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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

  FORM 8-K  

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report: December 15, 2021

(Date of earliest event reported)

  

  RING ENERGY, INC.  
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)  

 

Nevada 001-36057 90-0406406

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 
 

1725 Hughes Landing Blvd. Suite 900

The Woodlands, TX 77380

 

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(281) 397-3699

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable.

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

As reported in Ring Energy, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 2021, the stockholders of the Company approved Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, (the “Amendment”) that changed the total number of shares that the Company is authorized to issue to 275,000,000 shares, of which 225,000,000 shares are designated as common stock, par value $0.001 per share (an increase of 75,000,000 shares) and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (which remained unchanged).

 

The Amendment was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on December 14, 2021 and was accepted and effective as of December 15, 2021.

 

The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment filed as an exhibit attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits .

 

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

 

Exhibit  
No.   Description
3.1   Articles of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of Ring Energy, Inc.
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

 

 

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.

 

    RING ENERGY, INC.  
       
Date: December 17, 2021 By: /s/ Travis T. Thomas
      Travis T. Thomas
      Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

ATTACHMENT TO

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, AS AMENDED OF

RING ENERGY, INC.

 

Ring Energy, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the provisions of Chapter 78 of Nevada Revised Statutes:

 

DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

 

That the Board of Directors of the Corporation has duly adopted a resolution setting forth a proposed amendment to the existing Articles of Incorporation, as amended February 6, 2013 (the “Articles of Incorporation”) and the stockholders of the Corporation have approved said amendment to the Articles of Incorporation. This amendment amends the fourth article of the Articles of Incorporation in its entirety to read as follows:

 

FOURTH

 

The corporation is authorized to issue two classes of shares to be designated, respectively, “Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock.” The total number of shares the corporation is authorized to issue is Two Hundred Seventy-Five Million (275,000,000). The number of shares of Common Stock authorized is Two Hundred Twenty-Five Million (225,000,000) shares, par value $0.001 per share. The number of shares of Preferred Stock authorized is Fifty Million (50,000,000) shares, par value $0.001.

 

a)            Common Stock. All rights accruing to the outstanding shares of the corporation not expressly provided for to the contrary herein or in the By-Laws of the Corporation, or in any amendment hereto or thereto, shall be vested in the Common Stock.

 

b)            Preferred Stock. Except as otherwise provided herein or required by law, the Board of Directors is hereby vested with the authority to provide, out of the unissued shares of Preferred Stock, for one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock and, with respect to each such class or series, to prescribe the classes, series and the number of each class or series of Preferred Stock and the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions and relative rights of each class or series of Preferred Stock.

 

 

 

 

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Filed in the Office of Secretary of State State Of Nevada Business Number C20399-2004 Filing Number 20211960071 Filed On 12/14/2021 2:28:00 PM Number of Pages 3

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