UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 5 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP |_| Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). |_| Form 3 Holdings Reported |_| Form 4 Transactions Reported 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person August, Stanley c/o Fab Industries, Inc. 200 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10016 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Fab Industries, Inc. ("FIT") 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 01/01 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Co-President, Chief Operating Officer 7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting (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. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | |Transaction| or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | |Date |Code| (Instr.3,4 and 5) | Beneficially |(D)or | (Instr. 4) | | |(Ins| | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | |tr.8) Amount | D | Price | End of Year |ect(I)| | | | | | | (Instr. 3 and 4) |(Ins | | | | | | | | tr.4)| | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock, $.20 par value | | | | | | 30,800 | D | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock, $.20 par value |12/31/| | | | | | | | |00 | A | 339 | A | (1) | 1,633 | I | By ESOP | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. *If form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction 4(b)(v). (Over) SEC 2270(7-96) FORM 5 (continued) Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer |Date |Code| rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise Pr | |(In | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| (Instr. 3 and 4 |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |ice of | |str.| posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva | | 8) | (Instr.3,4 and|Date |Expir| |(Instr.|ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | 5) | |Exer-|ation| Title and Number | 5) |Owned at |ire| | |Secu | | | | |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity | | | A | D |ble | | | |Year |(I)| | | | | | | | | | | |(Instr. 4) |(Instr. 4) | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Employee Stock Option |$11.0625|11/3/|A(2)| 20,000 | |(3) |11/3/|Common Stock|20,000 | | 20,000 | D | | (right to buy) | |00 | | | | |10 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Explanation of Responses: (1) Represents shares allocated under the Fab Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan. (2) Issued to replace shares of Employee Stock Options that expired on 11-2-00. (3) 4,000 shares will become exercisable on each of 11-03-01, 11-03-02, 11-03-03, 11-03-04 and 11-03-05. /s/ Stanley August 01/12/01 ------------------------------- -------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 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 provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. -2-