---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001376139-23-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVI"
cik: "0001376139"
company_name: "CVR ENERGY INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T08:05:07.289913+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CVR Energy stockholders elect six directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify Grant Thornton at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All six director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 73.9M (Strock) to 87.1M (Lamp).
- Say-on-pay approved by advisory vote of 90.4M for, 1.0M against, 64k abstain.
- Shareholders recommended say-on-pay frequency of every 1 year with 90.2M votes.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton as independent auditor for FY 2023 passed with 95.4M votes.
- Meeting held June 1, 2023; record date April 3, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001376139-23-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVI
- cik: 0001376139
- company_name: CVR ENERGY INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376139/000137613923000035/0001376139-23-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376139/000137613923000035/cvi-20230601.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001376139-23-000035.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CVR ENERGY INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future Say-on-Pay votes at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 3 - Say-on-Pay Frequency Proposal The stockholders recommended, by a non-binding advisory vote, Say-on-Pay Frequency by the following vote: Votes for 1 Year Votes for 2 Years Votes for 3 Years Votes Abstain Broker Non-Votes 90,204,626 46,551 1,216,795 64,620 4,318,853
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376139/000137613923000035/0001376139-23-000035-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CVR ENERGY INC shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 4 - Auditor Ratification Proposal The appointment by the Audit Committee of Grant Thornton LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the 2023 fiscal year was ratified by the following vote: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstain 95,383,846 432,204 35,395
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376139/000137613923000035/0001376139-23-000035-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CVR ENERGY INC shareholders approved Approval, by non-binding advisory vote, of named executive officer compensation (Say-on-Pay) at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 2 - Say-on-Pay Proposal The stockholders approved, by a non-binding advisory vote, Say-on-Pay by the following vote: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstain Broker Non-Votes 90,423,916 1,044,231 64,445 4,318,853
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376139/000137613923000035/0001376139-23-000035-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CVR ENERGY INC shareholders approved Election of six directors to serve until the 2024 annual meeting at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 1 - Election of Directors The nominees listed below were elected to the Board, with the respective votes set forth opposite of each nominee’s name: Director Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Ted Papapostolou 79,415,108 12,117,484 4,318,853 Jaffrey (Jay) A. Firestone 86,611,133 4,921,459 4,318,853 Hunter C. Gary 79,771,141 11,761,451 4,318,853 David L. Lamp 87,088,379 4,444,213 4,318,853 Stephen Mongillo 80,442,528 11,090,064 4,318,853 James M. Strock 73,870,472 17,662,120 4,318,853
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1376139/000137613923000035/0001376139-23-000035-index.htm

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