On December 30, 2016, CVR GP, LLC, the general partner of CVR Partners, LP (the “Partnership”), entered into an amendment of the employment agreement with Mark A. Pytosh. Mr. Pytosh is Chief Executive Officer and President of CVR GP, LLC, and is a named executive officer of the Partnership. The amendment extends the term of Mr. Pytosh’s employment agreement through the first to occur of (i) December 31, 2017 and (ii) the termination or resignation of Mr. Pytosh’s employment in accordance with the terms of his employment agreement. Except for the foregoing, the terms of Mr. Pytosh’s employment agreement remains consistent with the terms of his existing agreement, as amended to date.

About CVR PARTNERS, LP (NYSE:CVI)

CVR Energy, Inc. (CVR Energy) is a holding company. The Company engages in the petroleum refining and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing through its holdings in CVR Refining LP (CVR Refining or the Refining Partnership) and CVR Partners LP (CVR Partners or the Nitrogen Fertilizer Partnership). It operates under two business segments: petroleum (the petroleum and related businesses operated by the Refining Partnership) and nitrogen fertilizer (the nitrogen fertilizer business operated by the Nitrogen Fertilizer Partnership). The Company’s Refining Partnership is an independent petroleum refiner and marketer of transportation fuels. Its Nitrogen Fertilizer Partnership produces and markets nitrogen fertilizers in the form of urea and ammonium nitrate (UAN) and ammonia. The petroleum business consists of a coking medium-sour crude oil refinery in Coffeyville, Kansas and a crude oil refinery in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. The nitrogen fertilizer business consists of UAN and ammonia products.

CVR PARTNERS, LP (NYSE:CVI) Recent Trading Information

CVR PARTNERS, LP (NYSE:CVI) closed its last trading session down -1.06 at 23.01 with 778,905 shares trading hands.