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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001452936-26-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001452936"
company_name: "Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T08:22:36.896484+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pacific Oak REIT to pursue liquidation; gets $905k funding, ousts CEO and Chairman

## Summary
- Special committee unanimously agreed Jan 12 to pursue plan of liquidation; expects board and stockholder approval soon.
- BVI subsidiary to provide up to $905k in funding over three months for working capital and liquidation process.
- Advisory agreement with POCA terminated effective Jan 31, 2026; transition period of at least six weeks.
- Brian Ragsdale appointed President, CEO, and CFO; Peter McMillan and Keith D. Hall removed and asked to resign from board.
- Westdale Asset Management engaged by BVI to manage assets; monthly fee of greater of 2% gross income or $10,000 per property.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001452936-26-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001452936
- company_name: Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1452936/000145293626000007/0001452936-26-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1452936/000145293626000007/pacoaksor-20260122.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001452936-26-000007.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc. entered into BVI Agreement with Pacific Oak SOR (BVI) Holdings, Ltd. valued at up to $905,000 in funding over the next three months (effective 2026-01-23).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: Pacific Oak SOR (BVI) Holdings, Ltd.
  - Value: up to $905,000 in funding over the next three months
  - Effective: 2026-01-23
  source text: the Special Committee approved an agreement between the Company and the BVI, which was entered into on January 23, 2026 (the “BVI Agreement”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1452936/000145293626000007/0001452936-26-000007-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.