Company: PED
Filing Date: 2025-10-29
Form Type: 10-K/A
Source: 0001654954-25-012328
Chunk: 174

Company: PEDEVCO CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-29
Form: 10-K/A
Chunk 174
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o     |     |  67 |     | Director (4)                                               |
| H. Douglas Evans   |     |  76 |     | Director (5)                                               |

| (1) | Appointed Executive Chairman effective January 1, 2025; previously Chief Executive Officer through December 31, 2024. Has served as a member of the Board of Directors since July 2018.                             |
| (2) | Appointed as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director effective January 1, 2025; previously solely President through December 31, 2024. Has served as a member of the Board of Directors since January 2025. |
| (3) | Appointed Chief Commercial Officer effective January 1, 2025.                                                                                                                                                       |
| (4) | Previously Chairman of the Board through December 31, 2025. Has served as a member of the Board of Directors since July 2018.                                                                                       |
| (5) | Has served as a member of the Board of Directors since September 2018.                                                                                                                                              |

There is no arrangement or understanding between our directors and executive officers and any other person pursuant to which any director or officer was or is to be selected as a director or officer, and there is no arrangement, plan or understanding as to whether non-management shareholders will exercise their voting rights to continue to elect the current Board of Directors (the “Board”). There are also no arrangements, agreements or understandings to our knowledge between non-management shareholders that may directly or indirectly participate in or influence the management of our affairs.

Business Experience

The following is a brief description of the business experience and background of our current directors and executive officers. There are no family relationships among any of the directors or executive officers.

Dr. Simon G. Kukes, Executive Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors (Director since July 2018 and Executive Chairman since January 2025)

Dr. Simon G. Kukes is a global investor and executive with over 40 years’ experience in the oil industry. He recently served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company from July 2018 until January 2025, when he stepped down and assumed the position of Executive Chairman of the Board of the Company. He also previously served as the principal of his personal investment company, SK Energy LLC, from April 2013 until its dissolution in December 2022. From January 2005 to April 2013, Dr. Kukes was an investor and CEO of