UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form
4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Magten Asset Management Corp.
35 E. 21st St.
New York, New York
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
JPS Industries, Inc.
JPST
3. IRS Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
1/01
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)to Issuer (Check all
applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title
below) (X) Other * (specify below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED,
DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
1. Title of Security| 2. Transaction| 3. Transaction| 4. Securities | 5. Amount of | 6. Ownership |7. Nature of |
(Instr. 3) | Date | Code | Acquired (A) | Securities | Form: | Indirect |
| | (Instr. 8) | or Disposed | Beneficially | Direct (D) | Beneficial|
| (Month/ | | of (D) | Owned at End | or Indirect| Ownership |
| Day/ | | (Instr. 3,4, | of Month | (I) | (Instr. 4)|
| Year) | | and 5) | (Instr. 3 and 4)| (Instr. 4) | |
| | | | |(A) or| | | | |
| | Code | V | Amount|(D) |Price| | | |
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Common Stock 1/23/01 J** 18,391 D ** 1,020,715 I ***
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TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED,
DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
1. Title of | 2. Conver- | 3. Trans- | 4. Trans- | 5. Number of | 6. Date Exer- | 7. Title and Amount |
Derivative | sion or | action | action | Derivative | cisable and | of Underlying |
Security | Exercise | Date | Code | Securities | Expiration | Securities |
(Instr. 3) | Price of | (Month/ | (Instr. | Acquired | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) |
| Deri- | Date/ | 8) | (A) or | (Month/Day/ | |
| vative | Year) | | Disposed of | Year) | |
| Security | | | (D) (Instr. | | |
| | | | 3, 4 and 5) | | |
| | |____________|_________________|___________________|_____________________|
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Date | Expira- | | Amount or |
| | | | | | | Exer- | tion | | Number of |
| | | Code | V | (A) | (D) | cisable | Date | Title | Shares |
___________________|_____________|____________|______|_____|________|________|_________|_________|________|____________|
| | | | | | | | | | |
l l l l l l l l l l l
| 8. Price of | 9. Number of | 10. Ownership | 11. Nature of |
| Derivative | derivative | Form of | Indirect |
| Security | Securities | Derivative | Beneficial |
| (Instr. 5) | Benefi- | Security | Ownership |
| | cially | Direct (D) | (Instr. 4) |
| | Owned at | or Indirect | |
| | End of | (I) (Instr. | |
| | Month | 4) | |
| | (Instr. 4) | | |
Explanation of Responses:
* The Reporting Person is an investment adviser registered
under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
and has voting power and investment power with respect to
securities in its clients' accounts. An employee of the
Reporting Person is a member of the board of directors of
the issuer. The Reporting Person disclaims any obligation
to file this report, and this report shall not be deemed an
admission that the Reporting Person is subject to Section
16 with respect either to the issuer or such securities.
** On January 23, 2001, Magten distributed in kind 18,391
shares of the Issuer's Common Stock to an investment
advisory client upon termination of the advisory agreement.
*** The amount of securities shown in columns 4 and 5 of Table
1 of this Form 4 is owned beneficially by discretionary
accounts managed by the Reporting Person. The Reporting
Person disclaims any beneficial ownership of any such
securities reported herein for purposes of Section 16 or
for any other purpose. Nonetheless, the entire amount of
securities held by the accounts is reported herein.
Signature of Reporting Person:
MAGTEN ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP.
By: /s/Talton R. Embry
___________________________
Talton R. Embry
Chairman and Chief
Investment Officer
Date: February 8, 2001
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute
Federal Criminal Violations. See U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C.
78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be
manually signed. If space is sufficient, see Instruction 6 for
procedure.
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