Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Silver Point Capital L.P.

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GULFPORT ENERGY CORP [GPOR]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

TWO GREENWICH PLAZA, FIRST FLOOR

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/16/2021

(Street)

GREENWICH, CT 06830

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	12/16/2021		P		20,000	A	$ 70.37	9,132,918 ⁽¹⁾	D ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Common Stock	12/17/2021		P		400	A	$ 68.75	9,133,318 ⁽¹⁾	D ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Common Stock	12/20/2021		P		25,000	A	$ 68.44	9,158,318 ⁽¹⁾	D ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Common Stock								8,507	I	See footnotes ⁽⁴⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Silver Point Capital L.P. TWO GREENWICH PLAZA, FIRST FLOOR GREENWICH, CT 06830	X	X
MULE EDWARD A TWO GREENWICH PLAZA, FIRST FLOOR GREENWICH, CT 06830	X	X
O'Shea Robert J TWO GREENWICH PLAZA, FIRST FLOOR GREENWICH, CT 06830	X	X

Signatures

/s/ James Kasmarcik, Authorized Signatory on behalf of Silver Point Capital, L.P.		12/20/2021
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Edward A Mule		12/20/2021
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Robert J. O'Shea		12/20/2021
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Includes (i) up to 536,203 shares of the Issuer's common stock that may be distributed to the Reporting Persons upon satisfaction of certain unsecured creditors' claims in the Issuer (Docket Nos. 1291, 1294 and 1295 of In re Gulfport Energy Corporation, Chapter 11 Case No. 20-35562, filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division), and (ii) up to 368,714 shares of the Issuer's common stock that may be distributed to the Reporting Persons as holders of claims relating to certain notes of the Issuer, which shares have been held in reserve and are contingent upon the resolution of certain legal proceedings.
(2)	Silver Point Capital, L.P. ("Silver Point") or its wholly owned subsidiaries are the investment managers of Silver Point Capital Fund, L.P., Silver Point Capital Offshore Master Fund, L.P., Silver Point Distressed Opportunities Fund, L.P., Silver Point Distressed Opportunities Offshore Master Fund, L.P., Silver Point Distressed Opportunity Institutional Partners, L.P. and Silver Point Distressed Opportunity Institutional Partners Master Fund (Offshore), L.P. (the "Funds") and, by reason of such status, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of all of the reported securities held by the Funds. Silver Point Capital Management, LLC ("Management") is the general partner of Silver Point and as a result may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of all securities held by the Funds. [cont.]
(3)	Messrs. Edward A. Mule and Robert J. O'Shea are each members of Management and as a result may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of all of the securities held by the Funds. Silver Point, Management and Messrs. Mule and O'Shea disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported securities held by Funds except to the extent of their pecuniary interests.
(4)	Represents time based restricted shares to David Reganato, a director of the issuer and employee of Silver Point, that was awarded pursuant to issuer's 2021 Stock Incentive Plan. Mr. Reganato has an understanding with Silver Point pursuant to which he holds shares for the benefit of Silver Point and certain of its affiliates. Accordingly, Mr. Reganato disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

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