Company: REI
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001628280-25-017424
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Company: RING ENERGY, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.02
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 8, 2025, Ms. Regina Roesener notified the board of directors (the “ Board”) of Ring Energy, Inc. (the “ Company”), that she is retiring from the Board effective as of April 14, 2025. Ms. Roesener’s decision to retire was not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies, or practices.

On April 9, 2025, the Board, upon the recommendation of the Nominating, Environmental, Social and Governance Committee of the Board (the “ NESG Committee”), appointed Ms. Carla Tharp as a director effective April 14, 2025. Ms. Tharp will hold this position until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company or until her successor is elected and qualified, subject to her earlier resignation or removal. Ms. Tharp is expected to serve on the Audit Committee of the Board and the NESG Committee. In connection with her appointment to the Board, Ms. Tharp will receive compensation in accordance with the Company’s non-employee director compensation program.

Ms. Tharp, age 61, has served since February 2025 as Chief Executive Officer of Apoyar Energy, an upstream oil and gas exploration and production company focused on international assets. From January 2024 to February 2025, she was President of CT Tharp & Co., an independent consulting firm concentrating on global acquisitions and divestitures. From January 2020 to February 2024, Ms. Tharp served in multiple positions at APA Corporation (formerly Apache Corp.), including as Vice President of New Business & Commercial, Vice President of Corporate Development and Vice President of Reserves, leading multi-disciplinary teams. From January 2019 to January 2020, she was a Managing Director of Energy Investment Banking at Raymond James. From February 2018 to May 2019, she was Director of Acquisitions and Divestitures at Citi Global Markets. From June 2012 to May 2016, she was Director of Mergers and Acquisitions at Lantana Energy Advisors. Ms. Tharp graduated from Texas A& M University with a B. S. in Petroleum Engineering.

There are no family relationships between Ms. Tharp and any other executive officers or directors of