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CVR Energy (CVI): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$3,176,693CEO Mark Pytosh · source

Say-on-pay support91.64%Latest vote · source

CEO vs. named peers9th pct.Of 11 peer CEOs

CEO pay ratio59:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

$2,698,945FY2023
$3,027,246FY2024
$3,176,693FY2025

CEO total pay was $3,176,693 in fiscal 2025, up from $3,027,246 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $670,837 · bonus $0 · stock awards $1,294,183 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

David Lamp · CEO Mark Pytosh · CEO Michael Wright Jr. · COO Brett Icahn · Director Colin Kwak · Independent Director Dustin DeMaria · Independent Director Jaffrey (Jay) A. Firestone · Independent Director Julia Heidenreich Voliva · Independent Director Mark J. Smith · Independent Director Robert E. Flint · Chair of the Board Stephen Mongillo · Independent Director

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at CVR Energy Inc in fiscal 2025?

As disclosed, David Lamp (Former President and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at CVR Energy Inc in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $8,602,449.

How does CVR Energy Inc's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?

As disclosed, Mark Pytosh's total compensation ranked at the 9th percentile of CVR Energy Inc's disclosed peer group.

What is CVR Energy Inc's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?

As disclosed, CVR Energy Inc's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 59:1.

How did shareholders vote on CVR Energy Inc's executive compensation?

As disclosed, 91.64% of shareholders supported CVR Energy Inc's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.

How much does CVR Energy Inc spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?

As disclosed, CVR Energy Inc reported total board compensation of $222,255 for fiscal 2025.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

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Summary compensation table

Named executive officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension / NQDC	All other	Total
David Lamp	$1,200,000	$0	$1,678,683	$0	$2,034,000	$0	$3,689,766	$8,602,449
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Mark Pytosh	670,837	0	1,294,183	0	1,171,500	0	40,173	3,176,693
President and Chief Executive Officer; Former Executive Vice President--Corporate Services
Michael Wright Jr.	551,681	0	617,385	0	726,800	0	23,322	1,919,188
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officer	FY2025 total	FY2024 total	FY2023 total	Δ FY2024→2025
David Lamp	$8,602,449	$4,685,477	$4,500,834	↑ +3,916,972
Mark Pytosh	3,176,693	3,027,246	2,698,945	↑ +149,447
Michael Wright Jr.	1,919,188	1,925,134	1,794,241	↓ −5,946

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

In establishing named executive officer compensation, our Compensation Committee generally seeks to: Incentivize important business priorities such as safety, reliability, environmental performance, and earnings growth through variable compensation earned based on the achievement of related performance goals; Align the named executive officers interests with those of our stockholders and stakeholders, including providing long-term economic benefits to the stockholders; Provide competitive financial incentives in the form of salary, bonuses, and benefits with the goal of retaining and attracting talented and highly motivated executive officers; and Maintain a compensation program whereby the named executive officers, through exceptional performance and incentive awards, have the opportunity to realize economic rewards commensurate with appropriate gains of other stockholders and stakeholders.

CEO STI target (% of salary)	150%
CEO LTI target (% of salary)	—
Independent consultant	None (not engaged in 2025)
Clawback policy	True
Anti-hedging	True
Anti-pledging	false

Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

Executive	Award	Grant date	Threshold	Target	Granted	Maximum	Grant-date fair value
David Lamp	RSU	2025-12-10	—	—	52,972	—	$1,678,683
Dane J. Neumann	PSU	2025-04-29	—	28,395	—	681,425	1,533,206
Mark Pytosh	RSU	2025-12-10	—	—	8,482	—	793,576
Mark Pytosh	RSU	2025-12-10	—	—	15,797	—	500,607
Melissa M. Buhrig	RSU	2025-12-10	—	—	24,249	—	768,451
Michael Wright Jr.	RSU	2025-12-10	—	—	19,482	—	617,385
Dane J. Neumann	RSU	2025-12-10	—	—	20,041	—	635,099
Melissa M. Buhrig	PSU	2025-04-29	—	34,339	—	824,065	1,854,147

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officer	Time-vested (RSU)	Performance-vested (PSU)	Options / SARs	% performance-vested
David Lamp	$1,678,683	$0	$0	0.0%
Dane J. Neumann	635,099	1,533,206	0	70.7%
Mark Pytosh	1,294,183	0	0	0.0%
Melissa M. Buhrig	768,451	1,854,147	0	70.7%
Michael Wright Jr.	617,385	0	0	0.0%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

