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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 29,
2019</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Registration
No. 333-_______</font></div>
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UNITED STATES</font></div>
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div>
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Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div>
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FORM S-8</font></div>
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div>
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UNDER</font></div>
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THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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PEDEVCO CORP.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div>
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Texas</font></div>
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22-3755993</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(State
or other jurisdiction of&#xA0;incorporation or
organization)</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(I.R.S.
Employer&#xA0;Identification No.)</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: bold;">575
N. Dairy Ashford Energy</font>
<div><font><font style="font-weight: bold"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Center II, Suite
210<br></font></font></font></div>
<div><font><font style="font-weight: bold"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: bold;">Houston, Texas
77079</font></font></font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;">(Address of principal executive
offices)</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman;">PEDEVCO Corp.
2012 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended)</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;">(Full title of the
plans)</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman;">Dr. Simon G.
Kukes</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman;">Chief Executive
Officer</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman;">PEDEVCO
Corp.</font></font></div>
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<div style="text-align: center"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">
575 N. Dairy Ashford Energy</font></font>
<div><font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Center II,
Suite 210<br></font></font></font></div>
<div><font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-weight: bold;">Houston, Texas
77079</font></font></font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;">&#xA0;(Name and address of agent
for service)</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman;">(855)
733-3826</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;">(Telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman;">Copy
to:</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman;">David M. Loev,
Esq.</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman;">John S. Gillies,
Esq.</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman;">The Loev Law
Firm, PC</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman;">6300 West Loop
South, Suite 280</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman;">Bellaire, Texas
77401</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman;">Telephone:&#xA0;(713)
524-4110</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-size: 13px"><font style="font-size: 11px"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="font-size: 11px">
Facsimile:&#xA0;(713) 524-4122</font></font></font></font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer,
an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting
company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
&#x201C;<font style="text-decoration: underline">large accelerated
filer,</font>&#x201D; &#x201C;<font style="text-decoration: underline">accelerated filer,</font>&#x201D;
&#x201C;<font style="text-decoration: underline">smaller reporting
company,</font>&#x201D; and "<font style="text-decoration: underline">emerging growth company</font>" in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</font></div>
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growth company &#x2610;</font></div>
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emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
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offering price per share</font></div>
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<div><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman;">Proposed maximum
aggregate offering price</font></div>
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<div><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman;">Amount
of</font></div>
<div><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman;">registration
fee</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; text-indent:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per share</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: center; text-indent:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">2,000,000
shares</font></div>
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<div><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:10%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:5%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">$</font><font style="text-align: right; vertical-align:bottom;width:75%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">1.55</font><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:10%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">(3)</font></div>
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<div><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:10%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:5%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">$</font><font style="text-align: right; vertical-align:bottom;width:75%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">3,100,000</font><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:10%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:12%;">
<div><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:10%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:5%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">$</font><font style="text-align: right; vertical-align:bottom;width:75%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">375.72</font><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:10%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
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<td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:64%;">
<div style="margin-left:0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:12%;">
<div><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:10%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:5%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: right; vertical-align:bottom;width:75%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:10%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:12%;">
<div><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:10%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:5%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: right; vertical-align:bottom;width:75%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:10%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:12%;">
<div><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:10%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:5%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: right; vertical-align:bottom;width:75%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:10%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 52%;">
<div style="text-align: left; text-indent:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Total</font></div>
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<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 12%;">
<div style="text-align: center; text-indent:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">2,000,000
shares</font></div>
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<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:12%;">
<div><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:10%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:5%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: right; vertical-align:bottom;width:75%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: left; vertical-align:bottom;width:10%;font-size:13px;font-family:Times New Roman;display:inline-block;">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:12%;">
<div><font style="text-align: left; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:10%;font-size:13px;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: left; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:5%;font-size:13px;">$</font><font style="text-align: right; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:75%;font-size:13px;">3,100,000</font><font style="text-align: left; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:10%;font-size:13px;">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:12%;">
<div><font style="text-align: left; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:10%;font-size:13px;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: left; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:5%;font-size:13px;">$</font><font style="text-align: right; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:75%;font-size:13px;">372.72</font><font style="text-align: left; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:10%;font-size:13px;">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(1)</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
<font style="font-size: 13px">This Registration Statement on Form
S-8 relates to the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the
&#x201C;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13px">2012
Plan</font><font style="font-size: 13px">&#x201D;) of PEDEVCO CORP.
(the &#x201C;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13px">Registrant</font><font style="font-size: 13px">&#x201D;
or the &#x201C;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13px">Company</font><font style="font-size: 13px">&#x201D;).
An aggregate of 8,000,000 shares of the Registrant&#x2019;s common
stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#x201C;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13px">Common
Stock</font><font style="font-size: 13px">&#x201D;) have been or may
be issued under the 2012 Plan. Of the 8,000,000 shares, 200,000
shares were previously registered (the &#x201C;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13px">First Previously
Registered Shares</font><font style="font-size: 13px">&#x201D;)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#x201C;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13px">Securities
Act</font><font style="font-size: 13px">&#x201D;) pursuant to the
Registrant&#x2019;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-192002); an additional 500,000 shares (including certain shares
of restricted Common Stock and shares issuable upon exercise of
options, each issued to employees of the Registrant) were
previously registered (the &#x201C;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13px">Second Previously
Registered Shares</font><font style="font-size: 13px">&#x201D;),
pursuant to the Registrant&#x2019;s Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (File No. 333-201098); an additional 300,000 shares were
previously registered (the &#x201C;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13px">Third Previously
Registered Shares</font><font style="font-size: 13px">&#x201D;),
pursuant to the Registrant&#x2019;s Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (File No. 333-207529); an additional 500,000 shares were
previously registered (the &#x201C;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13px">Fourth Previously
Registered Shares</font><font style="font-size: 13px">&#x201D;),
pursuant to the Registrant&#x2019;s Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (File No. 333-215349); an additional 1,500,000 shares were
previously registered (the &#x201C;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13px">Fifth Previously
Registered Shares</font><font style="font-size: 13px">&#x201D;),
pursuant to the Registrant&#x2019;s Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (File No. 333-</font> <font style="font-size: 13px">222335);
and an additional 3,000,000 shares were previously registered (the
&#x201C;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13px">Sixth Previously
Registered Shares</font><font style="font-size: 13px">&#x201D;, and
together with the First Previously Registered Shares, Second
Previously Registered Shares, Third Previously Registered Shares,
Fourth Previously Registered Shares and Fifth Previously Registered
Shares, the &#x201C;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13px">Previously Registered
Shares</font><font style="font-size: 13px">&#x201D;), pursuant to
the Registrant&#x2019;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-227566). The Registrant previously paid the registration fee
for the Previously Registered Shares. Registered in this
Registration Statement are an additional 2,000,000 shares of Common
Stock reserved for future issuance under the 2012 Plan, the offer
and sale of which are being registered
herein.</font></font></font></div>
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<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(2)</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Pursuant
to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement
also covers any additional shares of common stock of the Registrant
that become issuable pursuant to awards by reason of any stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar
transaction that results in an increase in the number of the
outstanding shares of common stock of the Registrant.</font></div>
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<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 3%">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 97%">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(3)</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Calculated
solely for purposes of this offering under Rules 457(c) and 457(h)
of the Securities Act, on the basis of the average of the high and
low selling prices per share of the Registrant&#x2019;s common stock
on August 28, 2019, as reported on the NYSE American.</font></div>
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EXPLANATORY NOTE</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">PEDEVCO
Corp. (the &#x201C;<font style="text-decoration: underline">Registrant</font>&#x201D;) previously
filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 on October 31, 2013
(File No. 333-192002)(the &#x201C;<font style="text-decoration: underline">First Prior Registration
Statement</font>&#x201D;), relating to the Registrant&#x2019;s 2012
Equity Incentive Plan (the &#x201C;<font style="text-decoration: underline">2012 Plan</font>&#x201D;), the Pacific
Energy Development Corp. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the
&#x201C;<font style="text-decoration: underline">2012 PEDCO
Plan</font>&#x201D;) and certain options granted pursuant to written
stock option agreements (the &#x201C;<font style="text-decoration: underline">Option Agreements</font>&#x201D;).
Under the First Prior Registration Statement, the Registrant
registered an aggregate of 211,839 shares of common stock, par
value $0.001 per share (&#x201C;<font style="text-decoration: underline">Common Stock</font>&#x201D;) to be
offered and sold under the 2012 Plan, the 2012 PEDCO Plan or the
Option Agreements, as applicable.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Additionally, the
Registrant previously filed Registration Statements&#xA0;on Form
S-8 on December 19, 2014 (File No. 333-201098)(the
&#x201C;<font style="text-decoration: underline">Second Prior
Registration Statement</font>&#x201D;), October 20, 2015 (File No.
333-207529)(the &#x201C;<font style="text-decoration: underline">Third Prior Registration
Statement</font>&#x201D;), December 28, 2016 (File No.
333-215349)(the &#x201C;<font style="text-decoration: underline">Fourth Prior Registration
Statement</font>&#x201D;), December 28, 2017 (File No. 333-222335)
(the &#x201C;<font style="text-decoration: underline">Fifth Prior
Registration Statement</font>&#x201D;), and September 27, 2018 (File
No. 333-227566)(the &#x201C;<font style="text-decoration: underline">Sixth Prior Registration
Statement</font>&#x201D;, and together with the First Prior
Registration Statement, Second Prior Registration Statement, Third
Prior Registration Statement, Fourth Prior Registration Statement
and Fifth Prior Registration Statement, collectively, the
&#x201C;<font style="text-decoration: underline">Prior Registration
Statements</font>&#x201D;), relating to the registration of (a) an
additional 5,625,500 shares of Common Stock reserved for future
issuance under the 2012 Plan (325,500 shares under the Second Prior
Registration Statement, 300,000 shares under the Third Prior
Registration Statement, 500,000 shares under the Fourth Prior
Registration Statement, 1,500,000 shares under the Fifth Prior
Registration Statement and 3,000,000 shares under the Sixth Prior
Registration Statement); (b) 167,000 restricted shares of Common
Stock previously issued under the 2012 Plan (all under the Second
Prior Registration Statement); (c) and 17,500 shares of Common
Stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options granted
under the 2012 Plan (all under the Second Prior Registration
Statement).</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">This
Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as
to which the Prior Registration Statements relate. As such, and as
permitted by Instruction E of Form&#xA0;S-8, the contents of the
First Prior Registrant Statement filed by the Registrant on
Form&#xA0;S-8 on October 31, 2013, are incorporated herein by
reference and made a part of this Registration Statement, except
for Items 3, 7, 8 and 9 of Part II which are being updated by this
Registration Statement. In addition, all exhibits required by
General Instruction E of Form S-8 are filed as exhibits
hereto.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 48px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The
Board of Directors of the Registrant approved an amendment (the
&#x201C;<font style="text-decoration: underline">Amendment</font>&#x201D;) to the 2012
Equity Incentive Plan of the Registrant on July 1, 2019 to increase
the number of shares available for the grant of awards under the
2012 Equity Incentive Plan by 2,000,000 shares. The Amendment was
subject to stockholder approval. On August 28, 2019, the Amendment
was approved by stockholders at the Registrant&#x2019;s annual
meeting of stockholders. The Registrant has filed this Registration
Statement to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended,&#xA0;an additional 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock
reserved for future issuance under the 2012 Plan, the offer and
sale of which are being registered herein.</font></div>
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PART II</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div>
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Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">We have
filed the following documents with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#x201C;<font style="text-decoration: underline">Commission</font>&#x201D;), each of
which is incorporated herein by reference:</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="font-size: 13px">(a) Our Annual Report on</font> <font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">Form
10-K</font> <font style="font-size: 13px">for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on April 1, 2019 (the
&#x201C;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 13px">Annual
Report</font><font style="font-size: 13px">&#x201D;);</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="font-size: 13px">(b) Our Quarterly Report on</font> <font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">Form
10-Q</font> <font style="font-size: 13px">for the fiscal quarter
ended March 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on May 15, 2019 and our
Quarterly Report on</font> <font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">Form
10-Q</font> <font style="font-size: 13px">for the fiscal quarter
ended June 30, 2019, filed with the SEC on August 12,
2019;</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="font-size: 13px">(c) Our Definitive Proxy Statement on</font>
<font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">Schedule
14A</font> <font style="font-size: 13px">filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July 10, 2019;</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="font-size: 13px">(d) Our Current Reports on Forms 8-K (other than
information furnished rather than filed) filed with the SEC
on</font> <font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">January
4, 2019</font><font style="font-size: 13px">;</font> <font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">January
14, 2019</font><font style="font-size: 13px">;</font> <font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">February
4, 2019</font><font style="font-size: 13px">;</font> <font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">February
19, 2019</font><font style="font-size: 13px">;</font> <font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">March
4, 2019</font><font style="font-size: 13px">;</font> <font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">March
11, 2019</font><font style="font-size: 13px">;</font> <font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">May
21, 2019</font><font style="font-size: 13px">;</font> <font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">August
12, 2019</font> <font style="font-size: 13px">(Form 8-K/A)
and</font> <font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">August
12, 2019</font><font style="font-size: 13px">;
and</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="font-size: 13px">(e) The description of our common stock contained
in our Registration Statement on</font> <font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">Form
8-A/A</font><font style="font-size: 13px">, filed with the SEC on
September 5, 2013 (File No. 001-35922) pursuant to Section 12(b) of
the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description.</font></font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, after the date of filing this Registration Statement
and prior to such time as the Company files a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, except for
the documents, or portions thereof, that are &#x201C;<font style="text-decoration: underline">furnished</font>&#x201D; rather than
filed with the SEC.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for the purpose of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently
filed document which is also, or is deemed to be, incorporated
herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as
so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.</font></div>
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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Not
applicable.</font></div>
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Item 8. Exhibits</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">See
Exhibit Index.</font></div>
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Item 9. Undertakings</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(a) The
Company hereby undertakes:</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(1) To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="font-size: 13px">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(ii) To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the &#x201C;<font style="text-decoration: underline">Calculation
of Registration Fee</font>&#x201D; table in the effective
registration statement; and</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration
statement.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">However,
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished
to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
by reference in this registration statement.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof; and</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(3) To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(b) The
undersigned hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Company&#x2019;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#x2019;s annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in this registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the
opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, our company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.</font></div>
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<a name="sig">S</a>IGNATURES</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Houston, Texas, on
August 28, 2019.</font></div>
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PEDEVCO CORP.</font></div>
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By: /s/ Dr. Simon G. Kukes</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Chief
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Chief
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(Principal
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Dr. Simon G. Kukes and Clark R.
Moore, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him/her and in
his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement, and any subsequent registration
statements pursuant to Rule 462 of the Securities Act of 1933 and
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorney-in-fact or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Director</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Ivar
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Director</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">H.
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Exhibit No.</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px"><a href="ped_ex41.htm"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">4.1</font></a></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">PEDEVCO
Corp. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (included with this
registration statement)</font></div>
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<font style="color: #0000FF; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000158069513000086/ex4-2.htm">
<font style="color: #0000FF">4.2</font></a></font></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">PEDEVCO
Corp. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan - Form of Restricted Shares Grant
Agreement (1)</font></div>
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 10%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #0000FF; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000158069513000086/ex4-3.htm">
<font style="color: #0000FF">4.3</font></a></font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">PEDEVCO
Corp. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan - Form of Stock Option Agreement
(1)</font></div>
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 10%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #0000FF; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
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<font style="color: #0000FF">4.4</font></a></font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Pacific
Energy Development Corp. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan
(1)</font></div>
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 10%;">
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<font style="color: #0000FF">4.5</font></a></font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Pacific
Energy Development Corp. 2012 Plan - Form of Restricted Shares
Grant Agreement (1)</font></div>
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<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 89%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Pacific
Energy Development Corp. 2012 Plan - Form of Stock Option Agreement
(1)</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color: #cceeff">
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 10%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #0000FF; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000158069513000086/ex4-7.htm">
<font style="color: #0000FF">4.7</font></a></font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 89%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Pacific
Energy Development Corp. - Form of Restricted Shares Grant
Agreement (1)</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 10%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #0000FF; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000158069513000086/ex4-8.htm">
<font style="color: #0000FF">4.8</font></a></font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 89%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Pacific
Energy Development Corp. - Form of Stock Option Agreement
(1)</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color: #cceeff">
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 10%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #0000FF; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000158069513000086/ex4-9.htm">
<font style="color: #0000FF">4.9</font></a></font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 89%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Consultant
Stock Option Agreement, dated October 7, 2011, entered into by and
between Michael L. Peterson and the Registrant (1)</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 10%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #0000FF; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000158069513000086/ex4-10.htm">
<font style="color: #0000FF">4.10</font></a></font></div>
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<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 89%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Employee
Stock Option Agreement, dated October 7, 2011, entered into by and
between Valentina Babichev and the Registrant (1)</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color: #cceeff">
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 10%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #0000FF; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000158069513000086/ex4-11.htm">
<font style="color: #0000FF">4.11</font></a></font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 89%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Consultant
Stock Option Agreement, dated October 7, 2011, entered into by and
between Y.M. Shum and the Registrant (1)</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 10%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #0000FF; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000158069513000086/ex4-12.htm">
<font style="color: #0000FF">4.12</font></a></font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 89%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Consultant
Stock Option Agreement, dated October 7, 2011, entered into by and
between Kathleen Cole and the Registrant (1)</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color: #cceeff">
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 10%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #0000FF; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000158069513000086/ex4-13.htm">
<font style="color: #0000FF">4.13</font></a></font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 89%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Employee
Stock Option Agreement, dated June 18, 2012, entered into by and
between Frank C. Ingriselli and the Registrant (1)</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 10%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #0000FF; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000158069513000086/ex4-14.htm">
<font style="color: #0000FF">4.14</font></a></font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 89%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Employee
Stock Option Agreement, dated June 18, 2012, entered into by and
between Michael L. Peterson and the Registrant (1)</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color: #cceeff">
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 10%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #0000FF; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141197/000158069513000086/ex4-15.htm">
<font style="color: #0000FF">4.15</font></a></font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 89%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Employee
Stock Option Agreement, dated June 18, 2012, entered into by and
between Clark R. Moore and the Registrant (1)</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 10%">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px"><a href="ped_ex51.htm"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">5.1</font></a></div>
</td>
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<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 89%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Opinion
of The Loev Law Firm, PC (included with this registration
statement)</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color: #cceeff">
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 10%">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px"><a href="ped_ex231.htm"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">23.1</font></a></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 89%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Consent
of Marcum LLP (included with this registration
statement)</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 10%">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px"><a href="ped_ex232.htm"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">23.2</font></a></div>
</td>
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<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 89%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Consent
of GBH CPAs, PC (included with this registration
statement)</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color: #ccecff">
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 10%">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px"><a href="ped_ex233.htm"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">23.3</font></a></div>
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<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 89%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Consent
of Cawley, Gillespie &amp; Associates, Inc. (included with this
registration statement)</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 10%">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px"><a href="ped_ex51.htm"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">23.4</font></a></div>
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</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 89%">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Consent
of The Loev Law Firm, PC (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit
5.1)</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color: #ccecff">
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Power
of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration
statement)</font></div>
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Blueprint
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 29,
2019
Registration
No. 333-_______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PEDEVCO CORP.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Texas
22-3755993
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
575
N. Dairy Ashford Energy
Center II, Suite
210
Houston, Texas
77079
(Address of principal executive
offices)
PEDEVCO Corp.
