---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-024256"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001922639"
company_name: "Permex Petroleum Corp"
filed_at: "2024-06-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T03:58:58.373371+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Four directors resign from Permex Petroleum board; CEO Brad Taillon appointed as director

## Summary
- On June 12, 2024, directors Melissa Folz, Barry Whelan, James Perry Bryan, and Mehran Ehsan resigned immediately for personal reasons.
- Resignations were not due to any disagreement with the company, management, or board.
- Board appointed CEO Brad Taillon to serve as director until next stockholders' meeting; no committee assignment.
- Taillon previously entered an employment agreement with the company on April 29, 2024 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to prior 8-K).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-024256
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001922639
- company_name: Permex Petroleum Corp
- filed_at: 2024-06-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922639/000149315224024256/0001493152-24-024256-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922639/000149315224024256/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-024256.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Barry Whelan resigned as Director at Permex Petroleum Corp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 12, 2024, Melissa Folz, Barry Whelan, James Perry Bryan and Mehran Ehsan each informed the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Permex Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) that they were each resigning from the Board effective immediately for personal reasons.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922639/000149315224024256/0001493152-24-024256-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mehran Ehsan resigned as Director at Permex Petroleum Corp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 12, 2024, Melissa Folz, Barry Whelan, James Perry Bryan and Mehran Ehsan each informed the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Permex Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) that they were each resigning from the Board effective immediately for personal reasons.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922639/000149315224024256/0001493152-24-024256-index.htm
- Executive change
  Melissa Folz resigned as Director at Permex Petroleum Corp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 12, 2024, Melissa Folz, Barry Whelan, James Perry Bryan and Mehran Ehsan each informed the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Permex Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) that they were each resigning from the Board effective immediately for personal reasons.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922639/000149315224024256/0001493152-24-024256-index.htm
- Executive change
  James Perry Bryan resigned as Director at Permex Petroleum Corp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 12, 2024, Melissa Folz, Barry Whelan, James Perry Bryan and Mehran Ehsan each informed the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Permex Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) that they were each resigning from the Board effective immediately for personal reasons.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922639/000149315224024256/0001493152-24-024256-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brad Taillon was appointed as Director at Permex Petroleum Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 12, 2024, the Board of appointed Brad Taillon, the Company’s current President and Chief Executive Officer, to serve as a director on the Board until the Company’s next meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1922639/000149315224024256/0001493152-24-024256-index.htm

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