Executive	Award	Shares unvested	Exercise price	Market value unvested
Mark Pytosh	RSU	3,688	—	$446,654
Mark Pytosh	RSU	5,307	—	142,971
Michael Wright Jr.	RSU	6,544	—	176,295
Neumann	RSU	6,607	—	177,993
Mark Pytosh	RSU	6,840	—	782,633
Buhrig	RSU	7,988	—	215,197
Mark Pytosh	RSU	8,482	—	869,405
Mark Pytosh	RSU	15,797	—	401,876
Mark Pytosh	RSU	18,287	—	465,221
Michael Wright Jr.	RSU	19,482	—	495,622
Neumann	RSU	20,041	—	509,843
Michael Wright Jr.	RSU	22,561	—	573,952
Neumann	RSU	22,982	—	584,662
Buhrig	RSU	24,249	—	616,895
Buhrig	RSU	27,789	—	706,952
David Lamp	RSU	77,341	—	2,716,981

Director compensation

Director	Cash fees	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	All other	Total
Stephen MongilloIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Governance · Special	$57,000	$0	$0	—	$0	$57,000
Julia Heidenreich VolivaIndependent · Audit · Governance (Chair)	56,000	0	0	—	0	56,000
Mark J. SmithIndependent	55,000	0	0	—	0	55,000
Jaffrey (Jay) A. FirestoneIndependent	54,255	0	0	—	0	54,255
Colin KwakIndependent · Compensation · Governance · Newly elected	0	0	0	—	0	0
Brett IcahnNot independent · Newly elected	0	0	0	—	0	0
David L. LampEmployee director	0	0	0	—	0	0
Mark A. PytoshEmployee director · Special · Newly elected	0	0	0	—	0	0
Dustin DeMariaIndependent	0	0	0	—	0	0
Robert E. FlintNot independent · Board Chair · Special	0	0	0	—	0	0

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer	$50,000
Annual equity retainer	—
Per board meeting fee	—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)	5,000 / 5,000 / 5,000
Stock ownership guideline	—

Total cost of the board

Component	FY2025
Cash retainers and fees	$222,255
Equity awards (grant-date value)	$0
All other compensation	$0
Total cost of the board	$222,255

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

Peer group, and who names CVR Energy as a peer

Companies that benchmark against CVI

12 companies name CVI as a compensation peer

The list of companies that name CVI as a peer is temporarily unavailable — recheck shortly.

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

CF CF Industries Holdings, Inc.PARR Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.VLO Valero Energy Corp.LXU LSB Industries, Inc.FTK Flotek Industries, Inc.ANDE The Andersons, Inc.MPC Marathon Petroleum Co.PBF PBF Energy, Inc.DK Delek US Holdings, Inc.ASIX AdvanSix Inc.DINO HF Sinclair Corporation

Peer reciprocity

The companies CVR Energy Inc names as compensation peers that name it back in their own disclosed peer groups.

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (PARR)⁴⁰Valero Energy Corp. (VLO)⁴¹The Andersons, Inc. (ANDE)⁴²PBF Energy, Inc. (PBF)⁴³Delek US Holdings, Inc. (DK)⁴⁴HF Sinclair Corporation (DINO)⁴⁵

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.

Rank	Company	FY	Chief executive	Salary	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Total
1	Valero Energy Corp.	2025	R. Lane Riggs	$1,720,000	$15,760,536	$0	$5,482,810	$34,228,523
2	Marathon Petroleum Co.	2025	Maryann Mannen	1,400,000	13,391,322	0	3,303,300	19,016,261
3	HF Sinclair Corporation	2025	Timothy Go	1,204,615	9,977,382	0	2,668,968	14,278,553
4	CF Industries Holdings, Inc.	2025	W. Anthony Will	1,400,000	7,726,174	0	4,200,000	13,711,938
5	PBF Energy, Inc.	2025	Matthew Lucey	1,250,000	5,767,000	0	0	7,887,020
6	Delek US Holdings, Inc.	2025	Avigal Soreq	900,000	4,832,195	0	1,895,544	7,683,786
7	AdvanSix Inc.	2025	Erin Kane	1,019,700	3,747,900	0	785,400	5,647,438
8	The Andersons, Inc.	2025	William Krueger	1,000,000	3,063,337	0	1,183,800	5,472,539
9	LSB Industries, Inc.	2025	Mark Behrman	785,731	3,448,209	0	1,073,600	5,327,795
10	Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.	2025	William Monteleone	806,731	2,249,998	0	1,336,325	4,414,054
11	CVR Energy Inc	2025	Mark Pytosh	670,837	1,294,183	0	1,171,500	3,176,693
12	Flotek Industries, Inc.	2025	Ryan Ezell	561,994	1,356,750	0	662,805	2,604,376

Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Incentive design against the same peers