2012 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended)
(Full title of the
plans)
Dr. Simon G.
Kukes
Chief Executive
Officer
PEDEVCO
Corp.
575 N. Dairy Ashford Energy
Center II,
Suite 210
Houston, Texas
77079
(Name and address of agent
for service)
(855)
733-3826
(Telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
Copy
to:
David M. Loev,
Esq.
John S. Gillies,
Esq.
The Loev Law
Firm, PC
6300 West Loop
South, Suite 280
Bellaire, Texas
77401
Telephone: (713)
524-4110
Facsimile: (713) 524-4122
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer,
an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting
company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
"
large accelerated
filer,
" "
accelerated filer,
"
"
smaller reporting
company,
" and "
emerging growth company
" in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
accelerated filer ☐
Accelerated
filer ☐
Non-accelerated
filer ☒
Smaller
reporting company ☒
Emerging
growth company ☐
If an
emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided
pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
securities to be registered
Amount to
be
Registered(1)(2)
Proposed maximum
offering price per share
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering price
Amount
of
registration
fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per share
2,000,000
shares
$
1.55
(3)
$
3,100,000
$
375.72
Total
2,000,000
shares
$
3,100,000
$
372.72
(1)
This Registration Statement on Form
S-8 relates to the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the
"
2012
Plan
") of PEDEVCO CORP.
(the "
Registrant
"
or the "
Company
").
An aggregate of 8,000,000 shares of the Registrant's common
stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "
Common
Stock
") have been or may
be issued under the 2012 Plan. Of the 8,000,000 shares, 200,000
shares were previously registered (the "
First Previously
Registered Shares
")
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"
Securities
Act
") pursuant to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-192002); an additional 500,000 shares (including certain shares
of restricted Common Stock and shares issuable upon exercise of
options, each issued to employees of the Registrant) were
previously registered (the "
Second Previously
Registered Shares
"),
pursuant to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (File No. 333-201098); an additional 300,000 shares were
previously registered (the "
Third Previously
Registered Shares
"),
pursuant to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (File No. 333-207529); an additional 500,000 shares were
previously registered (the "
Fourth Previously
Registered Shares
"),
pursuant to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (File No. 333-215349); an additional 1,500,000 shares were
previously registered (the "
Fifth Previously
Registered Shares
"),
pursuant to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (File No. 333-
222335);
and an additional 3,000,000 shares were previously registered (the
"
Sixth Previously
Registered Shares
", and
together with the First Previously Registered Shares, Second
Previously Registered Shares, Third Previously Registered Shares,
Fourth Previously Registered Shares and Fifth Previously Registered
Shares, the "
Previously Registered
Shares
"), pursuant to
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-227566). The Registrant previously paid the registration fee
for the Previously Registered Shares. Registered in this
Registration Statement are an additional 2,000,000 shares of Common
Stock reserved for future issuance under the 2012 Plan, the offer
and sale of which are being registered
herein.
(2)
Pursuant
to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement
also covers any additional shares of common stock of the Registrant
that become issuable pursuant to awards by reason of any stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar
transaction that results in an increase in the number of the
outstanding shares of common stock of the Registrant.
(3)
Calculated
solely for purposes of this offering under Rules 457(c) and 457(h)
of the Securities Act, on the basis of the average of the high and
low selling prices per share of the Registrant's common stock
on August 28, 2019, as reported on the NYSE American.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
PEDEVCO
Corp. (the "
Registrant
") previously
filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 on October 31, 2013
(File No. 333-192002)(the "
First Prior Registration
Statement
"), relating to the Registrant's 2012
Equity Incentive Plan (the "
2012 Plan
"), the Pacific
Energy Development Corp. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the
"
2012 PEDCO
Plan
") and certain options granted pursuant to written
stock option agreements (the "
Option Agreements
").
Under the First Prior Registration Statement, the Registrant
registered an aggregate of 211,839 shares of common stock, par
value $0.001 per share ("
Common Stock
") to be
offered and sold under the 2012 Plan, the 2012 PEDCO Plan or the
Option Agreements, as applicable.
Additionally, the
Registrant previously filed Registration Statements on Form
S-8 on December 19, 2014 (File No. 333-201098)(the
"
Second Prior
Registration Statement
"), October 20, 2015 (File No.
333-207529)(the "
Third Prior Registration
Statement
"), December 28, 2016 (File No.
333-215349)(the "
Fourth Prior Registration
Statement
"), December 28, 2017 (File No. 333-222335)
(the "
Fifth Prior
Registration Statement
"), and September 27, 2018 (File
No. 333-227566)(the "
Sixth Prior Registration
Statement
", and together with the First Prior
Registration Statement, Second Prior Registration Statement, Third
Prior Registration Statement, Fourth Prior Registration Statement
and Fifth Prior Registration Statement, collectively, the
"
Prior Registration
Statements
"), relating to the registration of (a) an
additional 5,625,500 shares of Common Stock reserved for future
issuance under the 2012 Plan (325,500 shares under the Second Prior
Registration Statement, 300,000 shares under the Third Prior
Registration Statement, 500,000 shares under the Fourth Prior
Registration Statement, 1,500,000 shares under the Fifth Prior
Registration Statement and 3,000,000 shares under the Sixth Prior
Registration Statement); (b) 167,000 restricted shares of Common
Stock previously issued under the 2012 Plan (all under the Second
Prior Registration Statement); (c) and 17,500 shares of Common
Stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options granted
under the 2012 Plan (all under the Second Prior Registration
Statement).
This
Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as
to which the Prior Registration Statements relate. As such, and as
permitted by Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the
First Prior Registrant Statement filed by the Registrant on
Form S-8 on October 31, 2013, are incorporated herein by
reference and made a part of this Registration Statement, except
for Items 3, 7, 8 and 9 of Part II which are being updated by this
Registration Statement. In addition, all exhibits required by
General Instruction E of Form S-8 are filed as exhibits
hereto.
The
Board of Directors of the Registrant approved an amendment (the
"
Amendment
") to the 2012
Equity Incentive Plan of the Registrant on July 1, 2019 to increase
the number of shares available for the grant of awards under the
2012 Equity Incentive Plan by 2,000,000 shares. The Amendment was
subject to stockholder approval. On August 28, 2019, the Amendment
was approved by stockholders at the Registrant's annual
meeting of stockholders. The Registrant has filed this Registration
Statement to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, an additional 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock
reserved for future issuance under the 2012 Plan, the offer and
sale of which are being registered herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
We have
filed the following documents with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "
Commission
"), each of
which is incorporated herein by reference:
(a) Our Annual Report on
Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on April 1, 2019 (the
"
Annual
Report
");
(b) Our Quarterly Report on
Form
10-Q
for the fiscal quarter
ended March 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on May 15, 2019 and our
Quarterly Report on
Form
10-Q
for the fiscal quarter
ended June 30, 2019, filed with the SEC on August 12,
2019;
(c) Our Definitive Proxy Statement on
Schedule
14A
filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July 10, 2019;
(d) Our Current Reports on Forms 8-K (other than
information furnished rather than filed) filed with the SEC
on
January
4, 2019
;
January
14, 2019
;
February
4, 2019
;
February
19, 2019
;
March
4, 2019
;
March
11, 2019
;
May
21, 2019
;
August
12, 2019
(Form 8-K/A)
and
August
12, 2019
;
and
(e) The description of our common stock contained
in our Registration Statement on
Form
8-A/A
, filed with the SEC on
September 5, 2013 (File No. 001-35922) pursuant to Section 12(b) of
the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description.
