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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950123-09-001252.txt : 20090126
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-09-001252
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090123
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090126
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090126

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CVR ENERGY INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001376139
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PETROLEUM REFINING [2911]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33492
		FILM NUMBER:		09545790

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2277 PLAZA DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			SUGAR LAND
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77479
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(281) 207-7711

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2277 PLAZA DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			SUGAR LAND
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77479
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January&nbsp;26, 2009 (January&nbsp;23, 2009)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CVR ENERGY, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>001-33492</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>61-1512186</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2277 Plaza Drive, Suite&nbsp;500<BR>
Sugar Land, Texas 77479</B></DIV>

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of principal executive offices,<BR>
including zip code)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (281)&nbsp;207-3200</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>(e)&nbsp;</I></B><I>Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers</I>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On January&nbsp;23, 2009 (the &#147;<U>Effective Date</U>&#148;), James T. Rens (&#147;<U>Mr.&nbsp;Rens</U>&#148;), Chief
Financial Officer of CVR Energy, Inc. (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), the Company and Coffeyville
Resources, LLC entered into a Separation Agreement (the &#147;<U>Separation Agreement</U>&#148;). Pursuant to the
Separation Agreement, Mr.&nbsp;Rens&#146;s employment shall cease on the earlier to occur of (i)&nbsp;June&nbsp;30, 2009, or (ii)
ten days after written notice from the Company that Mr.&nbsp;Rens&#146;s services are no longer necessary
(such date herein referred to as (the &#147;<U>Termination Date</U>&#148;) (the period starting on the
Effective Date and ending on the Termination Date is referred to as the &#147;<U>Term</U>&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the Separation Agreement, the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement entered
into between Mr.&nbsp;Rens and the Company dated December&nbsp;29, 2007 (the &#147;<U>Employment Agreement</U>&#148;)
terminated except for certain provisions relating to confidential information, non-competition, and
non-solicitation of employees or customers. In that regard, the period during which the
non-competition restriction applies following Mr.&nbsp;Rens&#146;s termination was reduced to three months
from twelve months.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;During the Term, Mr.&nbsp;Rens shall continue as the Company&#146;s chief financial officer and perform
all such duties as are customarily performed by someone serving in the position as chief financial
officer, and will assist in the transition of the duties and responsibilities of the chief
financial officer to a successor chief financial officer (and, if such successor is an interim
chief financial officer, will assist in the transition of the duties and responsibilities to a
permanent chief financial officer, to the extent requested by the Company&#146;s chief executive
officer) and perform such other or additional duties as Mr.&nbsp;Rens and the board of directors of the
Company (the &#147;<U>Board</U>&#148;) shall mutually agree.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For his service during the Term, Mr.&nbsp;Rens shall be entitled to the following compensation and
benefits: (i)&nbsp;a base salary at an annual rate of $330,000, (ii)&nbsp;a cash bonus based on a target
bonus of 120% of Mr.&nbsp;Rens&#146;s base salary, pro-rated based upon the number of days Mr.&nbsp;Rens is
employed by the Company during the 2009 fiscal year prior to the Termination Date, with the actual
bonus to be based upon Mr.&nbsp;Rens&#146;s and/or the Company&#146;s performance criteria established for the
2009 fiscal year by the Compensation Committee of the Board; provided, however, that such bonus
shall be no less than $330,000, pro-rated based on the number of days Mr.&nbsp;Rens is employed by the
Company during the 2009 fiscal year prior to the Termination Date and (iii)&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Rens shall be
eligible to participate in health, insurance, retirement, and other employee benefit plans and
programs of the Company as in effect from time to time on the same basis as other senior executives
of the Company. Receipt of the foregoing compensation and benefits by Mr.&nbsp;Rens during the Term is
conditioned on Mr.&nbsp;Rens executing a release of claims and such release becoming effective and
irrevocable no later than the eighth day following the Effective Date.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As additional consideration for performance of his duties under the Separation Agreement and
