{"url_path":"/sec/whlt/10-k/2026/item-13","section_key":"item-13","section_title":"Item 13 CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K","doc_date":"2026-03-30","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025771/0001477932-26-001702-index.html","accession_number":"0001477932-26-001702","cik":"0001025771","ticker":"WHLT","issuer_name":"CHASE PACKAGING CORP","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025771/0001477932-26-001702-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001025771","primary_entity_name":"CHASE PACKAGING CORP"},"word_count":114,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.**\n\n \n\n**Independence**\n\n \n\nThe Common Stock is quoted on the over-the-counter market operated by OTCID Market, which does not impose any director independence requirements. Using the director independence requirements set forth in NASDAQ rule 5605(a)(2), the Company has four independent directors, Messrs. Arthur J. Gajarsa, Matthew W. Long, Mark C. Neilson and Wayne A. Whitener.\n\n \n\n**Transactions and Relationships Involving Our Directors and Executive Officers**\n\n \n\nThe Company did not engage in any transaction during the 2025 fiscal year, and does not currently propose to enter into any transaction, in which any related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest in excess of $120,000."}