Activity associated with the Company’s related party arrangements for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 is summarized below:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in millions)	2023		2022
Sales to related parties:
CVRP JV CO Contract (1)	$	1	$	—
Purchases from related parties:
Enable Joint Venture Transportation Agreement	3		2
Midway Joint Venture Agreement (2)	6		5
Payments:
Dividends (3)	36		—

(1)Sales to related parties, included in Net sales in our condensed consolidated financial statements, consists of CO sales to a CVRP JV subsidiary.

(2)Purchases from related parties, included in Cost of materials and other in our condensed consolidated financial statements, represents reimbursements for crude oil transportation services incurred on the Midway JV through Vitol as the intermediary purchasing agent.

(3)See below for a summary of the dividends paid to IEP during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and year ended December 31, 2022.

Dividends, if any, including the payment, amount and timing thereof, are determined in the discretion of CVR Energy’s board of directors (the “Board”). IEP, through its ownership of the Company’s common stock, is entitled to receive dividends that are declared and paid by the Company based on the number of shares held at each record date. The following tables present quarterly dividends, excluding any special dividends, paid to the Company’s stockholders, including IEP, during 2023 and 2022 (amounts presented in table below may not add to totals presented due to rounding):


				Quarterly Dividends Paid (in millions)
Related Period	Date Paid	Quarterly Dividends Per Share		Public Stockholders		IEP		Total
2022 - 4th Quarter	March 13, 2023	$	0.50	$	15	$	36	$	50


				Quarterly Dividends Paid (in millions)
Related Period	Date Paid	Quarterly Dividends Per Share		Public Stockholders		IEP		Total

2022 - 1st Quarter	May 23, 2022	$	0.40	$	12	$	28	$	40
2022 - 2nd Quarter	August 22, 2022	0.40		12		28		40
2022 - 3rd Quarter	November 21, 2022	0.40		12		28		40
Total 2022 quarterly dividends		$	1.20	$	35	$	85	$	121

On August 1, 2022 and October 31, 2022, the Company also declared special dividends of $2.60 and $1.00 per share, or $261 million and $101 million, respectively, which were paid on August 22, 2022 and November 21, 2022, respectively. Of these amounts, IEP received $185 million and $71 million, respectively, due to its ownership interest in the Company’s shares.

For the first quarter of 2023, the Company, upon approval by the Board on May 1, 2023, declared a cash dividend of $0.50 per share, or $50 million, which is payable May 22, 2023 to shareholders of record as of May 15, 2023. Of this amount, IEP will receive $36 million due to its ownership interest in the Company’s shares.

Distributions, if any, including the payment, amount and timing thereof, are subject to change at the discretion of the UAN GP Board. The following tables present quarterly distributions paid by CVR Partners to its unitholders, including amounts received by the Company, during 2023 and 2022 (amounts presented in tables below may not add to totals presented due to rounding):



				Quarterly Distributions Paid (in millions)
Related Period	Date Paid	Quarterly Distributions Per Common Unit		Public Unitholders		CVR Energy		Total
2022 - 4th Quarter	March 13, 2023	$	10.50	$	70	$	41	$	111



				Quarterly Distributions Paid (in millions)
Related Period	Date Paid	Quarterly Distributions Per Common Unit		Public Unitholders		CVR Energy		Total
2021 - 4th Quarter	March 14, 2022	$	5.24	$	36	$	20	$	56
2022 - 1st Quarter	May 23, 2022	2.26		15		9		24
2022 - 2nd Quarter	August 22, 2022	10.05		67		39		106
2022 - 3rd Quarter	November 21, 2022	1.77		12		7		19
Total 2022 quarterly distributions		$	19.32	$	130	$	75	$	205