Company	Annual incentive payout	Long-term vehicle mix	PSU measures include TSR	Compensation consultant
CVR Energy Inc	113%	RSU 100	not disclosed	None (not engaged in 2025)
AdvanSix Inc.	not disclosed	PSU 50 · RSU 50	not disclosed	not disclosed
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.	200%	PSU 60 · RSU 40	No	Exequity LLP
Delek US Holdings, Inc.	not disclosed	RSU 50 · PSU 50	not disclosed	Pay Governance LLC
Flotek Industries, Inc.	not disclosed	not disclosed	not disclosed	Meridian, Pay Governance
HF Sinclair Corporation	151.8%	not disclosed	No	Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC
LSB Industries, Inc.	not disclosed	RSU 50 · PSU 50	not disclosed	Compensation Strategies
Marathon Petroleum Co.	143%	not disclosed	Yes — Relative TSR	FW Cook
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.	not disclosed	not disclosed	not disclosed	Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC
PBF Energy, Inc.	not disclosed	Restricted Stock 40 · Performance Share Units 30 · Performance Units 30	Yes — Relative TSR	Pay Governance LLC
The Andersons, Inc.	not disclosed	PSU 60 · RSU 40	not disclosed	Meridian Compensation Partners
Valero Energy Corp.	199.23%	PSU 50 · RSU 50	Yes — Relative TSR	Exequity

Read from each company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company’s filing does not state the item.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio

Meeting year	Meeting date	For	Against	Abstain	Support	Outcome
2026	2026-06-04	83,749,654	7,644,864	118,281	91.64%	Passed
2025	2025-06-05	83,305,684	6,607,174	204,686	92.65%	Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation

Meeting year	Meeting date	Approval — company’s computation
2026	2026-06-04	91.64%^a
2025	2025-06-05	92.65%^b

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)	59 : 1
CEO total compensation	$8,602,449
Median employee compensation	$147,026

Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (45 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

Section 01, David Lamp. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 37. As printed: 8,602,449. View filing ↗
Section 01, Mark Pytosh. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 3,176,693. View filing ↗
Section 01, Michael Wright Jr.. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,919,188. View filing ↗
Section 03, David Lamp RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
Section 03, Dane J. Neumann PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
Section 03, Mark Pytosh RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
Section 03, Mark Pytosh RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
Section 03, Melissa M. Buhrig RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
Section 03, Michael Wright Jr. RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
Section 03, Dane J. Neumann RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
Section 03, Melissa M. Buhrig PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 59 : 1. View filing ↗
Section 08, Stephen Mongillo. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 57,000. View filing ↗
Section 08, Julia Heidenreich Voliva. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 56,000. View filing ↗
Section 08, Mark J. Smith. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 55,000. View filing ↗
Section 08, Jaffrey (Jay) A. Firestone. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 54,255. View filing ↗
Section 08, Colin Kwak. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
Section 08, Brett Icahn. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
Section 08, David L. Lamp. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
Section 08, Mark A. Pytosh. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
Section 08, Dustin DeMaria. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
Section 08, Robert E. Flint. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-06-05. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 91.64% (votes for as printed: 83,749,654). View filing ↗
Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-06-06. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 92.65% (votes for as printed: 83,305,684). View filing ↗
Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
Section 03b vehicle mix (computed). Computed. RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).
Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 222,255 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 222,255, summed across the director compensation table rows.
Valero Energy Corp., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-19. CEO total compensation as printed in Valero Energy Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 34,228,523. View filing ↗
Marathon Petroleum Co., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. CEO total compensation as printed in Marathon Petroleum Co.'s own proxy. As printed: 19,016,261. View filing ↗
HF Sinclair Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. CEO total compensation as printed in HF Sinclair Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 14,278,553. View filing ↗
CF Industries Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. CEO total compensation as printed in CF Industries Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 13,711,938. View filing ↗
PBF Energy, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. CEO total compensation as printed in PBF Energy, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,887,020. View filing ↗
Delek US Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-10. CEO total compensation as printed in Delek US Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,683,786. View filing ↗
AdvanSix Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in AdvanSix Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,647,438. View filing ↗
The Andersons, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. CEO total compensation as printed in The Andersons, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,472,539. View filing ↗
LSB Industries, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-10. CEO total compensation as printed in LSB Industries, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 5,327,795. View filing ↗
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-20. CEO total compensation as printed in Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,414,054. View filing ↗
CVR Energy Inc (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. CEO total compensation as printed in CVR Energy Inc's own proxy. As printed: 3,176,693. View filing ↗
Flotek Industries, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Flotek Industries, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 2,604,376. View filing ↗
Section 10a, Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. names CVR Energy Inc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
Section 10a, Valero Energy Corp. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Valero Energy Corp. names CVR Energy Inc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
Section 10a, The Andersons, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. The Andersons, Inc. names CVR Energy Inc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
Section 10a, PBF Energy, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. PBF Energy, Inc. names CVR Energy Inc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
Section 10a, Delek US Holdings, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Delek US Holdings, Inc. names CVR Energy Inc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
Section 10a, HF Sinclair Corporation reciprocity. DEF 14A. HF Sinclair Corporation names CVR Energy Inc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