Company: REI
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: S-8 POS
Source: 0001628280-25-014356
Chunk: 5

Company: RING ENERGY, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: S-8 POS
Chunk 5
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 shall deem proper.

In accordance with the NRS, the Company’s articles of incorporation contain a provision to limit the personal liability of the directors of the Company for violations of their fiduciary duty. This provision eliminates each director’s liability to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages except (i) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve

intentional or reckless misconduct or a knowing violation of law, and (ii) under Section 78.300 of the NRS providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions. The effect of this provision is to eliminate the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for actions involving a breach of their fiduciary duty including any such actions involving gross negligence.

## Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.

## Item 8. Exhibits
| Exhibit Number 
 4.1            
 4.1(a)         |     | Exhibit Title                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 Articles of Incorporation (as amended) (included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission on April 1, 2013 and incorporated by reference herein).                                                          
 Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of Ring Energy, Inc. (included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission on December 17, 2021 and incorporated by reference herein). |
|:---------------|:----|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 4.1(b)         |     | Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of Ring Energy, Inc. (included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission on May 26, 2023 and incorporated by reference herein).      |
| 4.2            |     | Bylaws of Ring Energy, Inc. as amended April 13, 2021 (included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission on April 15, 2021 and incorporated by reference herein).                                          |
| 5.1*           |     | Opinion of Jones & Keller, P.C.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 10.1           |     | Ring Energy, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan (included as Exhibit 99