UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14A

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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

 

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

 

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GULFPORT ENERGY CORPORATION

(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Firefly Value Partners, LP

FVP MASTER FUND, L.P.

FVP GP, LLC

Firefly management company gp, llc

Ariel Warszawski

Ryan Heslop

Samantha Holroyd

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Firefly Value Partners, LP, 连同本协议所述的其他参与者(统称, “Firefly”), has filed a preliminary proxy statement 以及随附的证券交易委员会的白色代理卡，用于为其选举拉票 即将召开的金沙赌场年度股东大会的董事提名名单, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

 

Item 1: On April 29, 2020, Firefly issued the following press release:

 

 

 

Firefly Value 合作伙伴呼吁格尔夫港安排2020年年会

 

Gulfport Needs 懂得如何从公司的资产和机会中创造股东价值的董事会

 

New York – (April 29, 2020) – Firefly Value Partners, LP (together with its affiliates, “Firefly”), which manages funds that, together with affiliates, collectively beneficially own 13.金沙赌场（“格尔夫波特”或“格尔夫波特”）发行在外普通股的1% “公司”)（纳斯达克股票代码：GPOR）今天发布了以下声明：

 

“We continue to believe that Gulfport’s 其内在价值远远超过了如今格尔夫波特股票和债券在资本金沙赌场最新网址上的交易价值. The Company has great assets and strong free cash flow potential, 与当前经济形势下的许多其他行业不同, the natural gas sector is in a position of strength.

 

Nevertheless, 金沙赌场最新网址对Gulfport的证券进行了贴现估值, 该公司股价今年以来下跌了约33%, lagging its low-cost Appalachian peers.1 We 我相信，这种折扣的部分原因金沙赌场是股东对董事会能否做出正确的投资缺乏信心 配置和战略决策，以帮助从格尔夫波特的出色资产和机会中获得丰厚回报.

 

It is time for Gulfport to give its shareholders a chance to have their voices heard. 格尔夫波特应该宣布2020年年度股东大会的日期，而且应该如期举行 that meeting as usual in June. 尽管2019冠状病毒病带来了独特的挑战，但格尔夫波特点名的16家上市公司中有14家 因为同行们已经在2019年的代理声明中确定了2020年的年会日期. It is well past time for Gulfport to do the same.

 

Gulfport has a great opportunity to create value 对于股东来说，这个行业正经历着有利的趋势. 2021 natural gas strip prices are $2.75/MMBtu, having increased more than 15% since our March 19th letter. 考虑到格尔夫波特的成本基础，这些价格对它来说很有吸引力，但实际上并非如此 高到足以支持在成本最低的天然气区外的钻井活动. Not surprisingly, then, natural gas directed 钻井平台数量持续下降，上个月下降了近20%，年初至今下降了30%以上. At the same time, oil directed 从上个月到今年以来，钻机数量已经下降了40%以上, 创造不断改善的天然气供应基础.

1 2019年代理对等组中的阿巴拉契亚对等体包括CNX, EQT, Range Resources, Cabot, Antero Resources, and Southwestern Energy.

 

 

 

在这种背景下，这金沙赌场是一个巨大的机会 在一个强大的、以股东为中心的董事会的领导下，推动价值创造. While our preference has always been to resolve 我们与现任董事会的分歧金沙赌场是友好的，公司没有与我们进行有意义的接触. It is now time for the Board 要么有意义地参与，要么给股东一个机会，让他们的声音被听到，并选出他们认为愿意的董事 best represent their interests.”

 

Information about Firefly and its two nominees 关于格尔夫波特董事会成员萨曼莎·霍尔罗伊德和瑞恩·赫斯洛普的竞选信息，可在www上找到.GulfportValue.com.

 

About Firefly Value Partners, LP

萤火虫成立于2006年，金沙赌场是一家投资合伙企业 专注于基础研究和商业分析. 萤火虫在一个集中的长期投资 portfolio of deeply undervalued companies.

 

Investor Contact:

John Ferguson / Joe Mills

Saratoga Proxy Consulting LLC

212-257-1311

jferguson@saratogaproxy.com / jmills@saratogaproxy.com

 

Media Contact:
Dan Zacchei / Joe Germani

Sloane & Company

dzacchei@sloanepr.com / jgermani@sloanepr.com

 

CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS

 

Firefly Value Partners， LP和其他参与者 named herein (collectively, “萤火虫”)已经提交了一份初步代理声明和附带的白色代理卡 与美国证券交易委员会（“SEC”）合作，为选举其高素质成员征集选票 金沙赌场2020年股东年会上的董事提名人, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

 

FIREFLY STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF 公司阅读委托书及其他委托书材料, INCLUDING A PROXY CARD, AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. 此类代理材料将在sec的网站http://www上免费提供.SEC.GOV. IN ADDITION, 本次委托征集活动的参与者将免费提供委托委托书副本, WHEN AVAILABLE, UPON REQUEST. 如欲索取副本，请向参与人的代理律师提出.

 

The participants in the proxy solicitation are anticipated to be FVP Master Fund, L.P. （“FVP Master Fund”），Firefly Value Partners， LP（“Firefly Value Partners”）， FVP GP, LLC (“FVP GP”), Firefly Management Company GP, LLC (“Firefly Management”), Ariel Warszawski, Ryan Heslop and Samantha Holroyd.

 

自本协议生效之日起，FVP Master基金受益 拥有20,906,000股普通股，票面价值为0美元.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company. Firefly Value Partners, as the investment manager of FVP Master Fund, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 20,906,000 shares of Common Stock owned by FVP Master Fund. FVP GP, as the general partner of FVP Master Fund, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 20,906,000 shares of Common Stock owned by FVP Master Fund. 萤火虫管理作为萤火虫价值合伙人的普通合伙人，可能被视为 FVP Master Fund持有的20,906,000股普通股的受益所有人. Each of Messrs. Heslop and Warszawski, 作为FVP GP和Firefly Management的管理成员, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 20,906,000 shares of Common Stock owned by FVP Master Fund. As of the date hereof, Ms. Holroyd实益拥有20,500股普通股.

 

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Item 2: Also on April 29, 2020年，萤火虫将以下材料发布到www.gulfportvalue.com: