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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 INDEPENDENT             
 1 NOT INDEPENDENT         
 DIVERSITY BY INDEPENDENCE |
| DIVERSITY BY TENURE       
 Years                     |
| DIVERSITY BY AGE          
 Average Age: 66           |

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#### 2025 PROXY STATEMENT
PROPOSAL 1:
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders will elect seven directors to serve on our Board until the 2026 annual meeting or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. On April 8, 2025, Ms. Roesener informed the Board that she is retiring from the Board effective April 14, 2025 . After careful consideration, the Nominating, Environmental, Social and Governance Committee (“NESG Committee”) and the Board as a whole have appointed Ms. Carla Tharp to fill the vacancy on the Board, effective April 14, 2025. Upon the recommendation of the NESG Committee, our Board has nominated as directors the following individuals, six of whom are presently serving as a director.

### DIRECTORS
The following table sets forth the names, ages, and titles, as of April 11, 2025 , of each of our directors:

| NAME                  |     | AGE |     |    | POSITION                                                       |
| Management Director   |     |     |     |    |                                                                |
| Paul D. McKinney      |     |     |     | 66 | Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer |
| Independent Directors |     |     |     |    |                                                                |
| Anthony B. Petrelli   |     |     |     | 72 | Lead Director                                                  |
| John A. Crum          |     |     |     | 73 | Director                                                       |
| David S. Habachy      |     |     |     | 49 | Director                                                       |
| Richard E. Harris     |     |     |     | 72 | Director                                                       |
| Thomas L. Mitchell    |     |     |     | 64 | Director                                                       |
| Regina Roesener(1)    |     |     |     | 61 | Director                                                       |
| Director Nominee      |     |     |     |    |                                                                |
| Carla Tharp           |     |     |     | 61 |                                                                |

(1) Ms. Roesener will retire from the Board effective April 14, 2025.

We did not pay any third-party fees to assist in the process of