UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
SCHEDULE 14D-9
SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION
STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(4) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. 6)
CVR ENERGY, INC.
(Name of Subject Company)
CVR ENERGY, INC.
(Name of Person Filing Statement)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
12662P108
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Edmund S. Gross
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
CVR Energy, Inc.
2277 Plaza Drive, Suite 500
Sugar Land, Texas 77479
Telephone (281) 207-3200
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of the Person Filing Statement)
COPIES TO:
Andrew R. Brownstein
Benjamin M. Roth
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019
Telephone (212) 403-1000
| ¨ | Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer. |
This Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 14D-9 amends and supplements the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (as amended from time to time, the “Statement”) originally filed by CVR Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2012, relating to the tender offer (as amended through the date hereof) by IEP Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Offeror”), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Icahn Enterprises Holdings”), and by Icahn Enterprises Holdings as a co-bidder, along with other entities affiliated with Carl C. Icahn who may be deemed to be co-bidders, to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), including the associated rights to purchase shares of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Rights,” and together with the shares of Common Stock, “Shares”), at a price of $30.00 per Share in cash, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes, and one non-transferable contingent cash payment right (“CCP”) per Share. Except as specifically noted herein, the information set forth in the Statement remains unchanged.
| Item 9. | Materials to be Filed as Exhibits. |
Item 9 of the Statement is hereby amended to include the following additional exhibits:
| Exhibit No. |
Document | |
| (a)(8) | Press release issued by the Company on March 28, 2012. | |
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SIGNATURE
After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
| CVR ENERGY, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Edmund S. Gross | |
| Name: | Edmund S. Gross | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |
Dated: March 28, 2012
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