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 (Date of earliest event reported): March 3, 2026

GULFPORT ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-19514		86-3684669
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification Number)

713 Market Drive

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

73114

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

(405) 252-4600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

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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, par value $0.0001 per share		GPOR		New York Stock Exchange

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 ☐

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On March 3, 2026 Gulfport Energy Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain accounts managed and advised by Silver Point Capital, L.P. (the “Selling Stockholders”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to purchase from the Selling Stockholders an aggregate of 84,416 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 (“Common Stock”), at a price of $204.22 per share, representing a 2.3% discount to the last reported per share sales price of Common Stock on the NYSE on March 2, 2026, and an aggregate total consideration of approximately $17.2 million (the “Repurchase”). The Repurchase is expected to close on March 9, 2026.

The Repurchase is part of the Company’s existing $1.5 billion common share repurchase program and will reduce remaining availability thereunder.

SIGNATURES

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.

	GULFPORT ENERGY CORPORATION

Date: March 4, 2026	By:	/s/ Michael Hodges
	Name:	Michael Hodges
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

Gulfport Energy Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure