Document:

EX-10.24

 

Exhibit
10.24

[Form
of First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership]

FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

CVR PARTNERS, LP

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
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ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.1

	 	Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.2

	 	Construction
	 	 	22	 
	
ARTICLE II

ORGANIZATION	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.1

	 	Formation
	 	 	22	 
	Section 2.2

	 	Name
	 	 	23	 
	Section 2.3

	 	Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office; Other
Offices
	 	 	23	 
	Section 2.4

	 	Purpose and Business
	 	 	23	 
	Section 2.5

	 	Powers
	 	 	24	 
	Section 2.6

	 	Power of Attorney
	 	 	24	 
	Section 2.7

	 	Term
	 	 	25	 
	Section 2.8

	 	Title to Partnership Assets
	 	 	26	 
	
ARTICLE III

RIGHTS OF LIMITED PARTNERS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.1

	 	Limitation of Liability
	 	 	26	 
	Section 3.2

	 	Management of Business
	 	 	26	 
	Section 3.3

	 	Outside Activities of the Limited Partners
	 	 	26	 
	Section 3.4

	 	Rights of Limited Partners
	 	 	26	 
	
ARTICLE IV

CERTIFICATES; RECORD HOLDERS; TRANSFER OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS;
REDEMPTION OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.1

	 	Certificates
	 	 	27	 
	Section 4.2

	 	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates
	 	 	27	 
	Section 4.3

	 	Record Holders
	 	 	28	 
	Section 4.4

	 	Transfer Generally
	 	 	29	 
	Section 4.5

	 	Registration and Transfer of Limited Partner Interests
	 	 	29	 
	Section 4.6

	 	Registration and Transfer of the Special General Partner
Interest
	 	 	30	 
	Section 4.7

	 	Transfer of the Managing General Partner Interest
	 	 	31	 
	Section 4.8

	 	Restrictions on Transfers
	 	 	32	 
	Section 4.9

	 	Eligible Holders
	 	 	33	 
	Section 4.10

	 	Redemption of Partnership Interests of Ineligible Holders
	 	 	34	 

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ARTICLE V

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ISSUANCE OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.1

	 	Contributions by the General Partners and their Affiliates
	 	 	35	 
	Section 5.2

	 	Interest and Withdrawal
	 	 	36	 
	Section 5.3

	 	Capital Accounts
	 	 	36	 
	Section 5.4

	 	Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests
	 	 	39	 
	Section 5.5

	 	Conversion of Special Units
	 	 	40	 
	Section 5.6

	 	Conversion of Subordinated Units
	 	 	41	 
	Section 5.7

	 	Conversion of Common GP Units and Subordinated GP Units into
Common LP Units and Subordinated LP Units
	 	 	42	 
	Section 5.8

	 	Preemptive Right
	 	 	43	 
	Section 5.9

	 	Splits and Combinations
	 	 	43	 
	Section 5.10

	 	Fully Paid and Non-Assessable Nature of Limited Partner Interests
	 	 44

	
ARTICLE VI 

ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.1

	 	Allocations for Capital Account Purposes
	 	 	44	 
	Section 6.2

	 	Allocations for Tax Purposes
	 	 	52	 
	Section 6.3

	 	Requirement and Characterization of Distributions;
Distributions to Record Holders
	 	 	55	 
	Section 6.4

	 	Distributions of Available Cash from Operating Surplus
	 	 	55	 
	Section 6.5

	 	Distributions of Non-IDR Surplus Amount
	 	 	58	 
	Section 6.6

	 	Distributions of Available Cash from Capital Surplus
	 	 	58	 
	Section 6.7

	 	Adjustment of Minimum Quarterly Distribution and Target
Distribution Levels
	 	 	58	 
	Section 6.8

	 	Special Provisions Relating to the Holders of Subordinated
Units
	 	 	59	 
	Section 6.9

	 	Entity Level Taxation
	 	 	59	 
	Section 6.10

	 	Distributions in Connection with Initial Offering
	 	 	60	 
	Section 6.11

	 	Limitation on Increases in Distributions
	 	 	60	 
	
ARTICLE VII 

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF BUSINESS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.1

	 	Management
	 	 	61	 
	Section 7.2

	 	Certificate of Limited Partnership
	 	 	63	 
	Section 7.3

	 	Restrictions on the General Partners’ Authority;
Management Rights of Special General Partner
	 	 	63	 
	Section 7.4

	 	Reimbursement of the General Partners
	 	 	65	 
	Section 7.5

	 	Outside Activities
	 	 	66	 
	Section 7.6

	 	Loans from the General Partners; Loans or Contributions
from the Partnership or Group Members
	 	 	68	 
	Section 7.7

	 	Indemnification
	 	 	68	 
	Section 7.8

	 	Liability of Indemnitees
	 	 	70	 
	Section 7.9

	 	Resolution of Conflicts of Interest; Standards of Conduct
and Modification of Duties
	 	 	71	 

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	Section 7.10

	 	Other Matters Concerning the General Partners
	 	 	73	 
	Section 7.11

	 	Purchase or Sale of Partnership Interests
	 	 	73	 
	Section 7.12

	 	Registration Rights of the General Partners and their
Affiliates
	 	 	73	 
	Section 7.13

	 	Reliance by Third Parties
	 	 	76	 
	
ARTICLE VIII

BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.1

	 	Records and Accounting
	 	 	76	 
	Section 8.2

	 	Fiscal Year
	 	 	76	 
	Section 8.3

	 	Reports
	 	 	77	 
	Section 8.4

	 	Access of Special General Partner to Partnership Information
	 	 	77	 
	
ARTICLE IX 

TAX MATTERS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.1

	 	Tax Returns and Information
	 	 	77	 
	Section 9.2

	 	Tax Elections
	 	 	78	 
	Section 9.3

	 	Tax Controversies
	 	 	78	 
	Section 9.4

	 	Withholding
	 	 	78	 
	
ARTICLE X 

ADMISSION OF PARTNERS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.1

	 	Admission of Limited Partners
	 	 	78	 
	Section 10.2

	 	Admission of Successor Managing General Partner
	 	 	79	 
	Section 10.3

	 	Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership
	 	 	79	 
	
ARTICLE XI 

WITHDRAWAL OR REMOVAL OF PARTNERS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.1

	 	Withdrawal of the Managing General Partner
	 	 	80	 
	Section 11.2

	 	Removal of the Managing General Partner
	 	 	81	 
	Section 11.3

	 	Interest of Departing General Partner and Successor
Managing General Partner
	 	 	82	 
	Section 11.4

	 	Termination of Subordination Period, Conversion of
Subordinated Units and Extinguishment of Cumulative Common
Unit Arrearages
	 	 	83	 
	Section 11.5

	 	Withdrawal of Limited Partners or Special General Partner
	 	 	83	 
	
ARTICLE XII 

DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.1

	 	Dissolution
	 	 	84	 
	Section 12.2

	 	Continuation of the Business of the Partnership After
Dissolution
	 	 	84	 
	Section 12.3

	 	Liquidator
	 	 	85	 
	Section 12.4

	 	Liquidation
	 	 	85	 
	Section 12.5

	 	Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership
	 	 	86	 
	Section 12.6

	 	Return of Contributions
	 	 	86	 

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	Section 12.7

	 	Waiver of Partition
	 	 	86	 
	Section 12.8

	 	Capital Account Restoration
	 	 	86	 
	
ARTICLE XIII 

AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; MEETINGS; RECORD DATE	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 13.1

	 	Amendments to be Adopted Solely by the Managing General
Partner
	 	 	87	 
	Section 13.2

	 	Amendment Procedures
	 	 	88	 
	Section 13.3

	 	Amendment Requirements
	 	 	88	 
	Section 13.4

	 	Special Meetings
	 	 	89	 
	Section 13.5

	 	Notice of a Meeting
	 	 	90	 
	Section 13.6

	 	Record Date
	 	 	90	 
	Section 13.7

	 	Adjournment
	 	 	90	 
	Section 13.8

	 	Waiver of Notice; Approval of Meeting; Approval of Minutes
	 	 	90	 
	Section 13.9

	 	Quorum and Voting
	 	 	91	 
	Section 13.10

	 	Conduct of a Meeting
	 	 	91	 
	Section 13.11

	 	Action Without a Meeting
	 	 	91	 
	Section 13.12

	 	Right to Vote and Related Matters
	 	 	92	 
	
ARTICLE XIV 

MERGER	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 14.1

	 	Authority
	 	 	92	 
	Section 14.2

	 	Procedure for Merger or Consolidation
	 	 	93	 
	Section 14.3

	 	Approval by Partners of Merger or Consolidation
	 	 	94	 
	Section 14.4

	 	Certificate of Merger
	 	 	95	 
	Section 14.5

	 	Amendment of Partnership Agreement
	 	 	95	 
	Section 14.6

	 	Effect of Merger
	 	 	95	 
	
ARTICLE XV 

RIGHT TO ACQUIRE LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 15.1

	 	Right to Acquire Limited Partner Interests
	 	 	96	 
	
ARTICLE XVI 

GENERAL PROVISIONS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 16.1

	 	Addresses and Notices
	 	 	97	 
	Section 16.2

	 	Further Action
	 	 	98	 
	Section 16.3

	 	Binding Effect
	 	 	98	 
	Section 16.4

	 	Integration
	 	 	98	 
	Section 16.5

	 	Creditors
	 	 	98	 
	Section 16.6

	 	Waiver
	 	 	98	 
	Section 16.7

	 	Counterparts
	 	 	98	 
	Section 16.8

	 	Applicable Law
	 	 	98	 
	Section 16.9

	 	Invalidity of Provisions
	 	 	98	 
	Section 16.10

	 	Consent of Partners
	 	 	98	 
	Section 16.11

	 	Facsimile Signatures
	 	 	99	 

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	Section 16.12

	 	Third Party Beneficiaries
	 	 	99	 

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FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED

PARTNERSHIP OF CVR PARTNERS, LP

     THIS FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF CVR PARTNERS, LP dated as
of                                , 2007, is entered into by and among CVR GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, as the Managing General Partner, CVR Special GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, as the Special General Partner and Coffeyville Resources, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, as the Organizational Limited Partner, together with any other Persons who
become Partners in the Partnership or parties hereto as provided herein. In consideration of the
covenants, conditions and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

     Section 1.1 Definitions. The following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly
indicated to the contrary, applied to the terms used in this Agreement.

     “Acquisition” means any transaction in which any Group Member acquires (through an asset
acquisition, merger, stock acquisition or other form of investment) control over all or a portion
of the assets, properties or business of another Person for the purpose of increasing the operating
capacity (or productivity) or capital base of the Partnership Group from the operating capacity or
revenues of the Partnership Group existing immediately prior to such transaction.

     “Additional Book Basis” means the portion of any Carrying Value, as of the date of
determination, of an Adjusted Property that is attributable to positive adjustments made to such
Carrying Value as a result of Book-Up Events. For purposes of determining the extent that Carrying
Value constitutes Additional Book Basis:

     (i) any negative adjustment made to the Carrying Value of an Adjusted Property as a result of
either a Book-Down Event or a Book-Up Event shall first be deemed to offset or decrease that
portion of the Carrying Value of such Adjusted Property that is attributable to any prior positive
adjustments made thereto pursuant to a Book-Up Event or Book-Down Event; and

     (ii) if Carrying Value that constitutes Additional Book Basis is reduced as a result of a
Book-Down Event and the Carrying Value of other property is increased as a result of such Book-Down
Event, an allocable portion of any such increase in Carrying Value shall be treated as Additional
Book Basis; provided, that the amount treated as Additional Book Basis pursuant hereto as a result
of such Book-Down Event shall not exceed the amount by which the Aggregate Remaining Net Positive
Adjustments after such Book-Down Event exceeds the remaining Additional Book Basis attributable to
all of the Partnership’s Adjusted Property after such Book-Down Event (determined without regard to
the application of this clause (ii) to such Book-Down Event).

     “Additional Book Basis Derivative Items” means any Book Basis Derivative Items that are
computed with reference to Additional Book Basis. To the extent that the Additional Book
Basis attributable to all of the Partnership’s Adjusted Property as of the beginning of any
taxable period exceeds the Aggregate Remaining Net Positive Adjustments as of the beginning of such

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period (the “Excess Additional Book Basis”), the Additional Book Basis Derivative Items for such
period shall be reduced by the amount that bears the same ratio to the amount of Additional Book
Basis Derivative Items determined without regard to this sentence as the Excess Additional Book
Basis bears to the Additional Book Basis as of the beginning of such period.

     “Adjusted Capital Account” means the Capital Account maintained for each Partner as of the end
of each fiscal year of the Partnership, (a) increased by any amounts that such Partner is obligated
to restore under the standards set by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) (or is
deemed obligated to restore under Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5)) and
(b) decreased by (i) the amount of all losses and deductions that, as of the end of such fiscal
year, are reasonably expected to be allocated to such Partner in subsequent years under Sections
704(e)(2) and 706(d) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.751-1(b)(2)(ii), and (ii) the
amount of all distributions that, as of the end of such fiscal year, are reasonably expected to be
made to such Partner in subsequent years in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or
otherwise to the extent they exceed offsetting increases to such Partner’s Capital Account that are
reasonably expected to occur during (or prior to) the year in which such distributions are
reasonably expected to be made (other than increases as a result of a minimum gain chargeback
pursuant to Section 6.1(d)(i) or 6.1(c)(ii)). The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account
is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and
shall be interpreted consistently therewith. The “Adjusted Capital Account” of a Partner in respect
of any Partnership Interest shall be the amount that such Adjusted Capital Account would be if such
Partnership Interest were the only interest in the Partnership held by such Partner from and after
the date on which such Partnership Interest was first issued.

     “Adjusted Operating Surplus” means, with respect to any period, Operating Surplus generated
with respect to such period (a) less (i) any net increase in Working Capital Borrowings (or the
Partnership’s proportionate share of any net increase in Working Capital Borrowings in the case of
Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) with respect to such period and (ii) any net decrease in
cash reserves (or the Partnership’s proportionate share of any net decrease in cash reserves in the
case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) for Operating Expenditures with respect to such
period not relating to an Operating Expenditure made with respect to such period and (b) plus (i)
any net decrease in Working Capital Borrowings (or the Partnership’s proportionate share of any net
decrease in Working Capital Borrowings in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) with
respect to such period, and (ii) any net increase in cash reserves (or the Partnership’s
proportionate share of any net increase in cash reserves in the case of Subsidiaries that are not
wholly owned) for Operating Expenditures with respect to such period required by any debt
instrument for the repayment of principal, interest or premium. Adjusted Operating Surplus does not
include that portion of Operating Surplus included in clauses (a)(i) and (a)(ii) of the definition
of Operating Surplus.

     “Adjusted Property” means any property the Carrying Value of which has been adjusted pursuant
to Section 5.3(d)(i) or Section 5.3(d)(ii).

     “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is under common control with,
the Person in question. As used herein, the term “control” means the possession, direct or

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indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person,
whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

     “Aggregate Remaining Net Positive Adjustments” means, as of the end of any taxable period, the
sum of the Remaining Net Positive Adjustments of all the Partners.

     “Agreed Allocation” means any allocation, other than a Required Allocation, of an item of
income, gain, loss or deduction pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.1, including a Curative
Allocation (if appropriate to the context in which the term “Agreed Allocation” is used).

     “Agreed Value” of any Contributed Property means the fair market value of such property or
other consideration at the time of contribution as determined by the Managing General Partner. In
making the determination, the Managing General Partner shall use such method as it determines to be
appropriate to allocate the aggregate Agreed Value of Contributed Properties contributed to the
Partnership in a single or integrated transaction among each separate property on a basis
proportional to the fair market value of each Contributed Property.

     “Agreement” means this First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of CVR
Partners, LP, as it may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

     “Associate” means, when used to indicate a relationship with any Person, (a) any corporation
or organization of which such Person is a director, officer or general partner or is, directly or
indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of voting stock or other voting interest; (b) any
trust or other estate in which such Person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which
such Person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and (c) any relative or spouse of
such Person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same principal residence as such Person.

     “Available Cash” means, with respect to any Quarter ending prior to the Liquidation Date:

     (a) the sum of (i) all cash and cash equivalents of the Partnership Group (or the
Partnership’s proportionate share of cash and cash equivalents in the case of Subsidiaries that are
not wholly owned) on hand at the end of such Quarter, and (ii) all additional cash and cash
equivalents of the Partnership Group (or the Partnership’s proportionate share of cash and cash
equivalents in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) on hand on the date of
determination of Available Cash with respect to such Quarter resulting from Working Capital
Borrowings made subsequent to the end of such Quarter, less

     (b) the amount of any cash reserves (or the Partnership’s proportionate share of cash reserves
in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) established by the Managing General Partner
to (i) provide for the proper conduct of the business of the Partnership Group (including reserves
for the satisfaction of obligations in respect of pre-paid fertilizer contracts, future capital
expenditures and for anticipated future credit needs of the Partnership Group) subsequent to such
Quarter, (ii) comply with applicable law or any loan agreement, security agreement, mortgage, debt
instrument or other agreement or obligation to which any Group Member is a party or by which it is
bound or its assets are subject or (iii) provide funds for
distributions under Section 6.4 or Section 6.6 in respect of any one or more of the next eight

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Quarters; provided, however, that following the Initial Offering the Managing General Partner may
not establish cash reserves pursuant to (iii) above if the effect of such reserves would be that
the Partnership is unable to distribute the Minimum Quarterly Distribution on all Common Units,
plus any Cumulative Common Unit Arrearage on all Common Units, with respect to such Quarter; and,
provided further, that disbursements made by a Group Member or cash reserves established, increased
or reduced after the end of such Quarter but on or before the date of determination of Available
Cash with respect to such Quarter shall be deemed to have been made, established, increased or
reduced, for purposes of determining Available Cash, within such Quarter if the Managing General
Partner so determines. In establishing cash reserves, the Managing General Partner shall take into
consideration the terms of, the obligations of the Partnership as a guarantor under, and the
restrictions on the Partnership as a credit party under, any Coffeyville Credit Agreement.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Available Cash” with respect to the Quarter in which the
Liquidation Date occurs and any subsequent Quarter shall equal zero.

     “Board of Directors” means, with respect to the Board of Directors of the Managing General
Partner, its board of directors or managers, as applicable, if a corporation or limited liability
company, or if a limited or general partnership, the board of directors or board of managers of its
managing general partner.

     “Book Basis Derivative Items” means any item of income, deduction, gain or loss included in
the determination of Net Income or Net Loss that is computed with reference to the Carrying Value
of an Adjusted Property (e.g., depreciation, depletion, or gain or loss with respect to an Adjusted
Property).

     “Book-Down Event” means an event that triggers a negative adjustment to the Capital Accounts
of the Partners pursuant to Section 5.3(d).

     “Book-Tax Disparity” means with respect to any item of Contributed Property or Adjusted
Property, as of the date of any determination, the difference between the Carrying Value of such
Contributed Property or Adjusted Property and the adjusted basis thereof for federal income tax
purposes as of such date. A Partner’s share of the Partnership’s Book-Tax Disparities in all of its
Contributed Property and Adjusted Property will be reflected by the difference between such
Partner’s Capital Account balance as maintained pursuant to Section 5.3 and the hypothetical
balance of such Partner’s Capital Account computed as if it had been maintained strictly in
accordance with federal income tax accounting principles.

     “Book-Up Event” means an event that triggers a positive adjustment to the Capital Accounts of
the Partners pursuant to Section 5.3(d).

     “Business Day” means Monday through Friday of each week, except that a legal holiday
recognized as such by the government of the United States of America, the State of Kansas or the
State of Texas shall not be regarded as a Business Day.

     “Capital Account” means the capital account maintained for a Partner pursuant to Section 5.3.
The “Capital Account” of a Partner in respect of a Partnership Interest shall be the amount
that such Capital Account would be if such Partnership Interest were the only interest in

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the Partnership held by such Partner from and after the date on which such Partnership Interest was
first issued.

     “Capital Contribution” means any cash, cash equivalents or the Net Agreed Value of Contributed
Property that a Partner contributes to the Partnership.

     “Capital Improvement” means any (a) addition or improvement to the capital assets owned by any
Group Member, (b) acquisition of existing, or the construction of new, capital assets (including
assets for the production, transportation or distribution of fertilizer), or (c) capital
contribution by a Group Member to a Person that is not a Subsidiary, in which a Group Member has an
equity interest, to fund the Group Member’s pro rata share of the cost of the acquisition of
existing, or the construction of new, capital assets, in each case if such addition, improvement,
acquisition or construction is made to increase the operating capacity (or productivity) or capital
base of the Partnership Group from the operating capacity or asset base of the Partnership Group,
in the case of clauses (a) and (b), or such Person, in the case of clause (c), from that existing
immediately prior to such addition, improvement, acquisition or construction; provided however,
that any such addition, improvement, acquisition or construction that is made solely for investment
purposes shall not constitute a Capital Improvement under this Agreement.

     “Capital Surplus” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.3(a).

     “Carrying Value” means (a) with respect to a Contributed Property, the Agreed Value of such
property reduced (but not below zero) by all depreciation, amortization and cost recovery
deductions charged to the Partners’ Capital Accounts in respect of such Contributed Property, and
(b) with respect to any other Partnership property, the adjusted basis of such property for federal
income tax purposes, all as of the time of determination. The Carrying Value of any property shall
be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 5.3(d)(i), Section 5.3(d)(ii) and Section
5.3(b)(v) and to reflect changes, additions or other adjustments to the Carrying Value for
dispositions and acquisitions of Partnership properties, as deemed appropriate by the Managing
General Partner.

     “Cause” means a court of competent jurisdiction has entered a final, non-appealable judgment
finding that the Managing General Partner, as an entity, has materially breached a material
provision of this Agreement or is liable for actual fraud or willful misconduct in its capacity as
a general partner of the Partnership.

     “Certificate” means a certificate in such form as may be adopted by the Managing General
Partner, issued by the Partnership evidencing ownership of one or more Partnership Interests.

     “Certificate of Limited Partnership” means the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the
Partnership filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as referenced in Section
7.2, as such Certificate of Limited Partnership may be amended, supplemented or restated from time
to time.

     “claim” (as used in Section 7.12(c)) has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.12(c).

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     “Closing Date” means the first date on which shares of Common Stock of CVR Energy, Inc. are
first sold under the Registration Statement.

     “Closing Price” means, in respect of any class of Limited Partner Interests, as of the date of
determination, the last sale price on such day, regular way, or in case no such sale takes place on
such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, regular way, in either case
as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to Limited
Partner Interests listed or admitted to trading on the principal National Securities Exchange on
which the respective Limited Partner Interests are listed or admitted to trading or, if such
Limited Partner Interests are not listed or admitted to trading on any National Securities
Exchange, the last quoted price on such day or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and
low asked prices on such day in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the primary reporting
system then in use in relation to such Limited Partner Interest of such class, or, if on any such
day such Limited Partner Interests of such class are not quoted by any such organization, the
average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day as furnished by a professional market maker
making a market in such Limited Partner Interests of such class selected by the Managing General
Partner, or if on any such day no market maker is making a market in such Limited Partner Interests
of such class, the fair value of such Limited Partner Interests on such day as determined by the
Managing General Partner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Closing Price for a Common GP Unit
and a Subordinated GP Unit shall be equal to the Closing Price for a Common LP Unit or Subordinated
LP Unit, respectively.

     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time.
Any reference herein to a specific section or sections of the Code shall be deemed to include a
reference to any corresponding provision of any successor law.

     “Coffeyville Credit Agreement” means each of:

     (a) the Second Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of December 28,
2006, between Coffeyville Resources, LLC, as the borrower, and Coffeyville Refining & Marketing,
Inc., Coffeyville Nitrogen Fertilizers, Inc., Coffeyville Crude Transportation, Inc., Coffeyville
Pipeline, Inc., Coffeyville Terminal, Inc., CL JV Holdings, LLC, and certain of their subsidiaries,
as guarantors, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, and Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P.
and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, Credit
Suisse, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Funded LC Issuing Bank and Revolving Issuing
Bank, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Syndication Agent, and ABN Amro Bank N.V., as
Documentation Agent;

     (b) the Secured Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of August 23, 2007, by and among
Coffeyville Resources, LLC, as the borrower, Coffeyville Pipeline, Inc., Coffeyville Refining &
Marketing, Inc., Coffeyville Nitrogen Fertilizers, Inc., Coffeyville Crude Transportation, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“Transportation”), Coffeyville Terminal, Inc., CL JV Holdings, LLC, and
certain of their subsidiaries, as guarantors, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, and Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole
Bookrunner, and as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent; and

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     (c) the Unsecured Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of August 23, 2007, by and among
Coffeyville Resources, LLC, as the borrower, Coffeyville Pipeline, Inc., Coffeyville Refining &
Marketing, Inc., Coffeyville Nitrogen Fertilizers, Inc., Coffeyville Crude Transportation, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“Transportation”), Coffeyville Terminal, Inc., CL JV Holdings, LLC, and
certain of their subsidiaries, as guarantors, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, and
Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner and as Administrative
Agent;

in each
case as such may be amended, modified, supplemented, restated or refinanced from time to time
and any successor agreement thereto.

     “Combined Interest” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.3(a).

     “Commences Commercial Service,” “Commenced Commercial Service” and “Commencement of Commercial
Service” shall mean the date a Capital Improvement is first put into service by a Group Member
following, if applicable, completion of construction and testing.

     “Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

     “Common LP Unit” means a Unit representing, when outstanding, a fractional part of the
Partnership Interests of all Limited Partners, and having the rights and obligations specified with
respect to Common LP Units in this Agreement. The term “Common LP Unit” does not refer to, or
include, any Subordinated LP Unit prior to its conversion into a Common LP Unit pursuant to the
terms hereof.

     “Common GP Unit” means a Unit representing, when outstanding, a fractional part of the Special
General Partner Interest, and having the rights and obligations specified with respect to Common GP
Units in this Agreement. The term “Common GP Unit” does not refer to, or include, any Subordinated
GP Unit prior to its conversion into a Common GP Unit pursuant to the terms hereof.

     “Common Unit” means a Common LP Unit or a Common GP Unit.

     “Common Unit Arrearage” means, with respect to any Common Unit, whenever issued, with respect
to any Quarter within the Subordination Period, the excess, if any, of (a) the Minimum Quarterly
Distribution with respect to a Common Unit in respect of such Quarter over (b) the sum of all
Available Cash distributed with respect to a Common Unit in respect of such Quarter pursuant to
Section 6.4(b)(i).

     “Conflicts Committee” means a committee of the Board of Directors of the Managing General
Partner composed entirely of one or more directors who are not (a) security holders, officers or
employees of the Managing General Partner, (b) officers, directors or employees of any Affiliate of
the Managing General Partner or (c) holders of any ownership interest in the Partnership Group
other than Common Units and who also meet the independence standards required of directors who
serve on an audit committee of a board of directors established by the
Securities Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and by (i)
the National Securities Exchange on which any class of Partnership Interests are listed or

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admitted to trading or (ii) if no class of Partnership Interests is so listed or traded, by the New York
Stock Exchange, Inc.

     “Contributed Property” means each property or other asset, in such form as may be permitted by
the Delaware Act, but excluding cash, contributed to the Partnership. Once the Carrying Value of a
Contributed Property is adjusted pursuant to Section 5.3(d), such property shall no longer
constitute a Contributed Property, but shall be deemed an Adjusted Property.

     “Contribution Agreement” means that certain Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption Agreement,
to be entered into on or prior to the Closing Date, among the Managing General Partner, the Special
General Partner, the Organizational Limited Partner and the Partnership, together with the
additional conveyance documents and instruments contemplated or referenced thereunder, as such may
be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

     “Cumulative Common Unit Arrearage” means, with respect to any Common Unit, whenever issued,
and as of the end of any Quarter, the excess, if any, of (a) the sum resulting from adding together
the Common Unit Arrearage as to an Initial Common Unit for each of the Quarters within the
Subordination Period ending on or before the last day of such Quarter over (b) the sum of any
distributions theretofore made pursuant to Section 6.4(b)(ii) with respect to an Initial Common
Unit (including any distributions to be made in respect of the last of such Quarters).

     “Curative Allocation” means any allocation of an item of income, gain, deduction, loss or
credit pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.1(d)(xi).

     “Current Market Price” means, in respect of any class of Partnership Interests, as of the date
of determination, the average of the daily Closing Prices per Partnership Interest of such class
for the 20 consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date.

     “Delaware Act” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, 6 Del C. Section
17-101, et seq., as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, and any successor to such
statute.

     “Departing General Partner” means a former Managing General Partner from and after the
effective date of any withdrawal or removal of such former Managing General Partner pursuant to
Section 11.1 or 11.2.

     “Depositary” means, with respect to any Units issued in global form, The Depository Trust
Company and its successors and permitted assigns.

     “Economic Risk of Loss” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.752-2(a).

     “Effective Date” has the meaning as set forth in the Contribution Agreement.

     “Eligible Holder” means a Person that satisfies the eligibility requirements established by
the Managing General Partner for Partners pursuant to Section 4.9.

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     “Eligibility Certification” means a properly completed certificate in such form as may be
specified by the General Partner by which a Partner certifies that he (and if he is a nominee
holding for the account of another Person, that to the best of his knowledge such other Person) is
an Eligible Holder.

     “Event of Withdrawal” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.1(a).

     “Expansion Capital Expenditures” means cash expenditures for Acquisitions or Capital
Improvements. Expansion Capital Expenditures shall include interest (and related fees) on debt
incurred and distributions on equity issued, in each case, to finance the construction of a Capital
Improvement and paid during the period beginning on the date that the Partnership enters into a
binding obligation to commence construction of a Capital Improvement and ending on the earlier to
occur of the date that such Capital Improvement Commences Commercial Service or the date that such
Capital Improvement is abandoned or disposed of. Debt incurred or equity issued to fund such
construction period interest payments, or such construction period distributions on equity paid
during such period shall also be deemed to be debt or equity, as the case may be, incurred to
finance the construction of a Capital Improvement.

     “Fertilizer Restricted Businesses” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Omnibus
Agreement.

     “Final Subordinated Units” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1(d)(x).

     “First Liquidation Target Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
6.1(c)(i)(D).

     “First Target Distribution” means $0.4313 per Unit per Quarter (or, with respect to periods of
less than a full fiscal quarter, it means the product of such amount multiplied by a fraction of
which the numerator is the number of days in such period, and of which the denominator is the total
number of days in such fiscal quarter), subject to adjustment in accordance with Sections 6.7 and
6.9.

     “Fully Diluted Basis” means, when calculating the number of Outstanding Units for any period,
a basis that includes, in addition to the Outstanding Units, all Partnership Interests and options,
rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to an equity interest in the Partnership (a) that
are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Units that are senior to or pari passu with
the Subordinated Units, (b) whose conversion, exercise or exchange price is less than the Current
Market Price on the date of such calculation, (c) that may be converted into or exercised or
exchanged for such Units prior to or during the Quarter immediately following the end of the period
for which the calculation is being made without the satisfaction of any contingency beyond the
control of the holder other than the payment of consideration and the compliance with
administrative mechanics applicable to such conversion, exercise or exchange and (d) that were not
converted into or exercised or exchanged for such Units during the period for which the calculation
is being made; provided, however, that for purposes of determining the number of Outstanding Units
on a Fully Diluted Basis when calculating whether the
Subordination Period has ended or Subordinated Units are entitled to convert into Common Units
pursuant to Section 5.6, such Partnership Interests, options, rights, warrants and

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appreciation
rights shall be deemed to have been Outstanding Units only for the four Quarters that comprise the
last four Quarters of the measurement period; provided, further, that if consideration will be paid
to any Group Member in connection with such conversion, exercise or exchange, the number of Units
to be included in such calculation shall be that number equal to the difference between (i) the
number of Units issuable upon such conversion, exercise or exchange and (ii) the number of Units
that such consideration would purchase at the Current Market Price.

     “General Partner” means each of the Managing General Partner and the Special General Partner.

     “Group” means a Person that with or through any of its Affiliates or Associates has any
contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting
(except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a proxy
or consent solicitation made to 10 or more Persons), exercising investment power or disposing of
any Partnership Interests with any other Person that beneficially owns, or whose Affiliates or
Associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, Partnership Interests.

     “Group Member” means a member of the Partnership Group.

     “Group Member Agreement” means the partnership agreement of any Group Member, other than the
Partnership, that is a limited or general partnership, the limited liability company agreement of
any Group Member that is a limited liability company, the certificate of incorporation and bylaws
or similar organizational documents of any Group Member that is a corporation, the joint venture
agreement or similar governing document of any Group Member that is a joint venture and the
governing or organizational or similar documents of any other Group Member that is a Person other
than a limited or general partnership, limited liability company, corporation or joint venture, as
such may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

     “Holder” as used in Section 7.12, has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.12(a).

     “Incentive Distribution Right” means the distribution rights associated with the Managing
General Partner Interest, which will confer upon the holder thereof only the rights and obligations
specifically provided in this Agreement with respect to Incentive Distribution Rights (and no other
rights otherwise available to or other obligations of a holder of a Partnership Interest).

     “Incentive Distributions” means any amount of cash distributed to the Managing General Partner
in respect of the Incentive Distribution Rights pursuant to Section 6.4.

     “Indemnified Persons” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.12(c).

     “Indemnitee” means (a) any General Partner, (b) any Departing General Partner, (c) any Person
who is or was a director, officer, fiduciary, trustee, manager or managing member of any
Group Member, a General Partner or any Departing General Partner, (d) any Person who is or was
serving at the request of a General Partner or any Departing General Partner as a director,

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officer, fiduciary, trustee, manager or managing member of another Person owing a fiduciary
duty to any Group Member; provided that a Person shall not be an Indemnitee by reason of providing,
on a fee-for-services basis, trustee, fiduciary or custodial services, (e) any Person who controls
a general partner and (f) any Person the Managing General Partner designates as an “Indemnitee” for
purposes of this Agreement.

     “Ineligible Holder” means a Person whom the Managing General Partner has determined is not an
Eligible Holder.

     “Initial Common Units” means the Common Units sold in the Initial Offering.

     “Initial Offering” means the first to occur of the Initial Private Offering and the Initial
Public Offering.

     “Initial Private Offering” means the initial offering and sale of Common Units by the
Partnership pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act where aggregate net proceeds to the
Partnership from the sale of such Common Units is at least $50,000,000.

     “Initial Public Offering” means the Partnership’s first underwritten public offering of Common
Units pursuant to a registration statement that is filed and declared effective under the
Securities Act.

     “Initial Units” means (i) prior to the Initial Offering, the Special Units issued to the
Special General Partner and Organizational Limited Partner pursuant to the Contribution Agreement
and (ii) following the Initial Offering, the Initial Common Units

     “Initial Unit Price” means with respect to any class or series of Units, the price per Unit at
which such class or series of Units is initially sold by the Partnership, in each case adjusted as
the Managing General Partner determines to be appropriate to give effect to any distribution,
subdivision, combination or reorganization of Units.

     “Interim Capital Transactions” means the following transactions if they occur prior to the
Liquidation Date: (a) borrowings, refinancings or refundings of indebtedness (other than Working
Capital Borrowings and other than for items purchased on open account or for a deferred purchase
price in the ordinary course of business) by any Group Member and sales of debt securities of any
Group Member; (b) sales of equity interests and debt securities of any Group Member; and (c) sales
or other voluntary or involuntary dispositions of any assets of any Group Member other than (i)
sales or other dispositions of inventory, accounts receivable and other assets in the ordinary
course of business, and (ii) sales or other dispositions of assets as part of normal retirements or
replacements of assets.

     “Investment Capital Expenditures” means capital expenditures expected by the Managing General
Partner, at the time of incurring such expenditures, to be of such a short term duration as not to
be appropriately categorized as Expansion Capital Expenditures or Maintenance Capital Expenditures.

     “IO Closing Date” means the first date on which Common Units are sold by the Partnership
pursuant to the Initial Offering.

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     “Limited Partner” means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Organizational Limited
Partner, each additional Person that becomes a Limited Partner pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement and any Departing General Partner or Special General Partner upon the change of its
status from Managing General Partner or Special General Partner to Limited Partner pursuant to
Section 11.3 or Section 5.5, in each case, in such Person’s capacity as a limited partner of the
Partnership.

     “Limited Partner Interest” means the ownership interest of a Limited Partner in the
Partnership, which may be evidenced by Special LP Units, Common LP Units, Subordinated LP Units or
other Partnership Interests (other than Partnership Interests evidencing the Managing General
Partner Interest or the Special General Partner Interest) or a combination thereof or interest
therein, and includes any and all benefits to which such Limited Partner is entitled as provided in
this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Limited Partner to comply with the terms and
provisions of this Agreement.

     “Liquidation Date” means (a) in the case of an event giving rise to the dissolution of the
Partnership of the type described in clauses (a) and (b) of the first sentence of Section 12.2, the
date on which the applicable time period during which the holders of Outstanding Units have the
right to elect to continue the business of the Partnership has expired without such an election
being made, and (b) in the case of any other event giving rise to the dissolution of the
Partnership, the date on which such event occurs.

     “Liquidator” means one or more Persons selected by the Managing General Partner to perform the
functions described in Section 12.4 as liquidating trustee of the Partnership within the meaning of
the Delaware Act.

     “Maintenance Capital Expenditures” means cash expenditures (including expenditures for the
addition or improvement to the capital assets owned by any Group Member or for the acquisition of
existing, or the construction of new, capital assets) made to maintain the operating capacity (or
productivity) or capital base of the Partnership Group. Maintenance Capital Expenditures shall
include interest (and related fees) on debt incurred and distributions on equity issued, in each
case, to finance the construction of a replacement asset and paid during the period beginning on
the date that the Group Member enters into a binding obligation to commence constructing a
replacement asset and ending on the earlier to occur of the date that such replacement asset
Commences Commercial Service or the date that such replacement asset is abandoned or disposed of.
Debt incurred to pay or equity issued to fund the construction period interest payments, or such
construction period distributions on equity shall also be deemed to be debt or equity, as the case
may be, incurred to finance the construction of a replacement asset.

     “Managing General Partner” means CVR GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its
successors and permitted assigns that are admitted to the Partnership as managing general partner
of the Partnership, in their capacity as managing general partner of the Partnership (except as the
context otherwise requires).

     “Managing General Partner Interest” means the management and ownership interest of the
Managing General Partner in the Partnership (in its capacity as managing general partner without
reference to any Limited Partner Interest or Special general Partner Interest held by it),

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which includes any and all benefits to which the Managing General Partner is entitled as provided in this
Agreement (including the Incentive Distribution Rights), together with all obligations of the
Managing General Partner to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

     “Merger Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14.1.

     “Minimum Quarterly Distribution” means $0.375 per Unit per Quarter (or, with respect to
periods of less than a full fiscal quarter, it means the product of such amount multiplied by a
fraction of which the numerator is the number of days in such period, and of which the denominator
is the total number of days in such fiscal quarter), subject to adjustment in accordance with
Section 5.4, 6.7 and 6.9.

     “National Securities Exchange” means an exchange registered with the Commission under Section
6(a) of the Securities Exchange Act and any other securities exchange (whether or not registered
with the Commission under Section 6(a) of the Securities Exchange Act) that the Managing General
Partner shall designate as a National Securities Exchange for purposes of this Agreement.

     “Net Agreed Value” means, (a) in the case of any Contributed Property, the Agreed Value of
such property reduced by any liabilities either assumed by the Partnership upon such contribution
or to which such property is subject when contributed and (b) in the case of any property
distributed to a Partner by the Partnership, the Partnership’s Carrying Value of such property (as
adjusted pursuant to Section 5.3(d)(ii)) at the time such property is distributed, reduced by any
indebtedness either assumed by such Partner upon such distribution or to which such property is
subject at the time of distribution, in either case, as determined under Section 752 of the Code.

     “Net Income” means, for any taxable year, the excess, if any, of the Partnership’s items of
income and gain (other than those items taken into account in the computation of Net Termination
Gain or Net Termination Loss) for such taxable year over the Partnership’s items of loss and
deduction (other than those items taken into account in the computation of Net Termination Gain or
Net Termination Loss) for such taxable year. The items included in the calculation of Net Income
shall be determined in accordance with Section 5.3(b) and shall not include any items specially
allocated under Section 6.1(d); provided, that the determination of the items that have been
specially allocated under Section 6.1(d) shall be made as if Section 6.1(d)(xii) were not in this
Agreement.

     “Net Loss” means, for any taxable year, the excess, if any, of the Partnership’s items of loss
and deduction (other than those items taken into account in the computation of Net Termination Gain
or Net Termination Loss) for such taxable year over the Partnership’s items of income and gain
(other than those items taken into account in the computation of Net Termination Gain or Net
Termination Loss) for such taxable year. The items included in the calculation of Net Loss shall be
determined in accordance with Section 5.3(b) and shall not
include any items specially allocated under Section 6.1(d); provided, that the determination
of the items that have been specially allocated under Section 6.1(d) shall be made as if Section
6.1(d)(xii) were not in this Agreement.

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     “Net Positive Adjustments” means, with respect to any Partner, the excess, if any, of the
total positive adjustments over the total negative adjustments made to the Capital Account of such
Partner pursuant to Book-Up Events and Book-Down Events.

     “Net Termination Gain” means, for any taxable year, the sum, if positive, of all items of
income, gain, loss or deduction recognized by the Partnership after the Liquidation Date. The items
included in the determination of Net Termination Gain shall be determined in accordance with
Section 5.3(b) and shall not include any items of income, gain or loss specially allocated under
Section 6.1(d).

     “Net Termination Loss” means, for any taxable year, the sum, if negative, of all items of
income, gain, loss or deduction recognized by the Partnership after the Liquidation Date. The items
included in the determination of Net Termination Loss shall be determined in accordance with
Section 5.3(b) and shall not include any items of income, gain or loss specially allocated under
Section 6.1(d).

     “Non-IDR Surplus Amount” means the Adjusted Operating Surplus for the period from the
Effective Date through December 31, 2009.

     “Nonrecourse Built-in Gain” means with respect to any Contributed Properties or Adjusted
Properties that are subject to a mortgage or pledge securing a Nonrecourse Liability, the amount of
any taxable gain that would be allocated to the Partners pursuant to Sections 6.2(b)(i)(A),
6.2(b)(ii)(A) and 6.2(b)(iii) if such properties were disposed of in a taxable transaction in full
satisfaction of such liabilities and for no other consideration.

     “Nonrecourse Deductions” means any and all items of loss, deduction or expenditure (including
any expenditure described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code) that, in accordance with the
principles of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(b), are attributable to a Nonrecourse Liability.

     “Nonrecourse Liability” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section
1.752-1(a)(2).

     “Notice of Election to Purchase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 15.1(b).

     “Omnibus Agreement” means that certain Omnibus Agreement, to be entered into on or prior to
the Closing Date, among CVR Energy, Inc., the Managing General Partner, the Special General Partner
and the Partnership, as such may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

     “Operating Expenditures” means all Partnership Group expenditures (or the Partnership’s
proportionate share of expenditures in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned),
including taxes, reimbursements or payments of expenses of the Managing General Partner,
repayment of Working Capital Borrowings, debt service payments and capital expenditures,
subject to the following:

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     (a) repayment of Working Capital Borrowings deducted from Operating Surplus pursuant to clause
(b)(iii) of the definition of Operating Surplus shall not constitute Operating Expenditures when
actually repaid;

     (b) payments (including prepayments) of principal of and premium on indebtedness other than
Working Capital Borrowings shall not constitute Operating Expenditures; and

     (c) Operating Expenditures shall not include (i) Expansion Capital Expenditures or Investment
Capital Expenditures, (ii) payment of transaction expenses relating to Interim Capital Transactions
or (iii) distributions to Partners. Where capital expenditures are made in part for Acquisitions or
for Capital Improvements and in part for other purposes, the Managing General Partner, with the
concurrence of the Conflicts Committee, shall determine the allocation between the amounts paid for
each.

     “Operating Surplus” means, with respect to any period ending prior to the Liquidation Date, on
a cumulative basis and without duplication,

     (a) the sum of (i) $60 million, (ii) all cash receipts of the Partnership Group (or the
Partnership’s proportionate share of cash receipts in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly
owned) for the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the last day of such period,
but excluding cash receipts from Interim Capital Transactions (iii) all cash receipts of the
Partnership Group (or the Partnership’s proportionate share of cash receipts in the case of
Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned) after the end of such period but on or before the date of
determination of Operating Surplus with respect to such period resulting from Working Capital
Borrowings and (iv) the amount of distributions paid on equity of the Partnership issued in
connection with the construction of a Capital Improvement or replacement asset and paid during the
period beginning on the date that the Partnership enters into a binding obligation to commence
construction of such Capital Improvement or replacement asset and ending on the earlier to occur of
the date that such Capital Improvement or replacement asset Commences Commercial Service or the
date that it is abandoned or disposed of (equity issued to fund the construction period interest
payments on debt incurred (including periodic net payments under related interest rate swap
agreements), or construction period distributions on equity issued, to finance the construction of
a Capital Improvement or replacement asset shall also be deemed to be equity issued to finance the
construction of a Capital Improvement or replacement asset for purposes of this clause (iv)), less

     (b) the sum of (i) Operating Expenditures for the period beginning on the Effective Date and
ending on the last day of such period, (ii) the amount of cash reserves (or the Partnership’s
proportionate share of cash reserves in the case of Subsidiaries that are not wholly owned)
established by the Managing General Partner to provide funds for future Operating Expenditures and
(iii) all Working Capital Borrowings not repaid within twelve months after having been incurred;
provided, however, that disbursements made (including contributions to a Group Member or
disbursements on behalf of a Group Member) or cash reserves established, increased or reduced after
the end of such period but on or before the date of determination of
Available Cash with respect to such period shall be deemed to have been made, established,
increased or reduced, for purposes of determining Operating Surplus, within such period if the
Managing General Partner so determines.

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     Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Operating Surplus” with respect to the Quarter in which the
Liquidation Date occurs and any subsequent Quarter shall equal zero.

     “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel (who may be regular counsel to the
Partnership or the General Partners or any of their Affiliates) acceptable to the Managing General
Partner.

     “Organizational Limited Partner” means Coffeyville Resources, LLC in its capacity as the
organizational limited partner of the Partnership pursuant to this Agreement.

     “Outstanding” means, with respect to Partnership Interests, all Partnership Interests that are
issued by the Partnership and reflected as outstanding on the Partnership’s books and records as of
the date of determination; provided, however, that if at any time following the Initial Offering
any Person or Group (other than any General Partner or their respective Affiliates, including CVR
Energy, Inc.) beneficially owns 20% or more of the Outstanding Partnership Interests of any class
(treating Common LP Units and Common GP Units as the same class of Partnership Interests) then
Outstanding, all Partnership Interests owned by such Person or Group shall not be entitled to be
voted on any matter and shall not be considered to be Outstanding when sending notices of a meeting
of Limited Partners to vote on any matter (unless otherwise required by law), calculating required
votes, determining the presence of a quorum or for other similar purposes under this Agreement,
except that Partnership Interests so owned shall be considered to be Outstanding for purposes of
Section 11.1(b)(iv) (such Partnership Interests shall not, however, be treated as a separate class
of Partnership Interests for purposes of this Agreement); provided, further, that the foregoing
limitation on voting of Partnership Interests shall not apply to (i) any Person or Group who
acquired 20% or more of the Outstanding Partnership Interests of any class then Outstanding
directly from the Managing General Partner or its Affiliates, (ii) any Person or Group who acquired
20% or more of the Outstanding Partnership Interests of any class then Outstanding directly or
indirectly from a Person or Group described in clause (i) provided that the Managing General
Partner shall have notified such Person or Group in writing that such limitation shall not apply,
or (iii) any Person or Group who acquired 20% or more of any Partnership Interests issued by the
Partnership with the prior approval of the Board of Directors.

     “Over-Allotment Option” means an over-allotment option granted by the Partnership in
connection with the Initial Public Offering.

     “Partner Nonrecourse Debt” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-2(b)(4).

     “Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation
Section 1.704-2(i)(2).

     “Partner Nonrecourse Deductions” means any and all items of loss, deduction or expenditure
(including any expenditure described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code) that, in
accordance with the principles of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(1), are attributable
to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt.

     “Partners” means the General Partners and the Limited Partners.

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     “Partnership” means CVR Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

     “Partnership Group” means the Partnership and its Subsidiaries treated as a single entity.

     “Partnership Interest” means an interest in the Partnership, which shall include any Managing
General Partner Interest, Special General Partner Interest and Limited Partner Interests but shall
exclude any options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to an equity interest in the
Partnership and, for the purpose of Section 7.12, shall include any interests into which such
Partnership Interests are convertible or for which such Partnership Interests are exchangeable.

     “Partnership Minimum Gain” means that amount determined in accordance with the principles of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(d).

     “Per Unit Capital Amount” means, as of any date of determination, the Capital Account, stated
on a per Unit basis, underlying any Common Unit.

     “Percentage Interest” means as of any date of determination (a) as to any Unitholder with
respect to Units, the product obtained by multiplying (i) 100% less the percentage applicable to
clause (b) below by (ii) the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the number of Units held by such
Unitholder, by (B) the total number of all Outstanding Units, and (b) as to the holders of other
Partnership Interests issued by the Partnership in accordance with Section 5.4, the percentage
established (or determined as established) as a part of such issuance. The Percentage Interest with
respect to the Managing General Partner Interest shall at all times be zero.

     “Person” means an individual or a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint
venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, government agency or political
subdivision thereof or other entity.

     “Pro Rata” means (a) when modifying Units or any class thereof, apportioned equally among all
designated Units in accordance with their relative Percentage Interests and (b) when modifying
Partners or Record Holders, apportioned among all Partners and Record Holders in accordance with
their relative Percentage Interests.

     “Purchase Date” means the date determined by the Managing General Partner as the date for
purchase of all Outstanding Limited Partner Interests of a certain class (other than Limited
Partner Interests owned by the Managing General Partner and its Affiliates) pursuant to Article XV.

     “Quarter” means, unless the context requires otherwise, a fiscal quarter of the Partnership,
or, with respect to the fiscal quarter of the Partnership including the Effective Date, the portion
of such fiscal quarter from and after the Effective Date.

     “Recapture Income” means any gain recognized by the Partnership (computed without regard to
any adjustment required by Section 734 or Section 743 of the Code) upon the disposition of any
property or asset of the Partnership, which gain is characterized as ordinary income because it
represents the recapture of deductions previously taken with respect to such property or asset.

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     “Record Date” means the date established by the Managing General Partner or otherwise in
accordance with this Agreement for determining (a) the identity of the Record Holders entitled to
notice of, or to vote at, any meeting of Limited Partners or entitled to vote by ballot or give
approval of Partnership action in writing without a meeting or entitled to exercise rights in
respect of any lawful action of Limited Partners or (b) the identity of Record Holders entitled to
receive any report or distribution or to participate in any offer.

     “Record Holder” means (a) with respect to Partnership Interests of any class of Partnership
Interests for which a Transfer Agent has been appointed, the Person in whose name a Partnership
Interest of such class is registered on the books of the Transfer Agent as of the opening of
business on a particular Business Day, or (b) with respect to other classes of Partnership
Interests, the Person in whose name any such other Partnership Interest is registered on the books
that the Managing General Partner has caused to be kept as of the opening of business on such
Business Day.

     “Redeemable Interests” means any Partnership Interests for which a redemption notice has been
given, and has not been withdrawn, pursuant to Section 4.10.

     “Registration Statement” means the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No.
333-137588) as it has been or as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, filed by CVR
Energy, Inc. with the Commission under the Securities Act to register the offering and sale of
Common Stock of CVR Energy, Inc.

     “Remaining Net Positive Adjustments” means as of the end of any taxable period, (i) with
respect to the Unitholders, the excess of (a) the Net Positive Adjustments of the Unitholders as of
the end of such period over (b) the sum of those Partners’ Share of Additional Book Basis
Derivative Items for each prior taxable period, and (ii) with respect to the Managing General
Partner, the excess of (a) the Net Positive Adjustments of the Managing General Partner (in respect
of the Incentive Distribution Rights) as of the end of such period over (b) the sum of the Share of
Additional Book Basis Derivative Items of the Managing General Partner for each prior taxable
period.

     “Required Allocations” means (a) any limitation imposed on any allocation of Net Losses or Net
Termination Losses under Section 6.1(b) or 6.1(c)(ii) and (b) any allocation of an item of income,
gain, loss or deduction pursuant to Section 6.1(d)(i), 6.1(d)(ii), 6.1(d)(iv), 6.1(d)(v),
6.1(d)(vi), 6.1(d)(vii) or 6.1(d)(ix).

     “Residual Gain” or “Residual Loss” means any item of gain or loss, as the case may be, of the
Partnership recognized for federal income tax purposes resulting from a sale, exchange or other
disposition of a Contributed Property or Adjusted Property, to the extent such item of gain
or loss is not allocated pursuant to Section 6.2(b)(i)(A) or 6.2(b)(ii)(A), respectively, to
eliminate Book-Tax Disparities.

     “Retained Converted Subordinated Unit” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
5.3(d)(ii).

     “Second Liquidation Target Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
6.1(c)(i)(E).

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     “Second Target Distribution” means $0.4688 per Unit per Quarter (or, with respect to periods
of less than a full fiscal quarter, it means the product of such amount multiplied by a fraction of
which the numerator is the number of days in such period, and of which the denominator is the total
number of days in such fiscal quarter), subject to adjustment in accordance with Sections 6.7 and
6.9.

     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, supplemented or restated from
time to time and any successor to such statute.

     “Securities Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, supplemented
or restated from time to time and any successor to such statute.

     “Share of Additional Book Basis Derivative Items” means in connection with any allocation of
Additional Book Basis Derivative Items for any taxable period, (i) with respect to the Unitholders,
the amount that bears the same ratio to such Additional Book Basis Derivative Items as the
Unitholders’ Remaining Net Positive Adjustments as of the end of such period bears to the Aggregate
Remaining Net Positive Adjustments as of that time, (ii) with respect to the Managing General
Partner, the amount that bears the same ratio to such Additional Book Basis Derivative Items as the
Remaining Net Positive Adjustments of the Managing General Partner as of the end of such period
bears to the Aggregate Remaining Net Positive Adjustments as of that time.

     “Special Approval” means approval by a majority of the members or the sole member, as
applicable, of the Conflicts Committee.

     “Special General Partner” means CVR Special GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and
its successors and permitted assigns that are admitted to the Partnership as special general
partner of the Partnership, in their capacity as special general partner of the Partnership (except
as the context otherwise requires).

     “Special General Partner Interest” means the management and ownership interest of the Special
General Partner in the Partnership, which is represented by Special GP Units and, following the
Initial Offering will be represented by Subordinated GP Units or Common GP Units or a combination
thereof, and includes any and all benefits to which the Special General Partner is entitled as
provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of the Special General Partner to comply
with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

     “Special GP Unit” means a Unit representing, when outstanding, a fractional part of the
Special General Partner Interest, and having the rights and obligations specified with respect to
Special GP Units in this Agreement.

     “Special LP Unit” means a Unit representing, when outstanding, a fractional part of the
Partnership Interests of all Limited Partners, and having the rights and obligations specified with
respect to Special LP Units in this Agreement.

     “Special Unit” means a Special LP Unit or a Special GP Unit.

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     “Subordinated GP Unit” means a Unit representing, when outstanding, a fractional part of the
Special General Partner Interest, and having the rights and obligations specified with respect to
Subordinated GP Units in this Agreement. The term “Subordinated GP Unit” does not refer to, or
include, any Common GP Unit. A Subordinated GP Unit that is convertible into a Common GP Unit
shall not constitute a Common GP Unit until such conversion occurs.

     “Subordinated LP Unit” means a Unit representing, when outstanding, a fractional part of the
Partnership Interests of all Limited Partners and having the rights and obligations specified with
respect to Subordinated Units in this Agreement. The term “Subordinated LP Unit” does not refer to,
or include, any Common LP Unit. A Subordinated LP Unit that is convertible into a Common LP Unit
shall not constitute a Common LP Unit until such conversion occurs.

     “Subordinated Unit” means a Subordinated LP Unit or a Subordinated GP Unit.

     “Subordination Period” means the period commencing on the IO Closing Date and ending on the
first to occur of the following dates:

     (a) the second Business Day following the distribution of Available Cash to Partners pursuant
to Section 6.3(a) in respect of any Quarter, beginning with the Quarter in which the fifth
anniversary of the IO Closing Date occurs, in respect of which (i) (A) distributions of Available
Cash from Operating Surplus on each of the Outstanding Common Units and Subordinated Units and any
other Outstanding Units that are senior or equal in right of distribution to the Subordinated Units
with respect to each of the three consecutive, non-overlapping four-Quarter periods immediately
preceding such date equaled or exceeded the sum of the Minimum Quarterly Distribution on all
Outstanding Common Units and Subordinated Units and any other Outstanding Units that are senior or
equal in right of distribution to the Subordinated Units during such periods and (B) the Adjusted
Operating Surplus for each of the three consecutive, non-overlapping four-Quarter periods
immediately preceding such date equaled or exceeded the sum of the Minimum Quarterly Distribution
on all of the Common Units and Subordinated Units and any other Units that are senior or equal in
right of distribution to the Subordinated Units that were Outstanding during such periods on a
Fully Diluted Basis, with respect to such periods and (ii) there are no Cumulative Common Unit
Arrearages; and

     (b) the date all Subordinated Units convert to Common Units pursuant to Section 11.4.

     “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (a) a corporation of which more than 50% of
the voting power of shares entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency)
to vote in the election of directors or other governing body of such corporation is owned,
directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, by such Person, by one or more Subsidiaries
of such Person or a combination thereof, (b) a partnership (whether general or limited) in which
such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person is, at the date of determination, a general or limited
partner of such partnership, but only if more than 50% of the partnership interests of such
partnership (considering all of the partnership interests of the partnership as a single class) is
owned, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, by such Person, by one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person, or a combination thereof, or (c) any other Person (other than a
corporation or a partnership) in which such Person, one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or a
combination

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thereof, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, has (i) at least a majority
ownership interest or (ii) the power to elect or direct the election of a majority of the directors
or other governing body of such Person.

