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(281) 397-3699
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
REI
NYSE American
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2026 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Meeting’) of Ring Energy, Inc. (the “Company’) was held on May 21, 2026, at which the Company’s stockholders voted on the proposals identified below. These proposals were described in detail in the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for the Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2026.
At the close of business on April 2, 2026, the record date for the Meeting, 209,395,110 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share of the Company (the “Common Stock”), were issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting. Stockholders owning a total of 145,045,941 shares of Common Stock were represented at the Meeting, which represented approximately 69.3% of the shares of the Common Stock outstanding as of the record date for the Meeting.
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors
Each of the seven nominees for director was duly elected by the Company’s stockholders, with votes as follows:
Nominee
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
John A. Crum
61,576,650
20,924,384
62,544,907
David A. Habachy
73,308,126
9,192,908
62,544,907
Richard E. Harris
61,205,691
21,295,343
62,544,907
Paul D. McKinney
71,414,643
11,086,391
62,544,907
Thomas L. Mitchell
61,715,336
20,785,698
62,544,907
Anthony B. Petrelli
60,976,493
21,524,541
62,544,907
Carla Tharp
64,753,068
17,747,966
62,544,907
Proposal 2 - Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
The stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, by the following vote:
For
Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
61,088,330
17,921,972
3,490,732
62,544,907
Proposal 3 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2026 by the following vote:
For
Against
Abstentions
136,514,060
4,970,927
3,560,954
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.