Contribution Agreement




 Exhibit 10.1 
 CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT 
 BY AND AMONG 

CVR REFINING HOLDINGS, LLC 
 CVR REFINING HOLDINGS SUB, LLC 
 AND 

CVR REFINING, LP 
 DATED AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2012 








 CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT 

This Contribution Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2012 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among CVR
Refining Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CVR Refining Holdings”), CVR Refining Holdings Sub, LLC a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of CVR Refining Holdings (“Holdings
Sub”) and CVR Refining, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”). The above named entities are sometimes referred to herein as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”

 RECITALS 
 WHEREAS, CVR Refining Holdings has formed CVR Refining, LLC (“CVR Refining”) under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “Delaware LLC Act”) and owns a
100% membership interest in CVR Refining (the “Membership Interest”) as of the date hereof; 
 WHEREAS,
pursuant to that certain Contribution Agreement, dated as of October 18, 2012, by and among Coffeyville Resources, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CRLLC”), and CVR Refining, CRLLC granted, contributed, bargained,
conveyed, assigned, transferred, set over and delivered to CVR Refining, it successors and assigns, on behalf of CVR Refining Holdings, CRLLC’s 100% membership interest in each of Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, Coffeyville Resources Crude Transportation, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Coffeyville Resources Terminal, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Coffeyville Resources Pipeline, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, Wynnewood Energy Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (which owns a 100% membership interest in Wynnewood Refining Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company), and 100% of the stock of Coffeyville
Finance Inc., a Delaware corporation; 
 WHEREAS, CVR Refining Holdings holds 100% of the limited partner interests in
the Partnership and CVR Refining GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, holds a non-economic general partner interest in the Partnership; and 
 WHEREAS, each of the Parties and the stockholders, members, partners, boards of directors or managers of the Parties, as the case may be, have taken all corporate, partnership, limited liability
company or other action, as the case may be, required to be taken to approve the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereby agree as follows: 

  
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 ARTICLE I 
 CONTRIBUTIONS 
 The following capital contributions and transactions shall
be completed in the order set forth below. 
 Section 1.1    Contribution and Assignment of
Membership Interests by CVR Refining Holdings. 
 CVR Refining Holdings hereby contributes, conveys, assigns, transfers and
delivers the Membership Interest to the Partnership, its successors and assigns, for its and their own use forever, and the Partnership hereby accepts the Membership Interest. CVR Refining Holdings shall retain the right to receive reimbursement for
certain capital expenditures attributable to the assets of CVR Refining and its subsidiaries incurred within the two-year period prior to the date of this Agreement. 
 Section 1.2    Contribution and Assignment of Membership Interests by CVR Refining Holdings. 
 CVR Refining Holdings hereby contributes, conveys, assigns, transfers and delivers a 0.01% limited partner interest in the Partnership to Holdings Sub, its successors and assigns, for its and their own
use forever, and Holdings Sub hereby accepts the 0.01% limited partner interest in the Partnership. 
 ARTICLE II

 MISCELLANEOUS 
 Section 2.1    Further Assurances. 
 From time to
time, and without any further consideration, the Parties agree to execute, acknowledge and deliver all such additional deeds, assignments, bills of sale, conveyances, instruments, notices, releases, acquittances and other documents, and to do all
such other acts and things, all in accordance with applicable law, as may be necessary or appropriate (a) more fully to assure that the applicable Parties own all of the properties, rights, titles, interests, estates, remedies, powers and
privileges granted by this Agreement, or which are intended to be so granted, (b) more fully and effectively to vest in the applicable Parties and their respective successors and assigns beneficial and record title to the interests contributed
and assigned by this Agreement or intended to be so and (c) more fully and effectively carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement. 
 Section 2.2    Successors and Assigns. 
 The
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. 

  
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 Section 2.3    No Third Party Rights. 

The provisions of this Agreement are intended to bind the Parties as to each other and are not intended to and do not create rights in
any other person or confer upon any other person any benefits, rights or remedies and no person is or is intended to be a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions of this Agreement. 

Section 2.4    Severability. 
 If any of the provisions of this Agreement are held by any court of competent jurisdiction to contravene, or to be invalid under, the laws of any political body having jurisdiction over the subject matter
hereof, such contravention or invalidity shall not invalidate the entire Agreement. Instead, this Agreement shall be construed as if it did not contain the particular provision or provisions held to be invalid, and an equitable adjustment shall be
made and necessary provision added so as to give effect to the intention of the Parties as expressed in this Agreement at the time of execution of this Agreement. 
 Section 2.5    Entire Agreement. 
 This Agreement
and the instruments referenced herein supersede all previous understandings or agreements among the Parties, whether oral or written, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and such instruments. This Agreement and such instruments
contain the entire understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. No understanding, representation, promise or agreement, whether oral or written, is intended to be or shall be included in or form part of this
Agreement unless it is contained in a written amendment hereto executed by the Parties after the date of this Agreement. 

Section 2.6    Amendment or Modification. 

This Agreement may be amended or modified at any time or from time to time only by a written instrument, specifically stating that such
written instrument is intended to amend or modify this Agreement, signed by each of the Parties. 

Section 2.7    Construction. 
 All Article and Section headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be deemed to control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof. All references herein
to Articles and Sections shall, unless the context requires a different construction, be deemed to be references to the Articles and Sections of this Agreement. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of
similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole, and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. All personal pronouns used in this Agreement, whether used in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender,
shall include all other genders, and the singular shall include the plural and vice versa. The use herein of the word “including” following any general statement, term or matter shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or
matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation”, “but not limited to”, or words of similar
import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that could reasonably fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter. 

  
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 Section 2.8    Counterparts. 

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if all Parties had signed the same document. All
counterparts shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same instrument. The delivery of an executed counterpart copy of this Agreement by facsimile or electronic transmission in PDF format shall be deemed to be the equivalent
of delivery of the originally executed copy thereof. 
 Section 2.9    Deed; Bill of Sale;
Assignment. 
 To the extent required and permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall also constitute a
“deed,” “bill of sale” or “assignment” of the assets and interests referenced herein. 

Section 2.10    Applicable Law. 
 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the Parties as of the date
first written above. 
  

					
	CVR REFINING HOLDINGS, LLC
		
	 By: 
	 	 /s/ Susan M. Ball

		 	 Name:
	 	Susan M. Ball
		 	 Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
		 		 	
	
	CVR REFINING, LP
		
	 By:
	 	CVR Refining GP, LLC, its general partner
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Susan M. Ball

		 	 Name:
	 	Susan M. Ball
		 	 Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
		 		 	
	
	CVR REFINING HOLDINGS SUB, LLC
		
	 By:
	 	CVR Refining Holdings, LLC, its sole member
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Susan M. Ball

		 	 Name:
	 	Susan M. Ball
		 	 Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer andTreasurer


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CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT