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Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 ( Mark One ) . ✔ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission file number : 001-33492 Delaware ( State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization ) Form 10 - K Title of Each Class Common Stock , $ 0.01 par value per share CVR Energy , Inc. ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) CVR Energy 0 Ⓡ 2277 Plaza Drive , Suite 500 , Sugar Land , Texas 77479 ( Address of principal executive offices ) ( Zip Code ) 281-207-3200 ( Registrant's Telephone Number , including Area Code ) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Ticker Symbol ( s ) . CVI 61-1512186 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered New York Stock Exchange Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Act . Yes Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Yes No No No ✔ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( §232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes ✔ No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company , an emerging growth company . See the definitions of " large accelerated filer , " " accelerated filer , " " smaller reporting company ” and “ emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer Non - accelerated filer Smaller reporting company Emerging growth company If an emerging growth company , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm prepared or issued its audit report . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act ) . Yes No ✓ At June 30 , 2020 , the aggregate market value of the voting common stock held by non - affiliates of the registrant was approximately $ 590 million based upon the closing price of its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange Composite tape . As of February 19 , 2021 , there were 100,530,599 shares of the registrant's common stock outstanding . Documents Incorporated By Reference Portions of the registrant's Proxy Statement to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A pertaining to the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III hereof . The Company intends to file such Proxy Statement no later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Form 10 - K .