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Pay vs Performance Disclosure

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Pay vs Performance Disclosure - USD ($)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2021
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure, Table

Pay Versus Performance

As previously discussed in the CD&A above, our Compensation Committee has focused on implementing executive compensation plans with the goal of tying our NEOs’ realized compensation to the achievement of Gulfport’s financial, operational, and strategic objectives, and aligning executive pay with changes in the value of our shareholders’ returns. The following table sets forth additional compensation information for our NEOs, calculated in accordance with SEC regulations, for fiscal years 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021.

Year

(a)

Summary
Compensation
Table Total
for PEO1(1)(2)
(Cutt)
(b)

Summary
Compensation
Table Total
for PEO2(1)
(Wood)
(b)

Summary
Compensation
Table Total
for PEO3(2)
(Reinhart)
(b)

Compensation
Actually Paid
to PEO1
(Cutt)
(c)

Compensation
Actually Paid
to PEO2
(Wood)
(c)

Compensation
Actually Paid
to PEO3
(Reinhart)
(c)

Average
Summary
Compensation
Table Total
for non-PEO
NEOs
(d)

Average
Compensation
Actually Paid
to non-PEO
NEOs
(e)

Value of initial fixed $100
Investment based on:

Net
Income
($mm)
(h)

Adjusted
Free
Cash
Flow(4)
($mm)
(i)

Total
Shareholder
Return(3)
(f)

Peer Total
Shareholder
Return(3)
(g)

2025(5)

n/a

n/a

$7,320,257

n/a

n/a

$14,436,146

$2,502,673

$4,736,004

$306

$148

$428

$325

2024(5)

n/a

n/a

$8,988,358

n/a

n/a

$16,551,431

$2,847,532

$7,442,197

$271

$155

$(261)

$257

2023(5)

$385,141

n/a

$5,522,209

$9,977,442

n/a

$10,022,502

$2,162,249

$6,573,145

$196

$160

$1,471

$199

2022(5)

$6,447,544

n/a

n/a

$5,787,952

n/a

n/a

$974,218

$1,232,477

$108

$159

$495

$241

2021(5)

$3,823,399

$8,942,980

n/a

$4,153,397

$8,930,695

n/a

$4,004,438

$4,214,026

$106

$112

$(113)

$361

(1)   The Company had two CEOs during 2021. Effective May 17th, 2021, Mr. Wood left his position of Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company and Mr. Cutt was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair and assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair on September 2, 2021.

(2)   The Company had two CEOs during 2023. On January 24th, 2023, Mr. Reinhart was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Cutt continues to serve the Company as Board Chair.

(3)   TSR is determined based on the value of an initial fixed investment of $100 on December 31, 2019. The peer group TSR represents TSR of the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Index.

(4)   Adjusted Free Cash Flow is a non-GAAP measure defined as net cash provided by operating activities from the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows less the sum of changes in operating assets and liabilities included in the operating activities section of the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows less non-recurring general and administrative and other expenses from the Consolidated Statement of Operations less incurred capital expenditures and capitalized expenses. Adjusted Free Cash Flow was calculated assuming realized commodity pricing received throughout the year was consistent with the forward curve pricing used to set the approved Adjusted Free Cash Flow Metric.

(5)   The non-PEO NEOs:

2025: Messrs Craine, Hodges, Rucker, and Sluiter;

2024: Messrs Craine, Hodges, Rucker, and Sluiter;

2023: Messrs Craine, Hodges, Rucker, and Sluiter;

2022: Messrs Buese, Craine, and Sluiter.

2021: Messrs Buese, Craine, Sluiter, Robert J. Moses, Quentin Hicks, and Donnie Moore.

        
Named Executive Officers, Footnote The Company had two CEOs during 2021. Effective May 17th, 2021, Mr. Wood left his position of Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company and Mr. Cutt was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair and assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair on September 2, 2021.The Company had two CEOs during 2023. On January 24th, 2023, Mr. Reinhart was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Cutt continues to serve the Company as Board Chair.        
Peer Group Issuers, Footnote TSR is determined based on the value of an initial fixed investment of $100 on December 31, 2019. The peer group TSR represents TSR of the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Index.        
Adjustment To PEO Compensation, Footnote

SEC rules require certain adjustments be made to the Summary Compensation Table totals to determine “compensation actually paid” (CAP) as reported in the Pay versus Performance Table. The following table details these adjustments:

Year

Executive(s)

Summary
compensation
table total
($)

Pension Valuation Adjustments

Equity Award Adjustments

Deduct
change in
pension
value
($)

Pension
service
cost
adjustment
($)

Prior
service
cost
adjustment
($)

Deduct
stock
awards
($)

Include
year-end
equity
value
($)

Change in
value of
prior
equity
awards
($)

Dividends
& Interest
Accrued
($)

2025

PEO1

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

PEO2

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

PEO3

$7,320,257

N/A

N/A

N/A

$(5,277,437)

$7,116,313

$5,277,013

N/A

Other NEOs

$2,502,673

N/A

N/A

N/A

$(1,539,359)

$2,075,725

$1,696,965

N/A
       
Non-PEO NEO Average Total Compensation Amount [1] $ 2,502,673 $ 2,847,532 $ 2,162,249 $ 974,218 $ 4,004,438
Non-PEO NEO Average Compensation Actually Paid Amount [1] $ 4,736,004 7,442,197 6,573,145 1,232,477 4,214,026
Compensation Actually Paid vs. Total Shareholder Return

       
Compensation Actually Paid vs. Net Income

       
Compensation Actually Paid vs. Company Selected Measure

       
Tabular List, Table

The Company believes that the three key financial performance measures most relevant to linking pay and performance over the long term are, in no particular order, Adjusted Free Cash Flow, Net Income and TSR. The following three tables describe the link between those metrics and “compensation actually paid” (CAP) to our CEO and other NEOs in 2025 to Company performance.