subject to his compliance with the restrictive covenants contained in the Employment Agreement and
the execution of an additional release of claims (which release must become effective and
irrevocable within 30&nbsp;days following the Termination Date), Mr.&nbsp;Rens shall be paid or provided the
following additional consideration (collectively, the &#147;<U>Separation Benefits</U>&#148;):
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(i)&nbsp;Payments equal to $330,000 (with $165,000 payable on the day following the sixth
month anniversary of the Termination Date, and $165,000 paid over the six month period
commencing on the day following the sixth month anniversary of the Termination Date);
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(ii)&nbsp;Continuation of medical benefits on the same terms that Mr.&nbsp;Rens would otherwise be
eligible to receive as an active employee of the Company for a period of 12&nbsp;months
following the Termination Date or until such time as he becomes eligible for medical
benefits from a subsequent employer, whichever date occurs first. For 6&nbsp;months
thereafter, (and provided Mr.&nbsp;Rens has not become eligible
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">for medical benefits from a subsequent employer), the Company shall reimburse Mr.&nbsp;Rens
for any difference between (a)&nbsp;the premium he is required to pay for continued medical
coverage under the Company&#146;s plan, and (b)&nbsp;the amount that Mr.&nbsp;Rens would have been
required to pay for such coverage had he continued to be an active employee of the
Company.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(iii)&nbsp;Phantom service points and phantom performance points granted to Mr.&nbsp;Rens pursuant
to the Coffeyville Resources, LLC Phantom Unit Appreciation Plans I and II (the
&#147;<U>Phantom Plans</U>&#148;), shall become partially vested as follows: (a)&nbsp;seventy-five
percent (75%) of the phantom service points that have been granted to Mr.&nbsp;Rens prior to
the Termination Date shall become immediately vested and non-forfeitable as of the
Termination Date, and (b)&nbsp;fifty percent (50%) of the phantom performance points that
have been granted to Mr.&nbsp;Rens prior to the Termination Date shall become immediately
vested and non-forfeitable for a period of 24&nbsp;months following the Termination Date,
subject to the satisfaction of applicable performance conditions in the Phantom Plans.
Upon the completion of such 24&nbsp;month period, all phantom performance points granted to
Mr.&nbsp;Rens shall be forfeited and of no further benefit to Mr.&nbsp;Rens.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event that Mr.&nbsp;Rens breaches any provision of the Separation Agreement (including the
provisions of the Employment Agreement that survive the execution of the Separation Agreement), Mr.
Rens will immediately return to the Company any portion of the Separation Benefits that have been
paid or provided to Mr.&nbsp;Rens, and all Phantom Service Points and Phantom Performance Points granted
to Mr.&nbsp;Rens shall be forfeited as of the date of such breach.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, on January&nbsp;23, 2009, Mr.&nbsp;Rens, Coffeyville Acquisition, LLC (&#147;<U>Acquisition
LLC</U>&#148;), Coffeyville Acquisition II, LLC (&#147;<U>Acquisition II LLC</U>&#148;) and Coffeyville
Acquisition III, LLC (&#147;<U>Acquisition III LLC</U>&#148;, together with Acquisition LLC and Acquisition
II LLC, the &#147;<U>Companies</U>&#148;) entered into the LLC Unit Agreement, which provides for the
treatment of the operating units and value units in the Companies held by Mr.&nbsp;Rens upon the
Termination Date. With respect to operating units, upon the Termination Date a number of operating
units in the Companies held by Mr.&nbsp;Rens shall become vested such that in the aggregate seventy-five
percent (75%) of such operating units shall be vested and non-forfeitable as of Termination Date.
With respect to value units, upon the Termination Date a number of value units in the Companies
held by Mr.&nbsp;Rens shall become vested such that in the aggregate fifty percent (50%) of such value
units shall be vested and non-forfeitable for a period of 24&nbsp;months following the Termination Date,
subject to the satisfaction of applicable performance conditions. Upon the completion of such 24
month period, if no exit event as specified in the relevant Company agreement has occurred (and no
definitive agreement shall then be in effect with respect to a transaction which if consummated
would result in an exit event), all value units shall be forfeited and of no further benefit to Mr.
Rens. In the event that Mr.&nbsp;Rens breaches any provision of the Separation Agreement (including the
provisions of the Employment Agreement that survive the execution of the Separation Agreement), all
operating units and value units held by Mr.&nbsp;Rens shall be forfeited as of the date of such breach.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Date: January&nbsp;26, 2009
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">CVR ENERGY, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Edmund S. Gross
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Edmund S. Gross&nbsp;</TD>
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Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
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