Company: REI
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: S-8 POS
Source: 0001628280-25-014356
Chunk: 1

Company: RING ENERGY, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: S-8 POS
Chunk 1
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2 of the Exchange Act.

| Large accelerated filer¨ |     | Accelerated filerþ         |
| 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. ¨

### EXPLANATORY NOTE
Ring Energy, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “

#### Company
” or the “

#### Registrant
”), previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “

#### Commission
”) a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-191485) on October 1, 2013 (the “

#### Prior Registration Statement
”) to register 5,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (“

#### Common Stock
”), for offer or sale under the Ring Energy, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “

#### Prior Plan
”).

On May 25, 2021 (the “

#### Effective Date
”), the Company’s stockholders approved the Ring Energy, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “

#### Plan
”) at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders. On May 25, 2023, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Plan (the Plan as amended, the “

#### 2021 Plan
”) to increase the number of shares available under the Plan by 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock. The 2021 Plan replaced and succeeded the Prior Plan and, in connection therewith, no further awards will be made under the Prior Plan as of and following the Effective Date. Pursuant to the terms of the 2021 Plan, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2021 Plan is (i) 15,558,845 shares of Common Stock newly authorized for issuance under the 2021 Plan, plus (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock that remained available for issuance under the Prior Plan as of the Effective Date, plus (iii) the number of shares of Common Stock underlying any outstanding equity award granted under the Prior Plan prior to the Effective Date that become available for issuance again under