligence process. Even if we conduct extensive due diligence on a target business with which we combine, we cannot assure that this diligence will reveal all material issues that may affect a particular target business, or that factors outside the control of the target business and outside of our control will not later arise.

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NOLs may be carried forward to offset federal and state taxable income in future years and eliminate income taxes otherwise payable on such taxable income, subject to certain adjustments.  Based on current federal corporate income tax rates, our NOL and other carryforwards could provide a benefit to us, if fully utilized, of significant future tax savings.  However, our ability to use these tax benefits in future years will depend upon the amount of our otherwise taxable income.  If we do not have sufficient taxable income in future years to use the tax benefits before they expire, we will lose the benefit of these NOL carryforwards permanently.

 

 

	·	We may effect an acquisition or merger with a company located outside of the United States.  If we did, we would be subject to any special considerations or risks associated with companies operating in the target business’ home jurisdiction.

	·	If we effect an acquisition or merger with a company located outside of the United States, the laws of the country in which such company operates will govern almost all of the material agreements relating to its operations.  We cannot assure you that the target business will be able to enforce any of its material agreements or that remedies will be available in this new jurisdiction.  The system of laws and the enforcement of existing laws in such jurisdiction may not be as certain in implementation and interpretation as in the United States.  The inability to enforce or obtain a remedy under any of our future agreements could result in a significant loss of business, business opportunities or capital.

	·	Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 will require substantial financial and management resources and may increase the time and costs of completing an acquisition.

	·	In the event we engage in a business combination that results in us holding passive investment interests in a number of entities, we could be subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940.  In such event, we would be required to register as an investment company and could be expected to incur significant registration and compliance costs.

	·	Management anticipates that it may be able to participate in only one potential business venture because a business partner might require exclusivity.  This lack of diversification should be considered a substantial risk to our shareholders because it will not permit us to offset potential losses from one venture against gains from another.

	·	Our common stock is quoted only on the OTC bulletin board and there may not be a sustained trading market for our common stock.

	·	Our common stock may be subject to significant restriction on resale due to federal penny stock restrictions.

	·	The market prices of our common stock have been highly volatile.  The market has from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that are unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies.

	·	Although our stockholders may receive dividends if, as, and when declared by our Board of Directors, we do not intend to pay dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.

	·	Our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation provides that our Board of Directors will be authorized to issue from time to time, without further stockholder approval, up to 30,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series and to fix or alter the designations, preferences, rights and any qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of the shares of each series, including the dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, including sinking fund provisions, redemption price or prices, liquidation preferences, and the number of shares constituting any series or designations of any series.  Such shares of preferred stock could have preferences over our common stock with respect to dividends and liquidation rights.  We may issue additional preferred stock in ways which may delay, defer, or prevent a change in control of the Company without further action by our stockholders.

	·	A key element of our growth strategy is to make acquisitions.  As part of our acquisition strategy, we may issue additional shares of common stock as consideration for such acquisitions.  These issuances could be significant.  To the extent that we make acquisitions and issue our shares of common stock as consideration, current stockholders’ equity interest in the Company will be diluted.

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If the Company enters a business combination with a private concern, that, in all likelihood, would result in the Company issuing securities to shareholders of any such private company.  The issuance of our previously authorized and unissued Common Stock would result in reduction in percentage of shares owned by our present and prospective shareholders and may result in a change in our control or in our management.

 

 

	·	Our principal shareholder, Daniel J. Dorman, owns or controls 48.61% of our common stock.  His wife owns 5.56% of our common stock.  Consequently, they will have significant influence over all matters requiring approval by our shareholders, but not requiring the approval of the minority shareholders.  In addition, he is now an officer and director.  Because he and his wife own or control a majority of our common stock, they will be able to elect all of the members of our board of directors, allowing them to exercise significant control of our affairs and management.  In addition, they may transact most corporate matters requiring shareholder approval by written consent, without a duly-noticed and duly-held meeting of shareholders.

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Uncertainties discussed elsewhere in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations”.

		Sandston Corporation
Date November 5, 2010		/s/ Daniel J. Dorman
		President, CEO and Principal Financial Officer