Exhibit 99.1

Southport Acquisition Corporation Announces Suspension and Expected De-Listing from the New York Stock Exchange

DEL MAR, CALIFORNIA, March 21, 2024 – Southport Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: PORT) (the “Company”) today announced that it received correspondence from the staff of NYSE Regulation (the “Staff”) of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) indicating that the Staff has determined to commence proceedings to delist the Company’s Class A common stock, public warrants and public units from the NYSE pursuant to Section 802.01 of the NYSE’s Listed Company Manual because the Company had fallen below the NYSE’s continued listing standard requiring a listed acquisition company to maintain an average aggregate global market capitalization attributable to its publicly held shares over a consecutive 30 trading day period of at least $40,000,000.

The Company has a right to a review of this determination by a Committee of the Board of Directors of the NYSE. The NYSE will apply to the Securities and Exchange Commission to delist the Class A common stock, public warrants and public units upon completion of all applicable procedures, including any appeal by the Company of the Staff’s decision.

Trading in the Class A common stock, public warrants and public units on the NYSE will be suspended immediately. Beginning on March 22, 2024, the Company expects that the Class A common stock, public warrants and public units may be quoted and traded in the over-the-counter market under the ticker symbols “PORT,” “PORT.W” and “PORT.U,” respectively.

The Company intends to seek a listing of its securities on the Nasdaq Stock Market prior to or in connection with the consummation of any business combination the Company may seek to consummate, but there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to complete such alternative listing or when such listing would occur. As previously announced, following the implementation of an extension amendment on March 14, 2024, the Company has until December 14, 2024 to complete an initial business combination. If the Company does not complete an initial business combination by such date, it will, as promptly as reasonably possible, but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any).

About Southport Acquisition Corporation

The Company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “may”, “should”, “expect”, “intend”, “will”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “predict”, “potential” or “continue”, or other similar expressions (or negative versions of such words or expressions) that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. The Company undertakes no duty to update these forward-looking statements.