UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 16, 2026
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On January 16, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of CVR GP, LLC, the general partner of CVR Partners, LP (the “Partnership”), appointed Michael H. Wright, Jr. to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Partnership, effective immediately. Mr. Wright is employed by a subsidiary of the Partnership’s affiliate CVR Energy, Inc. (“CVI”) and currently serves as CVI’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. CVI indirectly owns the general partner of the Partnership and approximately 37% of the Partnership’s common units.
Mr. Wright, age 55, has served as CVI’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since January 2022, and prior to assuming that role, served as CVI’s Project Manager from July to December 2019 and as CVI’s Vice President – Capital Projects from December 2019 to January 2022. Prior to joining CVI, Mr. Wright served as Senior Consultant – Refining for Solomon Associates, an energy industry consulting firm, from September 2018 to July 2019, and in several senior roles with HollyFrontier Corporation from 2005 to February 2018, including as Vice President – Crude Supply, Vice President Refinery Manager Woods Cross, and Vice President of Capital Projects. Mr. Wright obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration, both from the University of Utah.
The Partnership is not aware of any transactions in which Mr. Wright has an interest that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K and no arrangement or understanding exists between Mr. Wright and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Partnership. There are no family relationships between Mr. Wright and any director or executive officer of the Partnership.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: January 22, 2026
| CVR Partners, LP | |||||
| By: CVR GP, LLC, its general partner | |||||
| By: | /s/ Dane J. Neumann | ||||
| Dane J. Neumann | |||||
| Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary | |||||