8-K 1 a08-9902_18k.htm CURRENT REPORT OF MATERIAL EVENTS OR CORPORATE CHANGES

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):  March 28, 2008

 

Chase Packaging Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Texas

 

0-21609

 

93-1216127

(State of incorporation)

 

(Commission File No.)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

636 River Road

 

 

Fair Haven, NJ

 

07704

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (732) 741-1500

 

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Item 5.03.              Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

On March 28, 2008, the Board of Directors of Chase Packaging Corporation (the “Company”) approved amendments to Sec. 2:2  Annual Meetings, Sec. 5:1 Certificates, and Sec. 5:8 Transfer of Shares of the Company’s Bylaws, pursuant to Article 7.1 of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation (as amended) and Sec. 7:12 of the Company’s Bylaws which permit the Bylaws to be amended by the Board of Directors.

 

Sec. 2:2 was amended to provide flexibility regarding the date of the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders.  Sec. 5:1 and Sec. 5:8 were amended to allow the Company to participate in DTC’s direct registration system, whereby shares may be held in book-entry form without a certificate.

 

A complete copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws (as amended March 28, 2008) is being filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                                 Exhibits

 

3.1         Amended and Restated Bylaws (as amended March 28, 2008).

 

 

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: April 2, 2008

By:

/s/ Allen T. McInnes

 

 

  Allen T. McInnes,

 

 

  President and CEO