---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-26-000763"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PED"
cik: "0001141197"
company_name: "PEDEVCO CORP"
filed_at: "2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T05:54:23.631418+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PEDEVCO awards $730K in cash bonuses to six officers; raises CAO salary to $175K

## Summary
- CEO J. Douglas Schick receives $170K cash bonus; Executive VP Clark R. Moore $131K; CCO Jody Crook $125K; COO R.T. Dukes $135K; CFO Bobby Long $126K; CAO Paul Pinkston $43K.
- Effective Feb 1, 2026, CAO Paul Pinkston's annual salary increased from $168K to $175K.
- Bonuses and salary increase approved by Compensation Committee and Board as part of 2025 annual compensation review.
- Equity incentive awards for 2025 have not yet been determined.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-26-000763
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PED
- cik: 0001141197
- company_name: PEDEVCO CORP
- filed_at: 2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000165495426000763/0001654954-26-000763-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000165495426000763/ped_8k.htm

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