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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition, results of operations and cash flow should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes and with the statistical information and financial data included elsewhere in this Report. References to CVR Partners, the Partnership, “we”, “us”, and “our” may refer to consolidated subsidiaries of CVR Partners or one or both of the facilities, as the context may require.

This discussion and analysis covers the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 and discusses year-to-year comparisons between such periods. The discussions of the year ended December 31, 2019 and year-to-year comparisons between the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 that are not included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K can be found in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7 of the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 filed on February 23, 2021, and such discussions are incorporated by reference into this Report.

Reflected in this discussion and analysis is how management views the Partnership’s current financial condition and results of operations along with key external variables and management actions that may impact the Partnership. Understanding significant external variables, such as market conditions, weather, and seasonal trends, among others, and management actions taken to manage the Partnership, address external variables, among others, which will increase users’ understanding of the Partnership, its financial condition and results of operations. This discussion may contain forward looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to those discussed below and elsewhere in this Report.

Strategy and Goals

Mission and Core Values

Our Mission is to be a top tier North American nitrogen-based fertilizer company as measured by safe and reliable operations, superior performance and profitable growth. The foundation of how we operate is built on five core Values:

•Safety - We always put safety first. The protection of our employees, contractors and communities is paramount. We have an unwavering commitment to safety above all else. If it’s not safe, then we don’t do it.

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•Environment - We care for our environment. Complying with all regulations and minimizing any environmental impact from our operations is essential. We understand our obligation to the environment and that it’s our duty to protect it.

•Integrity - We require high business ethics. We comply with the law and practice sound corporate governance. We only conduct business one way—the right way with integrity.

•Corporate Citizenship - We are proud members of the communities where we operate. We are good neighbors and know that it’s a privilege we can’t take for granted. We seek to make a positive economic and social impact through our financial donations and the contributions of time, knowledge and talent of our employees to the places where we live and work.

•Continuous Improvement - We believe in both individual and team success. We foster accountability under a performance-driven culture that supports creative thinking, teamwork, diversity and personal development so that employees can realize their maximum potential. We use defined work practices for consistency, efficiency and to create value across the organization.

Our core Values are driven by our people, inform the way we do business each and every day and enhance our ability to accomplish our mission and related strategic objectives.

Strategic Objectives

We have outlined the following strategic objectives to drive the accomplishment of our mission:

Safety - We aim to achieve continuous improvement in all environmental, health, and safety areas through ensuring our people’s commitment to environmental, health and safety comes first, the refinement of existing policies, continuous training, and enhanced monitoring procedures.

Reliability - Our goal is to achieve industry-leading utilization rates at both of our Facilities through safe and reliable operations. We are focusing on improvements in day-to-day plant operations, identifying alternative sources for plant inputs to reduce lost time due to third-party operational constraints, and optimizing our commercial and marketing functions to maintain plant operations at their highest level.

Market Capture - We continuously evaluate opportunities to improve the facilities’ realized pricing at the gate and reduce variable costs incurred in production to maximize our capture of market opportunities.

Financial Discipline - We strive to be efficient as possible by maintaining low operating costs and disciplined deployment of capital.

Achievements

We successfully executed a number of achievements in support of our strategic objectives shown below through the date of this filing despite the challenges experienced by the industry during 2021 as a result of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic:

Safety Reliability Market Capture Financial Discipline

Operated both facilities safely and reliably and at high utilization rates ü ü ü

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Safety Reliability Market Capture Financial Discipline

Declared total cash distributions of $9.89 per common unit related to 2021 ü

Environmental, Social & Governance (“ESG”) Highlights

In the past year, we achieved numerous milestones through our commitment to sustainability, including environmental and safety stewardship, diversity and inclusion, community outreach and sound corporate governance. We have also established our ESG priorities, which will serve as a guide to the development of our ESG strategy and our first ESG report, which we target for publication in 2022 based on the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board standards. The following highlights some key achievements of 2021:

We make modern life possible through the products we manufacture while contributing to the economic well-being of our employees and the communities where we operate.

Industry Factors and Market Conditions

Within the nitrogen fertilizer business, earnings and cash flows from operations are primarily affected by the relationship between nitrogen fertilizer product prices, utilization, and operating costs and expenses, including pet coke and natural gas feedstock costs.

The price at which nitrogen fertilizer products are ultimately sold depends on numerous factors, including the global supply and demand for nitrogen fertilizer products which, in turn, depends on, among other factors, world grain demand and

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production levels, changes in world population, the cost and availability of fertilizer transportation infrastructure, weather conditions, the availability of imports, and the extent of government intervention in agriculture markets.

Nitrogen fertilizer prices are also affected by local factors, including local market conditions and the operating levels of competing facilities. An expansion or upgrade of competitors’ facilities, new facility development, political and economic developments, and other factors are likely to continue to play an important role in nitrogen fertilizer industry economics. These factors can impact, among other things, the level of inventories in the market, resulting in price volatility and a reduction in product margins. Moreover, the industry typically experiences seasonal fluctuations in demand for nitrogen fertilizer products.

General Business Environment

Throughout 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and actions taken by governments and others in response thereto negatively impacted the worldwide economy, financial markets, and the agricultural industry, resulting in significant business and operational disruptions. Consequently, the U.S. demand for liquid transportation fuels, including ethanol (the production of which is a significant driver of demand for corn), declined, causing many refineries and plants to reduce production or idle. During 2021, government restrictions eased, vaccines became available, and demand for transportation fuels increased. Demand for ethanol for fuels blending has largely recovered to pre-COVID-19 levels, although an increase in outbreaks of any variant of COVID-19 could reverse this recovery. Concerns over the long-term negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on economic and business prospects across the world have contributed to increased market and grain price volatility and have diminished expectations for the global economy.

The Partnership believes the general business environment in which it operates will continue to remain volatile into 2022, driven by uncertainty around the availability and prices of its feedstocks, demand for its products, and global supply disruptions. As a result, future operating results and current and long-term financial conditions could be negatively impacted if economic conditions decline, remain volatile, and do not return to pre-pandemic levels. Due to the uncertainty of the global recovery, including its duration, timing, and strength, the Partnership is not able at this time to predict the extent to which these events may have a material, or any, effect on its financial or operational results in future periods.

Market Indicators

While there is risk of shorter-term volatility given the inherent nature of the commodity cycle, the Partnership believes the long-term fundamentals for the U.S. nitrogen fertilizer industry remain intact. The Partnership views the anticipated combination of (i) increasing global population, (ii) decreasing arable land per capita, (iii) continued evolution to more protein-based diets in developing countries, (iv) sustained use of corn and soybeans as feedstock for the domestic production of ethanol and other renewable fuels, and (v) positioning at the lower end of the global cost curve should provide a solid foundation for nitrogen fertilizer producers in the U.S. over the longer term.

Corn and soybeans are two major crops planted by farmers in North America. Corn crops result in the depletion of the amount of nitrogen within the soil in which it is grown, which in turn, results in the need for this nutrient to be replenished after each growing cycle. Unlike corn, soybeans are able to obtain most of their own nitrogen through a process known as “N fixation.” As such, upon harvesting of soybeans, the soil retains a certain amount of nitrogen which results in lower demand for nitrogen fertilizer for the following corn planting cycle. Due to these factors, nitrogen fertilizer consumers generally operate a balanced corn-soybean rotational planting cycle as evident through the chart presented below for 2021, 2020, and 2019.

The relationship between the total acres planted for both corn and soybean has a direct impact on the overall demand for nitrogen products, as the market and demand for nitrogen increases with increased corn acres and decreases with increased soybean acres. Additionally, an estimated 11 billion pounds of soybean oil is expected to be used in producing cleaner biodiesel in marketing year 2021/2022. Multiple refiners have announced renewable diesel expansion projects for 2022 and beyond, which will only increase the demand for soybeans and potentially for corn and canola. Due to the uncertainty of how these factors will truly affect the grain markets, it is not yet known how the nitrogen business will be impacted.

The 2021 United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) reports on corn and soybean acres planted indicated farmers planted 93.4 million acres of corn, representing an increase of 3.0% in corn acres planted as compared to 90.7 million corn acres in 2020. Planted soybean acres are estimated to be 87.2 million acres, representing a 4.6% increase in soybean acres planted as compared to 83.4 million soybean acres in 2020. The combined corn and soybean planted acres of 180.6 million is

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the highest in history. Based on current grain inventories and crop prices, farm economics are expected to continue to be very attractive in 2022.

Ethanol is blended with gasoline to meet renewable fuel standard requirements and for its octane value. Ethanol production has historically consumed approximately 35% of the U.S. corn crop, so demand for corn generally rises and falls with ethanol demand. There was a decline in ethanol demand that began in 2020 and continued through 2021 due to decreased demand for transportation fuels as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the lower ethanol demand did not alter the spring 2021 planting decisions by farmers as evidenced in the charts below.

(1)Information used within this chart was obtained from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (“EIA”).

(2)Information used within this chart was obtained from the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Services.

Weather continues to be a critical variable for crop production. Grain prices rose significantly from the summer of 2020 into the spring of 2021, leading to higher planted acreage for corn and soybeans. Even with higher planted acres and trendline yields per acre, inventory levels for corn and soybeans remain below historical levels and prices have remained elevated. The higher grain prices and historically low crop inventories are leading to strong farm economics in advance of spring 2022. These conditions are expected to drive strong demand for nitrogen fertilizer, as well as other crop inputs.

Fertilizer prices have risen significantly since January 1, 2021 due to strong grain prices, the strong spring 2021 planting season, and lower fertilizer supply due to nitrogen fertilizer production outages during Winter Storm Uri and Hurricane Ida and significant escalation in global feedstock costs for nitrogen fertilizer production. While natural gas prices were at historical lows across the world in 2020, they have escalated significantly since the summer of 2021, causing nitrogen fertilizer production to be reduced or shut-in in Europe. In addition to escalating coal and LNG prices in China, nitrogen fertilizer exports have been reduced significantly in the second half of 2021 and are expected to continue to be reduced through the first half of 2022.

On June 30, 2021, CF Industries Nitrogen, L.L.C., Terra Nitrogen, Limited Partnership, and Terra International (Oklahoma) LLC filed petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce (“USDOC”) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (the “ITC”) requesting the initiation of antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on imports of UAN from Russia and Trinidad and Tobago (“Trinidad”). In August 2021, USDOC decided to pursue an investigation to determine the extent of dumping and unfair subsidies associated with imports from Russia and Trinidad, and the ITC initiated a concurrent investigation to determine whether such imports materially injure the U.S. industry. On November 30, 2021, USDOC determined that UAN imports from Russia are unfairly subsidized at rates ranging from 9.66% to 9.84% and UAN imports from Trinidad are unfairly subsidized at a rate of 1.83%. On January 27, 2022, USDOC found that Russian UAN imports are sold at less than fair value into the U.S. market at rates ranging from 9.15% to 127.19% and that Trinidadian UAN imports at a rate of 63.08%. As a result of these determinations, USDOC will impose cash deposit requirements on imports of UAN from Russia and Trinidad based on the preliminary rates of antidumping duties. We believe that if the antidumping and countervailing duty preliminary determinations are confirmed by USDOC, there will likely be lower amounts of imported UAN from Russia and Trinidad.

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The tables below show relevant market indicators by month through December 31, 2021:

(1)Information used within these charts was obtained from various third-party sources including Green Markets (a Bloomberg Company), Pace Petroleum Coke Quarterly, and the EIA, amongst others.

Results of Operations

The following should be read in conjunction with the information outlined within the previous sections of this Part II, Item 7, and the financial statements and related notes thereto in Part II, Item 8 of this Report.

The chart presented below summarizes our ammonia utilization rates on a consolidated basis for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019. Utilization is an important measure used by management to assess operational output at each of the Partnership’s facilities. Utilization is calculated as actual tons of ammonia produced divided by capacity adjusted for planned maintenance and turnarounds.

Utilization is presented solely on ammonia production rather than each nitrogen product as it provides a comparative baseline against industry peers and eliminates the disparity of facility configurations for upgrade of ammonia into other nitrogen products. With efforts primarily focused on ammonia upgrade capabilities, we believe this measure provides a meaningful view of how well we operate.

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On a consolidated basis, utilization decreased 6% to 92% for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. This decrease was primarily due to downtime associated with the Messer air separation plant at the Coffeyville Facility in January, June, August, October, and November of 2021 (the “Messer Outages”), downtime at the East Dubuque Facility due to Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, downtime at the Coffeyville Facility and East Dubuque Facility in July and September 2021, respectively, due to externally driven power outages (the “Power Outages”), and downtime at the East Dubuque Facility in October 2021 for an R2 repair (the “R2 Outage”).

Sales and Pricing per Ton - Two of our key operating metrics are total sales volumes for ammonia and UAN, along with the product pricing per ton realized at the gate. Total product sales volumes were unfavorable, driven by lower production due to the Messer Outages, Winter Storm Uri, Power Outages, and the R2 Outage. For the year ended December 31, 2021, the lower sales volumes were more than offset by improved prices of 92% for ammonia and 74% for UAN. Ammonia and UAN sales prices were favorable primarily due to higher crop pricing coupled with lower fertilizer supply driven by production outages from Winter Storm Uri in February 2021 and Hurricane Ida in August and September 2021, as well as increased industry turnaround activity and lower global fertilizer production due to higher natural gas prices in Europe and Asia. Product pricing at the gate represents net sales less freight revenue divided by product sales volume in tons and is shown in order to provide a pricing measure comparable across the fertilizer industry.

Production Volumes - Gross tons produced for ammonia represent the total ammonia produced, including ammonia produced that was upgraded into other fertilizer products. Net tons available for sale represent the ammonia available for sale that was not upgraded into other fertilizer products. Production for the year ended December 31, 2021 was impacted by the Messer Outages, Winter Storm Uri, the Power Outages, and the R2 Outage. The table below presents these metrics for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019:

Year Ended December 31,

Feedstock - Our Coffeyville Facilityutilizes a pet coke gasification process to produce nitrogen fertilizer. Our East Dubuque Facility uses natural gas in its production of ammonia. The table below presents these feedstocks for both facilities for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019.

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Year Ended December 31,

Pet coke used in production (thousand tons) 514 523 535

Natural gas used in production (thousands of MMBtu) (1) 8,049 8,611 6,856

Natural gas used in production (dollars per MMBtu) (1) $ 3.95 $ 2.31 $ 2.88

(1)The feedstock natural gas shown above does not include natural gas used for fuel. The cost of natural gas used for fuel is included in Direct operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization).

Financial Highlights

Overview - For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Partnership’s operating income and net income were $134.5 million and $78.2 million, respectively, a $169.4 million increase from an operating loss and a $176.4 million increase from a net loss, respectively, compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. Beyond the goodwill impairment of $41.0 million negatively impacting the 2020 period, these income improvements were driven primarily by higher ammonia and UAN sales prices in 2021, partially offset by higher feedstock costs and operating expenses.

(1)See “Non-GAAP Reconciliations” section below for reconciliations of the non-GAAP measure shown above.

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Net Sales - Net sales increased by $182.6 million to $532.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020.This increase wasprimarily due to favorable sales pricing contributing $205.1 million in higher revenue, offset by decreased sales volumes resulting in $35.4 million of lower revenue as compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, net sales included $31.4 million and $33.3 million in freight revenue, respectively, and $10.3 million and $10.1 million in other revenue, respectively.

The following table demonstrates the impact of changes in sales volumes and pricing for the primary components of net sales, excluding urea products, freight, and other revenue, for the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2020.

(in thousands) Price Variance Volume Variance

For the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020, ammonia and UAN sales prices were favorable primarily due to higher crop pricing coupled with lower fertilizer supply driven by production outages from Winter Storm Uri in February 2021 and Hurricane Ida in August and September 2021, as well as increased industry turnaround activity and lower global fertilizer production due to higher natural gas prices in Europe and Asia during 2021. Total product sales volumes were unfavorable driven by lower production due to the Messer Outages, Winter Storm Uri, the Power Outages, and the R2 Outage.

(1)Exclusive of depreciation and amortization expense.

Cost of Materials and Other - Cost of materials and other for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $98.3 million, compared to $91.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The $7.2 million increase was comprised primarily of a $12.0 million increase in natural gas costs at our East Dubuque Facility due to higher natural gas prices, $4.5 million increase in pet coke costs at our Coffeyville Facility related to higher third-party coke pricing caused by higher crude oil prices and higher related party pet coke pricing due to the UAN-indexed pricing formula, and $1.5 million increase in purchases of hydrogen. These increases were offset by a decrease in freight expenses and distribution costs of $4.0 million due to downtime in October and November 2021 and a discontinuation of the Gavilon Railcar Lease in April 2021, a decrease related to a build in our ammonia and UAN inventories contributing $3.5 million, and a decrease in ammonia purchases of $3.3 million.

Direct Operating Expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) - For the year ended December 31, 2021,direct operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) were $198.7 million as compared to $157.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The $40.8 million increase was primarily due to higher personnel costs for labor of $4.6 million and share-based compensation expenses of $15.6 million as a result of higher market prices for CVR Partners’ units, higher electrical provider pricing and usage of $13.7 million, higher natural gas prices of $9.9 million, higher insurance costs of $2.4 million, and increased turnaround expenses of $2.2 million. These costs were partially offset by a decrease related to a build in ammonia and UAN inventories of $7.8 million.

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Depreciation and Amortization Expense - Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $2.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020, primarily as a result of inventory changes offset by increases in accelerated depreciation related to projects to be completed by 2025 that will retire assets earlier than their original expected useful life.

Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses, and Other - Selling, general and administrative expenses and other increased approximately $8.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase was primarily related to higher personnel costs in 2021 due to an increase in share-based compensation expenses resulting from the increase in CVR Partners’ unit price.

Other Income, Net - Other income, net for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $4.7 million, compared to $0.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase was due to sales of natural gas volumes at the East Dubuque Facility in February 2021.

Non-GAAP Measures

Our management uses certain non-GAAP performance measures, and reconciliations to those measures, to evaluate current and past performance and prospects for the future to supplement our financial information presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures are important factors in assessing our operating results and profitability and include the performance and liquidity measures defined below.

Beginning with the second quarter of 2021, management began reporting Adjusted EBITDA, as defined below. We believe the presentation of this non-GAAP measure is meaningful to compare our operating results between periods and peer companies. All prior periods presented have been conformed to the definition below. The following are non-GAAP measures we present for the year ended December 31, 2021:

EBITDA - Net income (loss) before (i) interest expense, net, (ii) income tax expense (benefit) and (iii) depreciation and amortization expense.

Adjusted EBITDA - EBITDA adjusted for certain significant non-cash items and items that management believes are not attributable to or indicative of our on-going operations or that may obscure our underlying results and trends.

Reconciliation of Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA - Net cash provided by operating activities reduced by (i) interest expense, net, (ii) income tax expense (benefit), (iii) change in working capital, and (iv) other non-cash adjustments.

Available Cash for Distribution - EBITDA for the quarter excluding non-cash income or expense items (if any), for which adjustment is deemed necessary or appropriate by the board of directors of our general partner (the “Board”) in its sole discretion, less (i) reserves for maintenance capital expenditures, debt service and other contractual obligations, and (ii) reserves for future operating or capital needs (if any), in each case, that the Board deems necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion.

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Available cash for distribution may be increased by the release of previously established cash reserves, if any, and other excess cash, at the discretion of the Board.

We present these measures because we believe they may help investors, analysts, lenders, and ratings agencies analyze our results of operations and liquidity in conjunction with our U.S. GAAP results, including, but not limited to, our operating performance as compared to other publicly traded companies in the fertilizer industry, without regard to historical cost basis or financing methods, and our ability to incur and service debt and fund capital expenditures. Non-GAAP measures have important limitations as analytical tools because they exclude some, but not all, items that affect net earnings and operating income. These measures should not be considered substitutes for their most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures. Refer to the “Non-GAAP Reconciliations” included herein for reconciliation of these amounts. Due to rounding, numbers presented within this section may not add or equal to numbers or totals presented elsewhere within this document.

Factors Affecting Comparability of Our Financial Results

Our historical results of operations for the periods presented may not be comparable with prior periods or to our results of operations in the future for the reasons discussed below.

Major Scheduled Turnaround Activities

Coffeyville Facility - The next planned turnaround at the Coffeyville Facility is expected to commence in the summer of 2022. Additionally, the Coffeyville Facility had planned downtime which was completed during the fourth quarter of 2021 at a cost of $2.0 million. For the year ended December 31, 2021, we also incurred turnaround expense of $0.3 million, related to planning for the Coffeyville Facility’s expected turnaround in the summer of 2022.

East Dubuque Facility - The next planned turnaround at the East Dubuque Facility is expected to occur in the summer of 2022. For the year ended December 31, 2021, we incurred turnaround expense of $0.6 million, related to planning for the East Dubuque Facility’s expected turnaround in the summer of 2022.

Goodwill Impairment

As a result of lower expectations for market conditions in the fertilizer industry during 2020, the market performance of the Partnership’s common units, a qualitative analysis, and additional risks associated with the business, the Partnership performed an interim quantitative impairment assessment of goodwill for the Coffeyville Facility reporting unit as of June 30, 2020. The results of the impairment test indicated the carrying amount of this reporting unit exceeded the estimated fair value, and a full, non-cash impairment charge of $41.0 million was required.

