Delaware | | | | | 56-2677689 | |
Delaware | | | | | 45-2714410 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | | | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
Large accelerated filer ☐ | | | Accelerated filer ☒ |
Non-accelerated filer ☐ | | | Smaller reporting company ☐ |
| | | Emerging growth company ☐ |
Exact name of additional registrant guarantor as specified in its charter* | | | State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization | | | I.R.S. Employer Identification No. |
Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers, LLC | | | Delaware | | | 20-0465889 |
CVR Nitrogen, LP | | | Delaware | | | 45-2714747 |
CVR Nitrogen GP, LLC | | | Delaware | | | 45-2714410 |
CVR Nitrogen Holdings, LLC | | | Delaware | | | 81-2685118 |
East Dubuque Nitrogen Fertilizers, LLC | | | Delaware | | | 36-3536929 |
* | The address and telephone number of each additional registrant guarantor’s principal executive office is 2277 Plaza Drive, Suite 500 Sugar Land, Texas 77479, telephone (281) 207-3200. The agent for service for each additional registrant guarantor is Melissa M. Buhrig, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, CVR GP, LLC, 2277 Plaza Drive, Suite 500, Sugar Land, Texas 77479, telephone (281) 207-3200. |

• | our ability to generate distributable cash or make cash distributions on our common units, including reserves and future uses of cash; |
• | the ability of our general partner to modify or revoke our distribution policy at any time; |
• | the volatile nature of our business and the variable nature of our distributions; |
• | the severity, magnitude, duration, and impact of the novel coronavirus 2019 and any variants thereof (collectively, “COVID-19”) pandemic and of businesses’ and governments’ responses to such pandemic on our operations, personnel, commercial activity, and supply and demand across our and our customers’ and suppliers’ businesses; |
• | changes in market conditions and market volatility arising from the COVID-19 pandemic or inflation, including fertilizer, natural gas, and other commodity prices, and the impact of such changes on our operating results and financial position; |
• | the cyclical and seasonal nature of our business; |
• | the impact of weather on our business, including our ability to produce, market, sell, transport or deliver fertilizer products profitably or at all, and on commodity supply and/or pricing; |
• | the dependence of our operations on a few third-party suppliers, including providers of transportation services, and equipment; |
• | our reliance on, or our ability to procure economically or at all, pet coke we purchase from CVR Energy and other third-party suppliers; |
• | our reliance on the natural gas, electricity, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur processing, compressed dry air and other products that we purchase from third parties; |
• | the supply, availability, and prices of essential raw materials and the effects of inflation thereupon; |
• | our production levels, including the risk of a material decline in those levels, including our ability to upgrade ammonia to UAN; |
• | product pricing, including contracted sales and our ability to realize market prices, in full or at all; |
• | accidents or other unscheduled shutdowns or interruptions affecting our facilities, machinery, or equipment, or those of our suppliers or customers; |
• | potential operating hazards from accidents, fire, severe weather, tornadoes, floods or other natural disasters; |
• | our ability to obtain, retain, or renew permits, licenses and authorizations to operate our business; |
• | competition in the nitrogen fertilizer business and foreign wheat and coarse grain production, including impacts thereto as a result of farm planting acreage, domestic and global supply and demand, and domestic or international duties tariffs or similar costs; |
• | capital expenditures; |
• | existing and future laws, rulings and regulations, including but not limited to those relating to the environment, climate change, and/or the transportation or production of hazardous chemicals like ammonia, including potential liabilities or capital requirements arising from such laws, rulings, or regulations; |
• | Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) issues, including but not limited to, compliance with ESG-related recommendations or directives and risks or impacts relating thereto, whether from regulators, rating agencies, lenders, investors, litigants, customers, vendors, the public or others; |
• | alternative energy or fuel sources and impacts on corn prices (ethanol), and the end-use and application of fertilizers; |
• | risks of terrorism, cybersecurity attacks, the security of chemical manufacturing facilities and other matters beyond our control; |
• | political disturbances, geopolitical instability and tensions, and associated changes in global trade policies and economic sanctions, including, but not limited to, in connection with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and any ongoing conflicts in the region; |
• | our lack of asset diversification; |
• | our dependence on significant customers and the creditworthiness and performance by counterparties; |
• | our potential loss of transportation cost advantage over our competitors; |
• | risks associated with third party operation of or control over important facilities necessary for operation of our nitrogen fertilizer facilities; |
• | the volatile nature of ammonia, potential liability for accidents involving ammonia including damage or injury to persons, property, the environment or human health and increased costs related to the transport or production of ammonia; |
• | our potential inability to successfully implement our business strategies, including the completion of significant capital programs or projects; |
• | our reliance on CVR Energy’s senior management team and conflicts of interest they may face operating each of CVR Partners and CVR Energy; |
• | control of our general partner by CVR Energy; |
• | our ability to continue to license the technology used in our operations; |
• | the potential inability to successfully implement our business strategies at all or on time and within our anticipated budgets, including significant capital programs or projects and turnarounds at our fertilizer facilities; |
• | restrictions in our debt agreements; |
• | asset impairments and impacts thereof; |
• | asset useful life; |
• | realizable inventory value; |
• | the number of investors willing to hold or acquire our common units; |
• | our ability to issue securities or obtain financing; |
• | changes in tax and other law, regulations and policies; |
• | ability to qualify for and receive the benefit of 45Q tax credits; |
• | changes in our treatment as a partnership for U.S. federal income or state tax purposes; |
• | rulings, judgments or settlements in litigation, tax or other legal or regulatory matters; |
• | instability and volatility in the capital, credit and commodities markets and in the global economy, including due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict; |
• | competition with CVR Energy and its affiliates; |
• | transactions and/or conflicts with CVR Energy’s controlling shareholder; |
• | the value of payouts under our equity and non-equity incentive plans; and |
• | our ability to recover under our insurance policies for damages or losses in full or at all. |
• | working capital; |
• | capital expenditures; |
• | acquisitions; and |
• | the repayment, refinancing, redemption or repurchase of indebtedness or other securities. |
• | whether Finance Corp. will be a co-issuer of the debt securities; |
• | the title of the debt securities; |
• | the extent, if any, to which the debt securities are subordinated in right of payment to our other indebtedness; |
• | any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities; |
• | the persons to whom any interest on the debt securities will be payable, if other than the registered holders thereof on the regular record date therefor; |
• | the date or dates on which the principal of the debt securities will be payable; |
• | the rate or rates at which the debt securities will bear interest, if any, and the date or dates from which interest will accrue; |
• | the dates on which interest will be payable and the regular record dates for interest payment dates; |
