Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  GOLDBERG ALAN E
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/17/2017
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GULFPORT ENERGY CORP [GPOR]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
630 FIFTH AVENUE, 30TH FLOOR
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10111
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 Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 5,718,245 (1)
I
See Footnotes (1) (2) (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
GOLDBERG ALAN E
630 FIFTH AVENUE
30TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10111
       
Lindsay Robert D
630 FIFTH AVENUE
30TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10111
       

Signatures

/s/ Alan E. Goldberg 02/27/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ Robert D. Lindsay 02/27/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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) Represents the 5,718,245 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock") of Gulfport Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation beneficially owned by Vitruvian II Woodford, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Vitruvian"). Vitruvian is managed by its board of managers and LG WF L.P. is a member of Vitruvian.
(2) The general partner of LG WF L.P. is LG WF GP LLC (the "GP"). Alan E. Goldberg and Robert D. Lindsay are the executive managers of the GP and, through a series of affiliated investment funds, share ownership and voting control of the GP. Messrs. Goldberg and Lindsay, by virtue of this relationship, may be deemed to have or share indirect beneficial ownership. Messrs. Goldberg and Lindsay do not beneficially own securities of the Issuer directly.
(3) Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of such Reporting Person's pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.
 
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