Non-GAAP Reconciliations

Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA

Year Ended December 31,

Income tax expense (benefit) 57 30 (18)

Goodwill impairment — 40,969 —

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Reconciliation of Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA

Year Ended December 31,

Non-cash items:

Loss on extinguishment of debt (8,462) — —

Goodwill impairment — (40,969) —

Adjustments:

Income tax expense (benefit) 57 30 (18)

Goodwill impairment — 40,969 —

Reconciliation of EBITDA to Available Cash for Distribution

Year Ended December 31,

Non-cash items:

Goodwill impairment — 40,969 —

Current (reserves) adjustments for amounts related to:

Financing fees (4,627) — —

Utility pass-through 4,013 — —

Common units repurchased (529) (7,076) —

Other (reserves) releases:

Reserve for recapture of prior negative available cash (14,980) (5,917) —

Previously established cash reserves — — 25,433

Reserve for repayment of current portion of long-term debt — (2,240) —

Major scheduled expenditures 2,240 2,567 —

(1)Amount represents the cumulative available cash based on full year results. However, available cash for distribution is calculated quarterly, with distributions (if any) being paid in the period following declaration.

(2)The Partnership did not declare a cash distributions for the first quarter of 2021, declared and paid a $1.72 and $2.93 cash distribution related to the second and third quarter of 2021, respectively, and declared a cash distribution of $5.24 per common unit related to the fourth quarter of 2021.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our principal source of liquidity has historically been and continues to be cash from operations, which can include cash advances from customers resulting from prepay contracts. Our principal uses of cash are for working capital, capital expenditures, funding our debt service obligations, and paying distributions to our unitholders, as further discussed below.

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a reduction in U.S. economic activity in 2020 and 2021. These effects caused significant volatility and disruption of the financial markets, and we have observed adverse impacts to our business and financial performance, of which the nature and extent of such impacts remains uncertain. In early 2021, as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic started to recover, Winter Storm Uri and Hurricane Ida caused unprecedented disruptions to natural gas and electricity supply throughout the Midwest and Gulf Coast regions, leading to lower fertilizer supply due to production outages which increased the price of fertilizer. This period of extreme economic disruption may continue to have an impact on our business, results of operations, and access to sources of liquidity. While we believe demand for our fertilizer products is stable, there is still uncertainty on the horizon as COVID-19 vaccines are distributed and countries and states continue to monitor their efforts against the virus, and variants thereof, and weigh further lock-down measures. In executing financial discipline, we have successfully implemented and are maintaining the following measures:

•Taking advantage of downtime to perform maintenance activities which enabled us to defer the East Dubuque Facility turnaround from 2021 to 2022; and

•Reducing the amount of maintenance capital expenditures to only include those projects which are a priority to support continuing safe and reliable operations, or which we consider are critical to support future activities.

When paired with the actions outlined above, we believe that our cash from operations and existing cash and cash equivalents, along with borrowings, as necessary, will be sufficient to satisfy anticipated cash requirements associated with our existing operations for at least the next 12 months. However, our future capital expenditures and other cash requirements could be higher than we currently expect as a result of various factors including, but not limited to, rising material and labor costs and other inflationary pressures. Additionally, our ability to generate sufficient cash from our operating activities and secure additional financing depends on our future performance, which is subject to general economic, political, financial, competitive, and other factors, some of which may be beyond our control.

Depending on the needs of our business, contractual limitations, and market conditions, we may from time to time seek to issue equity securities, incur additional debt, issue debt securities, or otherwise refinance our existing debt. There can be no assurance that we will seek to do any of the foregoing or that we will be able to do any of the foregoing on terms acceptable to us or at all.

On June 23, 2021, the Partnership and certain of its subsidiaries completed a private offering of $550.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.125% Senior Unsecured Notes due June 2028 (the “2028 Notes”), which mature on June 15, 2028, and partially redeemed the Partnership’s 9.25% Senior Notes due June 2023 (the “2023 Notes”) in the amount of $550.0 million. On September 23, 2021 and December 22, 2021, the Partnership redeemed an additional $15.0 million and $15.0 million, respectively, in aggregate principal of the 2023 Notes. On February 22, 2022, the Partnership redeemed the remaining $65 million in aggregate principal amount of the 2023 Notes. Collectively, these transactions represent a significant and favorable change in the Partnership’s cash flow and liquidity position, with an annual savings of approximately $26.0 million in future interest expense, as compared to our 2020 Form 10-K. Additionally, on September 30, 2021, the Partnership entered into a new credit agreement with an aggregate principal amount of up to $35.0 million with a maturity date of September 30, 2024 (the “ABL Credit Facility”) and terminated its $35.0 million ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2016, as amended (the “2016 ABL Credit Agreement”). The Partnership and its subsidiaries were in compliance with all applicable covenants under their respective debt instrumentsas of December 31, 2021. Refer to Part II, Item 8, Note 5 (“Long-Term Debt”) of this Report for further information.

We do not have any “off-balance sheet arrangements” as such term is defined within the rules and regulations of the SEC.

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Cash and Other Liquidity

As of December 31, 2021, we had cash and cash equivalents of $112.5 million, including $34.2 million of customer advances. Combined with $35.0 million available under our ABL Credit Agreement, we had total liquidity of $147.5 million as of December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2020, we had $30.6 million in cash and cash equivalents, including $7.6 million of customer advances.

December 31,

Unamortized discount and debt issuance costs (4,358) (11,058)

Current portion of long-term debt (2) — 2,240

Total long-term debt, including current portion $ 610,642 $ 636,182

(1)The call price of the 9.25% Senior Secured Notes due June 2023 (the “2023 Notes”) decreased to par on June 15, 2021. On June 23, 2021, September 23, 2021, and December 22, 2021, the Partnership redeemed $550 million, $15 million, and $15 million, respectively, of the 2023 Notes, at par, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The remaining balance of $65 million was outstanding as of December 31, 2021. The $65 million outstanding balance of the 2023 Notes was paid in full on February 22, 2022 at par, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

(2)The $2.2 million outstanding balance of the 6.5% Notes, due April 2021 (the “2021 Notes”) was paid in full on April 15, 2021.

On June 23, 2021, the Partnership and its subsidiary, CVR Nitrogen Finance Corporation (“Finance Co.” and, together with CVR Partners, the “Issuers”), completed a private offering of $550 million aggregate principal amount of 6.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”). The net proceeds from the 2028 Notes, plus cash on hand, were used to redeem $550 million aggregate principal amount of the 2023 Notes. On September 23, 2021 and December 22, 2021, the Partnership redeemed $15 million and $15 million aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 2023 Notes, respectively. On September 30, 2021, the Partnership entered into the ABL Credit Agreement and terminated its 2016 ABL Credit Agreement. As of December 31, 2021, the Partnership had the remaining portion of the 2023 Notes, the 2028 Notes, and the ABL Credit Agreement, the proceeds of which may be used to fund working capital, capital expenditures, and for other general corporate purposes. On February 22, 2022, the Partnership redeemed the remaining $65 million in aggregate principal amount of the 2023 Notes. Refer to Part II, Item 8, Note 5 (“Long-Term Debt”) of this Report for further information.

Capital Spending

We divide capital spending needs into two categories: maintenance and growth. Maintenance capital spending includes non-discretionary maintenance projects and projects required to comply with environmental, health, and safety regulations. Growth capital projects generally involve an expansion of existing capacity and/or a reduction in direct operating expenses. We undertake growth capital spending based on the expected return on incremental capital employed.

Our total capital expenditures for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, along with our estimated expenditures for 2022 are as follows:

Year Ended December 31, Estimated

Our estimated capital expenditures are subject to change due to unanticipated changes in the cost, scope, and completion time for capital projects. For example, we may experience unexpected changes in labor or equipment costs necessary to comply with government regulations or to complete projects that sustain or improve the profitability of the nitrogen fertilizer facilities. We may also accelerate or defer some capital expenditures from time to time. Capital spending for CVR Partners is determined

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by the Board. We will continue to monitor market conditions and make adjustments, if necessary, to our current capital spending or turnaround plans.

The next planned turnaround is at the Coffeyville Facility and is expected to occur in the summer of 2022, with an estimated cost of $10 to $13 million. The turnaround at our East Dubuque Facility is expected to commence in the summer of 2022, with an estimated cost of $13 to $15 million. Additionally, the Coffeyville Facility had planned downtime for certain maintenance activities, which was completed in the fourth quarter of 2021 at a cost of $2.0 million. For the year ended December 31, 2021, we also incurred approximately $0.3 million and $0.6 million, in turnaround expense related to planning for the Coffeyville Facility’s and East Dubuque Facility’s expected turnarounds in 2022, respectively.

Distributions to Unitholders

The current policy of the Board is to distribute all Available Cash the Partnership generated on a quarterly basis. Available Cash for each quarter will be determined by the Board following the end of such quarter. Available Cash for each quarter is calculated as EBITDA for the quarter excluding non-cash income or expense items (if any), for which adjustment is deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board in its sole discretion, less (i) reserves for maintenance capital expenditures, debt service and other contractual obligations, and (ii) reserves for future operating or capital needs (if any), in each case, that the Board deems necessary or appropriate in its sole discretion. Available cash for distribution may be increased by the release of previously established cash reserves, if any, and other excess cash, at the discretion of the Board.

Distributions, if any, including the payment, amount, and timing thereof, are subject to change at the discretion of the Board. The following table presents distributions paid by the Partnership to CVR Partners’ unitholders, including amounts paid to CVR Energy, as of December 31, 2021.

Distributions Paid (in thousands)

There were no distributions declared or paid by the Partnership related to the first quarter of 2021 and fourth quarter of 2020, and no distributions were declared or paid during 2020. During the year ended December 31, 2019, CVR Partners paid distributions totaling $4.00 per common unit on a split-adjusted basis, or $45.3 million. Of these distributions, CVR Energy received $15.6 million.

For the fourth quarter of 2021, the Partnership, upon approval by the Board on February 21, 2022, declared a distribution of $5.24 per common unit, or $56.0 million, which is payable March 14, 2022 to unitholders of record as of March 7, 2022. Of this amount, CVR Energy will receive approximately $20.4 million, with the remaining amount payable to public unitholders.

Capital Structure

On May 6, 2020, the Board, on behalf of the Partnership, authorized a unit repurchase program (the “Unit Repurchase Program”). The Unit Repurchase Program enables the Partnership to repurchase up to $10 million of the Partnership’s common units. On February 22, 2021, the Board authorized an additional $10 million for the Unit Repurchase Program. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Partnership repurchased 24,378 common units on the open market in accordance with a repurchase agreement under Rules 10b5-1 and 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, at a cost of $0.5 million, inclusive of transaction costs, or an average price of $21.70 per common unit. During the year ended December 31, 2020, as adjusted to reflect the impact of the 1-for-10 reverse unit split of the Partnership’s common units that was effective as of November 23, 2020, the Partnership repurchased 623,177 common units, respectively, at a cost of $7.1 million, inclusive of transaction costs, or an average price of $11.35 per common unit. As of December 31, 2021, the Partnership had $12.4 million in authority remaining under the Unit Repurchase Program. This Unit Repurchase Program does not obligate the Partnership to acquire any common units and may be cancelled or terminated by the Board at any time.

