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style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">___________________________________</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="i672dfe5fadc848b39753342d586af2e1_D20211222-20211222" name="dei:DocumentType" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOjdkMzEyNjg1YzFkNTRiMjg5ZWZkODMzZGFjMWVmZGNmL3NlYzo3ZDMxMjY4NWMxZDU0YjI4OWVmZDgzM2RhYzFlZmRjZl8xL2ZyYWc6YzJmODAyMTU3MTU3NDJhMDllZjM2ZjViOTkwOTIxYTIvdGV4dHJlZ2lvbjpjMmY4MDIxNTcxNTc0MmEwOWVmMzZmNWI5OTA5MjFhMl8xMjI_6431600e-5cc2-4fd0-a02f-da72656219bf">8-K</ix:nonNumeric></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">CURRENT REPORT</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New 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Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Emerging growth company </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="i672dfe5fadc848b39753342d586af2e1_D20211222-20211222" name="dei:EntityEmergingGrowthCompany" format="ixt-sec:boolballotbox" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOjdkMzEyNjg1YzFkNTRiMjg5ZWZkODMzZGFjMWVmZGNmL3NlYzo3ZDMxMjY4NWMxZDU0YjI4OWVmZDgzM2RhYzFlZmRjZl8xL2ZyYWc6YzJmODAyMTU3MTU3NDJhMDllZjM2ZjViOTkwOTIxYTIvdGV4dHJlZ2lvbjpjMmY4MDIxNTcxNTc0MmEwOWVmMzZmNWI5OTA5MjFhMl8xMzkz_de105b3e-0003-41fe-a5a9-acc71cfabe3e">&#9744;</ix:nonNumeric></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9744;</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On December 22, 2021, CVR Energy, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) entered into an employment agreement, effective immediately (the &#8220;Employment Agreement&#8221;)</span><span style="color:#70ad47;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">,</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> with David L. Lamp, the Company&#8217;s President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Company&#8217;s Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;), which supersedes and replaces Mr. Lamp&#8217;s prior employment agreement dated November 1, 2017 (the &#8220;Prior Agreement&#8221;). This revised Employment Agreement contains terms substantially similar to the Prior Agreement, the terms of which are described in the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 7, 2017 and incorporated herein, subject to certain changes described herein. Under the Employment Agreement, Mr. Lamp&#8217;s base salary increased to $1,100,000. In addition to his eligibility to receive an annual cash bonus with a target equal to 150% of his base salary under the performance-based bonus plan approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board, Mr. Lamp is also entitled to receive an annual Incentive Unit Award (&#8220;Incentive Award&#8221;) equal to 150% of his base salary under or in connection with the Company&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan, or its successor (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;), which Incentive Awards vest ratably on each of the three years following the grant date, subject to certain customary forfeiture and acceleration provisions, including acceleration of all Incentive Awards issued more than one year preceding a termination other than for Cause (as defined in the Employment Agreement) or resignation for Good Reason (as defined in the Employment Agreement). The Employment Agreement expires on December 31, 2024, and contains other terms customary for agreements of this type, including confidentiality, non-disparagement and non-competition obligations.  </span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Also on December&#160;22, 2021, the Company and Mr. Lamp entered into an Amendment to Performance Unit Award Agreement (the &#8220;Amendment&#8221;), which extends the Performance Cycle end-date of the Performance Unit Award Agreement dated November 1, 2017, the terms of which are described in the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 7, 2017 and incorporated herein, from December 31, 2021 to December 31, 2024.  </span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The summaries of the Employment Agreement and the Amendment are qualified in their entirety by the text of such documents, filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(d) Exhibits</span></div><div style="padding-left:58.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-56.25pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following exhibits are being &#8220;furnished&#8221; as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:</span></div><div style="text-indent:18pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.415%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:8.311%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:89.489%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Number</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Exhibit Description</span></div></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10.1</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:107%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:107%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit101-lampemploymenta.htm">Employment Agreement, dated as of</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:107%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit101-lampemploymenta.htm"> </a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:107%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit101-lampemploymenta.htm">December 22, 2021</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:107%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit101-lampemploymenta.htm">,</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:107%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit101-lampemploymenta.htm"> by and between CVR Energy, Inc. and David L. Lamp.</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10.2</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:107%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:107%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit102-lampperformance.htm">Amendment to P</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:107%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit102-lampperformance.htm">erformance Unit Award Agreement, dated as of </a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:107%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit102-lampperformance.htm">December 22, 2021</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:107%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit102-lampperformance.htm">, by and between CVR Energy, Inc. and David L. Lamp.</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">104</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:24pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SIGNATURES</span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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.</span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Date: December 27, 2021 </span></div><div style="text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:49.122%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.185%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:84.615%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">CVR Energy, Inc.</span></td></tr><tr style="height:21pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">/s/ Dane J. Neumann</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Dane J. Neumann</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div></body></html>
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cvi-20211222
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
___________________________________
FORM
8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
___________________________________
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
December 22, 2021
CVR ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-33492
61-1512186
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
2277 Plaza Drive, Suite 500
Sugar Land
,
Texas
77479
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(
281
)
207-3200
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
CVI
The New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On December 22, 2021, CVR Energy, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an employment agreement, effective immediately (the "Employment Agreement")
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with David L. Lamp, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"), which supersedes and replaces Mr. Lamp's prior employment agreement dated November 1, 2017 (the "Prior Agreement"). This revised Employment Agreement contains terms substantially similar to the Prior Agreement, the terms of which are described in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 7, 2017 and incorporated herein, subject to certain changes described herein. Under the Employment Agreement, Mr. Lamp's base salary increased to $1,100,000. In addition to his eligibility to receive an annual cash bonus with a target equal to 150% of his base salary under the performance-based bonus plan approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board, Mr. Lamp is also entitled to receive an annual Incentive Unit Award ("Incentive Award") equal to 150% of his base salary under or in connection with the Company's Second Amended and Restated 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan, or its successor (the "Plan"), which Incentive Awards vest ratably on each of the three years following the grant date, subject to certain customary forfeiture and acceleration provisions, including acceleration of all Incentive Awards issued more than one year preceding a termination other than for Cause (as defined in the Employment Agreement) or resignation for Good Reason (as defined in the Employment Agreement). The Employment Agreement expires on December 31, 2024, and contains other terms customary for agreements of this type, including confidentiality, non-disparagement and non-competition obligations.
Also on December 22, 2021, the Company and Mr. Lamp entered into an Amendment to Performance Unit Award Agreement (the "Amendment"), which extends the Performance Cycle end-date of the Performance Unit Award Agreement dated November 1, 2017, the terms of which are described in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 7, 2017 and incorporated herein, from December 31, 2021 to December 31, 2024.
The summaries of the Employment Agreement and the Amendment are qualified in their entirety by the text of such documents, filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibits are being "furnished" as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
10.1
Employment Agreement, dated as of
December 22, 2021
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by and between CVR Energy, Inc. and David L. Lamp.
10.2
Amendment to P
erformance Unit Award Agreement, dated as of
December 22, 2021
, by and between CVR Energy, Inc. and David L. Lamp.
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
SIGNATURES
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.
Date: December 27, 2021
CVR Energy, Inc.
By:
/s/ Dane J. Neumann
Dane J. Neumann
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer