{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001654954-26-006883","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"PED","cik":"0001141197","company_name":"PEDEVCO CORP","filed_at":"2026-07-24T21:30:36+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-07-24T21:32:00.282279+00:00","generated_at":"2026-07-24T21:32:11.343561+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.35,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.35,"confidence":"high","headline":"PEDEVCO grants 46,770 equity awards to COO and CFO; new employment agreements set salaries and bonuses","bullets":["COO Reagan Dukes receives 17,190 RSUs and 7,520 PBRSUs; CFO Robert Long receives 18,050 RSUs and 4,010 PBRSUs.","RSUs vest over 3 years; PBRSUs based on performance metrics for fiscal 2026-2028.","New employment agreements set base salaries: Dukes $300,000/yr, Long $280,000/yr; target bonus 50% of salary.","Severance provisions: 1x salary and bonus without cause (non-CIC), 2x within 12 months of change in control.","Awards granted under 2021 Equity Incentive Plan; agreements include one-year non-compete and non-solicit."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-26-006883","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-26-006883.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-26-006883.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-26-006883.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000165495426006883/0001654954-26-006883-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000165495426006883/ped_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-07-24T21:32:11.343561+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}