Company: GPOR
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001213900-25-024139
Chunk: 67

Company: GULFPORT ENERGY CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 67
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“ FOR” the proposal to ratify Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ended December31, 2025. •“ FOR” the proposal to approve, on an advisory, non -bindingbasis, the compensation paid to the Company’s NEOs as described in this proxy statement. •“ FOR” the proposal to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide for officer exculpation. What is a proxy? A proxy is your legal designation of another person to vote the shares of common stock that you own. That other person is also referred to as a “proxy.” If you designate someone as your proxy in a written document, that document is called a proxy or a proxy card. We have designated Timothy Cutt, our Board Chair, and Patrick Craine, our Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary, as the Company’s proxies for the Annual Meeting. Who is entitled to vote? You may vote if you were the record owner of our common shares or preferred shares as of the close of business on the record date, which is March28, 2025. Gulfport had [17,883,113] common shares outstanding as of the record date. Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote. In addition, Gulfport had [34,487] preferred shares outstanding as of the record date. The

| 64    2025 PROXY STATEMENT |

| about the annual meeting |

holders of Gulfport’s preferred stock are entitled to vote on all matters submitted to the stockholders for a vote, voting together with the holders of the common stock as a single class, on an as -convertedbasis. Gulfport’s [34,487] preferred shares outstanding as of the record date, on an as -convertedbasis, totaled approximately [2,463,357] common shares entitled to vote. In aggregate, as of March28, 2025, we had [408,069] shares of restricted stock units and performance -basedrestricted stock units awarded under our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan, but not yet vested. There is no cumulative voting. How many votes must be present to hold the Annual Meeting? Your shares are counted as present at the Annual Meeting if you attend the meeting and vote in person or if you return a properly executed proxy by mail. For us to hold our meeting, holders of a majority of the voting power of our outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock as of the close of business on