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Cash Flows

The following table sets forth our cash flows for the periods indicated below:

Year Ended December 31,

Net cash provided by (used in):

Operating Activities

The change in net cash flows from operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2020 is primarily due to a $171.3 million increase in EBITDA, a $22.0 million net increase in non-cash share based compensation as a result of higher market prices for CVR Partners’ units, favorable changes in working capital of $6.7 million, and a $8.5 million loss on extinguishment of debt primarily associated with the partial redemption of the 2023 Notes in June 2021. This activity is partially offset by a non-cash impairment of goodwill of $41.0 million recognized in 2020.

Investing Activities

The change in net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020 was due to increased capital expenditures during 2021 of $2.0 million due to deferring certain capital projects from 2020 to 2021.

Financing Activities

The change in net cash used in financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020 was primarily due to the partial redemptions of the 2023 Notes of $580.0 million, cash distributions paid of $49.7 million, the payment of $3.9 million in deferred financing costs during the second and third quarters of 2021 related to the offering of the 2028 Notes and the ABL Credit Facility, and the redemption of the remaining 2021 Notes of $2.2 million. These decreases were partially offset by the Partnership’s June 2021 offering of $550.0 million of the 2028 Notes, coupled with a reduction of $6.5 million in repurchases of the Partnership’s common units in 2021 compared to 2020.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Refer to Part II, Item 8, Note 2 (“Summary of Significant Accounting Policies”) of this Report for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements applicable to the Partnership.

Critical Accounting Estimates

We prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requiring management to make judgments, assumptions, and estimates based on the best available information at the time. Accounting estimates are considered to be critical if (1) the nature of the estimates and assumptions is material due to the levels of subjectivity and judgment necessary to account for highly uncertain matters or the susceptibility of such matters to change; and (2) the impact of the estimates and assumptions on financial condition or operating performance is material. Actual results could differ from the estimates and assumptions used.

Inventory Valuation

The cost of our fertilizer product inventories is determined under the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method. Our FIFO inventories are carried at the lower of cost or net realizable value. We compare the estimated realizable value of inventories to their cost by product at each of our facilities. Depending on inventory levels, the per-ton realizable value of our fertilizer

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products is estimated using pricing on in-transit orders, pricing for open, fixed-price orders that have not shipped, and, if volumes remain unaccounted for, current management pricing estimates for fertilizer products. Management’s estimate for current pricing reflects up-to-date pricing in each facility’s market as of the end of each reporting period. Reductions to selling prices for unreimbursed freight costs are included to arrive at net realizable value, as applicable. During the year ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2019, there was no adjustment. For the year ended December 31, 2020, we recognized a loss on inventory to reflect net realizable value of $0.7 million. Due to the amount and variability in volume of fertilizer product inventories maintained, changes in production costs, and the volatility of market pricing for fertilizer products, losses recognized to reflect fertilizer product inventories at the lower of cost or net realizable value could have a material impact on the Partnership’s results of operations.

Impairment of Long-lived Assets and Goodwill

Long-lived assets used in operations are assessed for impairment whenever changes in facts and circumstances indicate a possible significant deterioration in future expected cash flows. If the sum of the undiscounted expected future cash flows of an asset group is less than the carrying value, including applicable liabilities, the carrying value is written down to its estimated fair value. Individual assets are grouped for impairment purposes based on a judgmental assessment of the lowest level for which there are identifiable cash flows that are largely independent of the cash flows of other assets (for example, at a fertilizer facility level).

The Partnership tests goodwill for impairment annually on November 1 of each year, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate the asset might be impaired. One of our reporting units, the Coffeyville Facility, had a goodwill balance of $41.0 million at December 31, 2019. During the second quarter of 2020, following completion of the spring planting season, the market pricing for ammonia and UAN, which are the facility’s two primary products, experienced significant pricing declines driven by updated market expectations around supply and demand fundamentals which were expected to continue into the second half of 2020. Additionally, significant uncertainty remained as to the nature and extent of impacts to be seen on the overall demand for corn and soybean given reduced ethanol production and broader economic conditions which had negatively impacted demand. Therefore, in connection with the preparation of the financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2020, given the pricing declines experienced in the second quarter of 2020, further muting of our near-term economic recovery assumptions, including management’s revised forecasts for product pricing in 2020 and beyond, and market price performance of our common units, we concluded an impairment indicator was present and a triggering event under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 350, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other, had occurred as of June 30, 2020 and an interim quantitative impairment assessment was performed. Significant assumptions inherent in the valuation methodologies for goodwill included, but are not limited to, prospective financial information, growth rates, discount rates, inflationary factors, and cost of capital. Based on the interim quantitative analysis, it was determined that the estimated fair value of the Coffeyville Facility reporting unit did not exceed its carrying value. As a result, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $41.0 million during 2020. There was no goodwill remaining as of December 31, 2020.

We performed our annual impairment reviews of goodwill for 2019, on November 1 and concluded no impairments. For the period ended December 31, 2019, we performed a qualitative assessment and concluded there were no events or circumstances which would trigger the performance of a quantitative analysis after reviewing all factors impacting the Coffeyville Facility reporting unit, including improved market conditions and financial results in 2019 as compared to the financial forecasts from those used in the fair value analysis at December 31, 2018, where the estimated fair value of the Coffeyville Facility reporting unit exceeded its carrying value by approximately 36% based upon the results of our quantitative goodwill impairment test.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Commodity Price Risk

We are exposed to significant market risk due to potential changes in prices for fertilizer products and natural gas. Natural gas is the primary raw material used in the production of various nitrogen-based products manufactured at our East Dubuque Facility. We have commitments to purchase natural gas for use in our East Dubuque Facility at the spot market and through short-term, fixed supply, fixed price, and index price purchase contracts.

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In the normal course of business, we produce nitrogen-based fertilizer products throughout the year to supply the needs of our customers during the high-delivery-volume spring and fall seasons. The value of fertilizer product inventory is subject to market risk due to fluctuations in the relevant commodity prices. Prices of nitrogen fertilizer products can be volatile. We believe that market prices of nitrogen products are affected by changes in grain prices and demand, natural gas prices, and other factors. In the opinion of our management, there is no derivative financial instrument that correlates effectively with, and has a trading volume sufficient to hedge, our firm commitments and forecasted commodity sales transactions.

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

CVR Partners, LP and Subsidiaries

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID Number 248) 47

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 49

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 53

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors of CVR GP, LLC

The Unitholders of CVR Partners, LP

The General Partner of CVR Partners, LP:

Opinion on the financial statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of CVR Partners, LP (a Delaware limited partnership) and subsidiaries (the “Partnership”) as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the related consolidated statements of operations, partners’ capital, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Partnership as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”), the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in the 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”), and our report dated February 22, 2022 expressed an unqualified opinion.

Basis for opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Partnership’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Partnership’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Partnership in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical audit matters

Critical audit matters are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. We determined that there are no critical audit matters.

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

We have served as the Partnership’s auditor since 2013.

Dallas, Texas

February 22, 2022

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors of CVR GP, LLC

The Unitholders of CVR Partners, LP

The General Partner of CVR Partners, LP:

Opinion on internal control over financial reporting

We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of CVR Partners, LP (a Delaware limited partnership) and subsidiaries (the “Partnership”) as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in the 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). In our opinion, the Partnership maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in the 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by COSO.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”), the consolidated financial statements of the Partnership as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021, and our report dated February 22, 2022 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

Basis for opinion

The Partnership’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Partnership in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and limitations of internal control over financial reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

Dallas, Texas

February 22, 2022

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

December 31,

ASSETS

Current assets:

Prepaid expenses and other current assets 9,108 8,410

LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL

Current liabilities:

Current portion of long-term debt $ — $ 2,240

Accounts payable to affiliates 8,895 5,217

Long-term liabilities:

Commitments and contingencies (See Note 8)

Partners’ capital:

General partner interest 1 1

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

Year Ended December 31,

Operating costs and expenses:

Goodwill impairment — 40,969 —

Other (expense) income:

Income tax expense (benefit) 57 30 (18)

Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per common unit $ 7.31 $ (8.77) $ (3.09)

Distributions declared per common unit 4.65 — 4.00

Weighted-average common units outstanding:

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS’ CAPITAL

Issued Amount

Cash distributions to common unitholders – Affiliates — (15,568) — (15,568)

Cash distributions to common unitholders – Non-affiliates — (29,745) — (29,745)

Fractional unit impact of reverse unit split 590 — — —

Cash distributions to common unitholders – Affiliates — (18,098) — (18,098)

Cash distributions to common unitholders – Non-affiliates — (31,571) — (31,571)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Year Ended December 31,

Cash flows from operating activities:

Goodwill impairment — 40,969 —

Loss on debt extinguishment 8,462 — —

Changes in assets and liabilities:

Prepaid expenses and other current assets (785) (4,514) 1,582

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities (7,182) (1,726) (6,542)

Other long-term assets and liabilities 997 302 546

Cash flows from investing activities:

Proceeds from the sale of assets 252 48 127

Cash flows from financing activities:

Principal payments on senior secured notes (582,240) — —

Proceeds on issuance of senior secured notes 550,000 — —

Payment of deferred financing costs (3,892) (448) —

Repurchase of common units (529) (7,076) —

Cash distributions to common unitholders – Affiliates (18,098) — (15,568)

Cash distribution to common unitholders – Non-affiliates (31,571) — (29,745)

Other financing activities (96) (101) (97)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(1) Organization and Nature of Business

CVR Partners, LP (“CVR Partners” or the “Partnership”) is a Delaware limited partnership formed by CVR Energy, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, but excluding the Partnership and its subsidiaries, “CVR Energy”) to own, operate and grow its nitrogen fertilizer business. The Partnership produces nitrogen fertilizer products at two manufacturing facilities, which are located in Coffeyville, Kansas (the “Coffeyville Facility”) and East Dubuque, Illinois (the “East Dubuque Facility”). Both facilities manufacture ammonia and are able to further upgrade to other nitrogen fertilizer products, principally urea ammonium nitrate (“UAN”). Nitrogen fertilizer is used by farmers to improve the yield and quality of their crops, primarily corn and wheat. The Partnership’s products are sold on a wholesale basis in the United States. As used in these financial statements, references to CVR Partners, the Partnership, “we”, “us”, and “our” may refer to consolidated subsidiaries of CVR Partners or one or both of the facilities, as the context may require.

