UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE OF
REPORT: October 21, 2016
DATE OF
EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED: October 21, 2016
001-35922
(Commission file number)
PEDEVCO CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Texas
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22-3755993
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(IRS Employer Identification
No.)
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4125 Blackhawk Plaza Circle, Suite 201
Danville, California 94506
(Address of principal executive offices)
(855) 733-3826
(Issuer’s telephone number)
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ITEM 5.03 AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS; CHANGE
IN FISCAL YEAR.
On
October 21, 2016, the Board of Directors of
PEDEVCO Corp. (the “
Company
”),
amended the Company’s amended and restated bylaws (the
“
Bylaws
”),
effective immediately, to reduce the number of shares necessary to
constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Company’s
stockholders from a ‘majority’ to ‘33
1/3%’, of all shares of stock entitled to vote at any meeting
of the Company’s stockholders, present in person or by
proxy
.
The
foregoing description of the amendment to the Bylaws does not
purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the amendment to the Bylaws, a copy of which is
attached as
Exhibit
3.1
to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated
herein by reference.
ITEM 9.01
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
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(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
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Description
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Amendment
to the Bylaws (October 21, 2016)
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* Filed
herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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PEDEVCO
CORP.
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Date:
October 21, 2016
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By:
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s/Michael L. Peterson
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Michael
L. Peterson
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President
and Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
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Description
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Amendment
to the Bylaws (October 21, 2016)
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* Filed
herewith.
Exhibit 3.1
AMENDMENT TO THE
BYLAWS
OF
PEDEVCO
CORP.
Effective October
21, 2016, Section 3.8 of the Bylaws of PEDEVCO Corp. (the
“Company”), as amended and restated to date, is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“3.8
Quorum
.
Except as otherwise required by law, the holders of 33 1/3% of all
of the shares of the stock entitled to vote at the meeting, present
in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for all purposes
at any meeting of the Stockholders. In the absence of a quorum at
any meeting or any adjournment thereof, the holders of a majority
of the shares of stock entitled to vote who are present, in person
or by proxy, or, in the absence therefrom of all the Stockholders,
any officer entitled to preside at, or to act as secretary of, such
meeting may adjourn such meeting to another place, date or
time.
If the
chairman of the meeting gives notice of any adjourned special
meeting of Stockholders to all Stockholders entitled to vote
thereat, stating that the minimum percentage of stockholders for a
quorum provided by Texas law shall constitute a quorum, then,
except as otherwise required by law, that percentage at such
adjourned meeting shall constitute a quorum and a majority of the
votes cast at such meeting shall determine all
matters.”