SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015

 

OR

 

¨	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from _________ to _________

 

Commission File Number: 0-21609

 

CHASE PACKAGING CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

  

Texas		93-1216127
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

106 West River Road, Rumson NJ 07760

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(732) 741-1500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  x No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes  x No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer	¨	Accelerated filer	¨
Non-accelerated filer	¨	Smaller reporting company	x
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Yes x No  ¨

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

Class		Outstanding at May 13, 2015
Common Stock, par value $.10 per share		15,536,275 shares

  

 

 

Table of Contents

 

- INDEX -

 

		Page(s)
PART I - Financial Information:
ITEM 1.	Financial Statements:	3
	Condensed Balance Sheets (unaudited) - March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014
	Condensed Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014
	Condensed Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) - Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014
	Notes to Interim Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited)
ITEM 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	15
ITEM 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	17
ITEM 4.	Controls and Procedures	17
PART II - Other Information:
ITEM 1.	Legal Proceedings.	18
ITEM 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.	18
ITEM 3.	Defaults upon Senior Securities.	18
ITEM 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures.	18
ITEM 5.	Other Information.	18
ITEM 6.	Exhibits.	19
SIGNATURES		20
EXHIBITS

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements.

 

CHASE PACKAGING CORPORATION

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

 

		March 31,				December 31,
		2015				2014
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash		$	1,038,077			$	1,061,726
TOTAL ASSETS		$	1,038,077			$	1,061,726
LIABILITIES, PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY -
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		$	11,172			$	11,005
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES			11,172				11,005
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES							-
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
PREFERRED STOCK, $1.00 par value; 4,000,000 authorized: Series A 10% Convertible Preferred stock; 50,000 shares authorized; 27,466 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 : liquidation preference of $2,746,000 as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014			2,058,680				2,058,680
Common stock, $.10 par value 200,000,000 shares authorized; 16,033,862 shares issued and 15,536,275 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014			1,603,387				1,603,387
Treasury Stock, $.10 par value 497,587 shares as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014			(49,759	)			(49,759	)
Additional paid-in capital			2,562,160				2,562,160
Accumulated deficit			(5,147,563	)			(5,123,747	)
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY			1,026,905				1,050,721
TOTAL LIABILITIES, PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY		$	1,038,077			$	1,061,726

 

See notes to interim condensed financial statements.

 

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CHASE PACKAGING CORPORATION

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

 

		For The Three Months Ended March 31,
		2015				2014
NET SALES		$	-			$	-
EXPENSES:
General and administrative expense			23,842				33,611
LOSS FROM OPERATIONS			(23,842	)			(33,611	)
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
Interest expense			-				-
Interest and other income			26				34
Change in warrant liability			-				-
Warrant liability extinguishment from modification of warrants			-				-
TOTAL OTHER INCOME			26				34
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES			(23,816	)			(33,577	)
Provision for income taxes			-				-
NET LOSS		$	(23,816	)		$	(33,577	)
Accretion of preferred stock to redemption value			-				-
NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS		$	(23,816	)		$	(33,577	)
BASIC AND DILUTED LOSS PER COMMON SHARE		$	(0.00	)		$	(0.00	)
WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING – BASIC AND DILUTED			15,536,275				15,536,275

 

See notes to interim condensed financial statements.

 

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CHASE PACKAGING CORPORATION

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

		For The Three Months Ended March 31,
		2015				2014
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss		$	(23,816	)		$	(33,577	)
Adjustment to reconcile to net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Change in warrant liability			-				-
Warrant liability extinguishment from modification of warrants
Stock based compensation			-				1,068
Change in assets and liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses			(167	)			(9,180	)
Net cash used in operating activities			(23,649	)			(41,689	)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES			-				-
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES			-				-
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH			(23,649	)			(41,689	)
Cash, at beginning of period			1,061,726				1,221,675
CASH, END OF PERIOD		$	1,038,077			$	1,179,986
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid for:
Interest		$	-			$	-
Income taxes		$	-			$	-

 

See notes to interim condensed financial statements.

 

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CHASE PACKAGING CORPORATION

NOTES TO INTERIM CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2015

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 1 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION:

 

Chase Packaging Corporation (“the Company”), a Texas Corporation, previously manufactured woven paper mesh for industrial applications, polypropylene mesh fabric bags for agricultural use, and distributed agricultural packaging manufactured by other companies. Management’s plans for the Company include securing a suitable merger partner wishing to go public or acquiring private companies to create investment value for the Company. However, no assurance can be given that management will be successful in its efforts. The failure to achieve these plans will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, and ability to continue as a going concern.

 

The interim condensed financial statements included herein have been prepared by the Company, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although we believe that the disclosures made are adequate to provide for fair presentation and a reasonable understanding of the information presented. The Interim Condensed Financial Statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in this Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the related notes, as well as Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, previously filed with the SEC.

 

In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present a fair statement of financial position as of March 31, 2015, results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, as applicable, have been made. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full fiscal year or any future periods.

 

The accounting policies followed by the Company are set forth in Note 2 to the Company’s financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, which is incorporated herein by reference. Specific reference is made to that report for a description of the Company’s securities and the notes to financial statements.

 

NOTE 2 - NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS:

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606),” which is the new, comprehensive revenue recognition standard that will supersede all existing revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP. The standard’s core principle is that a company will recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to a customer in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2016, and early adoption is not permitted. Entities will have the option of using either a full retrospective approach or a modified approach to adopt the guidance in the ASU. The Company currently has no revenues and does not expect any impact of adopting this guidance.

 

In June 2014 ASU 2014-10 removed the definition of a development stage entity from the Master Glossary of the Accounting Standards Codification, thereby removing the financial reporting distinction between development stage entities and other reporting entities from U.S. GAAP. In addition, the amendments eliminate the requirements for development stage entities to (1) present inception-to-date information in the statements of income, cash flows, and shareholder equity, (2) label the financial statements as those of a development stage entity, (3) disclose a description of the development stage activities in which the entity is engaged, and (4) disclose in the first year in which the entity is no longer a development stage entity that in prior years it had been in the development stage. This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2014, and interim periods therein. Early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted this ASU effective with the December 31, 2014 annual report on Form 10-K and its adoption resulted in the removal of previously required development stage disclosure.

 

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In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-12, “Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period.” This ASU provides more explicit guidance for treating share-based payment awards that require a specific performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period as a performance condition. The new guidance is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on the financial statements.

 

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15, “Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern (Topic 205-40)”, which requires management to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern for each annual and interim reporting period. If substantial doubt exists, additional disclosure is required. This new standard will be effective for the Company for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. The Company expects to adopt this new standard for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 and the Company will continue to assess the impact on its financial statements.

 

NOTE 3 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:

 

Use of Estimates:

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all highly liquid investments that are readily convertible into cash with a remaining maturity of three months or less at the time of acquisition to be cash equivalents. The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents balances with high credit quality financial institutions. As of March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014, the Company had cash and cash equivalents held in financial institutions that were uninsured by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the amount of $1,038,077 and $1,161,726, respectively.

 

Income Taxes

 

The asset and liability method is used in accounting for income taxes. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for operating loss and tax credit carry forwards and for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured assuming enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the results of operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is recorded to reduce the carrying amounts of deferred tax assets unless it is more likely than not that such asset will be realized.

 

The Company adopted FASB Interpretation of “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes”. There was no impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows as a result of implementing this guidance. At As of March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014, the Company evaluated its tax positions and did not have any unrecognized tax benefits. The Company’s practice is to recognize interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. The Company currently has no federal or state tax examinations in progress.