Interest Holders

As of December 31, 2021, public common unitholders held approximately 64% of the Partnership’s outstanding limited partner interests; CVR Services, LLC (“CVR Services”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CVR Energy, held approximately 36% of the Partnership’s outstanding limited partner interests; and CVR GP, LLC (“CVR GP” or the “general partner”), a wholly owned subsidiary of CVR Energy, held 100% of the Partnership’s general partner interest. As of December 31, 2021, Icahn Enterprises L.P. (“IEP”) and its affiliates owned approximately 71% of the common stock of CVR Energy.

Unit Repurchase Program

On May 6, 2020, the board of directors of the Partnership’s general partner (the “Board”), on behalf of the Partnership, authorized a unit repurchase program (the “Unit Repurchase Program”). The Unit Repurchase Program enables the Partnership to repurchase up to $10 million of the Partnership’s common units. On February 22, 2021, the Board authorized an additional $10 million for the Unit Repurchase Program. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Partnership repurchased 24,378 common units on the open market in accordance with a repurchase agreement under Rules 10b5-1 and 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, at a cost of $0.5 million, inclusive of transaction costs, or an average price of $21.70 per common unit. During the year ended December 31, 2020, as adjusted to reflect the impact of the 1-for-10 reverse unit split of the Partnership’s common units that was effective as of November 23, 2020, the Partnership repurchased 623,177 common units, respectively, at a cost of $7.1 million, inclusive of transaction costs, or an average price of $11.35 per common unit. As of December 31, 2021, the Partnership had $12.4 million in authority remaining under the Unit Repurchase Program. This Unit Repurchase Program does not obligate the Partnership to acquire any common units and may be cancelled or terminated by the Board at any time.

Management and Operations

The Partnership, including CVR GP, is led by the Board and its committees and managed by the general partner’s executive officers, CVR Services (as sole member of the general partner), and certain officers of CVR Energy and its subsidiaries, pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, as well as a number of agreements between the Partnership, CVR GP, CVR Energy, and certain of their respective subsidiaries, including a service agreement. See Note 9 (“Related Party Transactions”) for further discussion. Common unitholders have limited voting rights on matters affecting the Partnership and have no right to elect the general partner’s directors or officers, whether on an annual or continuing basis or otherwise.

Subsequent Events

The Partnership evaluated subsequent events, if any, that would require an adjustment to the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements or require disclosure in the notes to the consolidated financial statements through the date of issuance of these consolidated financial statements. Where applicable, the notes to these consolidated financial statements have been updated to discuss all significant subsequent events which have occurred.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(2) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements, prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), include the accounts of CVR Partners and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made within the consolidated financial statements for prior periods to conform with current presentation.

Use of Estimates

The consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with GAAP, which requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosure of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates are reviewed on an ongoing basis, based on currently available information. Changes in facts and circumstances may result in revised estimates and actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand and on deposit, investments in highly liquid money market accounts, and debt instruments with original maturities of three months or less.

Accounts Receivable, net

Accounts receivable, net primarily consist of customer accounts receivable recorded at the invoiced amounts and generally do not bear interest. Also included within Accounts Receivable are unbilled fixed price contracts which is discussed further within Note 6 (“Revenue”).

Allowances for doubtful accounts are generally recorded when it becomes probable the receivable will not be collected and is booked to bad debt expense. The largest concentration of credit for any one customer was approximately 22% and 20% of the net accounts receivable balance at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Bad debt expense was $0.2 million, $0.1 million and $0.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

Inventories

Inventories consist of fertilizer products which are valued at the lower of FIFO cost, or net realizable value. Inventories also include raw materials (primarily gauze, natural gas, and pet coke) and parts and supplies that are valued at the lower of moving-average cost, which approximates FIFO, or net realizable value. The cost of inventories includes inbound freight costs.

Inventories consisted of the following:

December 31,

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, inventories included depreciation of approximately $3.1 million and $2.0 million, respectively.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

Property, Plant and Equipment, net

Additions to property, plant and equipment, including capitalized interest and certain costs allocable to construction and property purchases, are recorded at cost. Expenditures for improvements that increase economic benefit or returns and/or extend useful life are capitalized. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the various classes of depreciable assets. The lives used in computing depreciation for significant asset classes are as follows:

Asset Range of UsefulLives, in Years

Land and improvements 10 to 30

Buildings and improvements 3 to 30

Automotive equipment 5 to 30

Machinery and equipment 1 to 30

Property, plant and equipment, net consisted of the following:

December 31,

Leasehold improvements and assets held under finance leases are depreciated or amortized on the straight-line method over the shorter of the contractual lease term or the estimated useful life of the asset. Expenditures for routine maintenance and repair costs are expensed when incurred. Such expenses are reported in Direct operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) in the Partnership’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.

As of December 31, 2021, the Partnership had not identified the existence of an impairment indicator for our long-lived asset groups as outlined under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment.

Leases

At inception, the Partnership determines whether an arrangement is a lease and the appropriate lease classification. Operating leases are included as operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets within Other long-term assets and lease liabilities within Other current liabilities and Other long-term liabilities on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Finance leases are included as ROU finance leases within Property, plant, and equipment, net, and finance lease liabilities within Other current liabilities and Long-term debt, net of current portion on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Leases with an initial expected term of 12 months or less are considered short-term and are not recorded on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Partnership recognizes lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the expected lease term.

ROU assets represent the Partnership’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term, and lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of minimum lease payments over the lease term using an incremental borrowing rate with a maturity similar to the lease term, as our leases do not generally provide an implicit rate. The lease term is modified to reflect options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain we will exercise such option. The depreciable life of assets and leasehold improvements is limited by the expected lease term, unless there is a transfer of title or purchase option reasonably

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certain of exercise, in which case the depreciation policy in the “Property, Plant and Equipment, net” section above is applicable. The periodic lease payments are treated as payments of the lease obligation and interest is recorded as interest expense.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Goodwill

Long-lived assets (excluding goodwill, intangible assets with indefinite lives, and deferred tax assets) are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to estimated undiscounted future net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated undiscounted future net cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds their fair value. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of their carrying value or fair value less cost to sell.

Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquired entity over the fair value of the assets acquired less liabilities assumed. Intangible assets are assets that lack physical substance (excluding financial assets). Goodwill acquired in a business combination and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are not amortized, while intangible assets with finite useful lives are amortized. Goodwill and intangible assets not subject to amortization are tested for impairment annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate the asset might be impaired. The Partnership uses November 1 of each year as its annual valuation date for its goodwill impairment test.

One of the Partnership’s reporting units, the Coffeyville Facility, had a goodwill balance of $41.0 million at December 31, 2019. During the second quarter of 2020, following completion of the spring planting season, the market pricing for ammonia and UAN, which are the facility’s two primary products, experienced significant pricing declines driven by updated market expectations around supply and demand fundamentals which were expected to continue into the second half of 2020. Additionally, significant uncertainty remained as to the nature and extent of impacts to be seen on the overall demand for corn and soybean given reduced ethanol production and broader economic conditions which may negatively impacted demand. Therefore, in connection with the preparation of the financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2020, given the pricing declines experienced in the second quarter of 2020, further muting of the Partnership’s near-term economic recovery assumptions, and market price performance of the Partnership’s common units, the Partnership concluded an impairment indicator was present and a triggering event under ASC Topic 350, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other, had occurred as of June 30, 2020. Significant assumptions inherent in the valuation methodologies are goodwill include, but are not limited to, prospective financial information, growth rates, discount rates, inflationary factors, and cost of capital. Based on the interim quantitative analysis, it was determined that the estimated fair value of the Coffeyville Facility reporting unit did not exceed its carrying value. As a result, the Partnership recorded a full non-cash impairment charge of $41.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2020.

As there was no goodwill remaining as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, no annual impairment review was performed. The Partnership performed the annual impairment review of goodwill for 2019 associated with the Coffeyville Facility reporting unit and concluded there were no impairments. For the period ended December 31, 2019, no events or circumstances were identified which would trigger the performance of a quantitative analysis after reviewing all qualitative factors impacting the reporting unit including improved market conditions, financial results, and financial forecasts from those used in the fair value analysis for December 31, 2018, which resulted in the fair value of the Coffeyville Facility reporting unit exceeding its carrying value by approximately 36%.

Loss Contingencies

In the ordinary course of business, CVR Partners may become party to lawsuits, administrative proceedings, and governmental investigations, including environmental, regulatory, and other matters. The outcome of these matters cannot always be predicted accurately, but the Partnership accrues liabilities for these matters if the Partnership has determined that it is probable a loss has been incurred and the loss can be reasonably estimated. Accrued amounts are reflected in Other current liabilities or Other long-term liabilities depending on when the Company expects to expend such amounts. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, there are no matters or contingencies that require recognition or disclosure.

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Environmental, Health & Safety (“EHS”) Matters

The Partnership is subject to various stringent federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety rules and regulations. Liabilities related to future remediation costs of past environmental contamination of properties are recognized when the related costs are considered probable and can be reasonably estimated. Estimates of these costs are based upon currently available facts, internal and third-party assessments of contamination, available remediation technology, site-specific costs, and currently enacted laws and regulations. In reporting environmental liabilities, no offset is made for potential recoveries. Loss contingency accruals, including those for environmental remediation, are subject to revision as further information develops or circumstances change and such accruals can take into account the legal liability of other parties. Management periodically reviews and, as appropriate, revises its environmental accruals. Environmental expenditures for capital assets are capitalized at the time of the expenditure when such costs provide future economic benefits. Accrued amounts are reflected in Other current liabilities or Other long-term liabilities depending on when the Company expects to expend such amounts. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, no liabilities have been recognized for environmental remediation matters as no matters have been identified that are considered to be probable or estimable.

Revenue Recognition

The Partnership recognizes revenue based on consideration specified in contracts or agreements with customers when performance obligations are satisfied by transferring control over products or services to a customer. The adoption of ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, resulted in the recognition of deferred revenue and related receivables, on a gross basis, associated with contracts that guarantee a price and supply of nitrogen fertilizer products in quantities expected to be delivered in the normal course of business.

Other accounting policies relevant to revenue include:

•Revenue transactions that pass control at customers’ designated facilities;

•Non-monetary product exchanges which are entered into in the normal course of business are included on a net cost basis in operating expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Operations; and

•Pass-through finished goods delivery costs reimbursed by customers are reported in net sales, while an offsetting expense is included in cost of materials and other.

Other considerations - Excise and other taxes collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities are excluded from reported revenues.

Cost Classifications

Cost of materials and other consist primarily of freight and distribution expenses, feedstock expenses, purchased ammonia, and purchased hydrogen. Direct operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) consist primarily of energy and other utility costs, direct costs of labor, property taxes, plant-related maintenance services, including turnaround, and environmental and safety compliance costs, as well as catalyst and chemical costs. Each of these financial statement line items are also impacted by changes in inventory balances. Direct operating expenses also include allocated share-based compensation from CVR Energy and its subsidiaries, as discussed in Note 7 (“Share-Based Compensation”). Selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of legal expenses, treasury, accounting, marketing, human resources, information technology, and maintaining the corporate and administrative offices in Texas and Kansas.