        
Total Shareholder Return Amount [1],[2] $ 306 271 196 108 106
Peer Group Total Shareholder Return Amount [1],[2] 148 155 160 159 112
Net Income (Loss) [1] $ 428,000,000 (261,000,000) 1,471,000,000 495,000,000 (113,000,000)
Measure:: 1          
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Name Adjusted Free Cash Flow        
Measure:: 2          
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Name Net Income        
Measure:: 3          
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Name TSR        
Summary Compensation Table Total for PEO3 (Reinhart) [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
PEO Total Compensation Amount [1],[3] $ 7,320,257 8,988,358 5,522,209
Summary Compensation Table Total for PEO1 (Cutt) [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
PEO Total Compensation Amount [1],[3],[4] 385,141 6,447,544 3,823,399
Summary Compensation Table Total for PEO2 (Wood) [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
PEO Total Compensation Amount [1],[4] 8,942,980
Compensation Actually Paid to PEO1 (Cutt) [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount [1] 9,977,442 5,787,952 4,153,397
Compensation Actually Paid to PEO2 (Wood) [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount [1] 8,930,695
Compensation Actually Paid to PEO3 (Reinhart) [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount [1] $ 14,436,146 $ 16,551,431 $ 10,022,502
Adjusted Free Cash Flow [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Company Selected Measure Amount [1],[5] 325,000,000 257,000,000 199,000,000 241,000,000 361,000,000
PEO1 [Member] | Summary compensation table total [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
PEO1 [Member] | Deduct change in pension value [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
PEO1 [Member] | Pension service cost adjustment [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
PEO1 [Member] | Prior service cost adjustment [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
PEO1 [Member] | Deduct stock awards [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
PEO1 [Member] | Include year-end equity value [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
PEO1 [Member] | Change in value of prior equity awards [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
PEO1 [Member] | Dividends & Interest Accrued [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
PEO2 [Member] | Summary compensation table total [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
PEO2 [Member] | Deduct change in pension value [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
PEO2 [Member] | Pension service cost adjustment [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
PEO2 [Member] | Prior service cost adjustment [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
PEO2 [Member] | Deduct stock awards [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
PEO2 [Member] | Include year-end equity value [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
PEO2 [Member] | Change in value of prior equity awards [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
PEO2 [Member] | Dividends & Interest Accrued [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
PEO3 [Member] | Summary compensation table total [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 7,320,257        
PEO3 [Member] | Deduct change in pension value [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
PEO3 [Member] | Pension service cost adjustment [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
PEO3 [Member] | Prior service cost adjustment [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
PEO3 [Member] | Deduct stock awards [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount (5,277,437)        
PEO3 [Member] | Include year-end equity value [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 7,116,313        
PEO3 [Member] | Change in value of prior equity awards [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 5,277,013        
PEO3 [Member] | Dividends & Interest Accrued [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
Other NEOs [Member] | Summary compensation table total [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 2,502,673        
Other NEOs [Member] | Deduct change in pension value [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
Other NEOs [Member] | Pension service cost adjustment [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
Other NEOs [Member] | Prior service cost adjustment [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
Other NEOs [Member] | Deduct stock awards [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount (1,539,359)        
Other NEOs [Member] | Include year-end equity value [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 2,075,725        
Other NEOs [Member] | Change in value of prior equity awards [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount 1,696,965        
Other NEOs [Member] | Dividends & Interest Accrued [Member]          
Pay vs Performance Disclosure          
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount        
[1] The non-PEO NEOs:

2025: Messrs Craine, Hodges, Rucker, and Sluiter;

2024: Messrs Craine, Hodges, Rucker, and Sluiter;

2023: Messrs Craine, Hodges, Rucker, and Sluiter;

2022: Messrs Buese, Craine, and Sluiter.

2021: Messrs Buese, Craine, Sluiter, Robert J. Moses, Quentin Hicks, and Donnie Moore.
[2] TSR is determined based on the value of an initial fixed investment of $100 on December 31, 2019. The peer group TSR represents TSR of the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Index.
[3] The Company had two CEOs during 2023. On January 24th, 2023, Mr. Reinhart was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Cutt continues to serve the Company as Board Chair.
[4] The Company had two CEOs during 2021. Effective May 17th, 2021, Mr. Wood left his position of Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company and Mr. Cutt was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair and assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair on September 2, 2021.
[5] Adjusted Free Cash Flow is a non-GAAP measure defined as net cash provided by operating activities from the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows less the sum of changes in operating assets and liabilities included in the operating activities section of the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows less non-recurring general and administrative and other expenses from the Consolidated Statement of Operations less incurred capital expenditures and capitalized expenses. Adjusted Free Cash Flow was calculated assuming realized commodity pricing received throughout the year was consistent with the forward curve pricing used to set the approved Adjusted Free Cash Flow Metric.