 

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NOTE 4 - BASIC AND DILUTED NET LOSS PER COMMON SHARE:

 

Basic loss per common share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding. Diluted loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss by the sum of the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding plus the dilutive effect of shares issuable through the exercise of common stock equivalents.

 

We have excluded 32,030,000 common stock equivalents (preferred stock, warrants and stock options) from the calculation of diluted loss per share for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 respectively, which, if included, would have an antidilutive effect.

  

NOTE 5 - PRIVATE PLACEMENT OFFERING:

 

On September 7, 2007, the Company completed a private placement, pursuant to which 13,334 units (the “Units”) were sold at a per Unit cash purchase price of $150, for a total subscribed amount of $2,000,100. Each Unit consists of: (1) one share of Series A 10% convertible preferred stock, par value $1.00, stated value $100 (the “Preferred Stock”); (2) 500 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.10 (the “Common Stock”); and (3) 500 warrants (the “Warrants”) exercisable into Common Stock on a one-for-one basis. The proceeds of $2,000,100 were allocated to the instruments as follows:

 

Warrant liabilities		$	141,027
Redeemable and Convertible Preferred Stock			1,388,367
Common Stock			470,706
Total allocated gross proceeds:		$	2,000,100

 

Warrants

 

As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, warrants to purchase 6,909,000 shares were outstanding, having exercise prices at $0.15 and an expiration date of September 7, 2015.

 

The Company entered into an amendment to its warrant agreements to extend the expiration date of the warrants from September 7, 2014 until September 7, 2015.

 

		March 31, 2015								December 31, 2014
		Number of warrants				Weighted average exercise price				Number of warrants				Weighted average exercise price
Balance at January 1			6,909,000			$	0.15				6,909,000			$	0.15
Issued during the period			-			$	-				-			$	-
Exercised during the period			-			$	-				-			$	-
Extended during the period			-			$	0.15				6,909,000			$	-
Expired during the period			-			$	0.15				(6,909,000	)		$	-
Balance at March 31, & December 31,			6,909,000			$	0.15				6,909,000			$	0.15

 

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As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the average remaining contractual life of the outstanding warrants was 0.43 year and 0.68 years, respectively. The Warrants expire on September 7, 2015.

 

The warrants, which were issued to investors in the September 7, 2007, private placement offering, contained a provision for net cash settlement in the event that there was a fundamental transaction (contractually defined as a merger, sale of substantially all assets, tender offer, or share exchange). If a fundamental transaction occurred in which the consideration issued consisted principally of cash or stock in a non-public company, then the warrant holder had the option to receive cash, equal to the fair value of the remaining unexercised portion of the warrant. Due to this contingent redemption provision, the warrants required liability classification in accordance with ASC Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity,” (“ASC 480”) and were recorded at fair value. In addition, these warrants were not indexed to the Company’s stock, and therefore also required liability classification under ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging,” (ASC 815).

 

ASC 820 provides requirements for disclosure of liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis in periods subsequent to the initial recognition. Fair values for warrants are determined using the Binomial Lattice valuation technique. The Binomial Lattice valuation model provides for dynamic assumptions regarding volatility and risk-free interest rates within the total period to maturity. Accordingly, within the contractual term, the Company provided multiple date intervals over which multiple volatilities and risk free interest rates were used. These intervals allow the Binomial Lattice valuation model to project outcomes along specific paths which consider volatilities and risk free rates that would be more likely in an early exercise scenario.

  

Warrants

 

Significant assumptions are determined as follows:

 

Trading market values—Published trading market values;

 

Exercise price—Stated exercise price;

 

Term—Remaining contractual term of the warrant;

 

Volatility—Historical trading volatility for periods consistent with the remaining terms;

 

Risk-free rate—Yields on zero coupon government securities with remaining terms consistent with the remaining terms of the warrants.

 

Due to the fundamental transaction provision, which could provide for early redemption of the warrants, the model also considered the probability the Company would enter into a fundamental transaction during the remaining term of the warrant. Since the Company is still in its development stage and is not yet achieving positive cash flow, management believes the probability of a fundamental transaction occurring over the term of the warrant is approximately ranging from 0.75% to 1.00%. For valuation purposes, the Company also assumed that if such a transaction did occur, it was more likely to occur towards the end of the term of the warrants.

 

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The warrants issued are not only subject to traditional anti-dilution protection, such as stock splits and dividends, but they were also subject to down-round anti-dilution protection. Accordingly, if the Company sold common stock or common stock indexed financial instruments below the stated exercise price, the exercise price related to these warrants would adjust to that lower amount. The Lattice model used to value the warrants with down-round anti-dilution protection provided for multiple, probability-weighted scenarios at the stated exercise price and at five additional decrements/scenarios on each valuation date in order to encompass the value of the anti-dilution provisions in the estimate of fair value of the warrants. Calculations were performed at the stated exercise price and at five additional decrements/scenarios on each valuation date. The calculations provide for multiple, probability-weighted scenarios reflecting decrements that result from declines in the market prices. Decrements are predicated on the trading market prices in decreasing ranges below the contractual exercise price. For each valuation date, multiple Binomial Lattice calculations were performed which were probability weighted by considering both the Company’s (i) historical market pricing trends, and (ii) an outlook for whether or not the Company may need to issue equity or equity-indexed instruments in the future with a price less than the current exercise price.

 

Effective June 30, 2012, the Company entered into an amendment to its Warrant Agreement. The amendment to remove the put and the down round protection feature allows for the Warrants to be treated as equity beginning with the quarter ended June 30, 2012. Effective August 31, 2014, the Company entered into an amendment to its Warrant Agreement to extend the expiration date of the warrants from September 7, 2014 to September 7, 2015.

 

The following table summarizes the fair value of the warrants as of the balance sheet date:

 

Fair values		March 31, 2015				December 31, 2014				At transaction date
September 7, 2007 financing		$	-			$	-			$	141,027

 

Warrants issued to the placement agents in the private placement are included with the warrants to investors as they have identical exercise prices and terms.

 

As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the number of shares indexed to the warrants was 0.

 

The following are the assumptions for the valuation of the fair value of the warrant liability:

 

		March 31, 2015				December 31, 2014				At transaction date
Warrants outstanding			-				-				6,909,000
Exercise price		$	-			$	-			$	0.15
Annual dividend yield			-	%			-	%			4.01	%
Expected life (years)			-				-				5
Risk-free interest rate			-	%			-	%			4.14	%
Expected volatility			-	%			-	%			53.94	%

 

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NOTE 5 - PRIVATE PLACEMENT OFFERING - CONTINUED:

 

Series A 10% Convertible Preferred Stock

 

The principal terms of the Series A 10% Convertible Preferred Stock were as follows:

 

Voting rights – The Series A 10% Convertible Preferred Stock has voting rights (one vote per share) equal to those of the Company’s common stock.

 

Dividend rights – The Series A 10% Convertible Preferred Stock carries a fixed cumulative dividend, as and when declared by our Board of Directors, of 10% per annum, accrued daily, compounded annually and payable in cash upon a liquidation event for up to five years, as well as the right to receive any dividends paid to holders of common stock.

 

Conversion rights– The holders of the Series A 10% Convertible Preferred Stock have the right to convert any or all of their Series A 10% Convertible Preferred Stock, at the option of the holder, at any time, into common stock on a one for one thousand basis.

 

Redemption rights –The shares of the Series A 10% Convertible Preferred Stock may be redeemed by the Company, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, upon written notice by the Company to the holders of Series A 10% Convertible Preferred Stock at any time in the event that the Preferred Stock of one or more holders has not been previously converted. The Company shall redeem each share of Preferred Stock of such holders within thirty (30) days of the Company's delivery of notice to such holders and such holders shall surrender the certificate(s) representing such shares of Preferred Stock.