     “Surviving Business Entity” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14.2(b).

     “Third Target Distribution” means $0.5625 per Unit per Quarter (or, with respect to periods of
less than a full fiscal quarter, it means the product of such amount multiplied by a fraction of
which the numerator is the number of days in such period, and of which the denominator is the total
number of days in such fiscal quarter), subject to adjustment in accordance with Sections 6.7 and
6.9.

     “Trading Day” means, for the purpose of determining the Current Market Price of any class of
Limited Partner Interests, a day on which the principal National Securities Exchange on which such
class of Limited Partner Interests are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of
business or, if Limited Partner Interests of a class are not listed or admitted to trading on any
National Securities Exchange, a day on which banking institutions in New York City generally are
open.

     “transfer” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.4(a).

     “Transfer Agent” means such bank, trust company or other Person (including the Managing
General Partner or one of its Affiliates) as may be appointed from time to time by the Partnership
to act as registrar and transfer agent for any class of Partnership Interests; provided that if no
Transfer Agent is specifically designated for any class of Partnership Interests, the Managing
General Partner shall act in such capacity.

     “Unit” means a Partnership Interest that is designated as a “Unit” and shall include Special
Units, Common Units and Subordinated Units but shall not include the Managing General Partner
Interest or the associated Incentive Distribution Rights.

     “Unitholders” means the holders of Units.

     “Unit Majority” means, (a) prior to the Initial Offering, at least a majority of the
Outstanding Units, voting as a single class, (b) during the Subordination Period, at least a
majority of the Outstanding Common Units (excluding Common Units owned by the Managing General
Partner and its Affiliates) voting as a class and at least a majority of the Outstanding
Subordinated Units voting as a class, and (c) after the end of the Subordination Period, at least a
majority of the Outstanding Common Units.

     “Unpaid MQD” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1(c)(i)(B).

     “Unrealized Gain” attributable to any item of Partnership property means, as of any date of
determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the fair market value of such property as of such date
(as determined under Section 5.3(d)) over (b) the Carrying Value of such property as of such date
(prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant to Section 5.3(d) as of such date).

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     “Unrealized Loss” attributable to any item of Partnership property means, as of any date of
determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the Carrying Value of such property as of such date
(prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant to Section 5.3(d) as of such date) over (b) the fair
market value of such property as of such date (as determined under Section 5.3(d)).

     “Unrecovered Initial Unit Price” means at any time, with respect to a Unit, the Initial Unit
Price less the sum of all distributions constituting Capital Surplus theretofore made in respect of
an Initial Unit and any distributions of cash (or the Net Agreed Value of any distributions in
kind) in connection with the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership theretofore made in
respect of an Initial Unit, adjusted as the Managing General Partner determines to be appropriate
to give effect to any distribution, subdivision, combination or reorganization of such Units. The
Unrecovered Initial Unit Price will be reset to the Initial Unit Price upon the closing of the
Initial Offering.

     “Unrestricted Person” means each Indemnitee, each Partner and each Person who is or was a
member, partner, director, officer, employee or agent of any Group Member, a General Partner or any
Departing General Partner or any Affiliate of any Group Member, a General Partner or any Departing
General Partner

     “U.S. GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect from
time to time, consistently applied.

     “Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.1(b).

     “Working Capital Borrowings” means borrowings used solely for working capital purposes or to
pay distributions to Partners, made pursuant to a credit facility, commercial paper facility or
similar financing arrangement; provided that when incurred it is the intent of the borrower to
repay such borrowings within 12 months from sources other than additional Working Capital
Borrowings.

     Section 1.2 Construction. Unless the context requires otherwise: (a) any pronoun used in this
Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular
form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa; (b) references to
Articles and Sections refer to Articles and Sections of this Agreement; (c) the terms “include”,
“includes”, “including” and words of like import shall be deemed to be followed by the words
“without limitation”; and (d) the terms “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” refer to this Agreement
as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The table of contents and
headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only, and shall not affect in any
way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

ARTICLE II

ORGANIZATION

     Section 2.1 Formation. The General Partners and the Organizational Limited Partner have formed the Partnership as
a limited partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Act. The General Partners and the
Organizational Limited Partner hereby amend and restate the original Agreement of Limited
Partnership of the Partnership in its entirety. This amendment

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and restatement shall become
effective on the date of hereof. Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement,
the rights, duties (including fiduciary duties), liabilities and obligations of the Partners and
the administration, dissolution and termination of the Partnership shall be governed by the
Delaware Act.

     Section 2.2 Name. The name of the Partnership shall be “CVR Partners, LP”. The Partnership’s
business may be conducted under any other name or names as determined by the Managing General
Partner, including the name of the Managing General Partner. The words “Limited Partnership,” the
letters “LP,” or “Ltd.” or similar words or letters shall be included in the Partnership’s name
where necessary for the purpose of complying with the laws of any jurisdiction that so requires.
The Managing General Partner may change the name of the Partnership at any time and from time to
time and shall notify the Partners of such change in the next regular communication to the
Partners.

     Section 2.3 Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office; Other Offices. Unless and
until changed by the Managing General Partner, the registered office of the Partnership in the
State of Delaware shall be located at 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, and the
registered agent for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware at such
registered office shall be The Corporation Trust Company. The principal office of the Partnership
shall be located at 2277 Plaza Drive, Suite 500, Sugar Land, Texas 77479 or such other place as the
Managing General Partner may from time to time designate by notice to the Partners. The Partnership
may maintain offices at such other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the
Managing General Partner shall determine necessary or appropriate. The address of the Managing
General Partner shall be 2277 Plaza Drive, Suite 500, Sugar Land, Texas 77479 or such other place
as the Managing General Partner may from time to time designate by notice to the Partners.

     Section 2.4 Purpose and Business. The purpose and nature of the business to be conducted by
the Partnership shall be to engage directly in, or enter into or form, hold and dispose of any
corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other arrangement to engage
indirectly in, any business activity that is approved by the Managing General Partner and, to the
extent required by Section 7.3, the Special General Partner, in their respective sole discretion,
and that lawfully may be conducted by a limited partnership organized pursuant to the Delaware Act
and, in connection therewith, to exercise all of the rights and powers conferred upon the
Partnership pursuant to the agreements relating to such business activity, and do anything
necessary or appropriate to the foregoing, including the making of capital contributions or loans
to a Group Member; provided, however, that the without the approval of Unitholders holding at least
90% of the Outstanding Units (including Units held by the Managing General Partner and its
Affiliates) voting as a single class the Managing General Partner shall not cause the Partnership to take any action that the
Managing General Partner determines would cause the Partnership to be treated as an association
taxable as a corporation or otherwise taxable as an entity for federal income tax purposes. To the
fullest extent permitted by law, the Managing General Partner shall have no duty or obligation to
propose or approve, and may, in its individual capacity, decline to propose or approve, the conduct
by the Partnership of any business.

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     Section 2.5 Powers. The Partnership shall be empowered to do any and all acts and things
necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental to or convenient for the furtherance and
accomplishment of the purposes and business described in Section 2.4 and for the protection and
benefit of the Partnership.

     Section 2.6 Power of Attorney.

     (a) Each Partner hereby constitutes and appoints the Managing General Partner and, if a
Liquidator shall have been selected pursuant to Section 12.3, the Liquidator, severally (and any
successor to the Liquidator by merger, transfer, assignment, election or otherwise) and each of
their authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact, as the case may be, with full power of
substitution, as his true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in
his name, place and stead, to:

     (i) execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public
offices (A) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including this Agreement and
the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all amendments or restatements hereof or thereof)
that the Managing General Partner or the Liquidator determines to be necessary or
appropriate to form, qualify or continue the existence or qualification of the Partnership
as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited
liability) in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which the Partnership
may conduct business or own property; (B) all certificates, documents and other instruments
that the Managing General Partner or the Liquidator determines to be necessary or
appropriate to reflect, in accordance with its terms, any amendment, change, modification or
restatement of this Agreement; (C) all certificates, documents and other instruments
(including conveyances and a certificate of cancellation) that the Managing General Partner
or the Liquidator determines to be necessary or appropriate to reflect the dissolution and
termination of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (D) all
certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the admission, withdrawal, removal
or substitution of any Partner pursuant to, or other events described in, Article IV, X, XI
or XII; (E) all certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the determination
of the rights, preferences and privileges of any class or series of Partnership Interests
issued pursuant to Section 5.4; and (F) all certificates, documents and other instruments
(including agreements and a certificate of merger) relating to a merger, consolidation or
conversion of the Partnership pursuant to Article XIV; and

     (ii) execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record all ballots, consents,
approvals, waivers, certificates, documents and other instruments that the Managing General
Partner or the Liquidator determines to be necessary or appropriate to (A) make, evidence,
give, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action that is made
or given by the Partners hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement or (B)
effectuate the terms or intent of this Agreement; provided, that when required by Section
13.3 or any other provision of this Agreement that establishes a percentage of the Partners
or of the Partners of any class or series required to take any action, or provides any
management rights of the Special General Partner the Managing General Partner and the
Liquidator may exercise the power of attorney made in this Section 2.6(a)(ii) only after the
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percentage of the Partners or of the Partners of
such class or series or approval by the Special General Partner, as applicable.

Nothing contained in this Section 2.6(a) shall be construed as authorizing the Managing General
Partner to amend this Agreement except in accordance with Article XIII or as may be otherwise
expressly provided for in this Agreement.

     (b) The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a power coupled
with an interest, and it shall survive and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, not be affected
by the subsequent death, incompetency, disability, incapacity, dissolution, bankruptcy or
termination of any Partner and the transfer of all or any portion of such Partner’s Partnership
Interest and shall extend to such Partner’s heirs, successors, assigns and personal
representatives. Each Partner hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the Managing
General Partner or the Liquidator acting in good faith pursuant to such power of attorney; and each
Partner, to the maximum extent permitted by law, hereby waives any and all defenses that may be
available to contest, negate or disaffirm the action of the Managing General Partner or the
Liquidator taken in good faith under such power of attorney. Each Partner shall execute and deliver
to the Managing General Partner or the Liquidator, within 15 days after receipt of the request
therefor, such further designation, powers of attorney and other instruments as the Managing
General Partner or the Liquidator may request in order to effectuate this Agreement and the
purposes of the Partnership.

     Section 2.7 Term. The term of the Partnership commenced upon the filing of the Certificate of
Limited Partnership in accordance with the Delaware Act and shall continue until the dissolution of
the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of Article XII. The existence of the Partnership
as a separate legal entity shall continue until the cancellation of the Certificate of Limited
Partnership as provided in the Delaware Act.

     Section 2.8 Title to Partnership Assets. Title to Partnership assets, whether real, personal
or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be owned by the Partnership as an
entity, and no Partner, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such
Partnership assets or any portion thereof. Title to any or all of the Partnership assets may be
held in the name of the Partnership, the Managing General Partner, one or more of its Affiliates or one or more
nominees, as the Managing General Partner may determine. The Managing General Partner hereby
declares and warrants that any Partnership assets for which record title is held in the name of the
Managing General Partner or one or more of its Affiliates or one or more nominees shall be held by
the Managing General Partner or such Affiliate or nominee for the use and benefit of the
Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that the
Managing General Partner shall use reasonable efforts to cause record title to such assets (other
than those assets in respect of which the Managing General Partner determines that the expense and
difficulty of conveyancing makes transfer of record title to the Partnership impracticable) to be
vested in the Partnership as soon as reasonably practicable; provided, further, that, prior to the
withdrawal or removal of the Managing General Partner or as soon thereafter as practicable, the
Managing General Partner shall use reasonable efforts to effect the transfer of record title to the
Partnership and, prior to any such transfer, will provide for the use of such assets in a manner
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Partnership assets shall be recorded as the
property of the Partnership in its books and records, irrespective of the name in which record
title to such Partnership assets is held.

ARTICLE III

RIGHTS OF LIMITED PARTNERS

     Section 3.1 Limitation of Liability. The Limited Partners shall have no liability under this
Agreement except as expressly provided in this Agreement or the Delaware Act.

     Section 3.2 Management of Business. No Limited Partner, in its capacity as such, shall
participate in the operation, management or control (within the meaning of the Delaware Act) of the
Partnership’s business, transact any business in the Partnership’s name or have the power to sign
documents for or otherwise bind the Partnership. Any action taken by any Affiliate of the Managing
General Partner or any officer, director, employee, manager, member, general partner, agent or
trustee of the Managing General Partner or any of its Affiliates, or any officer, director,
employee, manager, member, general partner, agent or trustee of a Group Member, in its capacity as
such, shall not be deemed to be participation in the control of the business of the Partnership by
a limited partner of the Partnership (within the meaning of Section 17-303(a) of the Delaware Act)
and shall not affect, impair or eliminate the limitations on the liability of the Limited Partners
under this Agreement.

     Section 3.3 Outside Activities of the Limited Partners. Subject to the provisions of Section
7.5 and the Omnibus Agreement, which shall continue to be applicable to the Persons referred to
therein, regardless of whether such Persons shall also be Limited Partners, each Limited Partner
shall be entitled to and may have any business interests and engage in any business activities in
addition to those relating to the Partnership, including business interests and activities in
direct competition with the Partnership Group. Neither the Partnership nor any of the other Partners shall have any rights by virtue
of this Agreement in any business ventures of any Limited Partner.

     Section 3.4 Rights of Limited Partners.

     (a) In addition to other rights provided by this Agreement or by applicable law, and except as
limited by Section 3.4(b), each Limited Partner shall have the right, for a purpose reasonably
related to such Limited Partner’s interest as a Limited Partner in the Partnership, upon reasonable
written demand stating the purpose of such demand and at such Limited Partner’s own expense:

     (i) to obtain true and full information regarding the status of the business and
financial condition of the Partnership;

     (ii) promptly after its becoming available, to obtain a copy of the Partnership’s
federal, state and local income tax returns for each year;

     (iii) to obtain a current list of the name and last known business, residence or
mailing address of each Partner;

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     (iv) to obtain a copy of this Agreement and the Certificate of Limited Partnership and
all amendments thereto, together with copies of the executed copies of all powers of
attorney pursuant to which this Agreement, the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all
amendments thereto have been executed;

     (v) to obtain true and full information regarding the amount of cash and a description
and statement of the Net Agreed Value of any other Capital Contribution by each Partner and
that each Partner has agreed to contribute in the future, and the date on which each became
a Partner; and

     (vi) to obtain such other information regarding the affairs of the Partnership as is
just and reasonable.

     (b) The Managing General Partner may keep confidential from the Limited Partners, for such
period of time as the Managing General Partner deems reasonable, (i) any information that the
Managing General Partner reasonably believes to be in the nature of trade secrets or (ii) other
information the disclosure of which the Managing General Partner believes (A) is not in the best
interests of the Partnership Group, (B) could damage the Partnership Group or its business or (C)
that any Group Member is required by law or by agreement with any third party to keep confidential
(other than agreements with Affiliates of the Partnership the primary purpose of which is to
circumvent the obligations set forth in this Section 3.4).

ARTICLE IV

CERTIFICATES; RECORD HOLDERS; TRANSFER OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS;

REDEMPTION OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS

     Section 4.1 Certificates. Notwithstanding anything otherwise to the contrary herein, unless
the Managing General Partner shall determine otherwise in respect of some or all of any or all
classes of Partnership Interests, Partnership Interests shall not be evidenced by certificates.
Certificates that may be issued shall be executed on behalf of the Partnership by the Chairman of
the Board, President or any Executive Vice President or Vice President and the Secretary or any
Assistant Secretary of the Managing General Partner. If a Transfer Agent has been appointed for a
class of Partnership Interests, no Certificate for such class of Partnership Interests shall be
valid for any purpose until it has been countersigned by the Transfer Agent; provided, however,
that if the Managing General Partner elects to cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Interests
of such class in global form, the Certificate shall be valid upon receipt of a certificate from the
Transfer Agent certifying that the Partnership Interests have been duly registered in accordance
with the directions of the Partnership. Subject to the requirements of Section 6.8(b), if Common
Units are evidenced by Certificates the Record Holders of Subordinated Units, (i) may, if the
Subordinated Units are evidenced by Certificates, exchange such Certificates for Certificates
evidencing Common Units or (ii) if the Subordinated Units are not evidenced by Certificates, shall
be issued Certificates evidencing Common Units, in either case on or after the date on which such
Subordinated Units are converted into Common Units pursuant to the terms of Section 5.6.

     Section 4.2 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.

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     (a) If any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Transfer Agent (or the Managing General
Partner, if there is no Transfer Agent for the applicable class of Partnership Interests), the
appropriate officers of the Managing General Partner on behalf of the Partnership shall execute,
and, if applicable, the Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver in exchange therefor, a new
Certificate evidencing the same number and type of Partnership Interests as the Certificate so
surrendered.

     (b) The appropriate officers of the Managing General Partner on behalf of the Partnership
shall execute and deliver, and, if applicable, the Transfer Agent shall countersign, a new
Certificate in place of any Certificate previously issued if the Record Holder of the Certificate:

     (i) makes proof by affidavit, in form and substance satisfactory to the Managing
General Partner, that a previously issued Certificate has been lost, destroyed or stolen;

     (ii) requests the issuance of a new Certificate before the Managing General Partner has
notice that the Certificate has been acquired by a purchaser for value in good faith and
without notice of an adverse claim;

     (iii) if requested by the Managing General Partner, delivers to the Managing General
Partner a bond, in form and substance satisfactory to the Managing General Partner, with
surety or sureties and with fixed or open penalty as the Managing General Partner may
direct, to indemnify the Partnership, the Partners, the Managing General Partner and the
Transfer Agent against any claim that may be made on account of the alleged loss,
destruction or theft of the Certificate; and

     (iv) satisfies any other reasonable requirements imposed by the Managing General
Partner.

     If a Partner fails to notify the Managing General Partner within a reasonable period of time
after such Partner has notice of the loss, destruction or theft of a Certificate, and a transfer of
the Partner Interests represented by the Certificate is registered before the Partnership, the
Managing General Partner or the Transfer Agent receives such notification, the Partner shall be
precluded from making any claim against the Partnership, the Managing General Partner or the
Transfer Agent for such transfer or for a new Certificate.

     (c) As a condition to the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 4.2, the Managing
General Partner may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Transfer Agent, if applicable) reasonably connected therewith.

     Section 4.3 Record Holders. The Partnership shall be entitled to recognize the Record Holder
as the Partner with respect to any Partnership Interest and, accordingly, shall not be bound to
recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such Partnership Interest on the part of
any other Person, regardless of whether the Partnership shall have actual or other notice thereof,
except as otherwise provided by law or any applicable rule, regulation, guideline or requirement of
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or admitted to
trading. Without limiting the foregoing, when a Person (such as a broker, dealer, bank, trust
company or clearing corporation or an agent of any of the foregoing) is acting as nominee, agent or
in some other representative capacity for another Person in acquiring and/or holding Partnership
Interests, as between the Partnership on the one hand, and such other Persons on the other, such
representative Person shall be (a) the Record Holder of such Partnership Interest and (b) shall be
bound by this Agreement and shall have the rights and obligations of a Partner hereunder as, and to
the extent, provided herein.

     Section 4.4 Transfer Generally.

     (a) The term “transfer,” when used in this Agreement with respect to a Partnership Interest,
shall mean a transaction (i) by which the Managing General Partner assigns its Managing General
Partner Interest to another Person, and includes a sale, assignment, gift, pledge, encumbrance,
hypothecation, mortgage, exchange or any other disposition by law or otherwise, (ii) by which the
Special General Partner assigns its Special General Partner Interest to another Person, and
includes a sale, assignment, gift, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation,
mortgage, exchange or any other disposition by law or otherwise or (iii) by which the holder
of a Limited Partner Interest assigns such Limited Partner Interest to another Person who is or
becomes a Limited Partner, and includes a sale, assignment, gift, exchange or any other disposition
by law or otherwise, including any transfer upon foreclosure of any pledge, encumbrance,
hypothecation or mortgage.

     (b) No Partnership Interest shall be transferred, in whole or in part, except in accordance
with the terms and conditions set forth in this Article IV. Any transfer or purported transfer of a
Partnership Interest not made in accordance with this Article IV shall be null and void.

     (c) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent a disposition by any
stockholder, member, partner or other owner of any Partner of any or all of the shares of stock,
membership interests, partnership interests or other ownership interests in such Partner and the
term “transfer” shall not mean any such disposition.

     Section 4.5 Registration and Transfer of Limited Partner Interests.

     (a) The Managing General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept on behalf of the Partnership a
register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe and subject to the
provisions of Section 4.5(b), the Partnership will provide for the registration and transfer of
Limited Partner Interests.

     (b) The Partnership shall not recognize any transfer of Limited Partner Interests evidenced by
Certificates until the Certificates evidencing such Limited Partner Interests are surrendered for
registration of transfer. No charge shall be imposed by the Managing General Partner for such
transfer; provided, that as a condition to the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section
4.5, the Managing General Partner may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed with respect thereto. Upon surrender of a
Certificate for registration of transfer of any Limited Partner Interests evidenced by a
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of the Managing General
Partner on behalf of the Partnership shall execute and deliver, and in the case of Certificates
evidencing Limited Partner Interests for which a Transfer Agent has been appointed, the Transfer
Agent shall countersign and deliver, in the name of the holder or the designated transferee or
transferees, as required pursuant to the holder’s instructions, one or more new Certificates
evidencing the same aggregate number and type of Limited Partner Interests as was evidenced by the
Certificate so surrendered.

     (c) By acceptance of the transfer of any Limited Partner Interests in accordance with this
Section 4.5 and except as provided in Section 4.9, each transferee of a Limited Partner Interest
(including any nominee holder or an agent or representative acquiring such Limited Partner
Interests for the account of another Person) (i) shall be admitted to the Partnership as a Limited
Partner with respect to the Limited Partner Interests so transferred to such Person when any such
transfer or admission is reflected in the books and records of the Partnership and such Limited
Partner becomes the Record Holder of the Limited Partner Interests so transferred, with
or without execution of this Agreement, (ii) shall become bound by the terms of this
Agreement, (iii) represents that the transferee has the capacity, power and authority to enter into
this Agreement, (iv) grants the powers of attorney set forth in this Agreement and (v) makes the
consents and waivers contained in this Agreement. The transfer of any Limited Partner Interests and
the admission of any new Limited Partner shall not constitute and amendment to this Agreement.

     (d) Subject to (i) the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.5, (ii) Section 4.3, (iii)
Section 4.8, (iv) with respect to any series of Limited Partner Interests, the provisions of any
statement of designations establishing such series, (v) any contractual provisions binding on any
Limited Partner and (vi) provisions of applicable law including the Securities Act, Limited Partner
Interests shall be freely transferable.

     Section 4.6 Registration and Transfer of the Special General Partner Interest.

     (a) The Managing General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept on behalf of the Partnership a
register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe and subject to the
provisions of Section 4.6(b), the Partnership will provide for the registration and transfer of
Special General Partner Interests.

     (b) The Partnership shall not recognize any transfer of Special General Partner Interests
evidenced by Certificates until the Certificates evidencing such Special General Partner Interests
are surrendered for registration of transfer. No charge shall be imposed by the Managing General
Partner for such transfer; provided, that as a condition to the issuance of any new Certificate
under this Section 4.6, the Managing General Partner may require the payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed with respect thereto. Upon
surrender of a Certificate for registration of transfer of any Special General Partner Interests
evidenced by a Certificate, and subject to the provisions hereof, the appropriate officers of the
Managing General Partner on behalf of the Partnership shall execute and deliver, and in the case of
Certificates evidencing Special General Partner Interests for which a Transfer Agent has been
appointed, the Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver, in the name of the holder or the
designated transferee or transferees, as required pursuant to the holder’s

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instructions, one or more new Certificates evidencing the same aggregate number and type
of Special General Partner Interests as was evidenced by the Certificate so surrendered.

     (c) The Special GP Units, Common GP Units and Subordinated GP Units are transferable as
Special GP Units, Common GP Units and Subordinated GP Units only to Affiliates of the Special
General Partner. If the Special General Partner desires to transfer Special GP Units, Common GP
Units or Subordinated GP Units to Persons who are not Affiliates of the Special General Partner,
the Special General Partner shall give notice to the Managing General Partner prior to effecting
any such transfer. Each Special GP Unit, Common GP Unit and Subordinated GP Unit will
automatically convert into a Special LP Unit, Common LP Unit or Subordinated LP Unit, respectively,
on a one-for-one basis immediately prior to the transfer of such Unit to any Person who is not an
Affiliate of the Special General Partner. The transfer of such converted Special GP Units, Common
GP Units and Subordinated GP Units shall be governed by the provisions of this Agreement relating
to transfer of Limited Partner Interests as if such Special GP Units, Common GP Units and
Subordinated GP Units were Special LP Units, Common LP Units or Subordinated LP Units,
respectively. By acceptance of the transfer of any Special General Partner Interests (whether it
be represented by Special GP Units, Common GP Units or Subordinated GP Units) in accordance with
this Section 4.6 and except as provided in Section 4.9, each transferee of a Special General
Partner Interest (who, for clarification, must be an Affiliate of the Special General Partner) (i)
shall be admitted to the Partnership as a Special General Partner with respect to the Special
General Partner Interests so transferred to such Person when any such transfer or admission is
reflected in the books and records of the Partnership and such Special General Partner becomes the
Record Holder of the Special General Partner Interests so transferred, with or without execution of
this Agreement, (ii) shall become bound by the terms of this Agreement, (iii) represents that the
transferee has the capacity, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, (iv) grants the
powers of attorney set forth in this Agreement and (v) makes the consents and waivers contained in
this Agreement. The transfer of any Special General Partner Interests and the admission of any new
Special General Partner shall not constitute and amendment to this Agreement. If the Special
General Partner transfers some, but less than all, of its Special General Partner to an Affiliate
who is admitted to the Partnership as a Special General Partner, such that there is more than one
Special General Partner, the Managing General Partner shall, with the advice of the Special General
Partners, amend this Agreement as the Managing General Partner determines necessary or appropriate
to allocate the rights and obligations of the Special General Partner Interest among the Special
General Partners, Pro Rata, and to provide for exercise of such rights by majority or individual
vote.

     (d) Subject to (i) the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.6, (ii) Section 4.3, (iii)
Section 4.8, (iv) with respect to any series of Special General Partner Interests, the provisions
of any statement of designations establishing such series, (v) any contractual provisions binding
on any Special General Partner and (vi) provisions of applicable law including the Securities Act,
Special General Partner Interests shall be freely transferable

     Section 4.7 Transfer of the Managing General Partner Interest.

     (a) Subject to Section 4.7(c) below, prior to the tenth anniversary of the Closing Date, the
Managing General Partner shall not transfer all or any part of its Managing General Partner

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Interest to a Person unless such transfer (i) has been approved by (X) the prior written consent or
vote of the holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Units (excluding Units held by the
Managing General Partner and its Affiliates) and (Y) the Special General Partner or (ii) is of all,
but not less than all, of its Managing General Partner Interest to (A) an Affiliate of the Managing
General Partner (other than an individual) or (B) another Person (other than an individual) in
connection with the merger or consolidation of the Managing General Partner with or into such other
Person or the transfer by the Managing General Partner of all or substantially all of its assets to
such other Person.

     (b) Subject to Section 4.7(c) below, on or after the tenth anniversary of the Closing Date,
the Managing General Partner may transfer all or any part of its Managing General Partner Interest
without Unitholder approval.

     (c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no transfer by the Managing General
Partner of all or any part of its Managing General Partner Interest to another Person shall be
permitted unless (i) the transferee agrees to assume the rights and duties of the Managing General
Partner under this Agreement and to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement, (ii) the
Partnership receives an Opinion of Counsel that such transfer would not result in the loss of
limited liability under Delaware law of any Limited Partner or cause the Partnership to be treated
as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise to be taxed as an entity for federal income
tax purposes (to the extent not already so treated or taxed) and (iii) such transferee also agrees
to purchase all (or the appropriate portion thereof, if applicable) of the partnership or
membership interest of the Managing General Partner as the general partner or managing member, if
any, of each other Group Member. In the case of a transfer pursuant to and in compliance with this
Section 4.6, the transferee or successor (as the case may be) shall, subject to compliance with the
terms of Section 10.2, be admitted to the Partnership as the Managing General Partner effective
immediately prior to the transfer of the Managing General Partner Interest, and the business of the
Partnership shall continue without dissolution.

     (d) The Incentive Distribution Rights are an inseparable part of the Managing General Partner
Interest and are not transferable apart from the Managing General Partner Interest.

     Section 4.8 Restrictions on Transfers.

     (a) Except as provided in Section 4.8(d) below, but notwithstanding the other provisions of
this Article IV, no transfer of any Partnership Interests shall be made if such transfer would (i)
violate the then applicable U.S. federal or state securities laws or rules and regulations of the
Commission, any state securities commission or any other governmental authority with jurisdiction
over such transfer, (ii) terminate the existence or qualification of the Partnership under the laws
of the jurisdiction of its formation, or (iii) cause the Partnership to be treated as an
association taxable as a corporation or otherwise to be taxed as an entity for U.S. federal income
tax purposes (to the extent not already so treated or taxed).

