Every material Form 8-K PEDEVCO CORP has filed with the SEC since August 28, 2026, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
PEDEVCO Corp. said its President and CEO J. Douglas Schick stopped serving as CEO and director on September 21, 2026, and Chief Operating Officer Reagan Tuck (R.T.) Dukes became interim President and CEO effective that day. The company says the change is not due to any disagreement, and Schick will stay on as a non-executive Senior Advisor through December 31, 2026.
Schick ceased to be President, CEO and a board member; Dukes named interim President and CEO effective September 21, 2026
Schick's separation agreement provides 2.5 times the sum of base salary and target bonus, plus a $255,000 payment in lieu of a 2026 annual bonus
Dukes, age 42, previously served as CEO of Century Natural Resources, LLC from June 2021 to October 2025
PEDEVCO said it was the high bidder on multiple tracts in a Bureau of Land Management lease sale held September 9-10, 2026, acquiring about 5,678 net acres in Wyoming for about $5.9 million, or $1,045 per net acre, funded with cash on hand. The company says the acreage expands its Mowry formation position in the Powder River Basin to about 12,000 net acres in that prospect area, but the filing notes prospective acreage does not constitute proved reserves.
Acquired about 5,678 net acres in Wyoming for about $5.9 million, or $1,045 per net acre, in the BLM sale held September 9-10, 2026.
Acquisition was funded through cash on hand.
Leases carry ten-year terms and a 12.5% royalty rate, allowing the company to retain an 87.5% net revenue interest.
Company's Mowry acreage in the prospect area nearly doubles to about 12,000 net acres.
At its August 27, 2026 annual meeting, PEDEVCO stockholders approved the Third Amendment to the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, raising the plan's share limits from 900,000 to 1,800,000 shares. Stockholders also re-elected six directors, ratified the auditor, and approved executive pay on an advisory basis, with the amendment effective on approval.
The Third Amendment raises the aggregate share pool, incentive stock option limit, and per-recipient award limit from 900,000 to 1,800,000 shares.
Plan amendment approved with 12,007,528.1 votes for, 223,854.4 against, and 14,350 abstentions.
Stockholders elected all six director nominees and chose an annual frequency for future advisory pay votes.
Quorum was about 92.3% of the 13,290,902 shares outstanding as of the June 30, 2026 record date.
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