 

Liquidation entitlement – In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of the Series A 10% Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, in preference to the holders of common stock, an amount equal to $100 per share of Series A 10% Convertible Preferred Stock plus all accrued and unpaid dividends.

 

At any time on or after August 2, 2011, the Holders of 66 2/3% or more of the Preferred Stock then outstanding could have requested liquidation of their Preferred Stock. In the event that, at the time of such requested liquidation, the Company's cash funds (in excess of a $50,000 reserve fund) then available to effect such requested liquidation were inadequate for such purpose, then such requested liquidation should have taken place (on a ratable basis) only to the extent such excess cash funds were available for such purpose.

 

Other provisions – There will be proportional adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations and the like.

 

Effective June 30, 2012, the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock agreed to an amendment to the Series A 10% Convertible Preferred Stock which deleted the liquidation provisions. As a result, the Convertible Preferred Stock has been classified as equity (rather than temporary equity) in all filings beginning with the quarter ended June 30, 2012.

 

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NOTE 6 - DIVIDENDS:

 

On October 31, 2014, the Company announced that the Board of Directors had declared a ten percent stock dividend on its outstanding Series A 10% Convertible Preferred Stock. Stockholders of record as of November 15, 2014 received the stock dividend for each share of Series A Preferred Stock owned on that date, payable December 1, 2014. As of October 31, 2014, the Company had 24,971 shares of Preferred Stock outstanding; the total dividend paid consisted of 2,495 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (which are convertible into 2,495,000 shares of Common Stock) with a fair value of $249,500 and a total of 14 fractional shares which will be accumulated until whole shares can be issued. Due to the absence of Retained Earnings, the $2,495 par value of Preferred Stock dividend was charged against Additional Paid-in Capital.

 

NOTE 7 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

 

The Company's 2008 Stock Awards Plan was approved April 9, 2008 by the Board of Directors and ratified at the Company's annual meeting of stockholders held on June 3, 2008. The 2008 Plan became effective April 9, 2008 and will terminate on April 8, 2018. Subject to certain adjustments, the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to awards under the 2008 Plan is 2,000,000 shares. A maximum of 80,000 shares may be granted in any one year in any form to any one participant, of which a maximum of (i) 50,000 shares may be granted to a participant in the form of stock options and (ii) 30,000 shares may be granted to a participant in the form of Common Stock or restricted stock. The 2008 Plan will be administered by a committee of the Board of Directors. Employees, including any employee who is also a director or an officer, consultants, and outside directors of the Company are eligible to participate in the 2008 Plan.

 

On June 24, 2013, the Company’s Board approved the granting of incentive stock options to the 4 officers and 2 outside directors under the Company’s 2008 Stock Awards Plan for the purchase of 200,000 and 100,000 shares with grant date on June 25, 2013, respectively of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.03 per share on June 25, 2013.

 

Stock Option

 

The fair value of each option was estimated on June 25, 2013 (date of grant) using the following Black-Scholes assumptions:

 

		Three Months ended March 31, 2015
Expected term (in years)			5
Expected stock price volatility			185.25	%
Risk-free interest rate			1.48	%
Expected dividend yield			-

 

The Company vested 50% of the optioned shares on date of granting the stock options and the remaining 50% of the optioned shares were vested on June 25, 2014.

 

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The following table summarizes all stock option activity under the plans:

 

		Number of Options				Weighted Average Exercise Price				Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)				Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at January 1, 2015			300,000				0.03			$	3.48			$	9,000
Granted											-
Exercised			-				-				-				-
Forfeited/expired			-				-				-				-
Outstanding at March 31, 2015			300,000			$	0.03				3.23			$	9,000
Exercisable at March 31, 2015			300,000			$	0.03				3.23			$	9,000

 

The Company recognized $0 and $1,068 of stock based compensation costs related to stock options awards for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. The weighted-average grant date fair value of options outstanding at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 was $0.0289. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements granted under the plan was approximately $0.

 

NOTE 8 - FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS:

 

ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure,” (“ASC 820”) defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, not adjusted for transaction costs. ASC 820 also establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels giving the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3).

 

The three levels are described below:

 

Level 1 Inputs — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that is accessible by the Company;

 

Level 2 Inputs — Quoted prices in markets that are not active or financial instruments for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly;

 

Level 3 Inputs — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability including significant assumptions of the Company and other market participants.

 

There were no transfers in or out of any level during the three months ended March 31, 2015 or the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

Except for those assets and liabilities which are required by authoritative accounting guidance to be recorded at fair value in the Company’s balance sheets, the Company has elected not to record any other assets or liabilities at fair value, as permitted by ASC 820. No events occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2015 which would require adjustment to the recognized balances of assets or liabilities which are recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis.

 

The Company determines fair values for its investment assets as follows:

 

Cash equivalents at fair value — the Company’s cash equivalents, at fair value, consist of money market funds — marked to market. The Company’s money market funds are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy since they are valued using quoted market prices from an exchange.

 

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The following tables provide information on those assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 respectively:

 

		Carrying Amount In Balance Sheet March 31,				Fair Value March 31,				Fair Value Measurement Using
		2015				2015				Level 1				Level 2				Level 3
Assets:
Money Market Funds		$	1,038,077			$	1,038,077			$	1,038,077			$	—			$	—

 

		Carrying Amount In Balance Sheet December 31,				Fair Value December 31,				Fair Value Measurement Using
		2014				2014				Level 1				Level 2				Level 3
Assets:
Money Market Funds		$	1,061,726			$	1,061,726			$	1,061,726			$	—			$	—

 

NOTE 9 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:

 

The Company’s Board of Directors has agreed to pay the Company’s Chief Financial Officer an annual salary of $17,000. No other officers or directors of the Company receive compensation other than reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with Company business and development.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

The information in this report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This Act provides a “safe harbor” for forward-looking statements to encourage companies to provide prospective information about themselves provided they identify these statements as forward looking and provide meaningful cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ from the projected results. All statements other than statements of historical fact made in this report are forward looking. In particular, the statements herein regarding future results of operations or financial position are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect management’s current expectations and are inherently uncertain. The Company’s actual results may differ significantly from management’s expectations as a result of many factors.

 

You should read the following discussion and analysis in conjunction with the financial statements of the Company, and notes thereto, included herewith. This discussion should not be construed to imply that the results discussed herein will necessarily continue into the future or that any conclusion reached herein will necessarily be indicative of actual operating results in the future. Such discussion represents only the best present assessment of management. The Company assumes no obligations to update any of these forward-looking statements.

 

Results of Operations

 

During the quarter ended March 31, 2015, the Company had no operations and its only income was from interest income on its money market fund which is classified as cash. General and administrative expenses for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 were $23,842 and $33,611 respectively. The Company had interest and other income of $26, and a net loss of $23,816 during the three-month period ended March 31, 2015, compared with interest and other income of $34, and a net loss of $33,577 during the comparable period of 2014. Decrease in general and administrative expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2015 are due primarily to consulting fees and the stock based compensation related to the issuance of stock options to officers and outside directors on June 25, 2013 under the 2008 Stock Award Plan.

 

Amendments made to the Preferred Stock and Warrant Agreements.

 

On June 30, 2012, the Warrants were modified to extend the maturity date from September 7, 2012 to September 7, 2014 and to remove the fundamental transaction put feature and anti-dilution protection. On or before June 30, 2012, the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock agreed to an amendment to the Series A 10% Convertible Preferred Stock which deleted the liquidation provision. As a result, the Convertible Preferred Stock is shown as equity (rather than temporary equity) in all filings beginning with the quarter ended June 30, 2012. The amendment to remove the put and the down round protection feature allows for the Warrants to be treated as equity for all filings beginning with the quarter ended June 30, 2012. Please see Note 5 to the financial statements for further explanation.