• | the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the debt securities will be payable; |
• | the period or periods, if any, within which, and the price or prices at which, the debt securities may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at our option; |
• | our obligation, if any, to redeem or purchase the debt securities pursuant to sinking fund or similar provisions and the terms and conditions of any such redemption or purchase; |
• | the denominations in which the debt securities will be issuable, if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; |
• | the currency, currencies or currency units, if other than currency of the United States of America, in which payment of the principal of and any premium or interest on the debt securities will be payable, and the terms and conditions of any elections that may be made available with respect thereto; |
• | any index or formula used to determine the amount of payments of principal of and any premium or interest on the debt securities; |
• | whether the debt securities are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global securities and, if so, the identity of the depositary, if any, for the global securities; |
• | the terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the debt securities are convertible into or exchangeable for common units or other securities of the Partnership or any other person; |
• | the principal amount (or any portion of the principal amount) of the debt securities which will be payable upon any declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the debt securities pursuant to an event of default; |
• | whether the debt securities will be guaranteed by any guarantors, and if so, the identity of the guarantors and, to the extent the terms thereof differ from those described in this prospectus, a description of the terms of the guarantees; |
• | the applicability to the debt securities of the provisions described in “—Defeasance” below; and |
• | any other terms applicable to that series in accordance with the Indenture, which could be different from those described in this prospectus. |
• | the debt securities will be issued only in fully registered form (without coupons) in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; and |
• | payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities will be payable, and the exchange, conversion, and transfer of debt securities will be registrable, at our office or agency maintained for those purposes and at any other office or agency maintained for those purposes. No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of the debt securities, but we may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith. |
• | DTC notifies us that it is unwilling, unable or has ceased to be a clearing agency under the Exchange Act and we do not appoint another institution to act as depositary within 90 days; or |
• | we notify the Trustee that we wish to terminate that global security. |
(1) | the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Company”) will (a) be a company, corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State of the United States or the District of Columbia and the Successor Company (if not the Partnership) will expressly assume, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, all the obligations of the applicable issuer under the debt securities of any series and the Indenture; provided that if the Successor Company is not a corporation, a corporate wholly owned subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia shall become a co-issuer of such debt securities; |
(2) | immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no event of default shall have occurred and be continuing; and |
(3) | the Partnership shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (as each is defined in the Indenture), each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, and such supplemental indenture (if any), comply with the Indenture and that all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with. |
(1) | default in any payment of interest on any debt security of that series when due and the continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; |
(2) | default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on any debt security of that series when due at its stated maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise; |
(3) | default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a debt security of that series and continuance of such default for a period of 60 days; |
(4) | default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant (other than a covenant or a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere specifically dealt with as an Event of Default or which has been expressly included in the Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of debt securities other than that series) for a period of 90 days after written notice thereof has been given to us as provided in the Indenture; |
(5) | specified events of bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization involving us; and |
(6) | any other Event of Default provided with respect to debt securities of that series. |
(1) | such holder has previously given the Trustee notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the debt securities of that series; |
(2) | holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of such series have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy in respect of such Event of Default; |
(3) | such holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense; |
(4) | the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and |
(5) | the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of such series have not given the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period. |
(1) | reduce the percentage in principal amount of debt securities of such series whose holders must consent to an amendment; |
(2) | reduce the stated rate of or extend the stated time for payment of interest on any such debt security; |
(3) | reduce the principal of or extend the stated maturity of any such debt security; |
(4) | reduce the premium payable upon the redemption or repurchase of any such debt security or change the time at which any such debt security may be redeemed or repurchased pursuant to the Indenture or any supplemental indenture; |
(5) | change the place or currency of payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any such debt security; |
(6) | impair the right of any holder to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on such holder’s debt securities on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such holder’s debt securities; |
(7) | release any guarantor from any of its obligations under its guarantee, except in accordance with the terms of the indenture or the debt securities for which such guarantor has provided a guarantee; or |
(8) | make any change in the amendment provisions which require each holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions for such securities. |
(1) | all such notes that have been authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen or destroyed notes that have been replaced or paid and notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or |
(2) | all such notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation: (i) have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise, (ii) will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one year, or (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Partnership, and the Partnership, in each case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with such Trustee, as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the holders, cash in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations (as defined in the Indenture), or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption, as the case may be; |
(3) | we have paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it with respect to notes under the Indenture; and |
(4) | we have delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be. |
