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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-017070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001922639"
company_name: "Permex Petroleum Corp"
filed_at: "2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T05:47:31.867431+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Permex Petroleum appoints Bradley Taillon as President/CEO, Mehran Ehsan transitions to VP Business Development

## Summary
- Mehran Ehsan resigns as President/CEO effective April 29, 2024, remains on board as VP Business Development.
- Bradley Taillon appointed President/CEO with base salary $250,000 and annual bonus up to 100% of salary.
- Taillon receives one-time cash bonus of $50,000 and 10,000 stock options as sign-on incentive.
- Taillon eligible for additional performance bonuses tied to qualified financing thresholds (e.g., $50k for $1M+ financing).
- Taillon previously served as VP of Finance since March 2024; prior roles at Ruckus Energy and Lilis Energy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-017070
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001922639
- company_name: Permex Petroleum Corp
- filed_at: 2024-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922639/000149315224017070/0001493152-24-017070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922639/000149315224017070/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-017070.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mehran Ehsan changed role as Vice President of Business Development at Permex Petroleum Corp.
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Vice President of Business Development
  source text: Mehran Ehsan will resign from his position as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and will transition to the role of Vice President of Business Development, effective April 29, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922639/000149315224017070/0001493152-24-017070-index.htm
- Executive change
  Bradley Taillon was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Permex Petroleum Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Bradley Taillon has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 29, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922639/000149315224017070/0001493152-24-017070-index.htm

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