 

Effective August 31, 2014, the Company entered into an amendment to its Warrant Agreement to extend the expiration date of the warrants from September 7, 2014 to September 7, 2015.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

At March 31, 2015, the Company had cash of $1,038,077 consisting mostly of money market funds and U.S. Treasury Bills. Management believes that its cash and cash equivalents are sufficient for its business activities for at least the next twelve months and for the costs of seeking an acquisition of an operating business.

 

The following table provides detailed information about our net cash flow for all financial statements years presented in this report.

 

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Cash Flow

 

		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2015				2014
Net cash used in operating activities		$	(23,649	)		$	(41,689	)
Net cash provided by investing activities			-				-
Net cash provided by financing activities			-				-
Net cash outflow		$	(23,649	)		$	(41,689	)

 

Net cash of approximately $24,000 was used in operations during the three months ended March 31, 2015, a decrease of approximately $18,000 from the $42,000 used in operations during the three months ended March 31, 2014. The decrease was due primarily to the decrease in the professional fees during the three months ended March 31, 2015. No cash flows were used or provided by investing activities for each of the periods presented. No cash flows were used or provided by financing activities for each of the periods presented.

  

New Accounting Pronouncements

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606),” which is the new, comprehensive revenue recognition standard that will supersede all existing revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP. The standard’s core principle is that a company will recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to a customer in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2016, and early adoption is not permitted. Entities will have the option of using either a full retrospective approach or a modified approach to adopt the guidance in the ASU. The Company currently has no revenues and does not expect any impact of adopting this guidance.

 

In June 2014 ASU 2014-10 removed the definition of a development stage entity from the Master Glossary of the Accounting Standards Codification, thereby removing the financial reporting distinction between development stage entities and other reporting entities from U.S. GAAP. In addition, the amendments eliminate the requirements for development stage entities to (1) present inception-to-date information in the statements of income, cash flows, and shareholder equity, (2) label the financial statements as those of a development stage entity, (3) disclose a description of the development stage activities in which the entity is engaged, and (4) disclose in the first year in which the entity is no longer a development stage entity that in prior years it had been in the development stage. This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2014, and interim periods therein. Early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted this ASU effective with the December 31, 2014 annual report on Form 10-K and its adoption resulted in the removal of previously required development stage disclosure.

 

In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-12, “Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period.” This ASU provides more explicit guidance for treating share-based payment awards that require a specific performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period as a performance condition. The new guidance is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on the financial statements.

 

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15, “Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern (Topic 205-40)”, which requires management to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern for each annual and interim reporting period. If substantial doubt exists, additional disclosure is required. This new standard will be effective for the Company for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. The Company expects to adopt this new standard for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 and the Company will continue to assess the impact on its financial statements.

 

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

 

Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports, such as this report, that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that as of March 31, 2015, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

 

Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting.

 

During the quarter ended March 31, 2015, there were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to affect materially, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

 

None.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

 

None.

 

Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities.

 

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information.

 

None.

 

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Item 6. Exhibits.

 

Number		Description
31.1*		Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*		Certification of the Principal Financial and Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1*		Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2*		Certification of the Principal Financial and Accounting Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101*		Financial Statements from the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Chase Packaging Corporation for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, filed on May 13, 2015, formatted in XBRL: (i) the Condensed Balance Sheets (Unaudited); (ii) the Condensed Statements of Operations (Unaudited); (iii) the Condensed Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited); and (iv) the Notes to Interim Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited).

________

* Filed herewith

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

	CHASE PACKAGING CORPORATION
Date: May 13, 2015	By:	/s/ Allen T. McInnes
		Allen T. McInnes
		Chairman of the Board, President and Treasurer
		(Principal Executive Officer)
Date: May 13, 2015	By:	/s/ Ann C. W. Green
		Ann C. W. Green
		Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary
		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 

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