---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-23-011482"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PED"
cik: "0001141197"
company_name: "PEDEVCO CORP"
filed_at: "2023-09-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T00:21:56.016203+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PEDEVCO shareholders re-elect three directors and approve auditor; board grants restricted shares

## Summary
- Directors Scelfo, Kukes, Evans re-elected with >64M votes each; broker non-votes 694,072.
- Ratification of Marcum LLP as auditor: 66.8M for, 174,521 against.
- Non-binding say-on-pay approved: 66.0M for, 292,108 against, 694,072 broker non-votes.
- Restricted stock awards granted: 125,000 shares to Chairman Scelfo (vests July 12, 2024) and 85,000 to Director Evans (vests Sep 27, 2024).
- 67.0M shares voted (77% of 87.0M outstanding); quorum achieved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-23-011482
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PED
- cik: 0001141197
- company_name: PEDEVCO CORP
- filed_at: 2023-09-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000165495423011482/0001654954-23-011482-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000165495423011482/ped_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  PEDEVCO CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-08-31 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-31
  source text: Ratification of the appointment of Marcum LLP, as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023: For: 66,845,552 Against: 174,521 Abstain: 1,098 Broker Non-Votes: -0-
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000165495423011482/0001654954-23-011482-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PEDEVCO CORP shareholders approved Election of three director nominees at the 2023-08-31 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-31
  source text: On August 31, 2023, the Company held its 2023 Annual Meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders (i) elected three director nominees, (ii) approved, on an advisory basis, the appointment of Marcum LLP, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year, and (iii) approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation awarded to the Company’s named executive officers for 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000165495423011482/0001654954-23-011482-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PEDEVCO CORP shareholders approved Advisory approval of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-08-31 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-08-31
  source text: To approve, by non-binding vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers: For: 66,011,704 Against: 292,108 Abstain: 23,287 Broker Non-Votes: 694,072
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000165495423011482/0001654954-23-011482-index.htm

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