secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     PEDEVCO CORP (PED)
CIK:        0001141197
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-12-11T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001654954-24-015372
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 5.2, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

PEDEVCO appoints Schick as CEO, Kukes becomes Exec Chairman; Crook named CCO
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- Dr. Simon G. Kukes steps down as CEO effective Jan 1, 2025, becomes Executive Chairman.
- J. Douglas Schick, current President, appointed CEO and to the board; base salary $350,000.
- Jody Crook hired as Chief Commercial Officer starting Jan 1, 2025; salary $280,000 plus bonuses.
- John Scelfo steps down as Chairman but remains independent director and committee chair.
- Company cites zero debt, $250M credit facility, and clean balance sheet as foundation for growth.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000165495424015372/0001654954-24-015372-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000165495424015372/ped_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-24-015372

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