Company: REI
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-017570
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Company: RING ENERGY, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
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 a rigorous selection process help ensure that candidates recommended to the Board will effectively represent the best interests of our stockholders.

### BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIVERSITY
The Board encourages a diversity of backgrounds among its members; however, it does not have a formal diversity policy with regard to the consideration of diversity in identifying director nominees. The Board considers candidates with significant direct or indirect energy industry experience that will provide the Board as a whole with the talents, skills, diversity, and expertise to serve the long-term interests of the Company and our stockholders.

### COMMUNICATIONS WITH OUR BOARD
Stockholders desiring to communicate with our Board, the independent directors, or any director in particular, may do so by mail addressed as follows: Attn: Board of Directors, Ring Energy, Inc., 1725 Hughes Landing Blvd., Suite 900, The Woodlands, TX 77380. Our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, or Corporate Secretary review each communication received from our stockholders and other interested parties and will forward the communication, as expeditiously as reasonably practicable, to the Board (or individual director) if the communication complies with the requirements of any applicable policy adopted by us relating to the subject matter or the communication falls within the scope of matters generally considered by our Board.

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#### RING ENERGY

### EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table sets forth the names, ages, and positions of our current executive officers as of April 11, 2025:

|                                                    |     | Alexander Dyesjoined Ring in October 2020. He has served as an Executive Officer of the Company since December 2020. From December 2020 to February 2025, his title was Executive Vice President of Engineering and Corporate Strategy. In March 2025, his title was changed to Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer. In this role, Mr. Dyes continues to be responsible for all aspects of our oil and gas operations, including production operations and engineering, drilling, business development, corporate reserves, information technology and subsurface engineering, without any material changes to his responsibilities or duties. He also plays a key role in corporate planning and strategy and is a member of the Company’s Management Cybersecurity Committee.                                            
 With over 18 years of industry experience including oilfield operations, reservoir engineering, economic evaluation, capital allocation, risk assessment, strategic planning, and business development, Mr. Dyes possesses a comprehensive background and hands-on experience in both conventional and unconventional plays across many of the major active