---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-041418"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "REI"
cik: "0001384195"
company_name: "RING ENERGY, INC."
filed_at: "2025-09-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T08:47:30.955350+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ring sets Q3 2025 debt reduction target of ~$18M; Warburg Pincus exits position

## Summary
- Debt reduction target ~$18M for Q3 2025; expects ~$430M borrowings at Sep 30 vs $448M at Jun 30 2025.
- Warburg Pincus has exited its full common equity position in Ring Energy.
- Company adjusted capital spending in response to oil price drop to focus on free cash flow and debt paydown.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-041418
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: REI
- cik: 0001384195
- company_name: RING ENERGY, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-09-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1384195/000162828025041418/0001628280-25-041418-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1384195/000162828025041418/rei-20250826.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-041418.txt

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