(1) | in case such guarantor will consolidate with or merge into another Person or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its properties and assets to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which such guarantor is merged or the Person which acquires by sale, conveyance or transfer, or which leases, all or substantially all the properties and assets of such guarantor will be a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or trust, will be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the performance or observance of every covenant of the Indenture and any guarantees on the part of such guarantor to be performed or observed; and |
(2) | immediately after giving effect to such transaction no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing. |
• | the highest price paid by our general partner or any of its affiliates for any limited partner interests of the class purchased within the 90 days preceding the date on which our general partner first mails notice of its election to purchase those limited partner interests; and |
• | the average of the daily closing prices of the limited partner interests over the 20 trading days preceding the date three days before notice of exercise of the call right is first mailed. |
• | represents that the transferee has the capacity, power and authority to become bound by our partnership agreement; |
• | automatically agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of, and is deemed to have executed, our partnership agreement; and |
• | gives the consents and approvals contained in our partnership agreement. |
Issuance of additional partnership interests | | | No approval right. Please read “—Issuance of Additional Partner Interests.” |
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Amendment of our partnership agreement | | | Certain amendments may be made by our general partner without the approval of the common unitholders. Other amendments generally require the approval of a unit majority. Please read “Description of Our Partnership Agreement—Amendment of Our Partnership Agreement.” |
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Merger of our partnership or the sale of all or substantially all of our assets | | | Unit majority in certain circumstances. Please read “—Merger, Sale or Other Disposition of Assets.” |
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Dissolution of the Partnership | | | Unit majority. Please read “Description of Our Partnership Agreement—Termination and Dissolution.” |
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Continuation of the Partnership upon dissolution | | | Unit majority. Please read “Description of Our Partnership Agreement—Termination and Dissolution.” |
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Withdrawal of our general partner | | | Our general partner may withdraw as general partner without first obtaining approval of any unitholder by giving 90 days’ written notice, and that withdrawal will not constitute a violation of our partnership agreement. Please read “Description of Our Partnership Agreement—Withdrawal or Removal of Our General Partner.” |
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Removal of our general partner | | | Not less than 66 2/3% of the outstanding common units, voting together as a single class, including common units held by our general partner and its affiliates. Please read “Description of Our Partnership Agreement—Withdrawal or Removal of Our General Partner.” |
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Transfer of the general partner interest | | | Our general partner may transfer all or any part of its general partner interest in us without a vote of our unitholders. Please read “Description of Partnership Agreement—Transfer of General Partner Interest.” |
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Transfer of ownership interests in our general partner | | | No approval rights at any time. Please read “Description of Our Partnership Agreement—Transfer of Ownership Interests in Our General Partner.” |
• | the designation, stated value and liquidation preference of the preferred units and the number of preferred units offered; |
• | the price at which the preferred units will be issued; |
• | the conversion or exchange provisions of the preferred units; |
• | any redemption or sinking fund provisions of the preferred units; |
• | the distribution rights of the preferred units, if any; |
• | a discussion of any additional material federal income tax considerations regarding the preferred units; and |
• | any additional rights, preferences, privileges, limitations and restrictions of the preferred units. |
• | the title of the rights and the aggregate number outstanding; |
• | the date of determining the unitholders entitled to the rights distribution; |
• | the number of rights issued or to be issued to each unitholder; |
• | the exercise price payable for each common unit, preferred unit or other securities upon the exercise of the rights; |
• | the number and terms of the common units, preferred units or other securities which may be purchased per each right; |
• | the extent to which the rights are transferable; |
• | the date on which the holder’s ability to exercise the rights shall commence, and the date on which the rights shall expire; |
• | the extent to which the rights may include an over-subscription privilege with respect to unsubscribed securities; |
• | if applicable, the material terms of any standby underwriting or purchase arrangement entered into by us in connection with the offering of such rights; and |
• | any other terms of the rights, including the terms, procedures, conditions and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the rights. |
• | the title of the warrants; |
• | the aggregate number of warrants; |
• | the price or prices at which the warrants will be issued; |
• | the currency or currencies, including composite currencies or currency units, in which the price of the warrants may be payable if not payable in U.S. dollars; |
• | the designation, number or aggregate principal amount and terms of the securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants, and the procedures and conditions relating to the exercise of the warrants; |
• | any provisions for adjustment of the number or amount of securities receivable upon exercise of the warrants or the exercise price of the warrants; |
• | the date on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence, and the date on which the right will expire; |
• | the designation and terms of any related securities with which the warrants are issued, and the number of the warrants issued with each security; |
• | the date, if any, on and after which the warrants and the related securities will be separately transferable; |
• | the maximum or minimum number of warrants that may be exercised at any time; |
• | the terms of any mandatory or optional redemption by us; |
• | the identity of the warrant agent; |
• | information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any; |
• | if appropriate, a discussion of material U.S. federal income tax considerations; and |
• | any other terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the warrants. |
• | Our unitholders have no contractual or other legal right to receive cash distributions from us on a quarterly or other basis. Our general partner’s current policy is to distribute to our unitholders each quarter all of the available cash we generate each quarter, as determined quarterly by the board of directors, but it may change this policy at any time. |
• | Our business performance is expected to be more seasonal and volatile, and our cash flows are expected to be less stable, than the business performance and cash flows of most publicly traded partnerships. As a result, our quarterly cash distributions will be volatile and are expected to vary quarterly and annually. Unlike most publicly traded partnerships, we do not have a minimum quarterly distribution or employ structures intended to consistently maintain or increase quarterly distributions over time. Furthermore, none of our limited partnership interests, including those held by CVR Services are subordinate in right of distribution payment to the common units. |
• | The amount of distributions we pay under our cash distribution policy and the decision to make any distribution is determined by the board of directors of our general partner. Our partnership agreement does not provide for any minimum quarterly distributions. |
• | Under Section 17-607 of the Delaware Act, we may not make a distribution to our limited partners if the distribution would cause our liabilities to exceed the fair value of our assets. |
• | Our distribution policy may be subject to restrictions on distributions under our current and future agreements governing our indebtedness, including our ABL credit facility (the “ABL Credit Facility”) and the indenture (the “Indenture”) governing our 6.125% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2028. The ABL Credit Facility and the Indenture restrict our ability to make distributions unless we are in compliance with certain financial tests and covenants therein. Should we be unable to satisfy such financial covenants or if we are otherwise in default under the ABL Credit Facility or the Indenture, we may be prohibited from making cash distributions to you notwithstanding our stated cash distribution policy. |
• | Our general partner has the authority to establish cash reserves for the prudent conduct of our business, and the establishment of or increase in those reserves could result in a reduction in cash distributions to our unitholders. Our partnership agreement does not set a limit on the amount of cash reserves that our general partner may establish. Any decision to establish cash reserves made by our general partner in good faith will be binding on our unitholders. |
• | Prior to making any distributions on our units, we will reimburse our general partner and its affiliates for all direct and indirect expenses they incur on our behalf. Our partnership agreement provides that our general partner will determine in good faith the expenses that are allocable to us but does not limit the amount of expenses for which our general partner and its affiliates may be reimbursed. The reimbursement of expenses and payment of fees, if any, to our general partner and its affiliates will reduce the amount of cash to pay distributions to our unitholders. |
• | We may lack sufficient cash to make distributions to our unitholders due to a number of factors that would adversely affect us, including but not limited to decreases in net sales or increases in operating expenses, principal and interest payments on debt, working capital requirements, capital expenditures or anticipated cash needs. |
• | with regard to distributions of available cash, please read “Description of Common Units and Preferred Units—Cash Distributions” and “Cash Distribution Policy and Restrictions on Distributions”; |
• | with regard to the duties of, and standard of care applicable to, our general partner, please read “Conflicts of Interest and Fiduciary Duties”; |
• | with regard to the voting rights of common units, please read “Description of Common Units and Preferred Units—Voting Rights”; |
• | with regard to the transfer of common units, please read “Description of Common Units and Preferred Units—Transfer of Common Units”; and |
• | with regard to allocations of taxable income and taxable loss, please read “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences.” |
• | arising out of or relating in any way to the partnership agreement (including any claims, suits or actions to interpret, apply or enforce the provisions of the partnership agreement or the duties, obligations or liabilities among limited partners or of limited partners to us, or the rights or powers of, or restrictions on, the limited partners or us); |
• | brought in a derivative manner on our behalf; |
• | asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of us or our general partner, or owed by our general partner, to us or the limited partners; |
• | asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “Delaware Act”); or |
• | asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. |
• | to remove or replace our general partner, |
• | to approve some amendments to our partnership agreement, or |
• | to take other action under our partnership agreement, |
(1) | enlarge the obligations of any limited partner without its consent, unless approved by at least a majority of the type or class of partner interests so affected; or |
(2) | enlarge the obligations of, restrict, change or modify in any way any action by or rights of, or reduce in any way the amounts distributable, reimbursable or otherwise payable by us to our general partner or any of its affiliates without the consent of our general partner, which consent may be given or withheld in its sole discretion. |
• | a change in our name, the location of our principal place of business, our registered agent or our registered office; |
• | the admission, substitution, withdrawal or removal of partners in accordance with our partnership agreement; |
• | a change that our general partner determines to be necessary or appropriate for us to qualify or to continue our qualification as a limited partnership or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability under the laws of any state or to ensure that neither we nor our subsidiaries will be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise taxed as an entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes; |
• | an amendment that is necessary, in the opinion of our counsel, to prevent us or our general partner or CVR Energy or their directors, officers, agents, or trustees from in any manner being subjected to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or “plan asset” regulations adopted under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or ERISA, regardless of whether such are substantially similar to plan asset regulations currently applied or proposed by the United States Department of Labor; |
• | an amendment that our general partner determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the creation, authorization, or issuance of any class or series of partnership interests or any options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to an equity interest in the Partnership, as otherwise permitted by our partnership agreement; |
• | any amendment expressly permitted in our partnership agreement to be made by our general partner acting alone; |
• | an amendment effected, necessitated or contemplated by a merger agreement that has been approved in accordance with the terms of our partnership agreement; |
• | an amendment that our general partner determines to be necessary or appropriate to reflect and account for the formation by us of, or our investment in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity, as otherwise permitted by our partnership agreement; |
• | a change in our fiscal year or taxable year and related changes; |
• | mergers with or conveyances to another limited liability entity that is newly formed and has no assets, liabilities or operations at the time of the merger or conveyance other than those it receives by way of the merger or conveyance; or |
• | any other amendments substantially similar to any of the matters described above. |
• | do not adversely affect in any material respect the partners considered as a whole or any particular class of partners; |
• | are necessary or appropriate to satisfy any requirements, conditions, or guidelines contained in any opinion, directive, order, ruling, or regulation of any federal or state agency or judicial authority or contained in any federal or state statute; |
• | are necessary or appropriate to facilitate the trading of limited partner interests or to comply with any rule, regulation, guideline, or requirement of any securities exchange on which the limited partner interests are or will be listed for or admitted to trading; |
• | are necessary or appropriate for any action taken by our general partner relating to splits or combinations of common units under the provisions of our partnership agreement; or |
• | are required to effect the intent expressed in the prospectus filed as part of our initial registration statement on Form S-1 or the intent of the provisions of our partnership agreement or are otherwise contemplated by our partnership agreement. |
(1) | the election of our general partner to dissolve us, if approved by the holders of common units representing a unit majority; |
(2) | there being no limited partners, unless we are continued without dissolution in accordance with applicable Delaware law; |
(3) | the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of our partnership; or |
