Company: PED
Filing Date: 2025-07-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001654954-25-007979
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Company: PEDEVCO CORP
Filing Date: 2025-07-11
Form: DEF 14A
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 incorporated by reference into any other filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the section of this proxy statement titled “Audit Committee Report”, “Pay Versus Performance” and “Relationship Between “Compensation Actually Paid” and Performance”, to the extent permitted by the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”), shall not be deemed to be so incorporated, unless specifically provided otherwise in such filing.

<div align='center'>REFERENCES TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</div>

Included with this proxy statement is a copy of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2025 (the “2024 annual report”).

You may also request a copy of this proxy statement and the 2024 annual report from Equiniti Trust Company LLC, the Company’s proxy agent, at the following address and telephone number:

<div align='center'>Equiniti Trust Company LLC

1110 Centre Pointe Curve, Suite 101, Mendota Heights MN 55120

(919) 481-4000, or 1-866-752-VOTE (8683)

VOTING RIGHTS AND PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS</div>

Holders of record of our common stock at the close of business on the record date, June 30, 2025, will be entitled to one vote per share on all matters properly presented at the annual meeting and at any adjournment or postponement thereof. As of the record date, there were 91,829,352 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the annual meeting and at any adjournment or postponement thereof, held by approximately 613 holders of record. Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote on each proposal presented at our annual meeting, for 91,829,352 total voting shares.

Our stockholders do not have dissenters’ rights or similar rights of appraisal with respect to the proposals described herein and, moreover, do not have cumulative voting rights with respect to the election of directors.

Security Ownership of Management and Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

The following table sets forth, as of the record date, June 30, 2025, the number and percentage of outstanding shares of our common stock beneficially owned by: (a) each person