Pacific Energy Development Announces Q2 2016 Results with Quarterly Operating Profit, Significant Decrease in Operating Expenses, and 95% Decrease in Accounts Payable
Focused on Completing Merger with GOM Holdings
DANVILLE, CA / ACCESSWIRE / August 11, 2016 / PEDEVCO Corp. d/b/a Pacific Energy Development (NYSE MKT: PED) today reported results for the quarter-ended June 30, 2016.
Compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2015, during the quarter ended June 30, 2016, the Company successfully reduced total operating expenses by nearly $1 million per month, from $3.9 million to $1.0 million over the quarter, realizing its first quarterly operating gain in over a decade. Also, during the quarter, the Company reduced its accounts payable by 95% from $3.4 million to only $171,000.
Commenting on the results, Michael L. Peterson, President and CEO of the Company, stated, "We are very pleased with our Q2 results, particularly with achieving our first quarterly operating profit and effectively paying off our accounts payable, which we believe validates our significant efforts to reduce our operating costs and streamline our organization to better survive the continued challenging oil price environment and position us to thrive as oil prices rebound. We were able to achieve these results, notwithstanding continued low oil prices, through increasing operational efficiencies, cutting G&A costs and restructuring our senior debt. With our financial house now in order, we are now fully-focused on moving forward with our planned merger with GOM Holdings, which merger we are hopeful will close as early as the end of Q3 2016, and which we believe will be highly accretive to shareholder value."
About Pacific Energy Development (PEDEVCO Corp.)
PEDEVCO Corp, d/b/a Pacific Energy Development (NYSE MKT: PED), is a publicly-traded energy company engaged in the acquisition and development of strategic, high growth energy projects, including shale oil and gas assets, in the United States. The Company's principal asset is its D-J Basin Asset located in the D-J Basin in Colorado. Pacific Energy Development is headquartered in Danville, California, with an operations office in Houston, Texas.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements
All statements in this press release that are not based on historical fact are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. While management has based any forward-looking statements contained herein on its current expectations, the information on which such expectations were based may change. These forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions concerning future events and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are outside of the Company's control, that could cause actual results to materially differ from such statements. Such risks, uncertainties, and other factors include, but are not necessarily limited to, those set forth under Item 1A "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. The Company operates in a highly competitive and rapidly changing environment, thus new or unforeseen risks may arise. Accordingly, investors should not place any reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. The Company disclaims any intention to, and undertakes no obligation to, update or revise any forward-looking statements. Readers are also urged to carefully review and consider the other various disclosures in the Company's public filings with the SEC.
Important Information
In connection with the proposed business combination between PEDEVCO Corp. ("PEDEVCO") and GOM Holdings, LLC ("GOM"), PEDEVCO currently intends to file a proxy statement with the SEC to seek approval for the Shareholder Approval defined and described above. This communication is not a substitute for any proxy statement or other document PEDEVCO may file with the SEC in connection with the Shareholder Approval. Prospective investors are urged to read the proxy statement when filed as it will contain important information. Any definitive proxy statement(s) (if and when available) will be mailed to stockholders of PEDEVCO. Prospective investors may obtain free copies of the proxy statement, when filed, as well as other filings containing information about PEDEVCO, without charge, at the SEC's website (www.sec.gov). Copies of PEDEVCO's SEC filings may also be obtained from PEDEVCO without charge at PEDEVCO's website (www.pacificenergydevelopment.com) or by directing a request to PEDEVCO at (855) 733-3826.
Participants in Solicitation
PEDEVCO and its directors and executive officers and other members of management and employees are potential participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the Shareholder Approval. Information regarding PEDEVCO's directors and executive officers is available in PEDEVCO's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2016. Additional information regarding the interests of such potential participants will be included in the proxy statement to be filed with the SEC by PEDEVCO in connection with the Shareholder Approval and in other relevant documents filed by PEDEVCO with the SEC. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above. Additional information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitations and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC when they become available.
Contacts
Pacific Energy Development
1-855-733-3826
PR@pacificenergydevelopment.com
SOURCE: Pacific Energy Development (PEDEVCO Corp.)
