Item 5.02. Departure of Directors of Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On July 7, 2021, David Willetts was appointed to the board of directors (the "Board") of CVR Energy, Inc. (the "Company"), as well as to the Board's Compensation Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and Special Committee. Mr. Willetts was affirmatively determined by the Board to be qualified to serve on the Board and its committees.

Mr. Willetts has been the Chief Financial Officer and a director of Icahn Enterprises L.P. ("Icahn Enterprises"), a diversified holding company engaged in a variety of businesses, including investment, automotive, energy, food packaging, metals, real estate, and home fashion, since June 2021. Prior to Icahn Enterprises, he served as a managing director at AlixPartners, a global consulting firm which specializes in improving corporate financial and operational performance and executing corporate turnarounds. Since 2012, Mr. Willetts has worked continuously with Private Equity firms and public companies in the industrial, automotive, consumer products, retail, and energy sectors. Mr. Willetts has been a director of CVR GP, LLC, the general partner of CVR Partners, LP, a nitrogen fertilizer company, since July 2021; and a director and chairman of the board of Viskase Companies, Inc., a meat casing company, since June 2021. Icahn Enterprises, CVR Partners, LP, and Viskase Companies, Inc. are indirectly controlled by Carl C. Icahn. Mr. Willetts graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1997 Summa Cum Laude, with a B.A. in business, with a double concentration in accounting and finance.

Mr. Icahn indirectly owns approximately 71% of the common shares of CVR Energy, Inc. Other than the foregoing, as of the date of his appointment, Mr. Willetts is not a party to any transactions that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K and there are no other arrangements or understandings between him and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as a director. Mr. Willetts will not receive compensation for his service on the Board or its committees.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits



The following exhibit is being "furnished" as part of this Current Report on
Form 8-K:

   Exhibit     Exhibit Description
    Number

     104       Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within
               the Inline XBRL document).

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