     (b) The Managing General Partner may impose restrictions on the transfer of Partnership
Interests if the Managing General Partner determines, with the advice of counsel, that such
restrictions are necessary or advisable to avoid a significant risk of the Partnership

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becoming
taxable as a corporation or otherwise becoming taxable as an entity for U.S. federal income tax
purposes. The Managing General Partner may impose such restrictions by amending this Agreement;
provided, however, that any amendment that would result in the delisting or suspension of trading
of any class of Limited Partner Interests on the principal National Securities Exchange on which
such class of Limited Partner Interests is then listed or admitted to trading must be approved,
prior to such amendment being effected, by the holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding
Limited Partner Interests of such class.

     (c) The transfer of a Subordinated Unit that has converted into a Common Unit shall be subject
to the restrictions imposed by Section 6.8(b).

     (d) Nothing contained in this Article IV, or elsewhere in this Agreement, shall preclude the
settlement of any transactions involving Partnership Interests entered into through the facilities
of any National Securities Exchange on which such Partnership Interests are listed or admitted to
trading.

     Section 4.9 Eligible Holders.

     (a) If any Group Member is or becomes subject to any law or regulation that the Managing
General Partner determines would create a substantial risk of cancellation or forfeiture of any
property in which the Group Member has an interest based on the nationality, citizenship or other
related status of a Partner, the Managing General Partner may amend this Agreement to impose
requirements for each Partner to be eligible to be a Partner in the Partnership. If the Managing
General Partner establishes any such requirement, the Managing General Partner may request any
Partner to furnish to the Managing General Partner, within 30 days after receipt of such request,
an executed Eligibility Certification or such other information concerning his nationality,
citizenship or other related status (or, if the Partner is a nominee holding for the account of
another Person, the nationality, citizenship or other related status of such Person) as the
Managing General Partner may request. If a Partner fails to furnish to the Managing General Partner
within the aforementioned 30-day period such Eligibility Certification or other requested
information or if upon receipt of such Eligibility Certification or other requested information the
Managing General Partner determines that a Partner is not an Eligible Holder, the Partnership
Interests owned by such Limited Partner shall be subject to redemption in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.10. In addition, the Managing General Partner may require that the status
of any such Partner be changed to that of a Ineligible Holder and, thereupon, the Managing General
Partner shall be substituted for such Ineligible Holder as the Partner in respect of the Ineligible
Holder’s Partnership Interests.

     (b) The Managing General Partner shall, in exercising voting rights in respect of Partnership
Interests held by it on behalf of Ineligible Holders, cast the votes in the same ratios as the
votes of Partners (including the General Partners) in respect of Partnership Interests other than
those of Ineligible Holders are cast, either for, against or abstaining as to the matter.

     (c) Upon dissolution of the Partnership, a Ineligible Holder shall have no right to receive a
distribution in kind pursuant to Section 12.4 but shall be entitled to the cash equivalent thereof,
and the Partnership shall provide cash in exchange for an assignment of the Ineligible Holder’s
share of any distribution in kind. Such payment and assignment shall be treated for

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Partnership
purposes as a purchase by the Partnership from the Ineligible Holder of his Partnership Interest
(representing his right to receive his share of such distribution in kind).

     (d) At any time after he can and does certify that he has become an Eligible Holder, a
Ineligible Holder may, upon application to the Managing General Partner, request that with respect
to any Partnership Interests of such Ineligible Holder not redeemed pursuant to Section 4.10, such
Ineligible Holder be admitted as a Partner, and upon approval of the Managing General Partner, such
Ineligible Holder shall be admitted as a Partner and shall no longer constitute an Ineligible
Holder and the Managing General Partner shall cease to be deemed to be the Partner in respect of
the Ineligible Holder’s Partnership Interests.

     Section 4.10 Redemption of Partnership Interests of Ineligible Holders.

     (a) If at any time a Partner fails to furnish an Eligibility Certification or other
information requested within the 30-day period specified in Section 4.9(a), or if upon receipt of
such Eligibility Certification or other information the Managing General Partner determines, with
the advice of counsel, that a Partner is not an Eligible Holder, the Partnership may, unless the
Partner establishes to the satisfaction of the Managing General Partner that such Partner is an
Eligible Holder or has transferred his Partnership Interests to a Person who is an Eligible Holder
and who furnishes an Eligibility Certification to the Managing General Partner prior to the date
fixed for redemption as provided below, redeem the Partnership Interest of such Partner as follows:

     (i) The Managing General Partner shall, not later than the 30th day before the date
fixed for redemption, give notice of redemption to the Partner, at his last address
designated on the records of the Partnership or the Transfer Agent, as applicable, by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid. The notice shall be deemed to have been
given when so mailed. The notice shall specify the Redeemable Interests, the date fixed for
redemption, the place of payment, that payment of the redemption price will be made upon
redemption of the Redeemable Interests (or, if later in the case of Redeemable Interests
evidenced by Certificates, upon surrender of the Certificate evidencing the Redeemable
Interests and that on and after the date fixed for redemption no further allocations or
distributions to which the Partner would otherwise be entitled in respect of the Redeemable
Interests will accrue or be made.

     (ii) The aggregate redemption price for Redeemable Interests shall be an amount equal
to the Current Market Price (the date of determination of which shall be the date fixed for
redemption) of Partnership Interests of the class to be so redeemed multiplied by the number
of Partnership Interests of each such class included among the Redeemable Interests. The
redemption price shall be paid, as determined by the Managing General Partner, in cash or by
delivery of a promissory note of the Partnership
in the principal amount of the redemption price, bearing interest at the rate of 8%
annually and payable in three equal annual installments of principal together with accrued
interest, commencing one year after the redemption date.

     (iii) The Partner or his duly authorized representative shall be entitled to receive
the payment for the Redeemable Interests at the place of payment specified in the

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notice of
redemption on the redemption date (or, if later in the case of Redeemable Interests
evidenced by Certificates, upon surrender by or on behalf of the Partner at the place
specified in the notice of redemption, of the Certificate evidencing the Redeemable
Interests, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by an assignment duly executed in blank).

     (iv) After the redemption date, Redeemable Interests shall no longer constitute issued
and Outstanding Partnership Interests.

     (b) The provisions of this Section 4.10 shall also be applicable to Partnership Interests held
by a Partner as nominee of a Person determined to be an Ineligible Holder.

     (c) Nothing in this Section 4.10 shall prevent the recipient of a notice of redemption from
transferring his Partnership Interest before the redemption date if such transfer is otherwise
permitted under this Agreement. Upon receipt of notice of such a transfer, the Managing General
Partner shall withdraw the notice of redemption, provided the transferee of such Partnership
Interest certifies to the satisfaction of the Managing General Partner that he is an Eligible
Holder. If the transferee fails to make such certification, such redemption shall be effected from
the transferee on the original redemption date.

ARTICLE V

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ISSUANCE OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS

     Section 5.1 Contributions by the General Partners and their Affiliates.

     (a) In connection with the formation of the Partnership under the Delaware Act, the Managing
General Partner made an initial Capital Contribution to the Partnership in the amount of $1,000,
for a general partner interest in the Partnership and has been admitted as a General Partner of the
Partnership, and the Special General Partner and Organizational Limited Partner each made an
initial Capital Contribution to the Partnership in the amount of $1,000 and have been admitted as a
General Partner and Limited Partner, respectively, of the Partnership. As of the Effective Date,
the initial $1,000 contributed by each of the Special General Partner and the Organizational
Limited Partner shall be refunded as provided in the Contribution Agreement.

     (b) On the Effective Date and pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, the Organizational
Limited Partner will convey: (i) a portion of its interest in Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen
Fertilizer, LLC to the Partnership on behalf of the Managing General Partner, as a Capital
Contribution in exchange for the issuance to the Managing General Partner of the Managing General
Partner Interest, subject to all of the rights, privileges and duties of the Managing General
Partner under this Agreement; (ii) a portion of its interest in Coffeyville
Resources Nitrogen Fertilizer, LLC to the Partnership on behalf of the Special General
Partner, as a Capital Contribution in exchange for the issuance to the Special General Partner of
Special GP Units, subject to all of the rights, privileges and duties of the Special General
Partner under this Agreement; and (iii) the remaining portion of its interest in Coffeyville
Resources Nitrogen Fertilizer, LLC to the Partnership as a Capital Contribution in exchange for the
issuance to the Organizational Limited Partner of Special LP Units.

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     Section 5.2 Interest and Withdrawal. No interest on Capital Contributions shall be paid by the Partnership. No Partner shall be
entitled to the withdrawal or return of its Capital Contribution, except to the extent, if any,
that distributions made pursuant to this Agreement or upon dissolution of the Partnership may be
considered as the withdrawal or return of its Capital Contribution by law and then only to the
extent provided for in this Agreement. Except to the extent expressly provided in this Agreement,
no Partner shall have priority over any other Partner either as to the return of Capital
Contributions or as to profits, losses or distributions. Any such return shall be a compromise to
which all Partners agree within the meaning of Section 17-502(b) of the Delaware Act.

     Section 5.3 Capital Accounts.

     (a) The Partnership shall maintain for each Partner (or a beneficial owner of Partnership
Interests held by a nominee in any case in which the nominee has furnished the identity of such
owner to the Partnership in accordance with Section 6031(c) of the Code or any other method
acceptable to the Managing General Partner) owning a Partnership Interest a separate Capital
Account with respect to such Partnership Interest in accordance with the rules of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). Such Capital Account shall be increased by (i) the amount of
all Capital Contributions made to the Partnership with respect to such Partnership Interest and
(ii) all items of Partnership income and gain (including income and gain exempt from tax) computed
in accordance with Section 5.3(b) and allocated with respect to such Partnership Interest pursuant
to Section 6.1, and decreased by (x) the amount of cash or Net Agreed Value of all actual and
deemed distributions of cash or property made with respect to such Partnership Interest and (y) all
items of Partnership deduction and loss computed in accordance with Section 5.3(b) and allocated
with respect to such Partnership Interest pursuant to Section 6.1.

     (b) For purposes of computing the amount of any item of income, gain, loss or deduction which
is to be allocated pursuant to Article VI and is to be reflected in the Partners’ Capital Accounts,
the determination, recognition and classification of any such item shall be the same as its
determination, recognition and classification for federal income tax purposes (including any method
of depreciation, cost recovery or amortization used for that purpose), provided, that:

     (i) Solely for purposes of this Section 5.3, the Partnership shall be treated as owning
directly its proportionate share (as determined by the Managing General Partner based upon
the provisions of the applicable Group Member Agreement) of all property
owned by any other Group Member that is classified as a partnership or a disregarded
entity for federal income tax purposes.

     (ii) All fees and other expenses incurred by the Partnership to promote the sale of (or
to sell) a Partnership Interest that can neither be deducted nor amortized under Section 709
of the Code, if any, shall, for purposes of Capital Account maintenance, be treated as an
item of deduction at the time such fees and other expenses are incurred and shall be
allocated among the Partners pursuant to Section 6.1.

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     (iii) Except as otherwise provided in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m),
the computation of all items of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be made without
regard to any election under Section 754 of the Code which may be made by the Partnership
and, as to those items described in Section 705(a)(1)(B) or 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code,
without regard to the fact that such items are not includable in gross income or are neither
currently deductible nor capitalized for federal income tax purposes. To the extent an
adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Section 734(b) or
743(b) of the Code is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount
of such adjustment in the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain or loss.

     (iv) Any income, gain or loss attributable to the taxable disposition of any
Partnership property shall be determined as if the adjusted basis of such property as of
such date of disposition were equal in amount to the Partnership’s Carrying Value with
respect to such property as of such date.

     (v) In accordance with the requirements of Section 704(b) of the Code, any deductions
for depreciation, cost recovery or amortization attributable to any Contributed Property
shall be determined as if the adjusted basis of such property on the date it was acquired by
the Partnership were equal to the Agreed Value of such property. Upon an adjustment pursuant
to Section 5.3(d) to the Carrying Value of any Partnership property subject to depreciation,
cost recovery or amortization, any further deductions for such depreciation, cost recovery
or amortization attributable to such property shall be determined (A) as if the adjusted
basis of such property were equal to the Carrying Value of such property immediately
following such adjustment and (B) using a rate of depreciation, cost recovery or
amortization derived from the same method and useful life (or, if applicable, the remaining
useful life) as is applied for federal income tax purposes; provided that, if the
Partnership is using the “remedial method” for eliminating a Book-Tax Disparity with respect
to such property, then depreciation, cost recovery or amortization deductions shall be
determined under the rules prescribed by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(d)(2), and
provided further, however, that if the property has a zero adjusted basis for federal income
tax purposes, depreciation, cost recovery or amortization deductions shall be determined
using any method that the Managing General Partner may adopt.

     (vi) If the Partnership’s adjusted basis in a depreciable or cost recovery property is
reduced for federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 50(c)(1) or
50(c)(3) of the Code, the amount of such reduction shall, solely for purposes hereof,
be deemed to be an additional depreciation or cost recovery deduction in the year such
property is placed in service and shall be allocated among the Partners pursuant to Section
6.1. Any restoration of such basis pursuant to Section 50(c)(2) of the Code shall, to the
extent possible, be allocated in the same manner to the Partners to whom such deemed
deduction was allocated.

     (c) (i) A transferee of a Partnership Interest shall succeed to a pro rata portion of the
Capital Account of the transferor relating to the Partnership Interest so transferred.

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     (ii) Subject to Section 6.8(c), immediately prior to the transfer of a Subordinated
Unit or of a Subordinated Unit that has converted into a Common Unit pursuant to Section 5.6
by a holder thereof (other than a transfer to an Affiliate unless the Managing General
Partner elects to have this subparagraph 5.3(d)(ii) apply), the Capital Account maintained
for such Person with respect to its Subordinated Units or converted Subordinated Units will
(A) first, be allocated to the Subordinated Units or converted Subordinated Units to be
transferred in an amount equal to the product of (x) the number of such Subordinated Units
or converted Subordinated Units to be transferred and (y) the Per Unit Capital Amount for a
Common Unit, and (B) second, any remaining balance in such Capital Account will be retained
by the transferor, regardless of whether it has retained any Subordinated Units or converted
Subordinated Units (“Retained Converted Subordinated Units”). Following any such
allocation, the transferor’s Capital Account, if any, maintained with respect to the
retained Subordinated Units or Retained Converted Subordinated Units, if any, will have a
balance equal to the amount allocated under clause (B) hereinabove, and the transferee’s
Capital Account established with respect to the transferred Subordinated Units or Retained
Converted Subordinated Units will have a balance equal to the amount allocated under clause
(A) hereinabove.

     (d) (i) In accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), upon an issuance
of additional Partnership Interests for cash or Contributed Property, the issuance of Partnership
Interests as consideration for the provision of services or the conversion of the Managing General
Partner’s Combined Interest to Common Units pursuant to Section 11.3(b), the Capital Account of all
Partners and the Carrying Value of each Partnership property immediately prior to such issuance
shall be adjusted upward or downward to reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable
to such Partnership property, as if such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss had been recognized on
an actual sale of each such property immediately prior to such issuance and had been allocated to
the Partners at such time pursuant to Section 6.1(c) and Section 6.1(d). In determining such
Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss, the aggregate cash amount and fair market value of all
Partnership assets (including cash or cash equivalents) immediately prior to the issuance of
additional Partnership Interests shall be determined by the Managing General Partner using such
method of valuation as it may adopt; provided, however, that the Managing General Partner, in
arriving at such valuation, must take fully into account the fair market value of the Partnership
Interests of all Partners at such time. The Managing General Partner shall allocate such aggregate
value among the assets of the Partnership (in such manner as it determines) to arrive at a fair
market value for individual properties.

     (ii) In accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), immediately
prior to any actual or deemed distribution to a Partner of any Partnership property (other
than a distribution of cash that is not in redemption or retirement of a Partnership
Interest), the Capital Accounts of all Partners and the Carrying Value of all Partnership
property shall be adjusted upward or downward to reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized
Loss attributable to such Partnership property, as if such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized
Loss had been recognized in a sale of such property immediately prior to such distribution
for an amount equal to its fair market value, and had been allocated to the Partners, at
such time, pursuant to Section 6.1(c) and Section 6.1(d). In determining such Unrealized
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market value of all Partnership
assets (including cash or cash equivalents) immediately prior to a distribution shall (A) in
the case of an actual distribution that is not made pursuant to Section 12.4 or in the case
of a deemed distribution, be determined and allocated in the same manner as that provided in
Section 5.3(d)(i) or (B) in the case of a liquidating distribution pursuant to Section 12.4,
be determined and allocated by the Liquidator using such method of valuation as it may
adopt.

     Section 5.4 Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests.

     (a)

     (i) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.3(b) and subject to any applicable
management rights of the Special General Partner expressly provided in Section 7.3, the
Partnership may issue additional Partnership Interests and options, rights, warrants and
appreciation rights relating to the Partnership Interests for any Partnership purpose at any
time and from time to time to such Persons for such consideration and on such terms and
conditions as the Managing General Partner shall determine, all without the approval of any
Partners.

     (ii) The Managing General Partner may, in its sole discretion but subject to any
applicable management rights of the Special General Partner expressly provided in Section
7.3, cause the Partnership to undertake the Initial Offering; provided, that the Managing
General Partner shall not cause the Partnership to undertake or consummate the Initial
Offering unless the Managing General Partner determines, after consultation with the Special
General Partner, that the Partnership is likely to be able to: (A) make distributions under
Section 6.4 in respect of all Common Units and Subordinated Units and any other Units that
are senior or equal in right of distribution to the Subordinated Units that are expected to
be Outstanding with respect to each of the two consecutive, non-overlapping four-Quarter
periods immediately following the IO Closing Date in an amount equal to or greater than the
sum of the Minimum Quarterly Distribution on all of the Outstanding Common Units and
Subordinated Units and any other Outstanding Units that are senior or equal in right of
distribution to the Subordinated Units during such periods; and (B) generate Adjusted
Operating Surplus for each of the two consecutive, non-overlapping four-Quarter periods
immediately following the IO closing date in an amount equal to or greater than the sum of
the Minimum Quarterly Distribution on all of
the Common Units, Subordinated Units and any other Units that are senior or equal in
right of distribution to the Subordinated Units that are expected to be Outstanding during
such periods on a Fully Diluted Basis; provided further, that the Managing General Partner
shall not cause the Partnership to consummate an Initial Public Offering unless the Managing
General Partner has received an Opinion of Counsel stating that, following the Initial
Public Offering, the Partnership will not be treated as an association taxable as a
corporation or otherwise taxable as an entity for federal income tax purposes.

     (iii) If the Managing General Partner determines that the Partnership is not likely to
be able to satisfy the tests set forth in Section 5.4(a)(ii), the Managing General Partner
may, in its sole discretion and effective upon closing of the Initial Offering, reduce the
Minimum Quarterly Distribution to an amount the Managing General Partner

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determines to be an
appropriate level such that the Partnership is likely to be able to satisfy the tests set
forth in Section 5.4(a)(ii) with the reduced Minimum Quarter Distribution.

     (b) Each additional Partnership Interest authorized to be issued by the Partnership pursuant
to Section 5.4(a) may be issued in one or more classes, or one or more series of any such classes,
with such designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties (which may be senior or junior to
existing classes and series of Partnership Interests), as shall be fixed by the Managing General
Partner, including (i) the right to share in Partnership profits and losses or items thereof; (ii)
the right to share in Partnership distributions; (iii) the rights upon dissolution and liquidation
of the Partnership; (iv) whether, and the terms and conditions upon which, the Partnership may, or
shall be required to, redeem the Partnership Interest (including sinking fund provisions); (v)
whether such Partnership Interest is issued with the privilege of conversion or exchange and, if
so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange; (vi) the terms and conditions upon
which each Partnership Interest will be issued, evidenced by certificates and assigned or
transferred; (vii) the method for determining the Percentage Interest as to such Partnership
Interest; and (viii) the right, if any, of each such Partnership Interest to vote on Partnership
matters, including matters relating to the relative rights, preferences and privileges of such
Partnership Interest.

     (c) The Managing General Partner shall take all actions that it determines to be necessary or
appropriate in connection with (i) each issuance of Partnership Interests and options, rights,
warrants and appreciation rights relating to Partnership Interests pursuant to this Section 5.4,
(ii) the conversion of the Managing General Partner Interest (including the associated Incentive
Distribution Rights) into Units pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (iii) reflecting the
admission of such additional Partners in the books and records of the Partnership as the Record
Holder of such Partnership Interests, and (iv) all additional issuances of Partnership Interests.
The Managing General Partner shall determine the relative rights, powers and duties of the holders
of the Units or other Partnership Interests being so issued. The Managing General Partner shall do
all things necessary to comply with the Delaware Act and is authorized and directed to do all
things that it determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with any future issuance of
Partnership Interests or in connection with the conversion of the Managing General Partner Interest
into Units pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including compliance with any statute, rule,
regulation or guideline of any federal, state or other
governmental agency or any National Securities Exchange on which the Units or other
Partnership Interests are listed or admitted to trading.

     (d) No fractional Units shall be issued by the Partnership.

     Section 5.5 Conversion of Special Units.

     (a) Effective immediately prior to the closing of the Initial Offering:

     (i) the lesser of (i) all of the Special Units and (ii) that number of Special Units
that will represent 40% of all Outstanding Units immediately following the closing of the
Initial Offering (without giving effect to any over-allotment option granted by the

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Partnership in connection with any Initial Public Offering) shall convert into Subordinated
Units on a one-for-one basis; and

     (ii) the balance of the Special Units, if any, shall convert into Common Units on a
one-for-one basis.

     (b) In the event that the Special Units convert into Subordinated Units or Common Units, or a
combination thereof, pursuant to Section 5.5(a), at a time when there is more than one holder of
Special Units, then, unless all of the holders of Special Units agree to a different allocation,
the Special Units that are converted into Subordinated Units shall be allocated among the holders
of Special Units pro rata based on the number of Special Units held by each.

     (c) Special GP Units shall convert into Common GP Units or Subordinated GP Units, or a
combination thereof, and Special LP Units shall convert into Common LP Units or Subordinated LP
Units, or a combination thereof.

     Section 5.6 Conversion of Subordinated Units.

     (a) A total of 25% of the number of Subordinated Units initially issued pursuant to Section
5.5(a)(i), as adjusted pursuant to Section 5.9, will convert into Common Units on a one-for-one
basis on the second Business Day following the distribution of Available Cash to Partners pursuant
to Section 6.3(a) in respect of any Quarter, beginning with the Quarter in which the third
anniversary of the IO Closing Date occurs, in respect of which:

     (i) distributions under Section 6.4 in respect of all Outstanding Common Units and
Subordinated Units and any other Outstanding Units that are senior or equal in right of
distribution to the Subordinated Units with respect to each of the three consecutive,
non-overlapping four-Quarter periods immediately preceding such date equaled or exceeded the
sum of the Minimum Quarterly Distribution on all of the Outstanding Common Units and
Subordinated Units and any other Outstanding Units that are senior or equal in right of
distribution to the Subordinated Units during such periods;

     (ii) the Adjusted Operating Surplus for each of the three consecutive, non-overlapping
four-Quarter periods immediately preceding such date equaled or exceeded the sum of the
Minimum Quarterly Distribution on all of the Common Units, Subordinated Units and any other
Units that are senior or equal in right of distribution to the Subordinated Units that were
Outstanding during such periods on a Fully Diluted Basis; and

     (iii) there are no Cumulative Common Unit Arrearages.

     (b) An additional 25% of the number of Subordinated Units initially issued pursuant to Section
5.5(a)(i), as adjusted pursuant to Section 5.9, will convert into Common Units on a one-for-one
basis on the second Business Day following the distribution of Available Cash to Partners pursuant
to Section 6.3(a) in respect of any Quarter, beginning with the Quarter in which the fourth
anniversary of the IO Closing Date occurs, in respect of which:

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     (i) distributions under Section 6.4 in respect of all Outstanding Common Units and
Subordinated Units and any other Outstanding Units that are senior or equal in right of
distribution to the Subordinated Units with respect to each of the three consecutive,
non-overlapping four-Quarter periods immediately preceding such date equaled or exceeded the
sum of the Minimum Quarterly Distribution on all of the Outstanding Common Units and
Subordinated Units and any other Outstanding Units that are senior or equal in right of
distribution to the Subordinated Units during such periods;

     (ii) the Adjusted Operating Surplus for each of the three consecutive, non-overlapping
four-Quarter periods immediately preceding such date equaled or exceeded the sum of the
Minimum Quarterly Distribution on all of the Common Units, Subordinated Units and any other
Units that are senior or equal in right of distribution to the Subordinated Units that were
Outstanding during such periods on a Fully Diluted Basis; and

     (iii) there are no Cumulative Common Unit Arrearages;

provided, however, that the conversion of Subordinated Units pursuant to this Section 5.6(b) may
not occur until at least one year following the end of the last four-Quarter period in respect of
which conversion of Subordinated Units pursuant to Section 5.6(a) occurred (i.e. the last
four-Quarter contained in the “three consecutive, non-overlapping four-Quarter periods” referenced
in this Section 5.6(b) may not include any Quarter included in the “three consecutive,
non-overlapping four-Quarter periods” referenced in Section 5.6(a).

     (c) Any Subordinated Units that are not converted into Common Units pursuant to Section 5.6(a)
or Section 5.6(b) shall convert into Common Units on a one-for-one basis on the second Business Day
following the distribution of Available Cash to Partners pursuant to Section 6.3(a) in respect of
the final Quarter of the Subordination Period.

     (d) Outstanding Subordinated Units may also convert into Common Units on a one-for-one basis
as set forth in, and pursuant to the terms of, Section 11.4.

     (e) Subordinated GP Units shall convert into Common GP Units and Subordinated LP Units shall
convert into Common LP Units.

     (f) A Subordinated Unit that has converted into a Common Unit shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 6.8(c).

     (g) In the event that any Subordinated Units convert into Common Units pursuant to Section
5.6(a) or Section 5.6(b) at a time when there is more than one holder of Subordinated Units, then,
unless all of the holders of Subordinated Units agree to a different allocation, the Subordinated
Units that are to be converted into Common Units shall be allocated among the holders of
Subordinated Units pro rata based on the number of Subordinated Units held by each such holder.

     Section 5.7 Conversion of Common GP Units and Subordinated GP Units into Common LP Units and
Subordinated LP Units. All of the Common GP Units and Subordinated GP Units shall convert into Common LP Units and
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one-for-one basis if the Special General Partner ceases
to own at least 15% of all Outstanding Units. Immediately upon such conversion, the Special
General Partner shall become a Limited Partner and shall cease to have any of the rights and
obligations of rights specified with respect to the Special General Partner (or the Special General
Partner Interest) in this Agreement.

     Section 5.8 Preemptive Right. Except as provided in this Section 5.8 or as otherwise provided in an agreement by the
Partnership relating to a future issuance of Partnership Interests, no Person shall have any
preemptive, preferential or other similar right with respect to the issuance of any Partnership
Interest, whether unissued, held in the treasury or hereafter created. The Managing General Partner
shall have the right, which it may from time to time assign in whole or in part to any of its
Affiliates, to purchase Partnership Interests from the Partnership whenever, and on the same terms
that, the Partnership issues Partnership Interests to Persons other than the Managing General
Partner and its Affiliates, to the extent necessary to maintain the Percentage Interests of the
Managing General Partner and its Affiliates equal to that which existed immediately prior to the
issuance of such Partnership Interests. The Special General Partner shall have the right, which it
may from time to time assign in whole or in part to any of its Affiliates, to purchase Partnership
Interests from the Partnership whenever, and on the same terms that, the Partnership issues
Partnership Interests to Persons other than the Special General Partner and its Affiliates and
other than in connection with the Initial Offering, to the extent necessary to maintain the
Percentage Interests of the Special General Partner and its Affiliates equal to that which existed
immediately prior to the issuance of such Partnership Interests. For the purposes of this Section
5.8, the Managing General Partner and its controlling Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Special
General Partner and its controlling Affiliates, on the other hand, shall be deemed not to be
Affiliates, unless otherwise agreed by the Managing General Partner and the Special General
Partner.

     Section 5.9 Splits and Combinations.

     (a) Subject to Sections 5.9(d), 6.7 and 6.9, the Partnership may make a Pro Rata distribution
of Partnership Interests to all Record Holders or may effect a subdivision or combination of
Partnership Interests so long as, after any such event, each Partner shall have the same Percentage
Interest in the Partnership as before such event, and any amounts calculated on a per Unit basis
(including any Common Unit Arrearage or Cumulative Common Unit Arrearage) or stated as a number of
Units are proportionately adjusted retroactive to the beginning of the Partnership.

     (b) Whenever such a distribution, subdivision, combination or reorganization of Partnership
Interests is declared, the Managing General Partner shall select a Record Date as of which the
distribution, subdivision, combination or reorganization shall be effective and shall send notice
thereof at least 20 days prior to such Record Date to each Record Holder as of a date not less than
10 days prior to the date of such notice. The Managing General Partner also may
cause a firm of independent public accountants selected by it to calculate the number of
Partnership Interests to be held by each Record Holder after giving effect to such distribution,
subdivision, combination or reorganization. The Managing General Partner shall be entitled to rely
on any certificate provided by such firm as conclusive evidence of the accuracy of such
calculation.