Share-Based Compensation

The Partnership accounts for share-based compensation in accordance with ASC Topic 718, Compensation — Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”). Currently, all of the Partnership’s share-based compensation awards are liability-classified and are measured at fair value at the end of each reporting period based on the applicable closing unit price. Compensation expense will fluctuate based on changes in the applicable unit price value and expense reversals resulting from employee terminations prior to award vesting. See Note 7 (“Share-Based Compensation”) for further discussion.

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Income Taxes

CVR Partners accounts for income taxes utilizing the asset and liability approach. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the anticipated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis. Deferred amounts are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the year those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

Allocation of Costs

CVR Energy and its subsidiaries provide a variety of services to the Partnership, including employee benefits provided through CVR Energy’s benefit plans, administrative services provided by CVR Energy’s employees and management, insurance, and office space leased by CVR Energy. As such, the accompanying consolidated financial statements include costs that have been incurred by CVR Energy on behalf of the Partnership. These amounts incurred by CVR Energy are then billed or allocated to the Partnership and are classified on the Consolidated Statements of Operations as either Direct operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) or as Selling, general and administrative expenses. See Note 9 (“Related Party Transactions”) for a detailed discussion of the billing procedures and the basis for calculating the charges for specific products and services.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements - Adoption of Income Taxes Standard

In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740). The ASU simplifies the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740 and modifies other areas of the topic to clarify the application of GAAP. Certain amendments within the standard are required to be applied on a retrospective basis and others on a prospective basis. Effective January 1, 2021, we adopted this ASU with no material impact on the Partnership’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements - Adoption of Codification Improvements Standard

In October 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-10, Codification Improvements. The ASU amends various sections of the codification in the FASB’s ongoing efforts to simplify and improve guidance. Effective January 1, 2021, we adopted this ASU with no material impact on the Partnership’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements - New Accounting Standards Issued But Not Yet Implemented

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848). This ASU was issued because, by the end of 2022, banks will no longer be required to report information that is used to determine London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), which is used globally by all types of entities. As a result, LIBOR could be discontinued, as well as other interest rates used globally. ASU 2020-04 provides companies with optional expedients for contract modifications under Topics 310, 470, 842, and 815-15, excluded components of certain hedging relationships, fair value hedges, and cash flow hedges, as well as certain exceptions, which are intended to help ease the potential accounting burden associated with transitioning away from these reference rates. In January 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-01, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848), which clarifies certain optional expedients and exceptions for contract modifications and hedge accounting. Companies can apply the ASU immediately. However, the guidance will only be available for a limited time (generally through December 31, 2022). The Partnership is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this new accounting standard, but does not expect it to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

(3) Leases

Lease Overview

We lease railcars and certain facilities and equipment to support the Partnership’s operations. Most leases include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms that can extend the lease term from one to 20 years or more. The exercise of lease renewal options is at our sole discretion. Certain leases also include options to purchase the leased property. The depreciable life of assets and leasehold improvements are limited by the expected lease term, unless there is a transfer of title or purchase

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option reasonably certain of exercise. Certain of our lease agreements include rental payments which are adjusted periodically for factors such as inflation. Our lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. Additionally, we do not have any material lessor or sub-leasing arrangements.

Balance Sheet Summary at December 31, 2021 and 2020

The following tables summarize the ROU asset and lease liability balances for the Partnership’s operating and finance leases at December 31, 2021 and 2020:

(in thousands) Operating Leases Finance Leases Operating Leases Finance Leases

ROU asset, net

Lease liability

Lease Expense Summary for the Years Ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019

We recognize lease expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term and short-term lease expense within Direct operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization). For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, we recognized lease expense comprised of the following components:

Year Ended December 31,

Finance lease expense:

Interest expense on lease liability 2 6 10

Lease Terms and Discount Rates

The following outlines the remaining lease terms and discount rates used in the measurement of the Partnership’s ROU assets and liabilities:

Operating Leases Finance Leases Operating Leases Finance Leases

Weighted-average remaining lease term 2.1 years 0.0 years 2.9 years 1.3 years

Weighted-average discount rate 5.1 % — % 5.1 % 4.0 %

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Maturities of Lease Liabilities

The following summarizes the remaining minimum operating lease payments through maturity of the Partnership’s ROU assets and liabilities at December 31, 2021. There were no finance lease payments remaining at December 31, 2021.

(in thousands) Operating Leases

Year Ending December 31,

Thereafter —

Total lease payments 5,516

Less: imputed interest (281)

Total lease liability $ 5,235

On July 31, 2020, the Partnership and Messer LLC (“Messer”) entered into an On-Site Product Supply Agreement (the “Messer Agreement”). On February 21, 2022, the Partnership entered into the First Amendment to the On-Site Product Supply Agreement (the “Messer Amendment”, and collectively, the “Amended Messer Agreement”) with Messer. Under the Amended Messer Agreement, among other obligations, Messer is obligated to supply and make certain capital improvements during the term of the Amended Messer Agreement, and the Partnership is obligated to take as available and pay for, oxygen, nitrogen, and compressed dry air from Messer’s facility. This arrangement for the Partnership’s purchase of oxygen, nitrogen, and dry air from Messer does not meet the definition of a lease under FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 842, Leases (“Topic 842”), as the Partnership does not expect to receive substantially all of the output of Messer’s on-site production from its air separation unit over the life of the Amended Messer Agreement. The Amended Messer Agreement also obligates Messer to install a new oxygen storage vessel, related equipment and infrastructure (“Oxygen Storage Vessel” or “Vessel”) to be used solely by the Coffeyville Facility. The arrangement for the use of the Oxygen Storage Vessel meets the definition of a lease under Topic 842, as the Partnership will receive all output associated with the Vessel. Based on terms outlined in the Amended Messer Agreement, the Partnership expects the lease of the Oxygen Storage Vessel to be classified as a financing lease with an amount of approximately $25 million being capitalized upon lease commencement when the Vessel is placed in service.

(4) Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities were as follows:

December 31,

Accrued taxes other than income taxes 1,744 1,769

Prepaid revenue contracts 954 197

Other accrued expenses and liabilities 1,634 796

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(5) Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt consists of the following:

December 31,

Unamortized discount and debt issuance costs (3) (4,358) (11,058)

Current portion of long-term debt and finance lease obligations (4) — 2,240

Total long-term debt, including current portion $ 610,642 $ 636,182

(1)The estimated fair value of the 9.25% Senior Secured Notes due June 2023 (the “2023 Notes”) was approximately $65.1 million and $645.7 million as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The estimated fair value of the 6.125% Senior Secured Notes due June 2028 was approximately $580.3 million as of December 31, 2021. This estimate of fair value is a Level 2 measurement as it was determined by quotations obtained from a broker-dealer who makes a market in these and similar securities.

(2)The call price of the 2023 Notes decreased to par on June 15, 2021. On June 23, 2021, September 23, 2021, and December 22, 2021, the Partnership redeemed $550 million, $15 million, and $15 million, respectively, of the 2023 Notes, at par, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the redeemed portion. The remaining balance of $65 million was outstanding as of December 31, 2021. The $65 million outstanding balance of the 2023 Notes was paid in full on February 22, 2022 at par, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

(3)For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, amortization of the discount on debt and amortization of deferred financing costs reported as Interest expense, net totaled approximately $2.5 million, $3.8 million, and $3.4 million, respectively.

(4)The $2.2 million outstanding balance of the 6.5% Notes, due April 2021, was paid in full on April 15, 2021.

Credit Agreements

(1)On September 30, 2021, the Partnership entered into a senior secured asset based credit agreement with an aggregate principal amount of up to $35.0 million with a maturity date of September 30, 2024 (the “ABL Credit Facility”) and terminated its $35.0 million ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2016, as amended (the “2016 ABL Credit Agreement”).

(2)Beginning September 30, 2021, loans under the Partnership’s ABL Credit Facility bear interest at an annual rate equal to, at the option of the borrowers, (i) (a) 1.615% plus the daily simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) or (b) 0.615% plus a base rate, if our quarterly excess availability is greater than or equal to 75%, (ii) (a) 1.865% plus SOFR or (b) 0.865% plus a base rate, if our quarterly excess availability is greater than or equal to 50% but less than 75%, or (iii) (a) 2.115% plus SOFR or (b) 1.115% plus a base rate, otherwise.

(3)For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, amortization expense for deferred financing costs were approximately $0.3 million, $0.2 million, and $0.2 million, respectively.

6.125% Senior Secured Notes due June 2028

On June 23, 2021, CVR Partners and its subsidiary, CVR Nitrogen Finance Corporation (“Finance Co.” and, together with CVR Partners, the “Issuers”), completed a private offering of $550 million aggregate principal amount of 6.125% Senior Secured Notes due June 2028 (the “2028 Notes”). Interest on the 2028 Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 each year, commencing on December 15, 2021. The 2028 Notes mature on June 15, 2028, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased by the Issuers. The 2028 Notes are jointly and severally guaranteed on a senior secured basis by all the existing domestic subsidiaries of CVR Partners, excluding Finance Co.

In relation to the issuance of the 2028 Notes, the Partnership received $546.7 million of net cash proceeds, net of underwriting fees and other third-party fees and expenses associated with the offering. The debt issuance costs of the 2028 Notes totaled approximately $3.9 million and are being amortized over the term of the 2028 Notes as interest expense using the effective-interest amortization method.

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We may, at our option, at any time and from time to time prior to June 15, 2024, on any one or more occasions, redeem all or part of the 2028 Notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus a “make whole” premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest. On or after June 15, 2024, we may, on any one or more occasions, redeem all or part of the 2028 Notes at the redemption prices set forth below, expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the respective notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the applicable redemption date.

12-month period beginning June 15, Percentage

The indenture governing the 2028 Notes contains covenants that are substantially the same as the indenture governing the 2023 Notes. However, the 2028 Notes contain a permitted investment activity carveout that allows for the transfer of certain carbon capture assets to a joint venture for the purpose of monetizing potential tax credits.

9.25% Senior Secured Notes due June 2023

On June 10, 2016, CVR Partners and Finance Co. (together the “2023 Notes Issuers”), certain subsidiary guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and as collateral trustee, completed a private offering of $645 million aggregate principal amount of 9.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes”). The 2023 Notes mature on June 15, 2023, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased by the issuers. Interest on the 2023 Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year. The 2023 Notes are guaranteed on a senior secured basis by all of the Partnership’s existing subsidiaries.

On or after June 15, 2021, the 2023 Notes Issuers may redeem all or part of the 2023 Notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the applicable redemption date. The 2023 Notes contain customary covenants for a financing of this type that, among other things, restrict CVR Partners’ ability and the ability of certain of its subsidiaries to: (i) sell assets; (ii) pay distributions on, redeem or repurchase the Partnership’s units or redeem or repurchase its subordinated debt; (iii) make investments; (iv) incur or guarantee additional indebtedness or issue preferred units; (v) create or incur certain liens; (vi) enter into agreements that restrict distributions or other payments from the Partnerships’ restricted subsidiaries to the Partnership; (vii) consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of the Partnerships’ assets; (viii) engage in transactions with affiliates; and (ix) create unrestricted subsidiaries. In addition, the indenture contains customary events of default, the occurrence of which would result in or permit the trustee or the holders of at least 25% of the 2023 Notes to cause the acceleration of the 2023 Notes, in addition to the pursuit of other available remedies.

On June 23, 2021, the Partnership redeemed $550 million aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 2023 Notes at par and settled accrued interest of approximately $1.1 million through the date of redemption. As a result of this transaction, the Partnership recognized in Interest expense, net a $7.8 million loss on extinguishment of debt in the second quarter of 2021, which includes the write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs and original issue discount of $2.9 million and $4.9 million, respectively.

On September 23, 2021 and December 22, 2021, the Partnership redeemed $15 million and $15 million, respectively, in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 2023 Notes at par and settled accrued interest of approximately $0.4 million and less than $0.1 million, respectively, through the date of each redemption. As a result of these redemptions and for the year ended December 31, 2021, the Partnership recognized in Interest expense, net a $0.3 million loss on extinguishment of debt, which includes the write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs and discount of $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively.

On February 22, 2022, the Partnership redeemed all of the outstanding 2023 Notes at par and settled accrued interest of approximately $1.1 million through the date of redemption. As a result of this transaction, the Partnerships will recognize a loss on extinguishment of debt of $0.6 million in the first quarter of 2022, which includes the write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs and discount of $0.2 million and $0.4 million, respectively.

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ABL Credit Agreement

On September 30, 2021, CVR Partners, LP and its subsidiaries, CVR Nitrogen, LP, East Dubuque Nitrogen Fertilizers, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers, LLC, CVR Nitrogen Holdings, LLC, Finance Co. and CVR Nitrogen GP, LLC, entered into the ABL Credit Facility with Wells Fargo Bank National Association, a national banking association (“Wells Fargo”), as administrative agent, collateral agent, and lender. The ABL Credit Facility has an aggregate principal amount of availability of up to $35.0 million with an incremental facility, which permits an increase in borrowings of up to $15.0 million in the aggregate subject to additional lender commitments and certain other conditions. The proceeds of the loans may be used for general corporate purposes of the Partnership and its subsidiaries. The ABL Credit Facility provides for loans and letters of credit, subject to meeting certain borrowing base conditions, with sub-limits of $3.5 million for swingline loans and $10.0 million for letters of credit. The ABL Credit Facility is scheduled to mature on September 30, 2024.

Loans under the ABL Credit Facility initially bear interest at an annual rate equal to, at the option of the borrowers, (i) 1.615% plus SOFR or (ii) 0.615% plus a base rate. Based on the previous quarter’s excess availability, such annual rate could increase to, at the option of the borrowers, (i) 2.115% plus SOFR or (ii) 1.115% plus a base rate. The borrowers must also pay a commitment fee on the unutilized commitments and also pay customary letter of credit fees.

The ABL Credit Facility contains customary covenants for a financing of this type and requires the Partnership in certain circumstances to comply with a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio test and contains other restrictive covenants that limit the ability of the Partnership and its subsidiaries ability to, among other things, incur liens, engage in a consolidation, merger, purchase or sale of assets, pay dividends, incur indebtedness, make advances, investments and loans, enter into affiliate transactions, issue certain equity interests, create subsidiaries and unrestricted subsidiaries, and create certain restrictions on the ability to make distributions, loans, and asset transfers among the Partnership or its subsidiaries.

In connection with the ABL Credit Facility, the Partnership incurred lender and other third-party costs of $0.8 million which have been deferred in Prepaid expenses and other current assets and Other long-term assets and are being amortized as interest expense over the term of the ABL Credit Facility using the straight-line amortization method.

Covenant Compliance

The Partnership and its subsidiaries were in compliance with all covenants under their respective debt instruments as of December 31, 2021.

(6) Revenue

The following table presents the Partnership’s revenue, disaggregated by major product:

Year Ended December 31,

The Partnership sells its products on a wholesale basis under a contract or by purchase order. The Partnership’s contracts with customers generally contain fixed pricing and most have terms of less than one year. The Partnership recognizes revenue at the point in time at which the customer obtains control of the product, which is generally upon delivery and acceptance by the customer. The customer acceptance point is stated in the contract and may be at one of the Partnership’s manufacturing facilities, at one of the Partnership’s off-site loading facilities, or at the customer’s designated facility. Freight revenue recognized by the Partnership represents the pass-through finished goods delivery costs incurred prior to customer acceptance

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and is reimbursed by customers. An offsetting expense for freight is included in Cost of materials and other. Qualifying taxes collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities are not included in reported revenues.

Depending on the product sold and the type of contract, payments from customers are generally either due prior to delivery or within 15 to 30 days of product delivery.

The Partnership generally provides no warranty other than the implicit promise that goods delivered are free of liens and encumbrances and meet the agreed upon specifications. Product returns are rare, and as such, the Partnership does not record a specific warranty reserve or consider activities related to such warranty, if any, to be a separate performance obligation.

The Partnership has an immaterial amount of variable consideration for contracts with an original duration of less than a year. A small portion of the Partnership’s revenue includes contracts extending beyond one year, some of which contain variable pricing in which the majority of the variability is attributed to the market-based pricing. The Partnership’s contracts do not contain a significant financing component.

The Partnership has an immaterial amount of fee-based revenue, included in other revenue in the table above, that is recognized based on the net amount of the proceeds received.

Transaction Price - Allocation to Remaining Performance Obligations

As of December 31, 2021, the Partnership had approximately $10.2 million of remaining performance obligations for contracts with an original expected duration of more than one year. The Partnership expects to recognize approximately $6.0 million of these performance obligations as revenue by the end of 2022, an additional $4.0 million in 2023, and the remaining balance thereafter. The Partnership has elected to not disclose the amount of transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations for contracts with an original expected duration of less than one year. The Partnership has elected to not disclose variable consideration allocated to wholly unsatisfied performance obligations that are based on market prices that have not yet been determined.

Contract Balances

The Partnership’s deferred revenue is a contract liability that primarily relates to nitrogen fertilizer sales contracts requiring customer prepayment prior to product delivery to guarantee a price and supply of nitrogen fertilizer. Deferred revenue is recorded at the point in time in which a prepaid contract is legally enforceable and the associated right to consideration is unconditional prior to transferring product to the customer. An associated receivable is recorded for uncollected prepaid contract amounts. Contracts requiring prepayment are generally short-term in nature and, as discussed above, revenue is recognized at the point in time in which the customer obtains control of the product.

A summary of the deferred revenue activity during the year ended December 31, 2021 is presented below:

(in thousands)

Add:

New prepay contracts entered into during the period (1) 146,598

Less:

Revenue recognized related to contracts entered into during the period (59,914)

Other changes (531)

(1)Includes $93.7 million where payment associated with prepaid contracts was collected as of December 31, 2021.

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Major Customers

CVR Partners had one customer who comprised 13% of net sales for the year ended December 31, 2021 and two customers who comprised 26% and 28% of net sales for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

(7) Share-Based Compensation

Overview

CVR Partners has a Long-Term Incentive Plan (“CVR Partners LTIP”) which permits the granting of options, stock and unit appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted shares, restricted stock units, phantom units, unit awards, substitute awards, other unit-based awards, cash awards, dividend and distribution equivalent rights, share awards, and performance awards (including performance share units, performance units, and performance-based restricted stock). Individuals who are eligible to receive awards under or in connection with the CVR Partners LTIP include any director, officer, employee, employee candidate, consultant or advisor of the Partnership, its subsidiaries, or its parent.

CVR Partners’ Phantom Unit Awards and Compensation Expense

Phantom unit awards have been granted to officers, employees, and directors (the “Share-Based Awards”). As a result, Share-Based Awards that reflect the value and distributions of CVR Partners, as applicable, have been granted and remain outstanding as of December 31, 2021. Each Share-Based Award and the related distribution equivalent right represents the right to receive, upon vesting, a cash payment equal to (i) the average fair market value of one unit, in accordance with the award agreement, plus (ii) the per unit cash value of all distributions declared and paid, as applicable, from the grant date through the vesting date. The Share-Based Awards are generally graded-vesting awards, which vest over three years with one-third of the award vesting each year the grantee remains employed by the Partnership and its subsidiaries. Compensation expense is recognized ratably, based on service provided to the Partnership and its subsidiaries, with the amount recognized fluctuating as a result of the Share-Based Awards being re-measured to fair value at the end of each reporting period due to their liability-award classification.

A summary of phantom unit award activity during the year ended December 31, 2021 is presented below:

(1)As of December 31, 2021, there are no outstanding awards under the CVR Partners LTIP, and the only outstanding and unvested phantom awards are issued in connection with, not under, the CVR Partners LTIP.

Unrecognized compensation expense associated with the phantom units at December 31, 2021 was approximately $19.0 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.0 years. Compensation expense recorded for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019 related to these awards was approximately $27.0 million, $0.6 million, and $2.3 million, respectively.

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Partnership had a liability of $9.1 million and $0.6 million, respectively, for cash settled non-vested phantom unit awards and associated distribution equivalent rights and, for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, paid cash of $11.1 million, $0.5 million, and $0.8 million, respectively, to settle liability-classified awards upon vesting.

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, CVR Energy had a liability associated with the CVR Partners LTIP of $3.3 million and $0.3 million, respectively, for cash settled non-vested phantom unit awards and associated distribution equivalent rights

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and, for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, paid cash of $4.4 million, $0.3 million, and $0.9 million, respectively, to settle liability-classified awards upon vesting under the CVR Partners LTIP.

Incentive Unit Awards — CVR Energy

CVR Energy grants awards of incentive units and dividend equivalent rights to certain of its employees and those of its subsidiaries, including CVR GP, who provide shared services for CVR Energy and its subsidiaries, including the Partnership. Costs related to these incentive unit awards are allocated to the Partnership based on time spent on Partnership business. Total compensation expense allocated to the Partnership for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019 related to the incentive units was $2.3 million, $0.4 million and $1.0 million, respectively.