(4) | the withdrawal or removal of our general partner or any other event that results in its ceasing to be our general partner other than by reason of a transfer of its general partner interest in accordance with our partnership agreement or withdrawal or removal following approval and admission of a successor. |
• | the action would not result in the loss of limited liability under Delaware law of any limited partner; and |
• | neither our partnership nor any successor limited partnership would be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise be taxable as an entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes upon the exercise of such right to continue (to the extent not already so treated or taxed). |
• | obtain proof of the nationality, citizenship or other related status of our limited partner (and their owners, to the extent relevant); and |
• | permit us to redeem the common units held by any person whose nationality, citizenship or other related status creates substantial risk of cancellation or forfeiture of any property or who fails to comply with the procedures instituted by the board to obtain proof of the nationality, citizenship or other related status. The redemption price in the case of such redemption will be the average of the daily closing prices per unit for the 20 consecutive trading days immediately prior to the date set for redemption. The redemption price will be paid in cash or by delivery of a promissory note, as determined by our general partner. |
• | obtain proof of the U.S. federal income tax status of our partner (and their owners, to the extent relevant); and |
• | permit us to redeem the common units held by any person whose tax status has or is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the maximum applicable rates or who fails to comply with the procedures instituted by the general partner to obtain proof of the U.S. federal income tax status. The redemption price in the case of such redemption will be the average of the daily closing prices per unit for the 20 consecutive trading days immediately prior to the date set for redemption. The redemption price will be paid in cash or by delivery of a promissory note, as determined by our general partner. |
(1) | our general partner; |
(2) | any departing general partner; |
(3) | any person who is or was a director, officer, fiduciary, trustee, manager or managing member of us or our subsidiary, our general partner or any departing general partner; |
(4) | any person who is or was a manager, managing member, director, officer, employee, agent, fiduciary or trustee of us of our subsidiary, our general partner, any departing general partner or any of their respective affiliates; |
(5) | any person who is or was serving as a director, officer, fiduciary, trustee, manager or managing member of another person owing a fiduciary duty to us or our subsidiary at the request of a general partner or any departing general partner; |
(6) | any person who controls or has previously controlled, directly or indirectly, our general partner; or |
(7) | any person designated by our general partner. |
(1) | a current list of the name and last known address of each record holder; |
(2) | information as to the amount of cash, and a description and statement of the agreed value of any other capital contribution, contributed or to be contributed by each partner and the date on which each became a partner; |
(3) | copies of our partnership agreement, our certificate of limited partnership, related amendments and powers of attorney under which they have been executed; |
(4) | information regarding the status of our business and financial condition (provided that obligation shall be satisfied to the extent the limited partner is furnished our most recent annual report and any subsequent quarterly or periodic reports required to be filed (or which would be required to be filed) with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act); and |
(5) | any other information regarding our affairs that our general partner determines is just and reasonable. |
• | approved by the conflicts committee of the board of directors of our general partner, although our general partner is not obligated to seek such approval; |
• | approved by the vote of a majority of the outstanding common units, excluding any units owned by the general partner or any of its affiliates, although our general partner is not obligated to seek such approval; |
• | on terms no less favorable to us than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties; or |
• | fair and reasonable to us, taking into account the totality of the relationships between the parties involved, including other transactions that may be particularly favorable or advantageous to us. |
• | permits our general partner to make a number of decisions in its individual capacity, as opposed to its capacity as general partner, thereby entitling our general partner to consider only the interests and factors that it desires, and imposes no duty or obligation on our general partner to give any consideration to any interest of, or factors affecting, us, our affiliates or any limited partner; |
• | provides that our general partner shall not have any liability to us or our unitholders for decisions made in its capacity as general partner so long as it acted in good faith, meaning it believed that the decision was in the best interests of our partnership; |
• | generally provides that affiliated transactions and resolutions of conflicts of interest not approved by the conflicts committee of the board of directors of our general partner and not involving a vote of unitholders must be on terms no less favorable to us than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties or be “fair and reasonable” to us, as determined by our general partner in |
• | provides that our general partner and its officers and directors will not be liable for monetary damages to us or our limited partners for any acts or omissions unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that the general partner or its officers or directors acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud or willful misconduct or, in the case of a criminal matter, acted with knowledge that the conduct was criminal; and |
• | provides that in resolving conflicts of interest, it will be presumed that in making its decision, the general partner or its conflicts committee acted in good faith, and in any proceeding brought by or on behalf of any limited partner or the Partnership, the person bringing or prosecuting such proceeding will have the burden of overcoming such presumption. |
• | the expenses associated with being a public company and other general and administrative expenses; |
• | interest expense and other financing costs related to current and future indebtedness; |
• | amount and timing of asset purchases and sales; |
• | cash expenditures; |
• | borrowings; and |
• | issuance of additional units. |
• | approved by a majority of the members of our conflicts committee; |
• | approved by a majority of outstanding common units (excluding those owned by our general partner and its affiliates); |
• | on terms no less favorable to us than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties; or |
• | “fair and reasonable” to us, taking into account the totality of the relationships between the parties involved (including other transactions that may be particularly favorable or advantageous to us) |
• | the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money, the assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness and other liabilities, the issuance of evidences of indebtedness, including indebtedness that is convertible into securities of the Partnership, and the incurring of any other obligations; |
• | the making of tax, regulatory and other filings, or rendering of periodic or other reports to governmental or other agencies having jurisdiction over our business or assets; |
• | the acquisition, disposition, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or exchange of any or all of our assets or the merger or other combination of us with or into another person; |
• | the negotiation, execution and performance of any contracts, conveyances or other instruments; |
• | the distribution of partnership cash; |
