JPS PACKAGING CO
SC TO-T/A, 2000-11-14
PAPERBOARD CONTAINERS & BOXES
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                               AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
                                   SCHEDULE TO

          TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(D)(1) OR 13(E)(1) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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                              JPS PACKAGING COMPANY
                       (Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

                         JPS ACQUISITION, INC. (Offeror)
                   PECHINEY PLASTIC PACKAGING, INC. (Offeror)
                       (Name of Filing Persons (Offerors))

                     COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    46623H102
                      (CUSIP Number Of Class Of Securities)

                         MIKE J. HOOVER, GENERAL COUNSEL
                           8770 WEST BRYN MAWR AVENUE
                                 MAIL SUITE 06H
                          CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60631-3542
                            TELEPHONE: (773) 399-8000
   (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices
                 and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)

                                 WITH A COPY TO:

                               ROBERT BOUMA, ESQ.
                              HEIDI J. STEELE, ESQ.
                             MCDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY
                              227 W. MONROE STREET
                             CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606
                            TELEPHONE: (312) 372-2000



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[ ]  Check  the  box  if  the  filing   relates   solely  to  preliminary
     communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the  appropriate  boxes below to designate any  transactions  to which the
statement relates:

[X]  third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

[ ]  issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

[ ]  going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

[ ]  amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results
of the tender offer: [ ]
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         This Amendment No. 2 amends and  supplements the Tender Offer Statement
on Schedule TO filed by Pechiney Plastic Packaging, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Parent"), and JPS Acquisition,  Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser")
and a wholly owned  subsidiary  of Parent,  on October 30,  2000,  as amended by
Amendment No. 1 filed on November 7, 2000.  The Schedule TO relates to the offer
by Purchaser to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01
per share (the "Shares"),  of JPS Packaging Company, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"),  at $7.86 per Share,  net to the seller in cash,  upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase,  dated October 30,
2000 (the "Offer to Purchase"), and the related Letter of Transmittal, copies of
which were filed as  Exhibits  (a)(1) and (a)(2),  respectively,  and which have
been incorporated  herein by reference  (which,  together with any amendments or
supplements thereto,  collectively  constitute the "Offer"). The information set
forth in the Offer is  incorporated  herein by reference with respect to Items 1
through 9 and 11 of this Schedule TO. Except as amended and supplemented hereby,
the Schedule TO remains in effect.  All terms used but not defined  herein shall
have the meanings set forth in the Offer to Purchase.

ITEMS 1 THROUGH 9 AND 11

Items 1  through  9 and  Items  11 of the  Schedule  TO,  which  incorporate  by
reference the information contained in the Offer to Purchase, are hereby amended
and supplemented as follows:

o    The "Source and Amount of Funds" section of the Offer to Purchase is hereby
     amended  and  supplemented  by  replacing  the last two  sentences  of that
     section  (as  amended  by  Amendment  No.  1 to the  Schedule  TO) with the
     following:

     The  Purchaser  will  obtain  such funds from a loan from  Pechiney  Metals
     Corp.,  an affiliate  of  Purchaser,  which shall have an interest  rate of
     LIBOR  plus 0.25% and a term of up to one year.  There is no  written  loan
     agreement,  and the  loan  does not have  any  other  terms or


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     conditions.  Purchaser currently has no plans or arrangements to finance or
     repay the loan. No alternative financing plan exists.

o    Item  11 of the  Schedule  TO is  amended  by  adding  the  following:  The
     applicable  waiting  period  under  the  U.S.  Hart-Scott-Rodino  Antitrust
     Improvements  Act of 1976,  as amended (the "HSR Act"),  was  terminated on
     November 8, 2000.  For additional  information  regarding the expiration of
     the waiting  period,  see the text of the press release filed as an exhibit
     hereto.

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.

Item 12 of the Schedule TO is amended by adding the following:

(a)(10) Press release issued by Parent and  Purchaser,  dated  November 9, 2000,
announcing the termination of the waiting period under the HSR Act.



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                                    SIGNATURE

         After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

                                            Pechiney Plastic Packaging, Inc.

                                            By:  /s/  Mike J. Hoover
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                                                 Name: Mike J. Hoover
                                                 Title: Vice President, General
                                                        Counsel and Secretary

                                            JPS Acquisition, Inc.

                                            By:  /s/ Mike J. Hoover
                                                 -----------------------
                                                 Name: Mike J. Hoover
                                                 Title:  Secretary


Dated:   November 13, 2000



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