All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, after the date of filing this Registration Statement
and prior to such time as the Company files a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, except for
the documents, or portions thereof, that are "
furnished
" rather than
filed with the SEC.
Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for the purpose of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently
filed document which is also, or is deemed to be, incorporated
herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as
so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not
applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
See
Exhibit Index.
Item 9. Undertakings
(a) The
Company hereby undertakes:
(1) To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the "
Calculation
of Registration Fee
" table in the effective
registration statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration
statement.
However,
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished
to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
by reference in this registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof; and
(3) To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b) The
undersigned hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in this registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the
opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, our company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
S
IGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Houston, Texas, on
August 28, 2019.
PEDEVCO CORP.
By: /s/ Dr. Simon G. Kukes
Dr.
Simon G. Kukes
Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
By:/s/ Paul A. Pinkston
Paul A.
Pinkston
Chief
Accounting Officer
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Dr. Simon G. Kukes and Clark R.
Moore, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him/her and in
his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement, and any subsequent registration
statements pursuant to Rule 462 of the Securities Act of 1933 and
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorney-in-fact or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
By: /s/ Dr. Simon G. Kukes
Chief
Executive Officer and Director
August
28, 2019
Dr.
Simon G. Kukes
(Principal
Executive Officer)
By: /s/ Paul A. Pinkston
Chief
Accounting Officer
August
28, 2019
Paul A.
Pinkston
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
By: John Scelfo
Director
August
28, 2019
John
Scelfo
By: Ivar Siem
Director
August
28, 2019
Ivar
Siem
By: H. Douglas Evans
Director
August
28, 2019
H.
Douglas Evans
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
PEDEVCO
Corp. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (included with this
registration statement)
4.2
PEDEVCO
Corp. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan - Form of Restricted Shares Grant
Agreement (1)
4.3
PEDEVCO
Corp. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan - Form of Stock Option Agreement
(1)
4.4
Pacific
Energy Development Corp. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan
(1)
4.5
Pacific
Energy Development Corp. 2012 Plan - Form of Restricted Shares
Grant Agreement (1)
4.6
Pacific
Energy Development Corp. 2012 Plan - Form of Stock Option Agreement
(1)
4.7
Pacific
Energy Development Corp. - Form of Restricted Shares Grant
Agreement (1)
4.8
Pacific
Energy Development Corp. - Form of Stock Option Agreement
(1)
4.9
Consultant
Stock Option Agreement, dated October 7, 2011, entered into by and
between Michael L. Peterson and the Registrant (1)
4.10
Employee
Stock Option Agreement, dated October 7, 2011, entered into by and
between Valentina Babichev and the Registrant (1)
4.11
Consultant
Stock Option Agreement, dated October 7, 2011, entered into by and
between Y.M. Shum and the Registrant (1)
4.12
Consultant
Stock Option Agreement, dated October 7, 2011, entered into by and
between Kathleen Cole and the Registrant (1)
4.13
Employee
Stock Option Agreement, dated June 18, 2012, entered into by and
between Frank C. Ingriselli and the Registrant (1)
4.14
Employee
Stock Option Agreement, dated June 18, 2012, entered into by and
between Michael L. Peterson and the Registrant (1)
4.15
Employee
Stock Option Agreement, dated June 18, 2012, entered into by and
between Clark R. Moore and the Registrant (1)
5.1
Opinion
of The Loev Law Firm, PC (included with this registration
statement)
23.1
Consent
of Marcum LLP (included with this registration
statement)
23.2
Consent
of GBH CPAs, PC (included with this registration
statement)
23.3
Consent
of Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc. (included with this
registration statement)
23.4
Consent
of The Loev Law Firm, PC (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit
5.1)
24.1
Power
of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration
statement)
(1)    
Previously filed on October 31, 2013, as an exhibit to the
Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No.
333-192002) and incorporated herein by reference.