UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

~~PURSUANT~~Pursuant TOto ~~SECTION~~Section 13 ORor 15(d) OFof ~~THE~~the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~SECURITIES~~Date ~~EXCHANGE~~of ~~ACT~~Report OF(Date ~~1934~~of earliest event reported): February 23, 2026

~~Date~~CHASE ofPACKAGING ~~Report~~CORPORATION (~~Date~~Exact name of ~~earliest~~registrant ~~event~~as ~~reported):~~specified ~~May~~in ~~23,~~its ~~2025~~charter)

Chase Packaging Corporation (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		0-21609		93-1216127
(State of incorporation)		(Commission File No.)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

106 West River RoadRumson, NJ		07760
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

P. O. Box 126

~~Registrant’s telephone number~~Rumson, ~~including~~New ~~area~~Jersey ~~code: (732) 741-1500~~07760

(Address of principal executive offices)

732-741-1500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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~~Item~~Emerging ~~5.02~~growth ~~Departure~~company ~~of Directors of Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.~~☐

~~(d)~~If ~~Effective~~an ~~May~~emerging ~~23,~~growth ~~2025~~company, ~~the~~indicate ~~Board~~by ofcheck ~~Director~~mark ofif ~~Chase Packaging Corporation appointed a new member of~~ the ~~Board,~~registrant ~~Arthur J. Gajarsa. There was no arrangement or understanding between the new director and any other person pursuant to which such director was selected as a director. The new director~~ has elected not ~~been named~~ to ~~any~~use ~~committees of~~ the ~~Board~~extended oftransition ~~Directors~~period asfor ofcomplying ~~the~~with ~~date~~any ~~of this Report. The was no material plan, contract or arrangement to which the~~ new ~~director is a party~~ or inrevised ~~which~~financial heaccounting ~~participates~~standards ~~that~~provided ~~was~~pursuant ~~triggered or resulted in any grant or award~~ to ~~the~~Section ~~new director as~~ 13(a) ~~result~~ of ~~his appointment to~~ the ~~Board~~Exchange ~~of Directors~~Act. ☐

~~Arthur~~Item J3.03 ~~Gajarsa,~~Material ~~aged~~Modification 84, has been a Jurist in Residence at New Hampshire School of Law since 2012. He was a Director of Supreme Industries, Inc. (“Supreme”), a manufacturer of specialized truck bodies, from 2012 through 2017; Senior Counsel at the law firm of Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr from January of 2013 through 2024; Trustee of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute since 1994, Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 2011 through 2017, Vice Chairman from 1998 to ~~2010~~Rights ~~and presently Chair Emeritus; Director~~ of ~~Georgetown~~Security University Board of Directors from 1996 to 2008, and Chairman of the Audit Committee, the Law Committee, and a member of the Executive Committee from 2002 to 2008; and U.S. Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from 1997 to 2012. Prior to his judicial appointment, Judge Gajarsa served as Senior Partner of Joseph, Gajarsa, McDermott & Reiner, P.C., and previously served as Special Counsel to the Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner of Indian Affairs. He also worked at the Department of Commerce at the USPTO and worked as a systems analyst at the Department of Defense. Judge Gajarsa provides the Board insight and experience in the areas of legal compliance, corporate mergers and acquisitions, commercial litigation, international trade and intellectual property.Holders

2The Registrant has extended the expiration date of its common stock purchase warrants that were scheduled to expire on March 7, 2026. The new expiration date is March 7, 2029. The warrants give their holders the right to purchase an aggregate of 6,909,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock. The form of the replacement warrant certificate being delivered to each warrant holder is attached as Exhibit 4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

~~SIGNATURES~~Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

~~Pursuant~~(d) toExhibits. ~~the~~The ~~requirements~~following ofexhibit ~~the~~is ~~Securities~~being ~~Exchange~~filed ~~Act~~with ~~of 1934, the registrant has duly caused~~ this ~~report~~Current toReport ~~be signed~~ on ~~its~~Form ~~behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~8-K:

	CHASE PACKAGING CORPORATION
Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit
Date: May 23, 2025	By:	/s/ Ann C.W. Green
4		Form of Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificate dated as of March 7, 2026
		Ann C.W. Green
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL)
		Chief Financial Officer

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	CHASE PACKAGING CORPORATION

Date: February 26, 2026	By:	/s/ Ann C.W. Green
		Ann C.W. Green
		Chief Financial Officer

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