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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2023, and August 29, 2024, at which meetings all directors were present in person, via teleconference or via virtual attendance. Each director of the Company is expected to be present at annual meetings of stockholders, absent exigent circumstances that prevent their attendance. Where a director is unable to attend an annual meeting in person but is able to do so by electronic conferencing, the Company will arrange for the director’s participation by means where the director can hear, and be heard, by those present at the meeting.

Committees of the Board

On September 5, 2013, and effective September 10, 2013, the board of directors adopted charters for the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Compensation Committee and Audit Committee. We currently maintain a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Compensation Committee and Audit Committee.

The committees of the board of directors consist of the following members as of the date of this filing:

| Director               |     | Audit Committee |     | Compensation Committee |     | Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee |     | Independent |
| Dr. Simon G. Kukes (1) |     |                 |     |                        |     |                                               |     |             |
| J. Douglas Schick      |     |                 |     |                        |     |                                               |     |             |
| John J. Scelfo         |     | C               |     | C                      |     | M                                             |     | X           |
| H. Douglas Evans       |     | M               |     | M                      |     | C                                             |     | X           |
| John K. Howie          |     | M               |     | M                      |     | M                                             |     | X           |

C - Chairman of Committee.

M – Member.

(1) – Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Each of these committees has the duties described below and operates under a charter that has been approved by our board of directors. The Charters of our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are each incorporated by reference as Exhibits 99.4, 99.3 and 99.2, respectively, to our 2024 annual report and are posted on our website. Our website address is http://www.PEDEVCO.com. Information contained on our website is expressly not incorporated by reference into this Proxy Statement.

Audit Committee

The audit committee selects, on behalf of our board of directors, an independent public accounting firm to audit