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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-037797"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "REI"
cik: "0001384195"
company_name: "RING ENERGY, INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-22T21:11:08+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T21:12:24.169631+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ring Energy stockholders elect 7 directors, approve executive pay, ratify auditor at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- Meeting held May 21, 2026; 69.3% of shares represented (145,045,941 of 209,395,110 outstanding).
- Seven director nominees elected; each received over 60M votes for (broker non-votes ~62.5M).
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 61.1M for, 17.9M against, 3.5M abstain.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor for FY2026 passed: 136.5M for, 5.0M against, 3.6M abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-037797
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: REI
- cik: 0001384195
- company_name: RING ENERGY, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-22T21:11:08+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1384195/000162828026037797/0001628280-26-037797-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1384195/000162828026037797/rei-20260521.htm

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