SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Foran Joseph Wm (Last) (First) (Middle) 5400 LBJ FREEWAY SUITE 1500 (Street) DALLAS TX 75240 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Matador Resources Co [ MTDR ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chairman and CEO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/08/2018
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	06/08/2018		J		25,000(1)	D	$0	1,118,336(2)	I	See footnote(3)
Common Stock								229,352(4)(5)(6)(7)	D
Common Stock								1,096,413(2)(8)	I	See footnote(9)
Common Stock								253,550(2)(10)	I	See footnote(11)
Common Stock								215,951(2)(10)	I	See footnote(12)
Common Stock								4,000(2)	I	See footnote(13)
Common Stock								88,005(2)	I	See footnote(14)
Common Stock								88,005(2)	I	See footnote(15)
Common Stock								190,461(2)	I	See footnote(16)
Common Stock								190,461(2)	I	See footnote(17)
Common Stock								198,530(2)	I	See footnote(18)
Common Stock								198,530(2)	I	See footnote(19)
Common Stock								239,413(2)	I	See footnote(20)
Common Stock								239,413(2)	I	See footnote(21)
Common Stock								105,000(2)	I	See footnote(22)
Common Stock								40,000(2)	I	See footnote(23)

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents 10,000 shares distributed from the LRF 2011 Non-GST Trust and 15,000 shares distributed from the SIF 2011 Non-GST Trust to the respective trust beneficiaries. The decision to distribute the shares was made by the trustee of each trust.

2. The reporting person states that neither the filing of this statement nor anything herein shall be deemed an admission that such person is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise, the beneficial owner of these shares. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

3. Represents shares held of record collectively by the LRF 2011 Non-GST Trust, WJF 2011 Non-GST Trust, JNF 2011 Non-GST Trust, SIF 2011 Non-GST Trust and MCF 2011 Non-GST Trust (collectively, the "Non-GST Trusts"). The reporting person and his spouse, as settlors of each of the Non-GST Trusts, retain the power of substitution with respect to the property of the Non-GST Trusts.

4. Includes 89,847 shares of restricted stock granted to the reporting person on February 16, 2018 that vest in equal annual installments on the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant.

5. Includes 37,296 shares of restricted stock granted to the reporting person on February 15, 2017 that vest in equal annual installments on the second and third anniversaries of the date of grant.

6. Includes 94,230 shares of restricted stock granted to the reporting person on February 19, 2016 that vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant.

7. Amount of securities reported reflects the total number of securities directly held by the reporting person following a contribution of shares by the reporting person to each of the Foran 2012 Savings Trust and Foran 2012 Security Trust, pursuant to the terms of such trusts, and to Sage Resources, Ltd., pursuant to the terms of the limited partnership, as described below.

8. Amount of securities reported reflects the total number of securities held by the limited partnership following the contribution of shares by the reporting person to the limited partnership, pursuant to the terms thereof.

9. Represents shares held of record by Sage Resources, Ltd., which is a limited partnership owned by the reporting person's family, including the reporting person.

10. Amount of securities reported reflects the total number of securities held by the trust following the contribution of shares by the reporting person to the trust, pursuant to the terms thereof.

11. Represents shares held of record by the Foran 2012 Savings Trust for which the reporting person's spouse is a trustee.

12. Represents shares held of record by the Foran 2012 Security Trust for which the reporting person is the trustee.

13. Represents shares held of record by the reporting person's spouse through her Individual Retirement Account.

14. Represents shares held of record by the JWF 2016-2 GRAT, for which the reporting person is the trustee and over which the reporting person has sole voting and investment power.

15. Represents shares held of record by the NNF 2016-2 GRAT, for which the reporting person is the trustee and over which the reporting person has sole voting and investment power.

16. Represents shares held of record by the JWF 2017-1 GRAT, for which the reporting person is the trustee and over which the reporting person has sole voting and investment power.

17. Represents shares held of record by the NNF 2017-1 GRAT, for which the reporting person is the trustee and over which the reporting person has sole voting and investment power.

18. Represents shares held of record by the JWF 2017-2 GRAT, for which the reporting person is the trustee and over which the reporting person has sole voting and investment power.

19. Represents shares held of record by the NNF 2017-2 GRAT, for which the reporting person is the trustee and over which the reporting person has sole voting and investment power.

20. Represents shares held of record by the JWF 2018-1 GRAT, for which the reporting person is the trustee and over which the reporting person has sole voting and investment power.

21. Represents shares held of record by the NNF 2018-1 GRAT, for which the reporting person is the trustee and over which the reporting person has sole voting and investment power.

22. Represents shares held of record by The Don Foran Family Trust 2008, for which the reporting person is the co-trustee and over which the reporting person has shared voting and investment power with other members of his family.

23. Represents shares held of record by The Foran Family Special Needs Trust for which the reporting person is the co-trustee and over which the reporting person has shared voting and investment power with other members of his family.

Remarks:

	/s/ Joseph Wm. Foran, by Kyle A. Ellis as attorney-in-fact	06/08/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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