• | the selection and dismissal of employees and agents, outside attorneys, accountants, consultants and contractors and the determination of their compensation and other terms of employment or hiring; |
• | the maintenance of insurance for our benefit and the benefit of our partners; |
• | the formation of, or acquisition of an interest in, and the contribution of property and the making of loans to, any further limited or general partnerships, joint ventures, corporations, limited liability companies or other entities; |
• | the control of any matters affecting our rights and obligations, including the bringing and defending of actions at law or in equity and otherwise engaging in the conduct of litigation, arbitration or mediation and the incurring of legal expense and the settlement of claims and litigation; |
• | the indemnification of any person against liabilities and contingencies to the extent permitted by law; |
• | the purchase, sale or other acquisition or disposition of our securities, or the issuance of additional options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to our securities; and |
• | the entering into of agreements with any of its affiliates to render services to us or to itself in the discharge of its duties as our general partner. |
State law fiduciary duty standards | | | Fiduciary duties are generally considered to include an obligation to act in good faith and with due care and loyalty. The duty of care, in the absence of a provision in a partnership agreement providing otherwise, would generally require a general partner to act for the Partnership in the same manner as a prudent person would act on his own behalf. The duty of loyalty, in the absence of a provision in a partnership agreement providing otherwise, would generally require that any action taken or transaction engaged in be entirely fair to the Partnership. |
Partnership agreement modified standards | | | Our partnership agreement contains provisions that waive or consent to conduct by our general partner and its affiliates that might otherwise raise issues as to compliance with fiduciary duties or applicable law. For example, our partnership agreement provides that when our general partner is acting in its capacity as our general partner, as opposed to in its individual capacity, it must act in “good faith” and will not be subject to any other standard under applicable law. In addition, when our general partner is acting in its individual capacity, as opposed to in its capacity as our general partner, it may act without any fiduciary obligation to us or the unitholders whatsoever. These contractual standards reduce the obligations to which our general partner would otherwise be held. |
| | | Our partnership agreement generally provides that affiliated transactions and resolutions of conflicts of interest not involving a vote of unitholders and that are not approved by the conflicts committee of the board of directors of our general partner must be: | |
| | | • on terms no less favorable to us than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties; or | |
| | | • “fair and reasonable” to us, taking into account the totality of the relationships between the parties involved (including other transactions that may be particularly favorable or advantageous to us). | |
| | | All conflicts of interest disclosed in this prospectus (including our agreements and other arrangements with CVR Energy) have been approved by all of our partners under the terms of our partnership agreement. | |
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| | | If our general partner does not seek approval from the conflicts committee of its board of directors or the common unitholders, and its board of directors determines that the resolution or course of action taken with respect to the conflict of interest satisfies either of the standards set forth in the bullet points above, then it will be presumed that, in making its decision, the board of directors, which may include board members affected by the conflict of interest, acted in good faith, and in any proceeding brought by or on behalf of any limited partner or the Partnership, the person bringing or prosecuting such proceeding will have the burden of overcoming such presumption. These standards reduce the obligations to which our general partner would otherwise be held. |
| | | Common Units Beneficially Owned Prior to the Offering | | | Maximum Number of Common Units Offered Hereby(2) | | | Percentage of Common Units Beneficially Owned Following the Offering(3)(4) | |||||||
Name of Selling Unitholder | | | Number | | | Percentage | | | Number | | | Number | | | Percentage |
CVR Services, LLC(1) | | | 3,892,000 | | | 36.8% | | | 3,892,000 | | | — | | | — |
(1) | CVR Services is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CVR Energy, with an address at 2277 Plaza Drive, Suite 500, Sugar Land, Texas 77479. CVR Energy may be deemed to have direct beneficial ownership of the common units held by CVR Services by virtue of its control of CVR Services. The directors of CVR Energy are Jaffrey A. Firestone, Hunter C. Gary, David L. Lamp, Stephen Mongillo, James M. Strock and David Willetts. |
(2) | Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act, this registration statement also shall cover any additional common units that become issuable, in connection with the common units registered for resale hereby, as a result of any unit splits, unit distributions or similar transactions that result in an increase in the number of our common units outstanding. |
(3) | Based on 10,569,637 common units outstanding as of August 1, 2022. |
(4) | Assumes that the selling unitholder will sell all of the common units offered hereby. We cannot assure you that the selling unitholder will sell all or any of the common units. |
• | We will be classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes; and |
• | Each of our operating subsidiaries will be treated as a partnership or will be disregarded as an entity separate from us for federal income tax purposes. |
• | In rendering its opinion, Baker Botts L.L.P. has relied on factual representations made by us and our general partner. The representations made by us and our general partner upon which Baker Botts L.L.P. has relied include: |
• | Neither we nor the operating subsidiaries has elected or will elect to be treated, or is otherwise treated, as a corporation for federal income tax purposes; |
• | Income treated as “qualifying income” on the basis of a private letter ruling is earned pursuant to processes, activities and arrangements consistent with the facts and circumstances described in the private letter ruling request and in the private letter ruling issued by the IRS; and |
• | For each taxable year, more than 90% of our gross income has been and will be income of the type that Baker Botts L.L.P. has opined or will opine is “qualifying income” within the meaning of Section 7704(d) of the Code, including income earned pursuant to the processes described in our private letter rulings. |
• | interest on indebtedness properly allocable to property held for investment; |
• | our interest expense attributed to portfolio income; and |
• | the portion of interest expense incurred to purchase or carry an interest in a passive activity to the extent attributable to portfolio income. |
• | his relative contributions to us; |
• | the interests of all the partners in profits and losses; |
• | the interest of all the partners in cash flows; and |
• | the rights of all the partners to distributions of capital upon liquidation. |
• | any of our income, gain, loss or deduction with respect to those units would not be reportable by the unitholder; |
• | any cash distributions received by the unitholder as to those units would be fully taxable; and |
• | while not entirely free from doubt, all of these distributions would appear to be ordinary income. |
• | the net amount of such unitholder’s allocable share of items of our income, gain, deduction and loss which are attributable to our conduct of a trade or business in the United States (generally excluding certain items related to our investment activities, including capital gains and dividends, which are subject to a federal income tax rate of 20%, and certain payments made to the unitholder for services rendered to us); and |
• | any gain recognized by such unitholder on the disposition of his common units to the extent such gain is attributable to certain Section 751 Assets, including depreciation recapture, depletion recapture and “inventory items” we own. |
• | a short sale; |
• | an offsetting notional principal contract; or |
• | a futures or forward contract; |
• | the name, address and taxpayer identification number of the beneficial owner and the nominee; |
• | whether the beneficial owner is: |
• | a person that is not a U.S. person; |
• | a foreign government, an international organization or any wholly owned agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing; or |
• | a tax-exempt entity; |
• | the amount and description of units held, acquired or transferred for the beneficial owner; and |
• | specific information including the dates of acquisitions and transfers, means of acquisitions and transfers, and acquisition cost for purchases, as well as the amount of net proceeds from dispositions. |
• | for which there is, or was, “substantial authority”; or |
• | as to which there is a reasonable basis and the pertinent facts of that position are disclosed on the return. |
• | accuracy-related penalties with a broader scope, significantly narrower exceptions, and potentially greater amounts than described above at “—Accuracy-Related Penalties”; |
• | for those persons otherwise entitled to deduct interest on federal tax deficiencies, non-deductibility of interest on any resulting tax liability; and |
• | in the case of a listed transaction, an extended statute of limitations. |
• | whose security is a publicly offered security (i.e., the equity interests are held by 100 or more investors independent of the issuer and each other, freely transferable within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations and registered under certain provisions of the federal securities laws); |
• | whose security is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940; |
• | which is an operating company, including a “venture capital operating company” or a “real estate operating company” (i.e., an entity primarily engaged in production of a product or service other than the investment of capital (i.e., an active business), an entity that primarily invests in such active businesses or invests certain real estate that is managed or developed); or |
• | in which equity participation by benefit plan investors is not “significant” (i.e., benefit plan investors hold less than 25% of the total value of each class of equity interests in the entity). |
• | the name or names of any underwriters or agents; |
• | the purchase price of the securities from us or the selling unitholder; |
• | the net proceeds to us or the selling unitholder from the sale of the securities; |
• | any over-allotment options under which underwriters may purchase additional securities from us or the selling unitholder; |
• | any underwriting discounts, commissions and other items constituting compensation to underwriters, dealers or agents; |
• | any public offering price; |
• | any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; and |
• | any securities exchange or market on which the securities offered in a prospectus supplement may be listed. |
• | our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021; |
• | our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022; |
• | our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 4, 2022, February 7, 2022 and June 29, 2022; and |
• | the description of our common units contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on April 4, 2011, as updated by Exhibit 4.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, together with any other amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
Item 14. | Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution. |
Registration fee | | | $61,779.36 |
Trustee fees and expenses | | | † |
Accounting fees and expenses | | | † |
Legal fees and expenses | | | † |
Printing fees and expenses | | | † |
Rating agency fees and expenses | | | † |
Miscellaneous | | | † |
Total | | | $ † |
† | Estimated expenses are not currently known. The foregoing sets forth the general categories of expenses (other than underwriting discounts and commissions) that CVR Partners anticipates it will incur in connection with the offering of securities under this registration statement. An estimate of the aggregate expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being offered will be included in any applicable prospectus supplement. |
Item 15. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
• | for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to Finance Corp. or its stockholders; |
• | for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; |
• | under section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law regarding unlawful dividends and stock purchases; or |
• | for any transaction for which the director derived an improper personal benefit. |
• | Finance Corp. is required to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, subject to very limited exceptions; |
• | Finance Corp. may indemnify its other employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, subject to very limited exceptions; |
• | Finance Corp. is required to advance expenses, as incurred, to its directors and officers in connection with a legal proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, subject to very limited exceptions; |
• | Finance Corp. may advance expenses, as incurred, to its employees and agents in connection with a legal proceeding; and |
• | the rights conferred in the bylaws are not exclusive. |
• | CVR Nitrogen LP’s general partner; |
• | any departing general partner; |
• | any person who is or was a director, officer, partner, member, manager or managing member of CVR Nitrogen LP, its subsidiaries, the general partner or any departing general partner or any of their respective affiliates; |
• | any person who is or was serving as a director, officer, fiduciary, trustee, manager or managing member of another person owing a fiduciary duty to CVR Nitrogen LP or its subsidiary; |
• | any person who controls, or has previously controlled, CVR Nitrogen LP’s general partner; or |
• | any person designated by CVR Nitrogen LP’s general partner. |
Item 16. | Exhibits. |
Number | | | Exhibit Title |
| | | Certificate of Formation of CVR GP, LLC, dated June 12, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the Partnership’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-149423, filed on February 28, 2008). | |
| | | Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of CVR GP, LLC, dated April 13, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of the Partnership’s Form 10-K filed on February 24, 2012). | |
| | | Amended and Restated Certificate of Limited Partnership of CVR Partners, LP, dated April 8, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Partnership’s Form 8-K filed on April 13, 2011). | |
| | | Composite Copy of the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of CVR Partners, LP (as amended by Amendment No. 1) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Partnership’s Form 10-Q filed on April 26, 2018). | |
| | | Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 13, 2011, by and between CVR Partners, LP and Coffeyville Resources, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Partnership’s Form 8-K/A filed on May 23, 2011). | |
| | | Form of Indenture for Debt Securities. | |
| | | Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. regarding the validity of the securities being registered. | |
| | | Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. relating to tax matters. | |
| | | Consent of Grant Thornton LLP. | |
| | | Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |
| | | Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 8.1). | |
| | | Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature pages hereof). | |
| | | Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 for the Indenture for the Debt Securities. | |
| | | Filing Fee Table. |
† | We will file as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K (i) any underwriting, remarketing or agency agreement relating to the securities offered hereby, (ii) the instruments setting forth the terms of any securities, (iii) any additional required opinions of counsel with respect to the legality of the securities offered hereby or (iv) any required opinion of our counsel as to certain tax matters relative to the securities offered hereby. |
* | Previously filed. |
Item 17. | Undertakings. |
(a) | The undersigned registrants hereby undertake: |
(1) | To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: |
(i) | To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; |
(ii) | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed |
(iii) | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; |
(2) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(3) | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
(4) | That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser: |
(i) | Each prospectus filed by the registrants pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and |
(ii) | Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which such prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date. |
(5) | That, for purposes of determining liability of the registrants under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrants undertake that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrants pursuant to the registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrants will be sellers to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: |
(i) | Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrants relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
(ii) | Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants or used or referred to by the undersigned registrants; |
(iii) | That portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrants or their securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants; and |
(iv) | Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrants to the purchaser. |
(b) | The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of such registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(c) | Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the undersigned registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrants in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrants will, unless in the opinion of their counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
(d) | The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that: |
(a) | For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective. |
(b) | For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
| | | CVR PARTNERS, LP | ||||
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| | | By: CVR GP, LLC | ||||
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| | | By: | | | /s/ MARK A. PYTOSH | |
| | | | | Mark A. Pytosh President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Name | | | Title |
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/s/ MARK A. PYTOSH | | | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
Mark A. Pytosh | | ||
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/s/ DANE J. NEUMANN | | | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary (Principal Financial Officer) |
Dane J. Neumann | | ||
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/s/ JEFFREY D. CONAWAY | | | Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) |
Jeffrey D. Conaway | | ||
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/s/ DAVID L. LAMP | | | Executive Chairman, Chairman of the Board and Director |
David L. Lamp | | ||
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/s/ DONNA R. ECTON | | | Director |
Donna R. Ecton | | ||
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/s/ FRANK M. MULLER, JR. | | | Director |
Frank M. Muller, Jr. | | ||
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/s/ PETER K. SHEA | | | Director |
Peter K. Shea | | ||
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/s/ DAVID WILLETTS | | | Director |
David Willetts | |
| | | CVR NITROGEN FINANCE CORPORATION | ||||
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| | | By: | | | /s/ MARK A. PYTOSH | |
| | | | | Mark A. Pytosh President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Name | | | Title |
| | | ||
/s/ MARK. A. PYTOSH | | | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
Mark A. Pytosh | | ||
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/s/ DANE J. NEUMANN | | | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary (Principal Financial Officer) |
Dane J. Neumann | | ||
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/s/ JEFFREY D. CONAWAY | | | Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) |
Jeffrey D. Conaway | | ||
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/s/ DAVID L. LAMP | | | Director |
David L. Lamp | |
| | | COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, LLC | ||||
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| | | By: | | | /s/ MARK A. PYTOSH | |
| | | | | Mark A. Pytosh President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Name | | | Title |
| | | ||
/s/ MARK A. PYTOSH | | | President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
Mark A. Pytosh | | ||
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/s/ DANE J. NEUMANN | | | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary (Principal Financial Officer) |
Dane J. Neumann | | ||
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/s/ JEFFREY D. CONAWAY | | | Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) |
Jeffrey D. Conaway | |
| | | CVR NITROGEN, LP | ||||
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| | | By: | | | CVR Nitrogen GP, LLC | |
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| | | By: | | | /s/ MARK A. PYTOSH | |
| | | | | Mark A. Pytosh | ||
| | | | | President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Name | | | Title |
| | | ||
/s/ MARK A. PYTOSH | | | President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
Mark A. Pytosh | | ||
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/s/ DANE J. NEUMANN | | | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary (Principal Financial Officer) |
Dane J. Neumann | | ||
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/s/ JEFFREY D. CONAWAY | | | Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) |
Jeffrey D. Conaway | |
| | | CVR NITROGEN GP, LLC | ||||
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| | | By: | | | /s/ MARK A. PYTOSH | |
| | | | | Mark A. Pytosh | ||
| | | | | President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Name | | | Title |
| | | ||
/s/ MARK A. PYTOSH | | | President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
Mark A. Pytosh | | ||
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/s/ DANE J. NEUMANN | | | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary (Principal Financial Officer) |
Dane J. Neumann | | ||
| | | ||
/s/ JEFFREY D. CONAWAY | | | Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) |
Jeffrey D. Conaway | |
| | | CVR NITROGEN HOLDINGS, LLC | ||||
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| | | By: | | | /s/ MARK A. PYTOSH | |
| | | | | Mark A. Pytosh | ||
| | | | | President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Name | | | Title |
| | | ||
/s/ MARK A. PYTOSH | | | President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
Mark A. Pytosh | | ||
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/s/ DANE J. NEUMANN | | | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary (Principal Financial Officer) |
Dane J. Neumann | | ||
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/s/ JEFFREY D. CONAWAY | | | Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) |
Jeffrey D. Conaway | |
| | | EAST DUBUQUE NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, LLC | ||||
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| | | By: | | | /s/ MARK A. PYTOSH | |
| | | | | Mark A. Pytosh President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Name | | | Title |
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/s/ MARK A. PYTOSH | | | President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
Mark A. Pytosh | | ||
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/s/ DANE J. NEUMANN | | | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary (Principal Financial Officer) |
Dane J. Neumann | | ||
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/s/ JEFFREY D. CONAWAY | | | Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) |
Jeffrey D. Conaway | |