-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, DBjEOmouqBqO9qKexfWtGaef0O6T1AifEylDlCJB5CFqjksgb1A9EUA+YWpO7bo3 XE8LFzuJJz6VJh86TJEhaQ== 0000728612-99-000014.txt : 19990215 0000728612-99-000014.hdr.sgml : 19990215 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000728612-99-000014 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19990212 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JPS TEXTILE GROUP INC /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000846615 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BROADWOVEN FABRIC MILLS, COTTON [2211] IRS NUMBER: 570868166 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-41104 FILM NUMBER: 99534299 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 555 N PLEASANTBURG DR STE 202 CITY: GREENVILLE STATE: SC ZIP: 29607 BUSINESS PHONE: 8642393900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 555 N PLEASANTBURG DR STREET 2: SUITE 202 CITY: GREENVILLE STATE: SC ZIP: 29607 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000728612 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: NORTH TOWER WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10281-1323 BUSINESS PHONE: 2124496202 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER STREET 2: NORTH TOWER 23RD FL CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10281-1323 SC 13G 1 INITIAL 13G - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OMB APPROVAL - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OMB number 3235-0145 Expires: October 31, 1994 Estimated average burden hours per response . . .14.90 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )* JPS Textile Group, Inc. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title Of Class of Securities) 46624E405 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CUSIP Number) 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). *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CUSIP NO. 46624E405 13G PAGE 2 OF 5 PAGES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* Joint Filing (a) (b) ------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF None -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- SHARES BENEFICIALLY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY EACH 925,685 -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING PERSON WITH None -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 925,685 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 925,685 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 9.3% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* BD, CO ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT! SCHEDULE 13G Item 1 (a) Name of Issuer: JPS Textile Group, Inc. (the "Company") Item 1 (b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 555 North Pleasantburg Drive Suite 202 Greenville, SC 29607 Item 2 (a) Names of Person Filing: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Item 2 (b) Address of Principal Business Office, or, if None, Residence: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated World Financial Center, North Tower 250 Vesey Street New York, New York 10281 Item 2 (c) Citizenship: See Item 4 of Cover Pages Item 2 (d) Title of Class of Securities: See Cover Page Item 2 (e) CUSIP Number: See Cover Page Item 3 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ("MLPF&S") is a broker-dealer registered under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Item 4 Ownership (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: See Item 9 of Cover Pages. Pursuant to ss. 240.13d-4, MLPF&S (the "Reporting Person") disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities of the Company referred to herein, and the filing of this Schedule 13G shall not be construed as an admission that the Reporting Person is, for the purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Act, the beneficial owner of any securities of the Company covered by this statement, other than certain securities of the Company held in MLPF&S proprietary accounts. Page 3 of 5 Pages (b) Percent of Class See Item 11 of Cover Pages (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote See Item 5 of Cover Pages (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote See Item 6 of Cover Pages (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of See Item 7 of Cover Pages (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of See Item 8 of Cover Pages Item 5 Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. Not Applicable Item 6 Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person Not Applicable Item 7 Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company. Not Applicable Item 8 Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Not Applicable Item 9 Notice of Dissolution of Group Not Applicable Page 4 of 5 Pages Item 10 Certification By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purposes or effect. Signature. After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: February 12, 1999 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated By: /s/ Andrea Lowenthal Name: Andrea Lowenthal Title: Attorney-In-Fact* - -------- *Signed pursuant to a Power of Attorney, dated November 17, 1995, included as Exhibit A to Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. on February 12, 1999 with respect to International Paper Corporation. Page 5 of 5 Pages -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----