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     (c) Promptly following any such distribution, subdivision, combination or reorganization, the
Partnership may issue Certificates to the Record Holders of Partnership Interests as of the
applicable Record Date representing the new number of Partnership Interests held by such Record
Holders, or the Managing General Partner may adopt such other procedures that it determines to be
necessary or appropriate to reflect such changes. If any such combination results in a smaller
total number of Partnership Interests Outstanding, the Partnership shall require, as a condition to
the delivery to a Record Holder of any such new Certificate, the surrender of any Certificate held
by such Record Holder immediately prior to such Record Date.

     (d) The Partnership shall not issue fractional Units upon any distribution, subdivision,
combination or reorganization of Units. If a distribution, subdivision, combination or
reorganization of Units would result in the issuance of fractional Units but for the provisions of
Section 5.4(d) and this Section 5.9(d), each fractional Unit shall be rounded to the nearest whole
Unit (and a 0.5 Unit shall be rounded to the next higher Unit).

     Section 5.10 Fully Paid and Non-Assessable Nature of Limited Partner Interests. All Limited Partner Interests issued pursuant to, and in accordance with the requirements
of, this Article V shall be fully paid and non-assessable Limited Partner Interests in the
Partnership, except as such non-assessability may be affected by Sections 17-607 or 17-804 of the
Delaware Act.

ARTICLE VI

ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

     Section 6.1 Allocations for Capital Account Purposes. For purposes of maintaining the Capital Accounts and in determining the rights of the
Partners among themselves, the Partnership’s items of income, gain, loss and deduction (computed in
accordance with Section 5.3(b)) shall be allocated among the Partners in each taxable year (or
portion thereof) as provided herein below.

     (a) Net Income. After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section 6.1(d),
Net Income for each taxable year and all items of income, gain, loss and deduction taken into
account in computing Net Income for such taxable year shall be allocated as follows:

     (i) First, 100% to the Managing General Partner, in an amount equal to the aggregate
Net Losses allocated to the Managing General Partner pursuant to Section 6.1(b)(iii) for all
previous taxable years until the aggregate Net Income allocated to the Managing General
Partner pursuant to this Section 6.1(a)(i) for the current taxable year and all previous
taxable years is equal to the aggregate Net Losses allocated to the Managing General Partner
pursuant to Section 6.1(b)(iii) for all previous taxable years;

     (ii) Second, 100% to the Unitholders, in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests, until the aggregate Net Income allocated to such Unitholders pursuant to this
Section 6.1(a)(ii) for the current taxable year and all previous taxable years is equal to
the aggregate Net Losses allocated to such Unitholders pursuant to Section 6.1(b)(ii) for
all previous taxable years; and

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     (iii) Third, the balance, if any, 100% to the Unitholders, in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests.

     (b) Net Losses. After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section 6.1(d),
Net Losses for each taxable period and all items of income, gain, loss and deduction taken into
account in computing Net Losses for such taxable period shall be allocated as follows:

     (i) First, 100% to the Unitholders, in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests, until the aggregate Net Losses allocated pursuant to this Section 6.1(b)(i) for
the current taxable year and all previous taxable years is equal to the aggregate Net Income
allocated to such Unitholders pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(iii) for all previous taxable
years, provided that the Net Losses shall not be allocated pursuant to this Section
6.1(b)(i) to the extent that such allocation would cause any Unitholder to have a deficit
balance in its Adjusted Capital Account at the end of such taxable year (or increase any
existing deficit balance in its Adjusted Capital Account);

     (ii) Second, 100% to the Unitholders, in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests; provided, that Net Losses shall not be allocated pursuant to this Section
6.1(b)(ii) to the extent that such allocation would cause any Unitholder to have a deficit
balance in its Adjusted Capital Account at the end of such taxable year (or increase any
existing deficit balance in its Adjusted Capital Account); and

     (iii) Third, the balance, if any, 100% to the Managing General Partner.

     (c) Net Termination Gains and Losses. After giving effect to the special allocations set forth
in Section 6.1(d), all items of income, gain, loss and deduction taken into account in computing
Net Termination Gain or Net Termination Loss for such taxable period shall be allocated in the same
manner as such Net Termination Gain or Net Termination Loss is allocated hereunder. All allocations
under this Section 6.1(c) shall be made after Capital Account balances have been adjusted by all
other allocations provided under this Section 6.1 and after all distributions of Available Cash
provided under Sections 6.4 and Section 6.6 have been made; provided, however, that solely for
purposes of this Section 6.1(c), Capital Accounts shall not be adjusted for distributions made
pursuant to Section 12.4.

     (i) If a Net Termination Gain is recognized (or deemed recognized pursuant to Section
5.3(d)), such Net Termination Gain shall be allocated among the Partners in the following
manner (and the Capital Accounts of the Partners shall be increased by the amount so
allocated in each of the following subclauses, in the order listed, before an allocation is
made pursuant to the next succeeding subclause):

     if such Net Termination Gain is recognized prior to the Initial Offering:

     (A) First, to each Partner having a deficit balance in its Capital Account, in
the proportion that such deficit balance bears to the total deficit balances in the
Capital Accounts of all Partners, until each such Partner has been allocated Net
Termination Gain equal to any such deficit balance in its Capital Account;

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     (B) Second, to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, until the Capital Account in respect
of each Unit then Outstanding is equal to its Unrecovered Initial Unit Price;

     (C) Third, to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, until the Capital Account in respect
of each Unit then Outstanding is equal to the sum of (1) its Unrecovered Initial
Unit Price, and (2) the excess of (aa) the First Target Distribution for each
Quarter of the Partnership’s existence over (bb) the cumulative per Unit amount of
any distributions of Available Cash that is deemed to be Operating Surplus made
pursuant to Section 6.4(a)(i) (the sum of (1) and (2) is, for the purpose of the
immediately succeeding clause (D), the “First Liquidation Target Amount”);

     (D) Fourth, (y) 13% to the Managing General Partner (in respect of the
Incentive Distribution Rights), and (z) 87% to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, until the
Capital Account in respect of each Unit then Outstanding is equal to the sum of (1)
the First Liquidation Target Amount, and (2) the excess of (aa) the Second Target
Distribution less the First Target Distribution for each Quarter of the
Partnership’s existence over (bb) the cumulative per Unit amount of any
distributions of Available Cash that is deemed to be Operating Surplus made pursuant
to Section 6.4(a)(ii) (the sum of (1) and (2) is, for the purpose of the immediately
succeeding clause (E), “Second Liquidation Target Amount”);

     (E) Fifth, (y) 23% to the Managing General Partner (in respect of the Incentive
Distribution Rights), and (z) 77% to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, until the Capital
Account in respect of each Unit then Outstanding is equal to the sum of (1) the
Second Liquidation Target Amount, and (2) the excess of (aa) the Third Target
Distribution less the Second Target Distribution for each Quarter of the
Partnership’s existence over (bb) the cumulative per Unit amount of any
distributions of Available Cash that is deemed to be Operating Surplus made pursuant
to Section 6.4(a)(iii); and

     (F) Thereafter, (y) 48% to the Managing General Partner (in respect of the
Incentive Distribution Rights), and (z) 52% to all Unitholders, Pro Rata.

if such Net Termination Gain is recognized on or after the Initial Offering:

     (A) First, to each Partner having a deficit balance in its Capital Account, in
the proportion that such deficit balance bears to the total deficit balances in the
Capital Accounts of all Partners, until each such Partner has been allocated Net
Termination Gain equal to any such deficit balance in its Capital Account;

     (B) Second, to all Unitholders holding Common Units, Pro Rata, until the
Capital Account in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding is equal to the sum
of (1) its Unrecovered Initial Unit Price, (2) the Minimum Quarterly Distribution
for the Quarter during which the Liquidation Date occurs, reduced by any
distribution pursuant to Section 6.4(b)(i) and Section 6.4(c)(i) with respect to

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such Common Unit for such Quarter (the amount determined pursuant to this clause (2)
is hereinafter referred to as the “Unpaid MQD”) and (3) any then existing
Cumulative Common Unit Arrearage;

     (C) Third, if such Net Termination Gain is recognized (or is deemed to be
recognized) prior to the conversion of the last Outstanding Subordinated Unit, to
all Unitholders holding Subordinated Units, Pro Rata, until the Capital Account in
respect of each Subordinated Unit then Outstanding equals the sum of (1) its
Unrecovered Initial Unit Price, determined for the taxable year (or portion thereof)
to which this allocation of gain relates, and (2) the Minimum Quarterly Distribution
for the Quarter during which the Liquidation Date occurs, reduced by any
distribution pursuant to Section 6.4(b)(iii) with respect to such Subordinated Unit
for such Quarter;

     (D) Fourth, 100% to all Unitholders, in accordance with their respective
Percentage Interests, until the Capital Account in respect of each Common Unit then
Outstanding is equal to the sum of (1) its Unrecovered Initial Unit Price, (2) the
Unpaid MQD, (3) any then existing Cumulative Common Unit Arrearage, and (4) the
excess of (aa) the First Target Distribution less the Minimum Quarterly Distribution
for each Quarter of the Partnership’s existence over (bb) the cumulative per Unit
amount of any distributions of Available Cash that is deemed to be Operating Surplus
made pursuant to Section 6.4(b)(iv) and Section 6.4(c)(ii) (the sum of (1), (2), (3)
and (4) is, for the purpose of the immediately succeeding clause (F), the “First
Liquidation Target Amount”);

     (E) Fifth, (y) 13% to the Managing General Partner (in respect of the Incentive
Distribution Rights), and (z) 87% to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, until the Capital
Account in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding is equal to the sum of (1)
the First Liquidation Target Amount, and (2) the excess of (aa) the Second Target
Distribution less the First Target Distribution for each Quarter of the
Partnership’s existence over (bb) the cumulative per Unit amount of any
distributions of Available Cash that is deemed to be Operating Surplus made pursuant
to Sections 6.4(b)(v) and 6.4(c)(iii) (the sum of (1) and (2) is, for the purpose of
the immediately succeeding clause (E), the “Second Liquidation Target
Amount”);

     (F) Sixth, (y) 23% to the Managing General Partner (in respect of the Incentive
Distribution Rights), and (z) 77% to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, until the Capital
Account in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding is equal to the sum of (1)
the Second Liquidation Target Amount, and (2) the excess of (aa) the Third Target
Distribution less the Second Target Distribution for each Quarter of the
Partnership’s existence over (bb) the cumulative per Unit amount of any
distributions of Available Cash that is deemed to be Operating Surplus made
pursuant to Sections 6.4(b)(vi) and 6.4(c)(iv); and

     (G) Finally, (y) 48% to the Managing General Partner (in respect of the
Incentive Distribution Rights), and (z) 52% to all Unitholders, Pro Rata.

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     (ii) If a Net Termination Loss is recognized (or deemed recognized pursuant to Section
5.3(d)), such Net Termination Loss shall be allocated among the Partners in the following
manner:

if such Net Termination Loss is recognized prior to the Initial Offering:

     (A) First, to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, until the Capital Account in respect
of each Common Unit then Outstanding has been reduced to zero; and

     (B) Second, the balance, if any, 100% to the Managing General Partner.

if such Net Termination Loss is recognized on or after the Initial Offering:

     (A) First, if such Net Termination Loss is recognized (or is deemed to be
recognized) prior to the conversion of the last Outstanding Subordinated Unit, (x)
to the Managing General Partner in accordance with its Percentage Interest and (y)
to all Unitholders holding Subordinated Units, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100%
less the Managing General Partner’s Percentage Interest, until the Capital Account
in respect of each Subordinated Unit then Outstanding has been reduced to zero;

     (B) Second, (x) to the Managing General Partner in accordance with its
Percentage Interest and (y) to all Unitholders holding Common Units, Pro Rata, a
percentage equal to 100% less the Managing General Partner’s Percentage Interest,
until the Capital Account in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding has been
reduced to zero; and

     (C) Third, the balance, if any, 100% to the Managing General Partner.

     (d) Special Allocations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6.1, the
following special allocations shall be made for such taxable period:

     (i) Partnership Minimum Gain Chargeback. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section 6.1, if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain during any Partnership
taxable period, each Partner shall be allocated items of Partnership income and gain for
such period (and, if necessary, subsequent periods) in the manner and amounts provided in
Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(f), 1.704-2(g)(2) and 1.704-2(j)(2)(i), or any
successor provision. For purposes of this Section 6.1(d), each Partner’s Adjusted Capital
Account balance shall be determined, and the allocation of income or gain required hereunder
shall be effected, prior to the application of any other allocations pursuant to this
Section 6.1(d) with respect to such taxable period (other than
an allocation pursuant to Sections 6.1(d)(vi) and 6.1(d)(vii)). This Section 6.1(d)(i)
is intended to comply with the Partnership Minimum Gain chargeback requirement in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

     (ii) Chargeback of Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain. Notwithstanding the other
provisions of this Section 6.1 (other than Section 6.1(d)(i)),

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except as provided in
Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4), if there is a net decrease in Partner Nonrecourse
Debt Minimum Gain during any Partnership taxable period, any Partner with a share of Partner
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain at the beginning of such taxable period shall be allocated
items of Partnership income and gain for such period (and, if necessary, subsequent periods)
in the manner and amounts provided in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(i)(4),
1.704-2(i)(5) and 1.704-2(j)(2)(ii), or any successor provisions. For purposes of this
Section 6.1(d), each Partner’s Adjusted Capital Account balance shall be determined, and the
allocation of income or gain required hereunder shall be effected, prior to the application
of any other allocations pursuant to this Section 6.1(d), other than Section 6.1(d)(i) and
other than an allocation pursuant to Sections 6.1(d)(vi) and 6.1(d)(vii), with respect to
such taxable period. This Section 6.1(d)(ii) is intended to comply with the chargeback of
items of income and gain requirement in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and shall
be interpreted consistently therewith.

     (iii) Priority Allocations.

     (A) If the amount of cash or the Net Agreed Value of any property distributed
(except cash or property distributed pursuant to Section 12.4) to any Unitholder for
a taxable year is greater (on a per Unit basis) than the amount of cash or the Net
Agreed Value of property distributed to the other Unitholders (on a per Unit basis),
then each Unitholder receiving such greater cash or property distribution shall be
allocated gross income in an amount equal to the product of (aa) the amount by which
the distribution (on a per Unit basis) to such Unitholder exceeds the distribution
(on a per Unit basis) to the Unitholders receiving the smallest distribution and
(bb) the number of Units owned by the Unitholder receiving the greater distribution.

     (B) After the application of Section 6.1(d)(iii)(A), all or any portion of the
remaining items of Partnership gross income or gain for the taxable period, if any,
shall be allocated to the Managing General Partner (in respect of the Incentive
Distribution Rights), until the aggregate amount of such items allocated to the
Managing General Partner pursuant to this Section 6.1(d)(iii)(B) for the current
taxable year and all previous taxable years is equal to the cumulative amount of all
Incentive Distributions made to the Managing General Partner from the Effective Date
to a date 45 days after the end of the current taxable year.

     (iv) Qualified Income Offset. In the event any Partner unexpectedly receives any
adjustments, allocations or distributions described in Treasury Regulation Sections
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5), or 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6), items of
Partnership income and gain shall be specially allocated to such Partner in an amount and
manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by the Treasury Regulations
promulgated under Section 704(b) of the Code, the deficit balance, if any, in its Adjusted
Capital Account created by such adjustments, allocations or distributions as quickly as
possible; provided, that an allocation pursuant to this Section 6.1(d)(iv) shall be made
only if and to the extent that such Partner would have a deficit balance in its Adjusted

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Capital Account after all other allocations provided for in this Section 6.1 have been
tentatively made as if this Section 6.1(d)(iv) were not in this Agreement.

     (v) Gross Income Allocations. In the event any Partner has a deficit balance in its
Capital Account at the end of any Partnership taxable period in excess of the sum of (A) the
amount such Partner is required to restore pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and
(B) the amount such Partner is deemed obligated to restore pursuant to Treasury Regulation
Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i)(5), such Partner shall be specially allocated items of
Partnership gross income and gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as possible;
provided, that an allocation pursuant to this Section 6.1(d)(v) shall be made only if and to
the extent that such Partner would have a deficit balance in its Adjusted Capital Account in
excess of such sum after all other allocations provided for in this Section 6.1 have been
tentatively made as if this Section 6.1(d)(v) were not in this Agreement.

     (vi) Nonrecourse Deductions. Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable period shall be
allocated to the Partners in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests. If the
Managing General Partner determines that the Partnership’s Nonrecourse Deductions should be
allocated in a different ratio to satisfy the safe harbor requirements of the Treasury
Regulations promulgated under Section 704(b) of the Code, the Managing General Partner is
authorized, upon notice to the other Partners, to revise the prescribed ratio to the
numerically closest ratio that does satisfy such requirements.

     (vii) Partner Nonrecourse Deductions. Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable
period shall be allocated 100% to the Partner that bears the Economic Risk of Loss with
respect to the Partner Nonrecourse Debt to which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are
attributable in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i). If more than one
Partner bears the Economic Risk of Loss with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt, such
Partner Nonrecourse Deductions attributable thereto shall be allocated between or among such
Partners in accordance with the ratios in which they share such Economic Risk of Loss. This
Section 6.1(d)(vii) is intended to comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(1)
and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

     (viii) Nonrecourse Liabilities. For purposes of Treasury Regulation Section
1.752-3(a)(3), the Partners agree that Nonrecourse Liabilities of the Partnership in excess
of the sum of (A) the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain and (B) the total amount of
Nonrecourse Built-in Gain shall be allocated among the Partners in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests.

     (ix) Code Section 754 Adjustments. To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax
basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Section 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code is
required, pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken
into account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital
Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the
asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis), and such item of gain or loss shall
be specially allocated to the Partners in a manner consistent with the manner in which

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their Capital Accounts are required to be adjusted pursuant to such Section of the
Treasury Regulations.

     (x) Economic Uniformity. At the election of the Managing General Partner with respect
to any taxable period ending upon, or after, the termination of the Subordination Period,
all or a portion of the remaining items of Partnership gross income or gain for such taxable
period, after taking into account allocations pursuant to Section 6.1(d)(iii), shall be
allocated 100% to each Partner holding Subordinated Units that are Outstanding as of the
termination of the Subordination Period (“Final Subordinated Units”) in the
proportion of the number of Final Subordinated Units held by such Partner to the total
number of Final Subordinated Units then Outstanding, until each such Partner has been
allocated an amount of gross income or gain that increases the Capital Account maintained
with respect to such Final Subordinated Units to an amount equal to the product of (A) the
number of Final Subordinated Units held by such Partner and (B) the Per Unit Capital Amount
for a Common Unit. The purpose of this allocation is to establish uniformity between the
Capital Accounts underlying Final Subordinated Units and the Capital Accounts underlying
Common Units held by Persons other than the Managing General Partner and its Affiliates
immediately prior to the conversion of such Final Subordinated Units into Common Units.
This allocation method for establishing such economic uniformity will be available to the
Managing General Partner only if the method for allocating the Capital Account maintained
with respect to the Subordinated Units between the transferred and retained Subordinated
Units pursuant to Section 5.3(c)(ii) does not otherwise provide such economic uniformity to
the Final Subordinated Units.

     (xi) Curative Allocation.

     (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6.1, other than the
Required Allocations, the Required Allocations shall be taken into account in making
the Agreed Allocations so that, to the extent possible, the net amount of items of
income, gain, loss and deduction allocated to each Partner pursuant to the Required
Allocations and the Agreed Allocations, together, shall be equal to the net amount
of such items that would have been allocated to each such Partner under the Agreed
Allocations had the Required Allocations and the related Curative Allocation not
otherwise been provided in this Section 6.1. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence,
Required Allocations relating to (1) Nonrecourse Deductions shall not be taken into
account except to the extent that there has been a decrease in Partnership Minimum
Gain and (2) Partner Nonrecourse Deductions shall not be taken into account except
to the extent that there has been a decrease in Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum
Gain. Allocations pursuant to this Section 6.1(d)(xi)(A) shall only be made with
respect to Required Allocations to the extent the Managing General Partner
determines that such allocations will otherwise be inconsistent with the economic
agreement among the Partners. Further, allocations pursuant to this Section
6.1(d)(xi)(A) shall be deferred with respect to allocations pursuant to clauses (1)
and (2) hereof to the extent the Managing General Partner determines that such
allocations are likely to be offset by subsequent Required Allocations.

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     (B) The Managing General Partner shall, with respect to each taxable period,
(1) apply the provisions of Section 6.1(d)(xi)(A) in whatever order is most likely
to minimize the economic distortions that might otherwise result from the Required
Allocations, and (2) divide all allocations pursuant to Section 6.1(d)(xi)(A) among
the Partners in a manner that is likely to minimize such economic distortions.

     (xii) Corrective Allocations. In the event of any allocation of Additional Book Basis
Derivative Items or any Book-Down Event or any recognition of a Net Termination Loss, the
following rules shall apply:

     (A) In the case of any allocation of Additional Book Basis Derivative Items
(other than an allocation of Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss under Section 5.3(d)
hereof), the Managing General Partner shall allocate additional items of gross
income and gain away from the Managing General Partner (in respect of the Incentive
Distribution Rights) to the Unitholders, or additional items of deduction and loss
away from the Unitholders to the Managing General Partner (in respect of the
Incentive Distribution Rights), to the extent that the Additional Book Basis
Derivative Items allocated to the Unitholders exceed their Share of Additional Book
Basis Derivative Items. For this purpose, the Unitholders shall be treated as being
allocated Additional Book Basis Derivative Items to the extent that such Additional
Book Basis Derivative Items have reduced the amount of income that would otherwise
have been allocated to the Unitholders under this Agreement (e.g., Additional Book
Basis Derivative Items taken into account in computing cost of goods sold would
reduce the amount of book income otherwise available for allocation among the
Partners). Any allocation made pursuant to this Section 6.1(d)(xii)(A) shall be made
after all of the other Agreed Allocations have been made as if this Section
6.1(d)(xii) were not in this Agreement and, to the extent necessary, shall require
the reallocation of items that have been allocated pursuant to such other Agreed
Allocations.

     (B) In the case of any negative adjustments to the Capital Accounts of the
Partners resulting from a Book-Down Event or from the recognition of a Net
Termination Loss, such negative adjustment (1) shall first be allocated, to the
extent of the Aggregate Remaining Net Positive Adjustments, in such a manner, as
determined by the Managing General Partner, that to the extent possible the
aggregate Capital Account balances of the Partners will equal the amount that would
have been the Capital Account balances of the Partners if no prior Book-Up Events
had occurred, and (2) any negative adjustment in excess of the Aggregate Remaining
Net Positive Adjustments shall be allocated pursuant to Section 6.1(c) hereof.

     (C) In making the allocations required under this Section 6.1(d)(xii), the
Managing General Partner may apply whatever conventions or other methodology it
determines will satisfy the purpose of this Section 6.1(d)(xii).

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     (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, for federal income tax purposes, each item of income,
gain, loss and deduction shall be allocated among the Partners in the same manner as its
correlative item of “book” income, gain, loss or deduction is allocated pursuant to Section 6.1.

     (b) In an attempt to eliminate Book-Tax Disparities attributable to a Contributed Property or
Adjusted Property, items of income, gain, loss, depreciation, amortization and cost recovery
deductions shall be allocated for federal income tax purposes among the Partners as follows:

     (i) (A) In the case of a Contributed Property, such items attributable thereto shall be
allocated among the Partners in the manner provided under Section 704(c) of the Code that
takes into account the variation between the Agreed Value of such property and its adjusted
basis at the time of contribution; and (B) any item of Residual Gain or Residual Loss
attributable to a Contributed Property shall be allocated among the Partners in the same
manner as its correlative item of “book” gain or loss is allocated pursuant to Section 6.1.

     (ii) (A) In the case of an Adjusted Property, such items shall (1) first, be allocated
among the Partners in a manner consistent with the principles of Section 704(c) of the Code
to take into account the Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to such property
and the allocations thereof pursuant to Section 5.3(d)(i) or 5.3(d)(ii), and (2) second, in
the event such property was originally a Contributed Property, be allocated among the
Partners in a manner consistent with Section 6.2(b)(i)(A); and (B) any item of Residual Gain
or Residual Loss attributable to an Adjusted Property shall be allocated among the Partners
in the same manner as its correlative item of “book” gain or loss is allocated pursuant to
Section 6.1.

     (iii) The Managing General Partner shall apply the principles of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.704-3(d) to eliminate Book-Tax Disparities.

     (c) For the proper administration of the Partnership and for the preservation of uniformity of
the Units (or any class or classes thereof), the Managing General Partner shall (i) adopt such
conventions as it deems appropriate in determining the amount of depreciation, amortization and
cost recovery deductions; (ii) make special allocations for federal income tax purposes of income
(including gross income) or deductions; and (iii) amend the provisions of this Agreement as
appropriate (x) to reflect the proposal or promulgation of Treasury Regulations under Section
704(b) or Section 704(c) of the Code or (y) otherwise to preserve or achieve uniformity of the
Units (or any class or classes thereof). The Managing General Partner may adopt such conventions,
make such allocations and make such amendments to this Agreement as provided in this Section 6.2(c)
only if such conventions, allocations or amendments would not have a material adverse effect on the
Partners, the holders of any class or classes of Partnership Interests issued and Outstanding or
the Partnership, and if such allocations are consistent with the principles of Section 704 of the
Code.

     (d) The Managing General Partner may determine to depreciate or amortize the portion of an
adjustment under Section 743(b) of the Code attributable to unrealized appreciation in any Adjusted
Property (to the extent of the unamortized Book-Tax Disparity) using a

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predetermined rate derived from the depreciation or amortization method and useful life applied to the Partnership’s common
basis of such property, despite any inconsistency of such approach with Treasury Regulation Section
1.167(c)-l(a)(6), Treasury Regulation Section 1.197-2(g)(3), the legislative history of Section 743
of the Code or any successor regulations thereto. If the Managing General Partner determines that
such reporting position cannot reasonably be taken, the Managing General Partner may adopt
depreciation and amortization conventions under which all purchasers acquiring Partnership
Interests in the same month would receive depreciation and amortization deductions, based upon the
same applicable rate as if they had purchased a direct interest in the Partnership’s property. If
the Managing General Partner chooses not to utilize such aggregate method, the Managing General
Partner may use any other depreciation and amortization conventions to preserve the uniformity of
the intrinsic tax characteristics of any Units, so long as such conventions would not have a
material adverse effect on the Record Holders of any class or classes of Partnership Interests.

     (e) Any gain allocated to the Partners upon the sale or other taxable disposition of any
Partnership asset shall, to the extent possible, after taking into account other required
allocations of gain pursuant to this Section 6.2, be characterized as Recapture Income in the same
proportions and to the same extent as such Partners (or their predecessors in interest) have been
allocated any deductions directly or indirectly giving rise to the treatment of such gains as
Recapture Income.

     (f) All items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit recognized by the Partnership for
federal income tax purposes and allocated to the Partners in accordance with the provisions hereof
shall be determined without regard to any election under Section 754 of the Code that may be made
by the Partnership; provided, however, that such allocations, once made, shall be adjusted (in the
manner determined by the Managing General Partner) to take into account those adjustments permitted
or required by Sections 734 and 743 of the Code.

     (g) Each item of Partnership income, gain, loss and deduction shall, for federal income tax
purposes, be determined on an annual basis and prorated on a monthly basis and shall be allocated
to the Partners (i) prior to the IO Closing Date, as of the last day of such month and (ii)
thereafter as of the opening of the National Securities Exchange on which the Partnership’s Units
are listed or admitted to trading on the first Business Day of each month; provided, however, such
items for the period beginning on the IO Closing Date and ending on the last day of the month in
which any Over-Allotment Option is exercised or the expiration of any Over-Allotment Option occurs
shall be allocated to the Partners as of the opening of the National Securities Exchange on which
the Partnership’s Units are listed or admitted to trading on the first Business Day of the next
succeeding month; and provided, further, that gain or loss on a sale or other disposition of any
assets of the Partnership or any other extraordinary item of income or loss realized and recognized
other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined by the Managing General Partner, shall
be allocated to the Partners as of the opening of the National Securities Exchange on which the
Partnership’s Units are listed or admitted to trading on the first Business Day of the month in
which such gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes. The Managing General Partner
may revise, alter or otherwise modify such methods of
allocation to the extent permitted or required by Section 706 of the Code and the regulations
or rulings promulgated thereunder.

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     (h) Allocations that would otherwise be made to a Partner under the provisions of this Article
VI shall instead be made to the beneficial owner of Partnership Interests held by a nominee in any
case in which the nominee has furnished the identity of such owner to the Partnership in accordance
with Section 6031(c) of the Code or any other method determined by the Managing General Partner.

     Section 6.3 Requirement and Characterization of Distributions; Distributions to Record
Holders.

