Company: GPOR
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-008043
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Company: GULFPORT ENERGY CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
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Risks Associated with an Investment in Us

The market price of our securities is subject to volatility.

The market price of our common stock could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to, and the level of trading that develops with our common stock may be affected by, numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control. These factors include, among other things, future sales of additional stock and changes in our capital structure, compliance with governmental regulations and taxation laws, actual or anticipated variations in our operating results and cash flow, allocation of free cash flow including any determination by our board of directors regarding repurchasing stock, the nature and content of our earnings releases, announcements or events that impact our products, customers, competitors or markets, business conditions in our markets and the general state of the securities markets and the market for energy-related stocks, as well as general economic and market conditions and other factors that may affect our future results, including those described in this Part I, Item 1A. of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Future sales or the availability for sale of substantial amounts of our common stock, or the perception that these sales may occur, could adversely affect the trading price of our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through future sales of equity securities.

A significant percentage of our common stock is held by a single investor. In connection with our emergence from bankruptcy protection in 2021, we entered into the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to which we have agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC to facilitate potential future sales of our common stock by such investors. Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public markets, or even the perception that these sales might occur (such as upon the filing of the aforementioned registration statement), could impair our ability to raise capital through a future sale of, or pay for acquisitions using, our equity securities.

We cannot predict the effect that future sales of our common stock will have on the price at which the common stock trades. Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock, or the perception that such sales could occur, may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock.

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Certain of our stockholders own a significant portion of our outstanding equity securities and their interests may not always coincide with the interests of other holders of the common stock. 

A large percentage of our equity is held by a relatively small number of investors. As a result, these investors could have significant influence over all matters presented to our stockholders