SUGAR LAND, Texas, Jan. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CVR Energy, Inc.
(NYSE: CVI), a refiner and marketer of petroleum fuels and the
majority owner of a nitrogen fertilizer products manufacturer,
today issued the following statement in response to an investment
in the company made by entities associated with Carl Icahn.
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"We appreciate Mr. Icahn's interest in CVR Energy and his shared
view that the company is a valuable investment opportunity," said
Chief Executive Officer Jack
Lipinski. "We welcome the views of all of our shareholders
and routinely consider their thoughts on business and strategy as
we pursue our common goal of increasing shareholder value."
About CVR Energy, Inc.
Headquartered in Sugar Land,
Texas, CVR Energy, Inc.'s subsidiary and affiliated
businesses include an independent refiner that operates a 115,000
barrel per day refinery in Coffeyville,
Kan., and markets high value transportation fuels supplied
to customers through tanker trucks and pipeline terminals, and a
crude oil gathering system serving central Kansas, Oklahoma, western Missouri and southwest Nebraska. In
addition, CVR Energy subsidiaries own a majority interest in and
serve as the general partner of CVR Partners, LP, a producer of
ammonia and urea ammonium nitrate, or UAN, fertilizers.
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SOURCE CVR Energy, Inc.