The Partnership had no separate liabilities related to these incentive unit awards as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, as the allocation of compensation expense for incentive unit awards is part of the amount charged to the Partnership under the Corporate MSA. For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2019, the Partnership had no reimbursements related to its allocated portion of CVR Energy’s incentive unit awards payments, respectively, and for the year ended December 31, 2020, the Partnership made reimbursements to CVR Energy of $2.2 million. See Note 9 (“Related Party Transactions”) for further discussion of the Corporate MSA.

Performance Unit Awards

Pursuant to the employment agreement, as amended, with the Partnership’s Executive Chairman, CVR Energy entered into a performance unit award agreement (the “2017 Performance Unit Award Agreement”) on November 1, 2017 with our Executive Chairman representing the right to receive upon vesting, a cash payment equal to $10.0 million if the average closing price of CVR Energy’s common stock over the 30 day trading period from January 4, 2022 to February 15, 2022 is equal to or greater than $60 per share. Effective as of December 22, 2021, CVR Energy and our Executive Chairman entered into an amendment to the 2017 Performance Unit Award Agreement, which extended the end of the performance period thereunder to December 31, 2024, and changed the 30 day trading period on which the average closing price of CVR Energy’s common stock is based to January 6, 2025 through February 20, 2025. Under the 2017 Performance Unit Award Agreement, for the year ended December 31, 2021, the Partnership recognized a benefit of $0.6 million. Nocompensation costs were recognized for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. Under the 2017 Performance Unit Award Agreement, as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Partnership had no outstanding liability. Once the performance parameters are probable of being met under the 2017 Performance Unit Award Agreement, the Partnership’s allocated portion of unrecognized compensation costs would be approximately $2.3 million.

Other Benefit Plans

CVR Energy sponsors and administers two defined contribution 401(k) plans, the CVR Energy 401(k) Plan and the CVR Energy 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees (the “Plans”), in which employees of the general partner, CVR Partners and its subsidiaries may participate. Participants in the Plans may elect to contribute a designated percentage of their eligible compensation in accordance with the Plans, subject to statutory limits. CVR Partners provides a matching contribution of 100% of the first 6% of eligible compensation contributed by participants. Participants in both Plans are immediately vested in their individual contributions. The Plans provide for a three-year vesting schedule for the Partnership’s matching contributions and contain a provision to count service with predecessor organizations. The Partnership did not have contributions under the Plans for the year ended December 31, 2021, as the Partnership’s matching contributions for the Plans were suspended effective January 1, 2021, and had approximately $1.9 million, and $1.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Partnership’s matching contributions for the Plans resumed effective January 1, 2022.

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(8) Commitments

Supply Commitments

The minimum required payments for unconditional purchase obligations, including the natural gas purchases outlined below, are as follows:

(in thousands) UnconditionalPurchase Obligations

Year Ending December 31,

Supply Commitments - The Partnership is a party to various supply agreements with both related and third parties which commit the Partnership to purchase minimum volumes of hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, pet coke, and natural gas to run its plants’ operations.

The Partnership is also party to a natural gas supply agreement with various third-parties. Natural gas expense for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019 totaled approximately $52.9 million, $32.4 million, and $33.1 million, respectively, and is included in Cost of materials and other and Direct operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization).

The Partnership entered into the Coffeyville Master Service Agreement (“Coffeyville MSA”) with Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of CVR Energy (“CRRM”), pursuant to which, it agrees to pay a monthly fee for pet coke purchases. The Partnership’s Coffeyville Facility obtains a significant amount (48% on average during last five years, 43% in 2021) of the pet coke it needs from the Coffeyville MSA. Any remaining pet coke needs are required to be purchased from various third parties. The price paid pursuant to the Coffeyville MSA is based on the lesser of a pet coke price derived from the price received for UAN (the “UAN-based Price”) or a pet coke price index. The UAN-based Price begins with a pet coke price of $25 per ton based on a price per ton for UAN that excludes transportation cost (“netback price”) of $205 per ton, and adjusts up or down $0.50 per ton for every $1.00 change in the netback price. The UAN-based price has a ceiling of $40 per ton and a floor of $5 per ton. See Note 9 (“Related Party Transactions”) for further discussion of the Coffeyville MSA.

Pursuant to the Coffeyville MSA, the Partnership agreed, with respect to the Coffeyville Facility, to pay CRRM for hydrogen purchases. The committed hydrogen volume pricing is based on a monthly fixed fee (based on the fixed and capital charges associated with producing the committed volume) and a monthly variable fee (based on the natural gas price associated with hydrogen actually received). In the event the Coffeyville Facility fails to take delivery of the full committed volume in a month, the Partnership remains obligated to pay CRRM for the monthly fixed fee and the monthly variable fee based upon the actual hydrogen volume received, if any. In the event CRRM fails to deliver any portion of the committed volume for the applicable month for any reason other than planned repairs and maintenance, the Partnership will be entitled to a pro-rata reduction of the monthly fixed fee. See Note 9 (“Related Party Transactions”) for further discussion.

The Partnership, with respect to the Coffeyville Facility, is also party to the Messer Agreement, pursuant to which, it is required to take as available and pay for the supply of oxygen and nitrogen to the plant. This agreement was renewed and commenced in July 2020 for an initial term of 15 years with annual renewals thereafter. Expenses associated with this agreement are included in Direct operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization), and, for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, totaled approximately $3.9 million, $4.2 million, and $4.2 million, respectively.

In addition to the related party Coffeyville MSA, the Coffeyville Facility has pet coke supply agreements with multiple third-party refineries to purchase approximately 327,000 tons of pet coke at a fixed price for delivery at different dates through

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December 2022. The Coffeyville Facility has historically purchased third-party pet coke based on spot purchases and supply agreements in place at the time. The delivered cost of third-party pet coke purchases is included in Cost of materials and other and totaled approximately $17.4 million, $17.9 million, and $10.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

During 2019, the Partnership, with respect to the East Dubuque Facility, entered into a utility service agreement with a new third-party energy cooperative. The new utility service agreement does not contain purchase commitments. The cost of utilities, including natural gas purchases, is included in Direct operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization). Prior to entering into the new utility service agreement, the East Dubuque Facility had a utility service agreement with a third-party energy cooperative which included certain charges on a take-or-pay basis and amounts associated with this agreement totaled approximately $3.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2019.

(9) Related Party Transactions

Limited Partnership Agreement

The Partnership’s general partner manages the Partnership’s operations and activities as specified in CVR Partners’ limited partnership agreement. The general partner of the Partnership, CVR GP, is managed by its board of directors. The partnership agreement provides that the Partnership will reimburse CVR GP for all direct and indirect expenses it incurs or payments it makes on behalf of the Partnership, including salary, bonus, incentive compensation, and other amounts paid to any person to perform services for the Partnership or for its general partner in connection with operating the Partnership.

Omnibus Agreement

We are party to an omnibus agreement with CVR Energy and our general partner, pursuant to which we have agreed that CVR Energy will have a preferential right to acquire any assets or group of assets that do not constitute assets used in a fertilizer restricted business. In determining whether to exercise any preferential right under the omnibus agreement, CVR Energy will be permitted to act in its sole discretion, without any fiduciary obligation to us or the unitholders whatsoever. These obligations will continue so long as CVR Energy owns at least 50% of our general partner. There was no activity reported under this agreement during the years ended 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Coffeyville MSA

Effective January 1, 2020, the Conflicts Committee of the Board and the audit committee of CVR Energy approved, and CRNF and CRRM entered into, the Coffeyville MSA which is comprised of various supply and service agreements effectively replacing, on substantially equivalent terms, other related party agreements in place during 2019 (the “Replaced Coffeyville Agreements”). In addition to affirming the terms and services described in the Replaced Coffeyville Agreements and resetting the durations thereof, as applicable, commencing January 1, 2020, the Coffeyville MSA provides for monthly payments, subject to netting, for all goods and services supplied under the Coffeyville MSA. The Coffeyville MSA will continue in effect until terminated in writing, in whole or in part, by either party, or until terminated automatically in the event a party falls out of common control with the other party. The Coffeyville MSA provides the following services:

•Cross Easements - Both CRNF and CRRM can access and utilize each other’s land in certain circumstances in order to operate their respective businesses.

•Hydrogen Purchase and Sale - CRRM agrees to sell and deliver a committed hydrogen volume of 90,000 mscf per month to CRNF and CRNF agrees to purchase and receive the committed volume. CRNF also has the option to purchase excess volume from CRRM, if available.

•Raw Water and Facilities Sharing - CRNF and CRRM are each owners of an undivided one-half interest in and to the water rights and agree to (i) allocate raw water resources between CVR Energy’s Coffeyville refinery and our Coffeyville Facility and (ii) provide for the management of the water intake system which draws raw water from the Verdigris River for both our Coffeyville Facility and CVR Energy’s Coffeyville Refinery.

•Coke Supply - Our Coffeyville Facility purchases pet coke from CVR Energy’s Coffeyville Refinery which provides that CRRM must deliver, and the Coffeyville Facility must purchase, during each calendar year an annual required

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amount of pet coke equal to the lesser of (i) 100 percent of the pet coke or (ii) 500,000 tons of pet coke. If during a calendar month, more than 41,667 tons of pet coke is produced and available for purchase, then the Coffeyville Facility will have the option to purchase the excess at the purchase price provided for in the agreement. If the option is declined, CRRM may sell the excess to a third-party.

•Feedstock and Shared Services - CRNF and CRRM provide feedstock and other services to one another. These feedstocks and services are utilized in the respective production processes of CRRM’s Coffeyville Refinery and our Coffeyville Facility. Feedstocks provided under the agreement include, among others, hydrogen, high-pressure steam, nitrogen, instrument air, oxygen, and natural gas.

•Lease - CRNF leases certain office and laboratory space from CRRM.

Corporate MSA

Also effective January 1, 2020, the Conflicts Committee of the Board and the audit committee of CVR Energy approved, and the parties entered into the Corporate MSA between CVR Services and certain of its affiliates, including CVR Energy, CVR GP and the Partnership and its subsidiaries, which is comprised of various management and service agreements effectively replacing other related party agreements, on substantially equivalent terms, in place for 2019 (the “Replaced Corporate Agreements”). In addition to affirming the terms and services described in the Replaced Corporate Agreements and resetting the durations thereof, as applicable, commencing January 1, 2020, the Corporate MSA provides for payment by each service recipient under the Corporate MSA of a monthly fee for goods and services supplied under the Corporate MSA, subject to netting and an annual true up, as well as pass-through of any direct costs incurred on behalf of a service recipient without markup. Either CVR Services or CVR GP may terminate the Corporate MSA upon at least 90 days notice.

Under the Corporate MSA, CVR GP and the Partnership and its subsidiaries obtain certain management and other professional services from CVR Services, including the following, among others:

•services from CVR Services’ employees in capacities equivalent to the capacities of corporate executive officers, except that those who serve in such capacities under the agreement will serve the Partnership on a shared, part-time basis only, unless the Partnership and CVR Services agree otherwise;