Edgar Filing: CVR ENERGY INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

ICAHN CARL C

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CVR ENERGY INC [CVI]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	__X__ Other (specify below)
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(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O ICAHN ASSOCIATES CORP., 767 FIFTH AVE., SUITE 4700

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/10/2012

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10153

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Call Option ("right to purchase")

$ 12

01/11/2012

1,000,000

01/11/2012

12/12/2013

1,000,000

$ 9.91

6,819,411

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Put Option ("obligation to purchase")

$ 12

01/11/2012

1,000,000

01/11/2012

12/12/2013

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1,000,000

$ 0.01

6,819,411

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Call Option

$ 14

01/11/2012

100,000

01/11/2012

04/11/2012

100,000

$ 7.41

6,919,411

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Put Option

$ 14

01/11/2012

100,000

01/11/2012

04/11/2012

See footnote ⁽⁸⁾

100,000

$ 0.01

6,919,411

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Call Option

$ 14

01/12/2012

1,834,877

01/12/2012

04/11/2012

1,834,877

$ 8.13

8,754,288

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Put Option

$ 14

01/12/2012

1,834,877

01/12/2012

04/11/2012

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1,834,877

$ 0.01

8,754,288

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Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ICAHN CARL C C/O ICAHN ASSOCIATES CORP. 767 FIFTH AVE., SUITE 4700 NEW YORK, NY 10153		X		Please see all footnotes
HIGH RIVER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 445 HAMILTON AVENUE SUITE 1210 WHITE PLAINS, NY 10601		X
ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND LP C/O WALKER HOUSE 87 MARY STREET GEORGE TOWN, E9 E9 E9		X
ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND II L.P. C/O WALKER HOUSE 87 MARY STREET GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS, E9 KY1-9001		X
ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND III L.P. C/O WALKER HOUSE 87 MARY STREET GRAND CAYMAN, E9 E9 E9		X
ICAHN PARTNERS LP C/O ICAHN ASSOCIATES CORP. 767 FIFTH AVE., SUITE 4700 NEW YORK, NY 10153		X

Signatures

/s/ Carl C. Icahn		01/12/2012
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	High River Limited Partnership ("High River") directly beneficially owns 765,988 Shares, Icahn Partners LP ("Icahn Partners") directly beneficially owns 1,202,761 Shares, Icahn Partners Master Fund LP ("Icahn Master") directly beneficially owns 1,251,456 Shares, Icahn Partners Master Fund II LP ("Icahn Master II") directly beneficially owns 423,382 Shares, and Icahn Partners Master Fund III LP ("Icahn Master III") directly beneficially owns 186,352 Shares.
(2)	Barberry Corp. ("Barberry"), is the sole member of Hopper Investments LLC ("Hopper"), which is the general partner of High River. Beckton Corp. ("Beckton") is the sole stockholder of Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc. ("Icahn Enterprises GP"), which is the general partner of Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P. ("Icahn Enterprises Holdings"). Icahn Enterprises Holdings is the sole member of IPH GP LLC ("IPH"), which is the general partner of Icahn Capital LP ("Icahn Capital"). Icahn Capital is the general partner of each of Icahn Onshore LP ("Icahn Onshore") and Icahn Offshore LP ("Icahn Offshore"). Icahn Onshore is the general partner of Icahn Partners. Icahn Offshore is the general partner of each of Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III.
(3)	Each of Barberry and Beckton is 100 percent owned by Carl C. Icahn. As such, Mr. Icahn is in a position indirectly to determine the investment and voting decisions made by each of High River, Icahn Partners, Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III. Each of Hopper, Barberry and Mr. Icahn may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) the Shares which High River owns. Each of Hopper, Barberry and Mr. Icahn disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.
(4)	Each of Icahn Onshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) the Shares which Icahn Partners owns. Each of Icahn Onshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.
(5)	Each of Icahn Offshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) the Shares which each of Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III owns. Each of Icahn Offshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.
(6)	High River directly beneficially owns 1,750,857 call options (the "Call Options"), Icahn Partners directly beneficially owns 2,725,634 Call Options, Icahn Master directly beneficially owns 2,837,830 Call Options, Icahn Master II directly beneficially owns 999,850 Call Options, and Icahn Master III directly beneficially owns 440,117 Call Options.
(7)	High River directly wrote 1,750,857 European-style put options (the "Put Options"), Icahn Partners directly wrote 2,725,634 Put Options, Icahn Master directly wrote 2,837,830 Put Options, Icahn Master II directly wrote 999,850 Put Options, and Icahn Master III directly wrote 440,117 Put Options.
(8)	The Call Options reference an aggregate of 8,754,288 Shares, 6,819,411 of which have an exercise price of $12.00, expire on December 12, 2013, and provide for physical settlement, and 1,934,877 of which have an exercise price of $14.00, expire on April 11, 2012, and provide for physical settlement.
(9)	The Put Options reference an aggregate of 8,754,288 Shares, 6,819,411 of which have an exercise price of $12.00, expire on December 12, 2013, and provide that they settle in cash, and 1,934,877 of which have an exercise price of $14.00, expire on April 11, 2012, and provide that they settle in cash.

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