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) 05/18/2021
	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	05/18/2021		J		36,000(1)	D	$0	1,141,568(2)	I	See footnote(3)
Common Stock	05/19/2021		J		40,000(4)	D	$0	1,101,568(2)	I	See footnote(3)
Common Stock								31,279	D
Common Stock								1,105,913(2)	I	See footnote(5)
Common Stock								435,566(2)	I	See footnote(6)
Common Stock								389,634(2)	I	See footnote(7)
Common Stock								17,488(2)	I	See footnote(8)
Common Stock								60,796(2)	I	See footnote(9)
Common Stock								60,796(2)	I	See footnote(10)
Common Stock								114,236(2)	I	See footnote(11)
Common Stock								114,236(2)	I	See footnote(12)
Common Stock								473,217(2)	I	See footnote(13)
Common Stock								473,217(2)	I	See footnote(14)
Common Stock								290,000(2)	I	See footnote(15)
Common Stock								290,000(2)	I	See footnote(16)

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 20,000 shares distributed from the WJF 2011 Non-GST Trust and 16,000 shares distributed from the MCF 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. Represents 20,000 shares distributed from each of the LRF 2011 Non-GST Trust and the JNF 2011 Non-GST Trust to the respective trust beneficiaries. The decision to distribute the shares was made by the trustee of each trust.

5. 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.

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

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

8. Represents shares held of record by the reporting person's spouse.

9. Represents shares held of record by the JWF 2019-2 GRAT, for which the reporting person is the trustee and over which the reporting person has sole voting and investment power.

10. Represents shares held of record by the NNF 2019-2 GRAT, for which the reporting person is the trustee and over which the reporting person has sole voting and investment power.

11. Represents shares held of record by the JWF 2020-1 GRAT, for which the reporting person is the trustee and over which the reporting person has sole voting and investment power.

12. Represents shares held of record by the NNF 2020-1 GRAT, for which the reporting person is the trustee and over which the reporting person has sole voting and investment power.

13. Represents shares held of record by the JWF 2020-2 GRAT, for which the reporting person is the trustee and over which the reporting person has sole voting and investment power.

14. Represents shares held of record by the NNF 2020-2 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 JWF 2021-1 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 NNF 2021-1 GRAT, for which the reporting person is the trustee and over which the reporting person has sole voting and investment power.

Remarks:

	/s/ Joseph Wm. Foran, by Kyle A. Ellis as attorney-in-fact	05/20/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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