     (a) Within 45 days following the end of each Quarter commencing with the Quarter that includes
the Effective Date, an amount equal to 100% of Available Cash with respect to such Quarter shall,
subject to Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware Act, be distributed in accordance with this
Article VI by the Partnership to the Partners as of the Record Date selected by the Managing
General Partner. All amounts of Available Cash distributed by the Partnership on any date from any
source shall be deemed to be Operating Surplus until the sum of all amounts of Available Cash
theretofore distributed by the Partnership to the Partners pursuant to Section 6.4 equals the
Operating Surplus from the Effective Date through the close of the immediately preceding Quarter.
Any remaining amounts of Available Cash distributed by the Partnership on such date shall, except
as otherwise provided in Section 6.5, be deemed to be Capital Surplus. All distributions required
to be made under this Agreement will be made subject to Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware
Act.

     (b) Notwithstanding Section 6.3(a), in the event of the dissolution and liquidation of the
Partnership, all cash received during or after the Quarter in which the Liquidation Date occurs,
other than from borrowings described in clause (a)(ii) of the definition of Available Cash, shall
be applied and distributed solely in accordance with, and subject to the terms and conditions of,
Section 12.4.

     (c) The Managing General Partner may treat taxes paid by the Partnership on behalf of, or
amounts withheld with respect to, all or less than all of the Partners, as a distribution of
Available Cash to such Partners.

     (d) Each distribution in respect of a Partnership Interest shall be paid by the Partnership,
directly or through any Transfer Agent or through any other Person or agent, only to the Record
Holder of such Partnership Interest as of the Record Date set for such distribution. Such payment
shall constitute full payment and satisfaction of the Partnership’s liability in respect of such
payment, regardless of any claim of any Person who may have an interest in such payment by reason
of an assignment or otherwise.

     Section 6.4 Distributions of Available Cash from Operating Surplus.

     (a) Prior to the Initial Offering. Available Cash with respect to any Quarter prior to the
Initial Offering that is deemed to be Operating Surplus pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.3
or Section 6.6 shall, subject to Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware Act, be distributed as
follows, except as otherwise contemplated by Section 5.4(b) in respect of other Partnership
Interests issued pursuant thereto:

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     (i) First, 100% to all Special Unitholders, Pro Rata, until there has been distributed
in respect of each Special Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the First Target
Distribution;

     (ii) Second, (A) 13% to the Managing General Partner (in respect of the Incentive
Distribution Rights); and (B) 87% to all Special Unitholders, Pro Rata, until there has been
distributed in respect of each Special Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the excess
of the Second Target Distribution over the First Target Distribution for such Quarter;

     (iii) Third, (A) 23% to the Managing General Partner (in respect of the Incentive
Distribution Rights); and (B) 77% to all Special Unitholders, Pro Rata, until there has been
distributed in respect of each Special Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the excess
of the Third Target Distribution over the Second Target Distribution for such Quarter; and

     (iv) Thereafter, (A) 48% to the Managing General Partner (in respect of the Incentive
Distribution Rights); and (B) 52% to all Special Unitholders, Pro Rata;

provided, however, if the First Target Distribution, the Second Target Distribution and the Third
Target Distribution have been reduced to zero pursuant to the second sentence of Section 6.7(a),
the distribution of Available Cash that is deemed to be Operating Surplus with respect to any
Quarter will be made solely in accordance with Section 6.4(a)(iv); provided further that no
distributions will be paid to the Managing General Partner (in respect of the Incentive
Distribution Rights) for so long as any Group Member is a guarantor of any Coffeyville Credit
Agreement.

     (b) During Subordination Period. Available Cash with respect to any Quarter within the
Subordination Period that is deemed to be Operating Surplus pursuant to the provisions of Section
6.3 or 6.5 shall, subject to Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware Act, be distributed as
follows, except as otherwise contemplated by Section 5.4(b) in respect of other Partnership
Interests issued pursuant thereto:

     (i) First, to all the Unitholders holding Common Units, Pro Rata, until there has been
distributed in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the Minimum
Quarterly Distribution for such Quarter;

     (ii) Second, to all Unitholders holding Common Units, Pro Rata, until there has been
distributed in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the
Cumulative Common Unit Arrearage existing with respect to such Quarter;

     (iii) Third, to all Unitholders holding Subordinated Units, Pro Rata, until there has
been distributed in respect of each Subordinated Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to
the Minimum Quarterly Distribution for such Quarter;

     (iv) Fourth, to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, until there has been distributed in respect
of each Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the excess of the First Target Distribution
over the Minimum Quarterly Distribution for such Quarter;

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     (v) Fifth, (A) 13% to the Managing General Partner (in respect of the Incentive
Distribution Rights); and (B) 87% to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, until there has been
distributed in respect of each Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the excess of the
Second Target Distribution over the First Target Distribution for such Quarter;

     (vi) Sixth, (A) 23% to the Managing General Partner (in respect of the Incentive
Distribution Rights); and (B) 77% to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, until there has been
distributed in respect of each Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the excess of the
Third Target Distribution over the Second Target Distribution for such Quarter; and

     (vii) Thereafter, (A) 48% to the Managing General Partner (in respect of the Incentive
Distribution Rights); and (B) 52% to all Unitholders, Pro Rata;

provided, however, if the Minimum Quarterly Distribution, the First Target Distribution, the Second
Target Distribution and the Third Target Distribution have been reduced to zero pursuant to the
second sentence of Section 6.7(a), the distribution of Available Cash that is deemed to be
Operating Surplus with respect to any Quarter will be made solely in accordance with Section
6.4(b)(vii); provided further that no distributions will be paid to the Managing General Partner
(in respect of the Incentive Distribution Rights) for so long as any Group Member is a guarantor of
any Coffeyville Credit Agreement.

     (c) After Subordination Period. Available Cash with respect to any Quarter after the
Subordination Period that is deemed to be Operating Surplus pursuant to the provisions of Section
6.3 or 6.5, subject to Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware Act, shall be distributed as
follows, except as otherwise contemplated by Section 5.4(b) in respect of additional Partnership
Interests issued pursuant thereto:

     (i) First, 100% to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, until there has been distributed in
respect of each Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the Minimum Quarterly Distribution
for such Quarter;

     (ii) Second, 100% to all Unitholders in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests, until there has been distributed in respect of each Unit then Outstanding an
amount equal to the excess of the First Target Distribution over the Minimum Quarterly
Distribution for such Quarter;

     (iii) Third, (A) 13% to the Managing General Partner (in respect of the Incentive
Distribution Rights); and (B) 87% to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, until there has
been distributed in respect of each Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the excess
of the Second Target Distribution over the First Target Distribution for such Quarter;

     (iv) Fourth, (A) 23% to the Managing General Partner (in respect of the Incentive
Distribution Rights); and (B) 77% to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, until there has been
distributed in respect of each Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the excess of the
Third Target Distribution over the Second Target Distribution for such Quarter; and

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     (v) Thereafter, (A) 48% to the Managing General Partner (in respect of the Incentive
Distribution Rights); and (B) 52% to all Unitholders, Pro Rata;

provided, however, if the First Target Distribution, the Second Target Distribution and the Third
Target Distribution have been reduced to zero pursuant to the second sentence of Section 6.7(a),
the distribution of Available Cash that is deemed to be Operating Surplus with respect to any
Quarter will be made solely in accordance with Section 6.4(c)(v); provided further that no
distributions will be paid to the Managing General Partner (in respect of the Incentive
Distribution Rights) for so long as any Group Member is a guarantor of any Coffeyville Credit
Agreement.

     Section 6.5 Distributions of Non-IDR Surplus Amount. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no distribution shall be made
to the Managing General Partner Interest until the Non-IDR Surplus Amount has been distributed to
the Outstanding Units.

     Section 6.6 Distributions of Available Cash from Capital Surplus.

     (a) Prior to the IO Closing Date. Prior to the IO Closing Date, Available Cash that is deemed
to be Capital Surplus pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.3(a) shall, subject to Sections
17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware Act, be distributed, unless the provisions of Section 6.3 require
otherwise, 100% to the Unitholders, Pro Rata, until the Minimum Quarterly Distribution has been
reduced to zero pursuant to the second sentence of Section 6.7(a). Thereafter, all Available Cash
shall be distributed as if it were Operating Surplus and shall be distributed in accordance with
Section 6.4.

     (b) On or after the IO Closing Date. Available Cash that is deemed to be Capital Surplus
pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.3(a) shall, subject to Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the
Delaware Act, be distributed, unless the provisions of Section 6.3 require otherwise, 100% to the
Unitholders, Pro Rata, until the Minimum Quarterly Distribution has been reduced to zero pursuant
to the second sentence of Section 6.7(a). Available Cash that is deemed to be Capital Surplus shall
then be distributed to all Unitholders holding Common Units, Pro Rata, until there has been
distributed in respect of each Common Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the Cumulative
Common Unit Arrearage. Thereafter, all Available Cash shall be distributed as if it were Operating
Surplus and shall be distributed in accordance with Section 6.4.

     Section 6.7 Adjustment of Minimum Quarterly Distribution and Target Distribution Levels.

     (a) The Minimum Quarterly Distribution, First Target Distribution, Second Target Distribution,
Third Target Distribution, Common Unit Arrearages and Cumulative Common Unit Arrearages shall be
proportionately adjusted in the event of any distribution, combination or subdivision (whether
effected by a distribution payable in Units or otherwise) of Units or other Partnership Interests
in accordance with Section 5.8. In the event of a distribution of Available Cash that is deemed to
be from Capital Surplus, the then applicable Minimum Quarterly Distribution, First Target
Distribution, Second Target Distribution and Third Target Distribution, shall be reduced in the
same proportion that the distribution had to the fair market value of the Common Units
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are publicly traded on a National Securities Exchange, the fair market value will be the
Current Market Price before the ex-dividend date. If the Common Units are not publicly traded, the fair market value will be
determined by the Board of Directors of the Managing General Partner.

     (b) The Minimum Quarterly Distribution, First Target Distribution, Second Target Distribution
and Third Target Distribution, shall also be subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 6.9.

     Section 6.8 Special Provisions Relating to the Holders of Subordinated Units.

     (a) Except with respect to the right to vote on or approve matters requiring the vote or
approval of a percentage of the holders of Outstanding Common Units and the right to participate in
allocations of income, gain, loss and deduction and distributions made with respect to Common
Units, the holder of a Subordinated Unit shall have all of the rights and obligations of a
Unitholder holding Common Units hereunder; provided, however, that immediately upon the conversion
of Subordinated Units into Common Units pursuant to Section 5.6, the Unitholder holding a
Subordinated Unit shall possess all of the rights and obligations of a Unitholder holding Common
Units hereunder, including the right to vote as a Common Unitholder and the right to participate in
allocations of income, gain, loss and deduction and distributions made with respect to Common
Units; provided, however, that such converted Subordinated Units shall remain subject to the
provisions of Sections 5.3(c)(ii), 6.1(d)(x) and 6.8(b).

     (b) A Unitholder shall not be permitted to transfer a Subordinated Unit or a Subordinated Unit
that has converted into a Common Unit pursuant to Section 5.6 (other than a transfer to an
Affiliate) if the remaining balance in the transferring Unitholder’s Capital Account with respect
to the retained Subordinated Units or Retained Converted Subordinated Units would be negative after
giving effect to the allocation under Section 5.3(c)(ii)(B).

     (c) A Unitholder holding a Subordinated Unit that has converted into a Common Unit pursuant to
Section 5.5 shall not be issued a Common Unit Certificate pursuant to Section 4.1, if the Common
Units are evidenced by Certificates, and shall not be permitted to transfer its converted
Subordinated Units to a Person that is not an Affiliate of the holder until such time as
the Managing General Partner determines, in consultation with the Special General Partner,
based on advice of counsel, that a converted Subordinated Unit should have, as a substantive
matter, like intrinsic economic and federal income tax characteristics, in all material respects,
to the intrinsic economic and federal income tax characteristics of an Initial Common Unit. In
connection with the condition imposed by this Section 6.8(c), the Managing General Partner shall
take, following consultation with the Special General Partner, whatever steps are required to
provide economic uniformity to the converted Subordinated Units in preparation for a transfer of
such converted Subordinated Units, including the application of Sections 5.3(c)(ii), 6.1(d)(x) and
6.8(b); provided, however, that no such steps may be taken that would have a material adverse
effect on the Unitholders holding Common Units.

     Section 6.9 Entity Level Taxation.  If legislation is enacted or the interpretation of
existing language is modified by a court of competent jurisdiction so that a Group Member is
treated as an association taxable as a corporation or is otherwise subject to an entity level tax
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discretion, reduce the Minimum Quarterly Distribution, the First Target Distribution, the Second
Target Distribution and the Third Target Distribution to take into account the amount of the income
taxes that are payable by reason of any such new legislation or interpretation (the
“Incremental Income Tax”), or any portion thereof selected by the Managing General Partner,
in the manner provided in this Section 6.9. If the Managing General Partner elects to reduce the
Minimum Quarterly Distribution, the First Target Distribution, the Second Target Distribution and
the Third Target Distribution for any Quarter with respect to all or a portion of the Incremental
Income Taxes, the Managing General Partner shall estimate for such Quarter the Partnership Group’s
aggregate liability (the “Estimated Incremental Quarterly Tax Amount”) for all (or the
relevant portion of) such Incremental Income Taxes; provided that any difference between such
estimate and the actual liability for Incremental Income Taxes (or the relevant portion thereof) or
such Quarter may, to the extent determined by the Managing General Partner, be taken into account
in determining the Estimated Incremental Quarterly Tax Amount with respect to each Quarter in which
any such difference can be determined. For each such Quarter, the Minimum Quarterly Distribution,
First Target Distribution, Second Target Distribution and Third Target Distribution, shall be the
product obtained by multiplying (a) the amounts therefor that are set out herein prior to the
application of this Section 6.9 times (b) the quotient obtained by dividing (i) Available Cash with
respect to such Quarter by (ii) the sum of Available Cash with respect to such Quarter and the
Estimated Incremental Quarterly Tax Amount for such Quarter, as determined by the Managing General
Partner. For purposes of the foregoing, Available Cash with respect to a Quarter will be deemed
reduced by the Estimated Incremental Quarterly Tax Amount for that Quarter.

Section 6.10 Distributions in Connection with Initial Offering.

     Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, there shall be two Quarters
in the fiscal quarter in which the IO Closing Date occurs; one Quarter comprised of the period of
such fiscal quarter before the IO Closing Date and one Quarter comprised of the period of such
fiscal quarter from and after the IO Closing Date. With respect to the distribution for the fiscal
quarter in which the IO Closing Date occurs, (a) the amount of Available Cash distributed to the
Partners pursuant to Section 6.4(a) (and Section 6.6(a), if applicable), shall equal 100% of
Available Cash with respect to such fiscal quarter multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of days in such fiscal quarter before the IO Closing Date and the denominator
of which is the total number of days in such fiscal quarter; and (b) the amount of Available Cash
distributed to the Partners pursuant to Section 6.4(b) (and Section 6.6(b), if applicable) shall
equal 100% of Available Cash with respect to such fiscal quarter less the amount described in
clause (a).

Section 6.11 Limitation on Increases in Distributions.

     Following such time as (a) no Group Member is a guarantor of any Coffeyville Credit Agreement
and (b) the Non-IDR Surplus Amount has been distributed to the Outstanding Units, the Managing
General Partner shall not cause the Partnership to make a regular Quarterly distribution of
Available Cash that is deemed to be Operating Surplus at a per-Unit amount that represents an
increase from the per-Unit amount of the most regular Quarterly Distribution preceding the date of
determination unless the Managing General Partner determines that the increased per-Unit
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consecutive Quarters from the date of increase. This Section 6.11 shall not apply to any
special distributions or any distribution in the nature of a liquidating distribution or partially
liquidating distribution.

ARTICLE VII

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF BUSINESS

     Section 7.1 Management.

     (a) The General Partners shall conduct, direct and manage all activities of the Partnership.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all powers to manage and control the
business and affairs of the Partnership shall be exclusively vested in the General Partners, and no
other Partner shall have any management power over the business and affairs of the Partnership. The
management and control power of the Special General Partner over the business and affairs of the
Partnership are provided in, and limited to, Section 7.3. In addition to the powers now or
hereafter granted a general partner of a limited partnership under applicable law or that are
granted to the Managing General Partner under any other provision of this Agreement, the Managing
General Partner, subject in each instance to the extent relevant (whether or not specifically noted
below) to Section 7.3, shall have full power and authority to do all things and on such terms as it
determines to be necessary or appropriate to conduct the business of the Partnership, to exercise
all powers set forth in Section 2.5 and to effectuate the purposes set forth in Section 2.4,
including the following:

     (i) the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money, the assumption
or guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness and other liabilities, the issuance
of evidences of indebtedness, including indebtedness that is convertible or exchangeable
into Partnership Interests, and the incurring of any other obligations;

     (ii) the making of tax, regulatory and other filings, or rendering of periodic or other
reports to governmental or other agencies having jurisdiction over the business or assets of
the Partnership;

     (iii) the acquisition, disposition, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or
exchange of any or all of the assets of the Partnership or the merger or other combination
of the Partnership with or into another Person (the matters described in this clause (iii)
being subject to Article XIV);

     (iv) the use of the assets of the Partnership (including cash on hand) for any purpose
consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including the financing of the conduct of the
operations of the Partnership Group; the lending of funds to other Persons (including other
Group Members); the repayment or guarantee of obligations of any Group Member; and the
making of capital contributions to any Group Member (the matters described in this clause
(iv) being subject, however, to subject to Section 7.6(a));

     (v) the negotiation, execution and performance of any contracts, conveyances or other
instruments (including instruments that limit the liability of the Partnership under
contractual arrangements to all or particular assets of the Partnership, with the other
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other than its interest in the Partnership, even if same results in the terms of the
transaction being less favorable to the Partnership than would otherwise be the case);

     (vi) the distribution of Partnership cash;

     (vii) the selection and dismissal of employees (including employees having titles such
as “chief executive officer,” “president,” “chief financial officer,” “vice president,”
“secretary” and “treasurer”) and agents, outside attorneys, accountants, consultants and
contractors and the determination of their compensation and other terms of employment or
hiring;

     (viii) the maintenance of insurance for the benefit of the Partnership Group, the
Partners and Indemnitees;

     (ix) the formation of, or acquisition of an interest in, and the contribution of
property and the making of loans to, any further limited or general partnerships, joint
ventures, corporations, limited liability companies or other relationships (including the
acquisition of interests in, and the contributions of property to, any Group Member from
time to time) subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 2.4;

     (x) the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the Partnership,
including the bringing and defending of actions at law or in equity and otherwise engaging
in the conduct of litigation, arbitration or mediation and the incurring of legal expense
and the settlement of claims and litigation;

     (xi) the indemnification of any Person against liabilities and contingencies to the
extent permitted by law;

     (xii) the entering into of listing agreements with any National Securities Exchange and
the delisting of some or all of the Partnership Interests from, or requesting that trading
be suspended on, any such exchange (subject to any prior approval required under Section
4.8);

     (xiii) the purchase, sale or other acquisition or disposition of Partnership Interests,
or the issuance of options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to Partnership
Interests;

     (xiv) the undertaking of any action in connection with the Partnership’s participation
in the management of any Group Member through its directors, officers, employees or the
Partnership’s direct or indirect ownership of Group Members; and

     (xv) the entering into of agreements with any of its Affiliates to render services to a
Group Member or to itself in the discharge of its duties as Managing General Partner of the
Partnership.

     (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any Group Member Agreement, the
Delaware Act or any applicable law, rule or regulation, each of the Limited Partners and each other
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approves, ratifies and
confirms the execution, delivery and performance by the parties thereto of this Agreement and the
Group Member Agreement of each other Group Member, the Omnibus Agreement (in substantially the form
circulated prior to the date hereof, without giving effect to any amendments, supplements or
restatements after the Effective Date), the Contribution Agreement (in substantially the form
circulated prior to the date hereof, without giving effect to any amendments, supplements or
restatements after the Effective Date) and the other agreements described in or filed as exhibits
to the Registration Statement that are related to the transactions contemplated by the Registration
Statement; (ii) agrees that the Managing General Partner (on its own or on behalf of the
Partnership) is authorized to execute, deliver and perform the agreements referred to in clause (i)
of this sentence and the other agreements, acts, transactions and matters described in or
contemplated by the Registration Statement on behalf of the Partnership without any further act,
approval or vote of the Partners or the other Persons who may acquire an interest in Partnership
Interests; and (iii) agrees that the execution, delivery or performance by the Managing General
Partner, the Special General Partner, any Group Member or any Affiliate of any of them of this
Agreement or any agreement authorized or permitted under this Agreement (including the exercise by
the Managing General Partner or any Affiliate of the Managing General Partner of the rights
accorded pursuant to Article XV) shall not constitute a breach by a General Partner of any duty
that such General Partner may owe the Partnership or the Partners or any other Persons under this
Agreement (or any other agreements) or of any duty existing at law, in equity or otherwise.

     Section 7.2 Certificate of Limited Partnership.
The Managing General Partner has caused the Certificate of Limited Partnership to be filed
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as required by the Delaware Act. The Managing
General Partner shall use all reasonable efforts to cause to be filed such other certificates or
documents that the Managing General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate for the
formation, continuation, qualification and operation of a limited partnership (or a partnership in
which the limited partners have limited liability) in the State of Delaware or any other state in
which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property. To the extent the Managing General
Partner determines such action to be necessary or appropriate, the Managing General Partner shall
file amendments to and restatements of the Certificate of Limited Partnership and do all things to
maintain the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership or other entity in which the
limited partners have limited liability) under the laws of the State of Delaware or of any other
state in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property. Subject to the terms of
Section 3.4(a), the Managing General Partner shall not be required, before or after filing, to
deliver or mail a copy of the Certificate of Limited Partnership, any qualification document or any
amendment thereto to any Partner.

     Section 7.3 Restrictions on the General Partners’ Authority; Management Rights of Special
General Partner.

     (a) Except as provided in Articles XII and XIV, the General Partners may not sell, exchange or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership Group, taken as a
whole, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions without the approval of holders
of a Unit Majority; provided, however, that this provision shall not preclude or limit the Managing
General Partner’s ability to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant a security interest in all or
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sale of
any or all of the assets of the Partnership Group pursuant to the foreclosure of, or other
realization upon, any such encumbrance. Without the approval of holders of a Unit Majority, the
Managing General Partner shall not, on behalf of the Partnership, except as permitted under
Sections 4.6, 11.1 and 11.2, elect or cause the Partnership to elect a successor general partner of
the Partnership.

     (b) The Partnership may not take any of the following actions without approval of both General
Partners:

     (i) any merger or consolidation by the Partnership into another entity where:

     (A) if the Special General Partner owns 50% or more of the Outstanding Units
immediately prior to the merger or consolidation, less than 60% of the equity
interests of the resulting entity are owned by the pre-merger Unitholders of the
Partnership;

     (B) if the Special General Partner owns 25% or more of all units of the
Outstanding Units immediately prior to the merger or consolidation, less than 50% of
the equity interests of the resulting entity are owned by the pre-merger Unitholders
of the Partnership; and

     (C) if the Special General Partner owns 15% or more of all units of the
Outstanding Units immediately prior to the merger or consolidation, less than 40% of
the equity interests of the resulting entity are owned by the pre-merger Unitholders
of the Partnership;

     (ii) any purchase or sale, exchange or other transfer of assets or entities by the
Partnership with a purchase/sale price equal to 50% or more of the current asset value of
the Partnership;

     (iii) any fundamental change in the business of the Partnership from that conducted by
the assets contributed to the Partnership pursuant to the Contribution Agreement;

     (iv) any incurrence of indebtedness by the Partnership or issuance of Partnership
Interests with rights to distribution or in liquidation ranking prior or senior to the
Common Units, in either case in excess of $125 million ($200 million in the case of the
Initial Offering, excluding any proceeds from any Over-Allotment Option), increased from
time to time by 80% of the purchase price for assets or entities whose purchase was approved
by the Special General Partner pursuant to Section 7.3(b)(ii).

     (c) The Managing General Partner and the Special General Partner, acting in a reasonable
manner and not unreasonably refusing to approve the Person proposed by the Managing General
Partner, shall jointly appoint one or more Persons to serve as the chief executive officer and one
or more Persons to serve as the chief financial officer for the Partnership. For the avoidance of
doubt, the term “chief executive officer” refers to the Person or Persons who have general and
active management and control of the affairs and business and general supervision of the
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equivalent to officers, agents
and employees of the Partnership ultimately report and the term “chief financial officer” refers to
the Person or Persons who have responsibility to oversee the financial operations of the
Partnership. No Person serving as the chief executive officer or chief financial officer for the
Partnership may be removed from such Person’s position and the responsibilities and compensation of
such Person shall not be changed in any material respect without consent of the Special General
Partner, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. If a Person proposed to be appointed as the
chief executive officer or chief financial officer for the Partnership is an executive officer of
CVR Energy, Inc., or its successor as beneficial owner of the Special General Partner, or any of
its Subsidiaries (other than a Group Member), the Special General Partner shall be deemed to have
approved the appointment of such executive officer as the chief executive officer or chief
financial officer for the Partnership. The organizational documents of the Managing General
Partner shall implement the Special General Partners’ rights under this Section 7.3(c) in a manner
reasonably acceptable to the General Partners. The organizational documents of the Managing
General Partner shall not be amended or modified in any manner that adversely affects the rights of
the Special General Partner under this Section 7.3(c) without the consent of the Special General
Partner.

     (d) The Managing General Partner agrees that the Special General Partner has the right to
appoint two Persons to be members of the Board of Directors and the right to appoint one such
director to any committee of the Board of Directors, provided that the Special General Partner
shall not have the right to appoint any director to (i) any committee of the Board of Directors
where such appointment would violate any applicable law, rule or regulation or (ii) the Conflicts
Committee if such director does not satisfy the criteria to serve on the Conflicts Committee
specified in the definition of “Conflicts Committee.” The organizational documents of the Managing
General Partner shall implement the Special General Partner’s rights under this Section 7.3(d) in a
manner reasonably acceptable to the General Partners. The organizational documents of the Managing
General Partner shall not may be amended or modified in any manner that adversely affects the
rights of the Special General Partner under this Section 7.3(d) without the consent of the Special
General Partner.

     (e) The Special General Partner shall be deemed to have approved any matter specified in
Section 7.3(b), (c) or (d) if the Managing General Partner receives a written, facsimile or
electronic instruction evidencing such approval from the Special General Partner.

     Section 7.4 Reimbursement of the General Partners.

     (a) Except as provided in this Section 7.4 and elsewhere in this Agreement, the General
Partners shall not be compensated for their services as a general partner or managing member of any
Group Member.

     (b) The Managing General Partner shall be reimbursed on a monthly basis, or such other basis
as the Managing General Partner may determine, for (i) all direct and indirect expenses it incurs
or payments it makes on behalf of the Partnership Group (including salary, bonus, incentive
compensation and other amounts paid to any Person including Affiliates of the Managing General
Partner to perform services for the Partnership Group or for the Managing General Partner in the
discharge of its duties to the Partnership Group), and (ii) all other expenses reasonably allocable
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General Partner in connection with
operating the Partnership Group’s business (including expenses allocated to the Managing General
Partner by its Affiliates). The Managing General Partner shall determine the expenses that are
allocable to the Partnership Group. Reimbursements pursuant to this Section 7.4 shall be in
addition to any reimbursement to the Managing General Partner as a result of indemnification
pursuant to Section 7.7.

     (c) The Managing General Partner and its Affiliates may charge any member of the Partnership
Group a management fee to the extent necessary to allow the Partnership Group to reduce the amount
of any state franchise or income tax or any tax based upon the revenues or gross margin of any
member of the Partnership Group if the tax benefit produced by the payment of such management fee
or fees exceeds the amount of such fee or fees.

     (d) The Managing General Partner, without the approval of the other Partners (who shall have
no right to vote in respect thereof) but subject to any applicable management rights of the Special
General Partner expressly provided in Section 7.3, may propose and adopt on behalf of the
Partnership employee benefit plans, employee programs and employee practices (including plans,
programs and practices involving the issuance of Partnership Interests or options to purchase or
rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to Partnership Interests), or cause the
Partnership to issue Partnership Interests in connection with, or pursuant to, any employee benefit
plan, employee program or employee practice maintained or sponsored by the Managing General Partner
or any of its Affiliates, in each case for the benefit of employees of the Managing General Partner
or its Affiliates, any Group Member or their Affiliates, or any of them, in respect of services
performed, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of the Partnership Group. The Partnership agrees
to issue and sell to the Managing General Partner or any of its Affiliates any Partnership
Interests that the Managing General Partner or such Affiliates are obligated to provide to any
employees pursuant to any such employee benefit plans, employee programs or employee practices.
Expenses incurred by the Managing General Partner in connection with any such plans, programs and
practices (including the net cost to the Managing General Partner or such Affiliates of Partnership
Interests purchased by the Managing General Partner or such Affiliates, from the Partnership or
otherwise, to fulfill options or awards under such plans, programs and practices) shall be
reimbursed in accordance with Section 7.4(b). Any and all obligations of the Managing General
Partner under any employee benefit plans, employee programs or employee practices adopted by the
Managing General Partner as permitted by this Section 7.4(c) shall constitute obligations of the
Managing General Partner hereunder and shall be assumed by any successor Managing General Partner
approved pursuant to Section 11.1 or
11.2 or the transferee of or successor to all of the Managing General Partner’s Managing
General Partner Interest pursuant to Section 4.6.

     Section 7.5 Outside Activities.

     (a) After the Effective Date, the Managing General Partner, for so long as it is the Managing
General Partner of the Partnership (i) agrees that its sole business will be to act as a general
partner or managing member, as the case may be, of the Partnership and any other partnership or
limited liability company of which the Partnership is, directly or indirectly, a partner or member
and to undertake activities that are ancillary or related thereto (including being a limited
partner in the Partnership) and (ii) shall not engage in any business or activity or incur any
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general
partner or managing member, if any, of one or more Group Members or as described in or contemplated
by the Registration Statement or (B) the acquiring, owning or disposing of debt securities or
equity interests in any Group Member.

     (b) On or before the Closing Date CVR Energy, Inc. will enter into the Omnibus Agreement,
which agreement will set forth certain restrictions on the ability of CVR Energy, Inc. and its
controlled Affiliates (other than the Partnership) to engage in Fertilizer Restricted Businesses.

     (c) Except as specifically restricted by the Omnibus Agreement, each Unrestricted Person
(other than the Managing General Partner) shall have the right to engage in businesses of every
type and description and other activities for profit and to engage in and possess an interest in
other business ventures of any and every type or description, whether in businesses engaged in or
anticipated to be engaged in by any Group Member, independently or with others, including business
interests and activities in direct competition with the business and activities of any Group
Member, and none of the same shall constitute a breach of this Agreement or any duty otherwise
existing at law, in equity or otherwise, to any Group Member or any Partner.

     (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the doctrine of corporate
opportunity, or any analogous doctrine, shall not apply to any Unrestricted Person (including the
Managing General Partner). Except as specifically provided in the Omnibus Agreement, no
Unrestricted Person (including the Managing General Partner) who acquires knowledge of a potential
transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter that may be an opportunity for the Partnership
shall have any duty to communicate or offer such opportunity to the Partnership, and such
Unrestricted Person (including the Managing General Partner) shall not be liable to the
Partnership, any Partner or any other Person for breach of any fiduciary or other duty by reason of
the fact that such Unrestricted Person (including the Managing General Partner) pursues or acquires
for itself, directs such opportunity to another Person or does not communicate such opportunity or
information to the Partnership.

     (e) Subject to the terms of Section 7.5(a), Section 7.5(b), Section 7.5(c) and the Omnibus
Agreement, but otherwise notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) the
engaging in competitive activities by any Unrestricted Person (other than the Managing
General Partner) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.5 is hereby approved by
the Partnership and all Partners, and (ii) it shall be deemed not to be a breach of any fiduciary
duty or any other duty or obligation of any type whatsoever of the Managing General Partner or of
any other Unrestricted Person for the Unrestricted Person (other than the Managing General Partner)
to engage in such business interests and activities in preference to or to the exclusion of the
Partnership and the other Group Members.

     (f) The Managing General Partner and each of its Affiliates may acquire Units or other
Partnership Interests and, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, shall be
entitled to exercise, at their option, all rights relating to all Units or other Partnership
Interests acquired by them. The term “Affiliates” when used in this Section 7.5(f) with respect to
the Managing General Partner shall not include any Group Member.

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     (g) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing herein shall be deemed
to restrict Goldman, Sachs & Co., Kelso & Company, L.P. or their respective Affiliates (other than
the Managing General Partner), or their respective successors and assigns as owners of interests in
either of the General Partners, from engaging in any banking, brokerage, trading, market making,
hedging, arbitrage, investment advisory, financial advisory, anti-raid advisory, merger advisory,
financing, lending, underwriting, asset management, principal investing, mergers & acquisitions or
other activities conducted in the ordinary course of their or their Affiliates’ business in
compliance with applicable law, including without limitation buying and selling debt securities or
equity interests of any other Partner or Group Member, entering into derivatives transactions
regarding or shorting equity interests of any other Partner or Group Member, serving as a lender,
underwriter or market maker or issuing research with respect to debt securities or equity interests
of any Partner or Group Member or acquiring, selling, making investments in or entering into other
transactions or undertaking any opportunities with companies or businesses in the same or similar
lines of business as any Partner or Group Member or any other businesses.

     Section 7.6 Loans from the General Partners; Loans or Contributions from the Partnership or
Group Members.

     (a) The General Partners or any of their respective Affiliates may, but shall be under no
obligation to, lend to any Group Member, and any Group Member may borrow from a General Partner or
any of its Affiliates, funds needed or desired by the Group Member for such periods of time and in
such amounts as the Managing General Partner may determine; provided, however, that in any such
case the lending party may not charge the borrowing party interest at a rate greater than the rate
that would be charged the borrowing party or impose terms less favorable to the borrowing party
than would be charged or imposed on the borrowing party by unrelated lenders on comparable loans
made on an arm’s length basis (without reference to the lending party’s financial abilities or
guarantees), all as determined by the Managing General Partner. The borrowing party shall reimburse
the lending party for any costs (other than any additional interest costs) incurred by the lending
party in connection with the borrowing of such funds. For purposes of this Section 7.6(a) and
Section 7.6(b), the term “Group Member” shall include any Affiliate of a Group Member that is
controlled by the Group Member.

     (b) The Partnership may lend or contribute to any Group Member, and any Group Member may
borrow from the Partnership, funds on terms and conditions determined by the Managing General
Partner. No Group Member may lend funds to a General Partner or any of its Affiliates (other than
another Group Member).

     (c) No borrowing by any Group Member or the approval thereof by the General Partners shall be
deemed to constitute a breach of any duty, expressed or implied, of the General Partners or their
Affiliates to the Partnership or the Partners by reason of the fact that the purpose or effect of
such borrowing is directly or indirectly to (i) enable distributions to the Managing General
Partner in respect of the Incentive Distribution Rights or (ii) hasten the expiration of the
Subordination Period or the conversion of any Subordinated Units into Common Units.

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     (a) To the fullest extent permitted by law but subject to the limitations expressly provided
in this Agreement, all Indemnitees shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Partnership from
and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including
legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts
arising from any and all threatened, pending or completed claims, demands, actions, suits or
proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or
informal and including appeals, in which any Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be
involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of its status as an Indemnitee; provided, that the
Indemnitee shall not be indemnified and held harmless if there has been a final and non-appealable
judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect of the matter
for which the Indemnitee is seeking indemnification pursuant to this Section 7.7, the Indemnitee
acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud, willful misconduct or, in the case of a criminal matter,
acted with knowledge that the Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful; provided, further, no
indemnification pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall be available to the Managing General Partner or
its Affiliates (other than a Group Member) with respect to its or their obligations incurred
pursuant to the Omnibus Agreement or the Contribution Agreement (other than obligations incurred by
the Managing General Partner on behalf of the Partnership). Any indemnification pursuant to this
Section 7.7 shall be made only out of the assets of the Partnership, it being agreed that the
General Partners shall not be personally liable for such indemnification and shall have no
obligation to contribute or loan any monies or property to the Partnership to enable it to
effectuate such indemnification.

     (b) To the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses (including legal fees and expenses)
incurred by an Indemnitee who is indemnified pursuant to Section 7.7(a) in appearing at,
participating in or defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to
time, be advanced by the Partnership prior to a final and non-appealable determination that the
Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified upon receipt by the Partnership of any undertaking by
or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall be ultimately determined that the
Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section 7.7.

     (c) The indemnification provided by this Section 7.7 shall be in addition to any other rights
to which an Indemnitee may be entitled under any agreement, pursuant to any vote of the holders of
Outstanding Limited Partner Interests, as a matter of law, in equity or otherwise, both as to
actions in the Indemnitee’s capacity as an Indemnitee and as to actions in any other capacity, and
shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall inure to the
benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns and administrators of the Indemnitee.

     (d) The Partnership may purchase and maintain (or reimburse the Managing General Partner or
its Affiliates for the cost of) insurance, on behalf of the Managing General Partner, its
Affiliates, the Indemnitees and such other Persons as the Managing General Partner shall determine,
against any liability that may be asserted against, or expense that may be incurred by, such Person
in connection with the Partnership’s activities or such Person’s activities on behalf of the
Partnership, regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such Person
against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement.

     (e) For purposes of this Section 7.7, the Partnership shall be deemed to have requested an
Indemnitee to serve as fiduciary of an employee benefit plan whenever the

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performance by it of its
duties to the Partnership also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, it to the plan
or participants or beneficiaries of the plan; excise taxes assessed on an Indemnitee with respect
to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall constitute “fines” within the meaning
of Section 7.7(a); and action taken or omitted by an Indemnitee with respect to any employee
benefit plan in the performance of its duties for a purpose reasonably believed by it to be in the
best interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose
that is in the best interests of the Partnership.

     (f) In no event may an Indemnitee subject the Limited Partners to personal liability by reason
of the indemnification provisions set forth in this Agreement.

     (g) An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section
7.7 because the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the
indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

     (h) The provisions of this Section 7.7 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees and their heirs,
successors, assigns, executors and administrators and shall not be deemed to create any rights for
the benefit of any other Persons.

     (i) No amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.7 or any provision hereof shall in
any manner terminate, reduce or impair the right of any past, present or future Indemnitee to be
indemnified by the Partnership, nor the obligations of the Partnership to indemnify any such
Indemnitee under and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.7 as in effect immediately
prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to
matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless
of when such claims may arise or be asserted.

     Section 7.8 Liability of Indemnitees.

     (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, no Indemnitee shall
be liable for monetary damages to the Partnership, the Partners or any other Persons who have
acquired interests in the Partnership Interests, for losses sustained or liabilities incurred as a
result of any act or omission of an Indemnitee unless there has been a final and non-appealable
judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect of the matter in
question, the Indemnitee acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud, willful misconduct or, in the case
of a criminal matter, acted with knowledge that the Indemnitee’s conduct was criminal.

     (b) Subject to its obligations and duties as Managing General Partner set forth in Section
7.1(a), the Managing General Partner may exercise any of the powers granted to it by this Agreement
and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its
agents, and the Managing General Partner shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence
on the part of any such agent appointed by the Managing General Partner in good faith.

     (c) To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnitee has duties (including fiduciary
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Managing General Partner and any other Indemnitee acting in connection with the
Partnership’s business or affairs shall not be liable to the Partnership or to any Partner for its
good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement.

     (d) Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.8 or any provision hereof shall be
prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the liability of the
Indemnitees under this Section 7.8 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification
or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in
part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or
be asserted.

     Section 7.9 Resolution of Conflicts of Interest; Standards of Conduct and Modification of
Duties.

     (a) Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or any Group Member Agreement,
whenever a potential conflict of interest exists or arises between a General Partner or any of its
respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Partnership, any Group Member or any other Partner,
on the other, any resolution or course of action by the General Partner or any of its respective
Affiliates in respect of such conflict of interest shall be permitted and deemed approved by all
Partners, and shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement, of any Group Member Agreement, of
any agreement contemplated herein or therein, or of any duty hereunder or existing at law, in
equity or otherwise, if the resolution or course of action in respect of such conflict of interest
is (i) approved by Special Approval, (ii) approved by the vote of a majority of the Units
(excluding Units owned by the Managing General Partner and its Affiliates), (iii) on terms no less
favorable to the Partnership than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated
third parties or (iv) fair and reasonable to the Partnership, taking into account the totality of
the relationships between the parties involved (including other transactions that may be
particularly favorable or advantageous to the Partnership). The Managing General Partner shall be
authorized but not required in connection with its resolution of such conflict of interest to seek
Special Approval or Unitholder approval of such resolution, and the Managing General Partner may
also adopt a resolution or course of action that has not received Special Approval or Unitholder
approval. If Special Approval or Unitholder approval is not sought and the Board of Directors
determines that the resolution or course of action taken with respect to a conflict of interest
satisfies either of the standards set forth in clauses (iii) or (iv) above, then it shall be
presumed that, in making its decision, the Board of Directors acted in good faith, and in any
proceeding brought by any Partner or by or on behalf of such Partner or any other Partner or the
Partnership challenging such approval, the Person bringing or prosecuting such proceeding shall
have the burden of overcoming such presumption. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement or any duty otherwise existing at law or equity, the existence of the conflicts of
interest described in the Registration Statement are hereby approved by all Partners and shall not
constitute a breach of this Agreement.

     (b) Whenever a General Partner makes a determination or takes or declines to take any other
action, or any of its respective Affiliates causes it to do so, in its capacity as a general
partner of the Partnership as opposed to in its individual capacity, whether under this Agreement,
any Group Member Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby or otherwise, then,
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Affiliates causing it to do so, shall make such determination or take or decline to take such other
action in good faith and shall not be subject to any other or different standards imposed by this
Agreement, any Group Member Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the
Delaware Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity. In order for a determination or
other action to be in “good faith” for purposes of this Agreement, the Person or Persons making
such determination or taking or declining to take such other action must believe that the
determination or other action is in the best interests of the Partnership.

     (c) Whenever a General Partner makes a determination or takes or declines to take any other
action, or any of its respective Affiliates causes it to do so, in its individual capacity as
opposed to in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership, whether under this Agreement,
any Group Member Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby or otherwise, then the
General Partner, or such Affiliates causing it to do so, are entitled to make such determination or
to take or decline to take such other action free of any fiduciary duty or obligation whatsoever to
the Partnership, or any other Partner, and the General Partner, or such Affiliates causing it to do
so, shall not be required to act in good faith or pursuant to any other standard imposed by this
Agreement, any Group Member Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the
Delaware Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity. By way of illustration and not of
limitation, whenever the phrase, “at the option of the General Partner,” or some variation of that
phrase, is used in this Agreement, it indicates that the General Partner is acting in its
individual capacity. For the avoidance of doubt, whenever a General Partner votes or transfers its
Partnership Interest, or refrains from voting or transferring its Partnership Interest, it shall be
acting in its individual capacity. The organizational documents of each General Partner may
provide that determinations to take or decline to take any action in its individual, rather than
representative, capacity may or shall be determined by its members, if the General Partner is a
limited liability company, stockholders, if the General Partner is a corporation, or the members or
stockholders of the General Partner’s general partner, if the General Partner is a limited
partnership.

     (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the General Partners and their
respective Affiliates shall have no duty or obligation, express or implied, to (i) sell or
otherwise dispose of any asset of the Partnership Group other than in the ordinary course of
business or (ii) permit any Group Member to use any facilities or assets of the General Partner and
their respective Affiliates, except as may be provided in contracts entered into from time to time
specifically dealing with such use. Any determination by the General Partner or any of their
respective Affiliates to enter into such contracts shall be in its sole discretion.

     (e) Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, neither the General Partners nor any
other Indemnitee shall have any duties or liabilities, including fiduciary duties, to the
Partnership or any Partner and the provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict,
eliminate or otherwise modify the duties and liabilities, including fiduciary duties, of the
General Partner or any other Indemnitee otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the
Partners to replace such other duties and liabilities of the General Partner or such other
Indemnitee.

     (f) The Unitholders hereby authorize the Managing General Partner, on behalf of the
Partnership as a partner or member of a Group Member, to approve actions by the general

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partner or managing member of such Group Member similar to those actions permitted to be taken by the Managing
General Partner pursuant to this Section 7.9.

     Section 7.10 Other Matters Concerning the General Partners.

     (a) Each General Partner may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting
upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent,
order, bond, debenture or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

     (b) Each General Partner may consult with legal counsel, accountants, appraisers, management
consultants, investment bankers and other consultants and advisers selected by it, and any act
taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon the advice or opinion (including an Opinion of
Counsel) of such Persons as to matters that the General Partner reasonably believes to be within
such Person’s professional or expert competence shall be conclusively presumed to have been done or
omitted in good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion.

     (c) Each General Partner shall have the right, in respect of any of its powers or obligations
hereunder, to act through any of its duly authorized officers, a duly appointed attorney or
attorneys-in-fact or, in the case of the Managing General Partner, the duly authorized officers of
the Partnership.

     Section 7.11 Purchase or Sale of Partnership Interests. The Managing General Partner may cause
the Partnership to purchase or otherwise acquire Partnership Interests; provided that, except as
permitted pursuant to Section 4.9, the Managing General Partner may not cause any Group Member to
purchase Subordinated Units during the Subordination Period. As long as Partnership Interests are
held by any Group Member, such Partnership Interests shall not be considered Outstanding for any
purpose, except as otherwise provided herein. The General Partners or any of their respective
Affiliates may also purchase or otherwise acquire and sell or otherwise dispose of Partnership
Interests for its own account, subject to the provisions of Articles IV and X.

     Section 7.12 Registration Rights of the General Partners and their Affiliates.

     (a) Following the Initial Public Offering, if (i) a General Partner or any of its respective
Affiliates (including for purposes of this Section 7.12, any Person that is an Affiliate of a
General Partner at the Effective Date notwithstanding that it may later cease to be an Affiliate of
a General Partner) holds Partnership Interests that it desires to sell and (ii) Rule 144 of the
Securities Act (or any successor rule or regulation to Rule 144) or another exemption from
registration is not available to enable such holder of Partnership Interests (the “Holder”)
to dispose of the number of Partnership Interests it desires to sell at the time it desires to do
so without registration under the Securities Act, then at the option and upon the request of the
Holder, the Partnership shall file with the Commission as promptly as practicable after receiving
such request, and use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause to become effective and remain
effective for a period of not less than six months following its effective date or such shorter
period as shall terminate when all Partnership Interests covered by such registration statement
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offering and sale
of the number of Partnership Interests specified by the Holder; provided, however, that the
aggregate offering price of any such offering and sale of Partnership Interests covered by such
registration statement as provided for in this Section 7.12(a) shall not be less than $5.0 million;
provided further, that the Partnership shall not be required to effect more than two registrations
pursuant to this Section 7.12(a) in any twelve-month period; and provided further, that if the
Managing General Partner determines that a postponement of the requested registration for up to six
months would be in the best interests of the Partnership and its Partners due to a pending
transaction, investigation or other event, the filing of such registration statement or the
effectiveness thereof may be deferred for up to six months, but not thereafter. In connection with
any registration pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the Partnership shall (i) promptly
prepare and file (A) such documents as may be necessary to register or qualify the securities
subject to such registration under the securities laws of such states as the Holder shall
reasonably request; provided, however, that no such qualification shall be required in any
jurisdiction where, as a result thereof, the Partnership would become subject to general service of
process or to taxation or qualification to do business as a foreign corporation or partnership
doing business in such jurisdiction solely as a result of such registration, and (B) such documents
as may be necessary to apply for listing or to list the Partnership Interests subject to such
registration on such National Securities Exchange as the Holder shall reasonably request, and (ii)
do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or appropriate to enable the Holder to
consummate a public sale of such Partnership Interests in such states. Except as set forth in
Section 7.12(c), all costs and expenses of any such registration and offering (other than the
underwriting discounts and commissions) shall be paid by the Partnership, without reimbursement by
the Holder.

     (b) If the Partnership shall at any time propose to file a registration statement under the
Securities Act for an offering of Partnership Interests for cash (other than an offering relating
solely to an employee benefit plan but including the Initial Public Offering), the Partnership
shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to include such number or amount of Partnership
Interests held by any Holder in such registration statement as the Holder shall request; provided,
that the Partnership is not required to make any effort or take any action to so include the
Partnership Interests of the Holder once the registration statement becomes or is declared
effective by the Commission, including any registration statement providing for the offering from
time to time of Partnership Interests pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act. If the proposed
offering pursuant to this Section 7.12(b) shall be an underwritten offering, then, in the event
that the managing underwriter or managing underwriters of such offering advise the Partnership and
the Holder that in their opinion the inclusion of all or some of the Holder’s Partnership Interests
would adversely and materially affect the success of the offering, the Partnership shall include in
such offering only that number or amount, if any, of Partnership Interests held by the Holder that,
in the opinion of the managing underwriter or managing underwriters, will not so adversely and
materially affect the offering. Except as set forth in Section 7.12(c), all costs and expenses of
any such registration and offering (other than the
underwriting discounts and commissions) shall be paid by the Partnership, without
reimbursement by the Holder.

     (c) If underwriters are engaged in connection with any registration referred to in this
Section 7.12, the Partnership shall provide indemnification, representations, covenants, opinions
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underwriters. Further, in addition to and not in limitation of the Partnership’s obligation under
Section 7.7, the Partnership shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify and hold
harmless the Holder, its officers, directors and each Person who controls the Holder (within the
meaning of the Securities Act) and any agent thereof (collectively, “Indemnified Persons”)
against any losses, claims, demands, actions, causes of action, assessments, damages, liabilities
(joint or several), costs and expenses (including interest, penalties and reasonable attorneys’
fees and disbursements), resulting to, imposed upon, or incurred by the Indemnified Persons,
directly or indirectly, under the Securities Act or otherwise (hereinafter referred to in this
Section 7.12(c) as a “claim” and in the plural as “claims”) based upon, arising out of or resulting
from any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any
registration statement under which any Partnership Interests were registered under the Securities
Act or any state securities or Blue Sky laws, in any preliminary prospectus or issuer free writing
prospectus as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act (if used prior to the effective date of
such registration statement), or in any summary or final prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto (if used during the period the Partnership is required to keep the registration
statement current), or arising out of, based upon or resulting from the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements made therein not misleading; provided, however, that the Partnership shall not be liable
to any Indemnified Person to the extent that any such claim arises out of, is based upon or results
from an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such
registration statement, such preliminary, summary or final prospectus or such amendment or
supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Partnership by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person specifically for use in the preparation
thereof.

     (d) The provisions of Sections 7.12(a) and 7.12(b) shall continue to be applicable with
respect to a General Partner (and any of the General Partner’s Affiliates) after it ceases to be a
General Partner, during a period of two years subsequent to the effective date of such cessation
and for so long thereafter as is required for the Holder to sell all of the Partnership Interests
with respect to which it has requested during such two-year period inclusion in a registration
statement otherwise filed or that a registration statement be filed; provided, however, that the
Partnership shall not be required to file successive registration statements covering the same
Partnership Interests for which registration was demanded during such two-year period. The
provisions of Section 7.12(c) shall continue in effect thereafter.

     (e) The rights to cause the Partnership to register Partnership Interests pursuant to this
Section 7.12 may be assigned (but only with all related obligations) by a Holder to a transferee or
assignee of such Partnership Interests, provided (i) the Partnership is, within a reasonable time
after such transfer, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee or
assignee and the Partnership Interests with respect to which such registration rights are being
assigned; and (ii) such transferee or assignee agrees in writing to be bound by and subject to the
terms set forth in this Section 7.12.

     (f) Any request to register Partnership Interests pursuant to this Section 7.12 shall (i)
specify the Partnership Interests intended to be offered and sold by the Person making the request,
(ii) express such Person’s present intent to offer such Partnership Interests for distribution,
(iii) describe the nature or method of the proposed offer and sale of Partnership Interests, and
(iv) contain the undertaking of such Person to provide all such
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materials and take
all action as may be required in order to permit the Partnership to comply with all applicable
requirements in connection with the registration of such Partnership Interests.

     Section 7.13 Reliance by Third Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, any Person dealing with the Partnership shall be entitled to assume that the Managing
General Partner and any officer of the Managing General Partner authorized by the Managing General
Partner to act on behalf of and in the name of the Partnership has full power and authority to
encumber, sell or otherwise use in any manner any and all assets of the Partnership and to enter
into any authorized contracts on behalf of the Partnership, and such Person shall be entitled to
deal with the Managing General Partner or any such officer as if it were the Partnership’s sole
party in interest, both legally and beneficially. Each Partner hereby waives any and all defenses
or other remedies that may be available to such Partner to contest, negate or disaffirm any action
of the Managing General Partner or any such officer in connection with any such dealing; provided
that this sentence does not modify and is not a waiver or limitation of the authority, powers,
rights or remedies, or the limitations on the authority, powers, or rights, as between the General
Partners as specified in Section 7.1 and Section 7.3 of this Agreement. In no event shall any
Person dealing with the Managing General Partner or any such officer or its representatives be
obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been complied with or to inquire into
the necessity or expedience of any act or action of the Managing General Partner or any such
officer or its representatives. Each and every certificate, document or other instrument executed
on behalf of the Partnership by the Managing General Partner or its representatives shall be
conclusive evidence in favor of any and every Person relying thereon or claiming thereunder that
(a) at the time of the execution and delivery of such certificate, document or instrument, this
Agreement was in full force and effect, (b) the Person executing and delivering such certificate,
document or instrument was duly authorized and empowered to do so for and on behalf of the
Partnership and (c) such certificate, document or instrument was duly executed and delivered in
accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and is binding upon the Partnership.

ARTICLE VIII

BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS

     Section 8.1 Records and Accounting. The Managing General Partner shall keep or cause to be
kept at the principal office of the Partnership appropriate books and records with respect to the
Partnership’s business, including all books and records necessary to provide to the Partners any
information required to be provided pursuant to Section 3.4(a). Any books and records maintained by
or on behalf of the Partnership in the regular course of its business, including the record of the
Record Holders of Units or other Partnership Interests, books of account and records of Partnership
proceedings, may be kept on, or be in the form of, computer disks, hard drives, magnetic tape,
photographs,
micrographics or any other information storage device; provided, that the books and records so
maintained are convertible into clearly legible written form within a reasonable period of time.
The books of the Partnership shall be maintained, for financial reporting purposes, on an accrual
basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

     Section 8.2 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Partnership shall be a fiscal year ending
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     Section 8.3 Reports.

     (a) As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 120 days after the close of each fiscal
year of the Partnership, the Managing General Partner shall cause to be mailed or made available,
by any reasonable means, to each Record Holder of a Unit as of a date selected by the Managing
General Partner, an annual report containing financial statements of the Partnership for such
fiscal year of the Partnership, presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, including a balance sheet
and statements of operations, Partnership equity and cash flows, such statements to be audited by a
firm of independent public accountants selected by the Managing General Partner.

     (b) As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 90 days after the close of each Quarter
except the last Quarter of each fiscal year, the Managing General Partner shall cause to be mailed
or made available, by any reasonable means, to each Record Holder of a Unit, as of a date selected
by the Managing General Partner, a report containing unaudited financial statements of the
Partnership and such other information as may be required by applicable law, regulation or rule of
any National Securities Exchange on which the Units are listed or admitted to trading, or as the
Managing General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate.

     (c) The Managing General Partner shall be deemed to have made a report available to each
Record Holder as required by this Section 8.3 if it has either (i) filed such report with the
Commission via its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system and such report is
publicly available on such system or (ii) made such report available on any publicly available
website maintained by the Partnership.

     Section 8.4 Access of Special General Partner to Partnership Information. The Special General
Partner shall have full and complete access, as promptly as practicable but in no event no later
than two (2) days after a request for access has been made to the Managing General Partner, to any
records relating to the Partnership’s business in the possession or control of the Partnership or
the Managing General Partner, and the Special General Partner shall be permitted to copy, and
retain a copy of, any such records. The Managing General Partner shall cause its officers and
independent accountants to be available to discuss the business and affairs of the Partnership with
the officers, agents and employees of the Special General Partner or its Affiliates.

ARTICLE IX

TAX MATTERS

     Section 9.1 Tax Returns and Information. The Partnership shall timely file all returns of the
Partnership that are required for federal, state and local income tax purposes on the basis of the
accrual method and the taxable year or years that it is required by law to adopt, from time to
time, as determined by the Managing General Partner. The tax information reasonably required by
Record Holders for federal and state income tax reporting purposes with respect to a taxable year
shall be furnished to them within 90 days of the close of the calendar year in which the
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gain,
losses and deductions and other items shall be on the accrual method of accounting for federal
income tax purposes.

     Section 9.2 Tax Elections.

     (a) The Partnership shall make the election under Section 754 of the Code in accordance with
applicable regulations thereunder, subject to the reservation of the right to seek to revoke any
such election upon the Managing General Partner’s determination that such revocation is in the best
interests of the Partners. Notwithstanding any other provision herein contained, for the purposes
of computing the adjustments under Section 743(b) of the Code, the Managing General Partner shall
be authorized (but not required) to adopt a convention whereby the price paid by a transferee of a
Partnership Interest will be deemed to be the lowest quoted closing price of the Partnership
Interests on any National Securities Exchange on which such Partnership Interests are listed or
admitted to trading during the calendar month in which such transfer is deemed to occur pursuant to
Section 6.2(g) without regard to the actual price paid by such transferee.

     (b) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Managing General Partner shall determine whether
the Partnership should make any other elections permitted by the Code.

     Section 9.3 Tax Controversies. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Managing General Partner
is designated as the Tax Matters Partner (as defined in the Code) and is authorized and required to
represent the Partnership (at the Partnership’s expense) in connection with all examinations of the
Partnership’s affairs by tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial
proceedings, and to expend Partnership funds for professional services and costs associated
therewith. Each Partner agrees to cooperate with the Managing General Partner and to do or refrain
from doing any or all things reasonably required by the Managing General Partner to conduct such
proceedings.

     Section 9.4 Withholding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Managing
General Partner is authorized to take any action that may be required to cause the Partnership and
other Group
Members to comply with any withholding requirements established under the Code or any other
federal, state or local law including pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445 and 1446 of the Code.
To the extent that the Partnership is required or elects to withhold and pay over to any taxing
authority any amount resulting from the allocation or distribution of income to any Partner
(including by reason of Section 1446 of the Code), the Managing General Partner may treat the
amount withheld as a distribution of cash pursuant to Section 6.3 in the amount of such withholding
from such Partner.

ARTICLE X

ADMISSION OF PARTNERS

     Section 10.1 Admission of Limited Partners.

     (a) By acceptance of the transfer of any Limited Partner Interests in accordance with this
Section 10.1 or the issuance of any Limited Partner Interests in accordance herewith, and except as
provided in Section 4.9, each transferee or other recipient of a Limited Partner Interest
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Interests for the account of another Person) (i) shall be admitted to the Partnership as a Limited
Partner with respect to the Limited Partner Interests so transferred or issued to such Person when
any such transfer or issuance is reflected in the books and records of the Partnership, with or
without execution of this Agreement, (ii) shall become bound by the terms of, and shall be deemed
to have agreed to be bound by, this Agreement, (iii) shall become the Record Holder of the Limited
Partner Interests so transferred or issued, (iv) represents that the transferee or other recipient
has the capacity, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, (v) grants the powers of
attorney set forth in this Agreement and (vi) makes the consents, acknowledgments and waivers
contained in this Agreement. The transfer of any Limited Partner Interests and/or the admission of
any new Limited Partner shall not constitute an amendment to this Agreement. A Person may become a
Record Holder without the consent or approval of any of the Partners. A Person may not become a
Limited Partner without acquiring a Limited Partner Interest. The rights and obligations of a
Person who is a Ineligible Holder shall be determined in accordance with Section 4.9.

     (b) The name and mailing address of each Limited Partner shall be listed on the books and
records of the Partnership maintained for such purpose by the Managing General Partner or the
Transfer Agent. The Managing General Partner shall update its books and records from time to time
as necessary to reflect accurately the information therein (or shall cause the Transfer Agent to do
so, as applicable). A Limited Partner Interest may be represented by a Certificate, as provided in
Section 4.1.

     (c) Any transfer of a Limited Partner Interest shall not entitle the transferee to share in
the profits and losses, to receive distributions, to receive allocations of income, gain, loss,
deduction or credit or any similar item or to any other rights to which the transferor was entitled
until the transferee becomes a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 10.1(a).

     Section 10.2 Admission of Successor Managing General Partner. A successor Managing General Partner approved pursuant to Section 11.1 or 11.2 or the
transferee of or successor to all of the Managing General Partner Interest pursuant to Section 4.6
who is proposed to be admitted as a successor Managing General Partner shall be admitted to the
Partnership as the Managing General Partner, effective immediately prior to the withdrawal or
removal of the predecessor or transferring Managing General Partner, pursuant to Section 11.1 or
11.2 or the transfer of the Managing General Partner Interest pursuant to Section 4.6, provided,
however, that no such successor shall be admitted to the Partnership until compliance with the
terms of Section 4.6 has occurred and such successor has executed and delivered such other
documents or instruments as may be required to effect such admission. Any such successor shall,
subject to the terms hereof, carry on the business of the members of the Partnership Group without
dissolution.

     Section 10.3 Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership. To effect the
admission to the Partnership of any Partner, the Managing General Partner shall take all steps
necessary under the Delaware Act to amend the records of the Partnership to reflect such admission
and, if necessary, to prepare as soon as practicable an amendment to this Agreement and, if
required by law, the Managing General Partner shall prepare and file an amendment to the
Certificate of Limited Partnership, and the Managing General Partner may for this purpose, among
others, exercise the power of attorney granted pursuant to Section 2.6.

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ARTICLE XI

WITHDRAWAL OR REMOVAL OF PARTNERS

     Section 11.1 Withdrawal of the Managing General Partner.

     (a) The Managing General Partner shall be deemed to have withdrawn from the Partnership upon
the occurrence of any one of the following events (each such event herein referred to as an
“Event of Withdrawal”);

     (i) The Managing General Partner voluntarily withdraws from the Partnership by giving
written notice to the other Partners;

     (ii) The Managing General Partner transfers all of its rights as Managing General
Partner pursuant to Section 4.6;

     (iii) The Managing General Partner is removed pursuant to Section 11.2;

     (iv) The Managing General Partner (A) makes a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors; (B) files a voluntary bankruptcy petition for relief under Chapter 7 of the
United States Bankruptcy Code; (C) files a petition or answer seeking for itself a
liquidation, dissolution or similar relief (but not a reorganization) under any law; (D)
files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations
of a petition filed against the Managing General Partner in a proceeding of the type
described in clauses (A) through (C) of this Section 11.1(a)(iv); or (E) seeks, consents to
or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee (but not a debtor-in-possession), receiver or
liquidator of the Managing General Partner or of all or any substantial part of its
properties;

     (v) A final and non-appealable order of relief under Chapter 7 of the United States
Bankruptcy Code is entered by a court with appropriate jurisdiction pursuant to a voluntary
or involuntary petition by or against the Managing General Partner; or

     (vi) (A) in the event the Managing General Partner is a corporation, a certificate of
dissolution or its equivalent is filed for the Managing General Partner, or 90 days expire
after the date of notice to the Managing General Partner of revocation of its charter
without a reinstatement of its charter, under the laws of its state of incorporation; (B) in
the event the Managing General Partner is a partnership or a limited liability company, the
dissolution and commencement of winding up of the Managing General Partner; (C) in the event
the Managing General Partner is acting in such capacity by virtue of being a trustee of a
trust, the termination of the trust; (D) in the event the Managing General Partner is a
natural person, his death or adjudication of incompetency; and (E) otherwise in the event of
the termination of the Managing General Partner.

     If an Event of Withdrawal specified in Section 11.1(a)(iv), (v) or (vi)(A), (B), (C) or (E)
occurs, the withdrawing Managing General Partner shall give notice to the Partners within 30 days
after such occurrence. The Partners hereby agree that only the Events of Withdrawal described in
this Section 11.1 shall result in the withdrawal of the Managing General Partner from the
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     (b) Withdrawal of the Managing General Partner from the Partnership upon the occurrence
of an Event of Withdrawal shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement under the following
circumstances: (i) at any time during the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending at
12:00 midnight, prevailing Central Time, on June 30, 2017, the Managing General Partner voluntarily
withdraws by giving at least 90 days’ advance notice of its intention to withdraw to the Partners;
provided, that prior to the effective date of such withdrawal, the withdrawal is approved by
Unitholders holding at least a majority of the Outstanding Units (excluding Units held by the
Managing General Partner and its Affiliates) and the Managing General Partner delivers to the
Partnership an Opinion of Counsel (“Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel”) that such withdrawal
(following the selection of the successor Managing General Partner) would not result in the loss of
the limited liability of any Limited Partner or any Group Member under applicable partnership or
limited liability company law of the state under whose laws the Partnership or Group Member, as
applicable, is organized or cause any Group Member to be treated as an association taxable as a
corporation or otherwise to be taxed as an entity for federal income tax purposes (to the extent
not previously so treated or taxed); (ii) at any time after 12:00 midnight, Central Time, on June
30, 2017, the Managing General Partner voluntarily withdraws by giving at least 90 days’ advance
notice to the Partners, such withdrawal to take effect on the date specified in such notice; (iii)
at any time that the Managing General Partner ceases to be the Managing General Partner pursuant to
Section 11.1(a)(ii) or is removed pursuant to Section 11.2; or (iv) notwithstanding clause (i) of
this sentence, at any time that the Managing General Partner voluntarily withdraws by giving at
least 90 days’ advance notice of its intention to withdraw to the other Partners, such withdrawal
to take effect on the date specified in the notice, if at the time such notice is given one Person
and its Affiliates (other than the Managing General Partner and its Affiliates) own beneficially or
of record or control at least 50% of the Outstanding Units. The withdrawal of the Managing General
Partner from the Partnership upon the occurrence of an Event of Withdrawal shall also constitute
the withdrawal of the Managing General Partner as general partner or managing member, if any, to
the extent applicable, of the other Group Members. If the Managing General Partner withdraws other
than pursuant to Section 11.1(a)(ii), the holders of a Unit Majority, may, prior to the effective
date of such withdrawal, elect a successor Managing General Partner. The Person so elected as
successor Managing General Partner shall automatically become the successor general partner or
managing member, to the extent applicable, of the other Group Members of which the Managing General
Partner is a general partner or a managing member. If, prior to the effective date of the Managing
General Partner’s withdrawal, a successor is not selected by the Unitholders as provided herein or
the Partnership does not receive a Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel, the Partnership shall be
dissolved in accordance with Section 12.1, unless the business of the Partnership is continued
pursuant to Section 12.2. Any successor Managing General Partner elected in accordance with the
terms of this Section 11.1 shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10.2.

     Section 11.2 Removal of the Managing General Partner.
The Managing General Partner may be removed if such removal is approved by the Unitholders
holding at least 80% of the Outstanding Units (including Units held by the Managing General Partner
and its Affiliates) voting as a single class. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the fifth
anniversary of the Closing Date, the General Partner may be removed only for Cause. Any such
action by such holders for removal of the Managing General Partner must also provide for the
election of a successor Managing General Partner by the Unitholders
holding a majority of each class of outstanding Units, voting as separate classes. Such
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following the admission of a successor Managing General
Partner pursuant to Section 10.2. The removal of the Managing General Partner shall also
automatically constitute the removal of the Managing General Partner as general partner or managing
member, to the extent applicable, of the other Group Members of which the Managing General Partner
is a general partner or a managing member. If a Person is elected as a successor Managing General
Partner in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.2, such Person shall, upon admission
pursuant to Section 10.2, automatically become a successor general partner or managing member, to
the extent applicable, of the other Group Members of which the Managing General Partner is a
general partner or a managing member. The right of the holders of Outstanding Units to remove the
Managing General Partner shall not exist or be exercised unless the Partnership has received an
opinion opining as to the matters covered by a Withdrawal Opinion of Counsel. Any successor
Managing General Partner elected in accordance with the terms of this Section 11.2 shall be subject
to the provisions of Section 10.2.

     Section 11.3 Interest of Departing General Partner and Successor Managing General Partner.

     (a) In the event of (i) withdrawal of the Managing General Partner under circumstances where
such withdrawal does not violate this Agreement or (ii) removal of the Managing General Partner by
the holders of Outstanding Units under circumstances where Cause does not exist, if the successor
Managing General Partner is elected in accordance with the terms of Section 11.1 or 11.2, the
Departing General Partner shall have the option, exercisable prior to the effective date of the
departure of such Departing General Partner, to require its successor to purchase its Managing
General Partner Interest (including the Incentive Distribution Rights) and its general partner
interest (or equivalent interest), if any, in the other Group Members (collectively, the
“Combined Interest”) in exchange for an amount in cash equal to the fair market value of
such Combined Interest, such amount to be determined and payable as of the effective date of its
departure. If the Managing General Partner is removed by the Unitholders under circumstances where
Cause exists or if the Managing General Partner withdraws under circumstances where such withdrawal
violates this Agreement, and if a successor Managing General Partner is elected in accordance with
the terms of Section 11.1 or 11.2 (or if the business of the Partnership is continued pursuant to
Section 12.2 and the successor Managing General Partner is not the former Managing General
Partner), such successor shall have the option, exercisable prior to the effective date of the
departure of such Departing General Partner (or, in the event the business of the Partnership is
continued, prior to the date the business of the Partnership is continued), to purchase the
Combined Interest for such fair market value of such Combined Interest of the Departing General
Partner. In either event, the Departing General Partner shall be entitled to receive all
reimbursements due such Departing General Partner pursuant to Section 7.4, including any employee
related liabilities (including severance liabilities), incurred in connection with the termination
of any employees employed by the Departing General Partner or its Affiliates (other than any Group
Member) for the benefit of the Partnership or the other Group Members.

     For purposes of this Section 11.3(a), the fair market value of the Departing General Partner’s
Combined Interest shall be determined by agreement between the Departing General Partner and its
successor or, failing agreement within 30 days after the effective date of such Departing General
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independent expert selected by the Departing General Partner and its successor, which, in turn, may rely on other experts, and
the determination of which shall be conclusive as to such matter. If such parties cannot agree upon
one independent investment banking firm or other independent expert within 45 days after the
effective date of such departure, then the Departing General Partner shall designate an independent
investment banking firm or other independent expert, the Departing General Partner’s successor
shall designate an independent investment banking firm or other independent expert, and such firms
or experts shall mutually select a third independent investment banking firm or independent expert,
which third independent investment banking firm or other independent expert shall determine the
fair market value of the Combined Interest of the Departing General Partner. In making its
determination, such third independent investment banking firm or other independent expert may
consider the then current trading price of Units on any National Securities Exchange on which Units
are then listed or admitted to trading, the value of the Partnership’s assets, the rights and
obligations of the Departing General Partner and other factors it may deem relevant.

     (b) If the Combined Interest is not purchased in the manner set forth in Section 11.3(a), the
Departing General Partner (or its transferee) shall become a Limited Partner and its Combined
Interest shall be converted into Special LP Units, if such conversion occurs prior to the IO
Closing Date, or Common Units, thereafter, in each case pursuant to a valuation made by an
investment banking firm or other independent expert selected pursuant to Section 11.3(a), without
reduction in such Partnership Interest (but subject to proportionate dilution by reason of the
admission of its successor). Any successor Managing General Partner shall indemnify the Departing
General Partner (or its transferee) as to all debts and liabilities of the Partnership arising on
or after the date on which the Departing General Partner (or its transferee) becomes a Limited
Partner. For purposes of this Agreement, conversion of the Combined Interest of the Departing
General Partner to Special LP Units or Common Units, as the case may be, will be characterized as
if the Departing General Partner (or its transferee) contributed its Combined Interest to the
Partnership in exchange for the newly issued Units.

     Section 11.4 Termination of Subordination Period, Conversion of Subordinated Units and
Extinguishment of Cumulative Common Unit Arrearages. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Managing General
Partner is removed as managing general partner of the Partnership under circumstances where Cause
does not exist:

     (a) with respect to Subordinated Units held by any Person, provided (i) neither such
Person nor any of its Affiliates voted any of its Units in favor of the removal and (ii) such
Person is not an Affiliate of the successor General Partner, such Subordinated Units, will
immediately and automatically convert into Common Units on a one-for-one basis; and

     (b) if all of the Subordinated Units, convert pursuant to Section 11.4(a), all Cumulative
Common Unit Arrearages on the Common Units will be extinguished and the Subordination Period will
end.

     Section 11.5 Withdrawal of Limited Partners or Special General Partner. No Limited Partner or Special General Partner shall have any right to withdraw from the
Partnership; provided, however, that when a transferee of a Limited Partner’s or Special General
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(including Limited Partner interests that have converted from Special General Partner Interests
pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.5), such transferring Limited Partner or Special General
Partner, as applicable, shall cease to be a Partner with respect to the Partnership Interest so
transferred.

ARTICLE XII

DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION

     Section 12.1 Dissolution. The Partnership shall not be dissolved by the admission of additional Partners or by the
admission of a successor Managing General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Upon the removal or withdrawal of the Managing General Partner, if a successor Managing General
Partner is elected pursuant to Section 11.1 or 11.2, the Partnership shall not be dissolved and
such successor Managing General Partner shall continue the business of the Partnership. The
Partnership shall dissolve, and (subject to Section 12.2) its affairs shall be wound up, upon:

     (a) an Event of Withdrawal of the Managing General Partner as provided in Section 11.1(a)
(other than Section 11.1(a)(ii)), unless a successor is elected and an Opinion of Counsel is
received as provided in Section 11.1(b) or 11.2 and such successor is admitted to the Partnership
pursuant to Section 10.2;

     (b) an election to dissolve the Partnership by the Managing General Partner that is approved
by the holders of a Unit Majority;

     (c) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Partnership pursuant to the
provisions of the Delaware Act; or

     (d) at any time there are no Limited Partners, unless the Partnership is continued without
dissolution in accordance with the Delaware Act.

     Section 12.2 Continuation of the Business of the Partnership After Dissolution. Upon
(a) dissolution of the Partnership following an Event of Withdrawal caused by the
withdrawal or removal of the Managing General Partner as provided in Section 11.1(a)(i) or (iii)
and the failure of the Partners to select a successor to such Departing General Partner pursuant to
Section 11.1 or 11.2, then within 90 days thereafter, or (b) dissolution of the Partnership upon an
event constituting an Event of Withdrawal as defined in Section 11.1(a)(iv), (v) or (vi), then, to
the maximum extent permitted by law, within 180 days thereafter, the holders of a Unit
Majority may elect to continue the business of the Partnership on the same terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement by appointing as the successor Managing General Partner a Person approved
by the holders of a Unit Majority. Unless such an election is made within the applicable time
period as set forth above, the Partnership shall conduct only activities necessary to wind up its
affairs. If such an election is so made, then:

     (i) the Partnership shall continue without dissolution unless earlier dissolved in
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     (ii) if the successor Managing General Partner is not the former Managing General
Partner, then the interest of the former Managing General Partner shall be treated in the
manner provided in Section 11.3; and

     (iii) all necessary steps shall be taken to cancel this Agreement and the Certificate
of Limited Partnership and to enter into and, as necessary, to file a new partnership
agreement and certificate of limited partnership, and the successor Managing General Partner
may for this purpose exercise the powers of attorney granted the Managing General Partner
pursuant to Section 2.6; provided, that the right of the holders of a Unit Majority to
approve a successor Managing General Partner and to continue the business of the Partnership
shall not exist and may not be exercised unless the Partnership has received an Opinion of
Counsel that (x) the exercise of the right would not result in the loss of limited liability
of any Limited Partner under the Delaware Act and (y) neither the Partnership nor any
successor limited partnership would be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or
otherwise be taxable as an entity for federal income tax purposes upon the exercise of such
right to continue (to the extent not previously so treated or taxed).

     Section 12.3 Liquidator. Upon dissolution of the Partnership, unless the business of the Partnership is continued
pursuant to Section 12.2, the Managing General Partner shall select one or more Persons to act as
Liquidator. The Liquidator (if other than the Managing General Partner) shall be entitled to
receive such compensation for its services as may be approved by holders of at least a majority of
the Outstanding Common Units and Subordinated Units voting as a single class. The Liquidator (if
other than the Managing General Partner) shall agree not to resign at any time without 15 days’
prior notice and may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by notice of removal approved
by holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Common Units and Subordinated Units, voting as
a single class. Upon dissolution, removal or resignation of the Liquidator, a successor and
substitute Liquidator (who shall have and succeed to all rights, powers and duties of the original
Liquidator) shall within 30 days thereafter be approved by holders of at least a majority of the
Outstanding Common Units and Subordinated Units voting as a single class. The right to approve a
successor or substitute Liquidator in the manner provided herein shall be deemed to refer also to
any such successor or substitute Liquidator approved in the manner herein provided. Except as
expressly provided in this Article XII, the Liquidator approved in the manner provided herein shall
have and may exercise, without further authorization or consent of any of the parties hereto, all
of the powers conferred upon the
Managing General Partner under the terms of this Agreement (but subject to all of the
applicable limitations, contractual and otherwise, upon the exercise of such powers, other than the
limitation on sale set forth in Section 7.3(a)) necessary or appropriate to carry out the duties
and functions of the Liquidator hereunder for and during the period of time required to complete
the winding up and liquidation of the Partnership as provided for herein.

     Section 12.4 Liquidation. The Liquidator shall proceed to dispose of the assets of the Partnership, discharge its
liabilities, and otherwise wind up its affairs in such manner and over such period as determined by
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     (a) The assets may be disposed of by public or private sale or by distribution in kind to one
or more Partners on such terms as the Liquidator and such Partner or Partners may agree. If any
property is distributed in kind, the Partner receiving the property shall be deemed for purposes of
Section 12.4(c) to have received cash equal to its fair market value; and contemporaneously
therewith, appropriate cash distributions must be made to the other Partners. The Liquidator may
defer liquidation or distribution of the Partnership’s assets for a reasonable time if it
determines that an immediate sale or distribution of all or some of the Partnership’s assets would
be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Partners. The Liquidator may distribute the
Partnership’s assets, in whole or in part, in kind if it determines that a sale would be
impractical or would cause undue loss to the Partners.

     (b) Liabilities of the Partnership include amounts owed to the Liquidator as compensation for
serving in such capacity (subject to the terms of Section 12.3) and amounts to Partners otherwise
than in respect of their distribution rights under Article VI. With respect to any liability that
is contingent, conditional or unmatured or is otherwise not yet due and payable, the Liquidator
shall either settle such claim for such amount as it thinks appropriate or establish a reserve of
cash or other assets to provide for its payment. When paid, any unused portion of the reserve shall
be distributed as additional liquidation proceeds.

     (c) All property and all cash in excess of that required to discharge liabilities as provided
in Section 12.4(b) shall be distributed to the Partners in accordance with, and to the extent of,
the positive balances in their respective Capital Accounts, as determined after taking into account
all Capital Account adjustments (other than those made by reason of distributions pursuant to this
Section 12.4(c)) for the taxable year of the Partnership during which the liquidation of the
Partnership occurs (with such date of occurrence being determined pursuant to Treasury Regulation
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g)), and such distribution shall be made by the end of such taxable year
(or, if later, within 90 days after said date of such occurrence).

     Section 12.5 Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership. Upon the completion of the distribution of Partnership cash and property as provided in
Section 12.4 in connection with the liquidation of the Partnership, the Partnership shall be
terminated and the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all qualifications of the Partnership as
a foreign limited partnership in jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware shall be canceled
and such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership shall be taken.

     Section 12.6 Return of Contributions. No General Partner shall be personally liable for, or shall have any obligation to
contribute or loan any monies or property to the Partnership to enable it to effectuate, the return
of the Capital Contributions of the Partners or Unitholders, or any portion thereof, it being
expressly understood that any such return shall be made solely from Partnership assets.

     Section 12.7 Waiver of Partition. To the maximum extent permitted by law, each Partner hereby waives any right to partition
of the Partnership property.

     Section 12.8 Capital Account Restoration. No Limited Partner or Special General Partner shall have any obligation to restore any
negative balance in its Capital Account upon liquidation of the Partnership. The Managing General
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negative balance in its Capital Account upon liquidation
of its interest in the Partnership by the end of the taxable year of the Partnership during which
such liquidation occurs, or, if later, within 90 days after the date of such liquidation.

ARTICLE XIII

AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; MEETINGS; RECORD DATE

     Section 13.1 Amendments to be Adopted Solely by the Managing General Partner. Each Partner agrees that the Managing General Partner, without the approval of any other
Partner, may amend any provision of this Agreement and execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver,
file and record whatever documents may be required in connection therewith, to reflect:

     (a) a change in the name of the Partnership, the location of the principal place of business
of the Partnership, the registered agent of the Partnership or the registered office of the
Partnership;

     (b) admission, substitution, withdrawal or removal of Partners in accordance with this
Agreement;

     (c) a change that the Managing General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate to
qualify or continue the qualification of the Partnership as a limited partnership or a partnership
in which the Limited Partners have limited liability under the laws of any state or to ensure that
the Group Members will not be treated as associations taxable as corporations or otherwise taxed as
entities for federal income tax purposes;

     (d) a change that the Managing General Partner determines (i) does not adversely affect the
Partners (including any particular class of Partnership Interests as compared to other classes of
Partnership Interests) in any material respect, (ii) to be necessary or appropriate to (A) satisfy
any requirements, conditions or guidelines contained in any opinion, directive, order, ruling or
regulation of any federal or state agency or judicial authority or contained in any federal
or state statute (including the Delaware Act) or (B) facilitate the trading of the Units
(including the division of any class or classes of Outstanding Units into different classes to
facilitate uniformity of tax consequences within such classes of Units) or comply with any rule,
regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which any class of
Partnership Interests are or will be listed or admitted to trading, (iii) to be necessary or
appropriate in connection with action taken by the Managing General Partner pursuant to Section 5.8
or (iv) is required to effect the intent expressed in the Registration Statement or the intent of
the provisions of this Agreement or is otherwise contemplated by this Agreement;

     (e) a change in the fiscal year or taxable year of the Partnership and any other changes that
the Managing General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate as a result of a change in
the fiscal year or taxable year of the Partnership including, if the Managing General Partner shall
so determine, a change in the definition of “Quarter” and the dates on which distributions are to
be made by the Partnership;

     (f) an amendment that is necessary, in the Opinion of Counsel, to prevent the Partnership, or
the General Partners or CVR Energy, Inc. (for so long as CVR Energy, Inc. continues to own the
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in any manner being subjected to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or “plan asset” regulations adopted under the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, regardless of whether such are substantially similar to
plan asset regulations currently applied or proposed by the United States Department of Labor;

     (g) an amendment that the Managing General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate
in connection with the creation, authorization or issuance of any class or series of Partnership
Interests pursuant to Section 5.4;

     (h) any amendment expressly permitted in this Agreement to be made by the Managing General
Partner acting alone;

     (i) an amendment effected, necessitated or contemplated by a Merger Agreement approved in
accordance with Section 14.3;

     (j) an amendment that the Managing General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate
to reflect and account for the formation by the Partnership of, or investment by the Partnership
in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity, in
connection with the conduct by the Partnership of activities permitted by the terms of Section 2.4;

     (k) a merger or conveyance pursuant to Section 14.3(d); or

     (l) any other amendments substantially similar to the foregoing.

     Section 13.2 Amendment Procedures. Except as provided in Sections 13.1 and 13.3, all amendments to this Agreement shall be
made in accordance with the following requirements. Amendments to this Agreement may be
proposed only by the Managing General Partner; provided, however that the Managing General
Partner shall have no duty or obligation to propose any amendment to this Agreement and may decline
to do so free of any fiduciary duty or obligation whatsoever to the Partnership or any Partner and,
in declining to propose an amendment, to the fullest extent permitted by law shall not be required
to act in good faith or pursuant to any other standard imposed by this Agreement, any Group Member
Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Delaware Act or any other law, rule
or regulation or at equity. A proposed amendment shall be effective upon its approval by the
Managing General Partner and the holders of a Unit Majority, unless a greater or different
percentage is required under this Agreement or by Delaware law. Each proposed amendment that
requires the approval of the holders of a specified percentage of Outstanding Units shall be set
forth in a writing that contains the text of the proposed amendment. If such an amendment is
proposed, the Managing General Partner shall seek the written approval of the requisite percentage
of Outstanding Units or call a meeting of the Unitholders to consider and vote on such proposed
amendment. The Managing General Partner shall notify all Record Holders upon final adoption of any
such proposed amendments.

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     (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 13.1 and 13.2, no provision of this Agreement
that establishes a percentage of Outstanding Units (including Units deemed owned by the Managing
General Partner) required to take any action shall be amended, altered, changed, repealed or
rescinded in any respect that would have the effect of reducing such voting percentage unless such
amendment is approved by the written consent or the affirmative vote of holders of Outstanding
Units whose aggregate Outstanding Units constitute not less than the voting requirement sought to
be reduced.

     (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 13.1 and 13.2, no amendment to this Agreement
may (i) enlarge the obligations of any Partner without its consent, unless such shall be deemed to
have occurred as a result of an amendment approved pursuant to Section 13.3(c), (ii) enlarge the
obligations of, restrict, change or modify in any way any action by or rights of, or reduce in any
way the amounts distributable, reimbursable or otherwise payable to, a General Partner or any of
its Affiliates without its consent, which consent may be given or withheld in its sole discretion,
(iii) change Section 12.1(b), or (iv) change the term of the Partnership or, except as set forth in
Section 12.1(b), give any Person the right to dissolve the Partnership.

     (c) Except as provided in Section 14.3, and without limitation of the Managing General
Partner’s authority to adopt amendments to this Agreement without the approval of any Partners as
contemplated in Section 13.1, any amendment that would have a material adverse effect on the rights
or preferences of any class of Partnership Interests in relation to other classes of Partnership
Interests must be approved by the holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding
Partnership Interests of the class affected.

     (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, except for amendments pursuant to
Section 13.1 and except as otherwise provided by Section 14.3(b), no amendments shall become
effective without the approval of the holders of at least 90% of the Outstanding
Units voting as a single class unless the Partnership obtains an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that such amendment will not affect the limited liability of any Limited Partner under
applicable partnership law of the state under whose laws the Partnership is organized.

     (e) Except as provided in Section 13.1, this Section 13.3 shall only be amended with the
approval of the holders of at least 90% of the Outstanding Units.

     Section 13.4 Special Meetings. All acts of Partners to be taken pursuant to this Agreement shall be taken in the manner
provided in this Article XIII. Special meetings of the Partners may be called by any General
Partner or by Limited Partners owning 20% or more of the Outstanding Units of the class or classes
for which a meeting is proposed. Limited Partners and the Special General Partner shall call a
special meeting by delivering to the Managing General Partner one or more requests in writing
stating that the signing Partners wish to call a special meeting and indicating the general or
specific purposes for which the special meeting is to be called. Within 60 days after receipt of
such a call from Partners or within such greater time as may be reasonably necessary for the
Partnership to comply with any statutes, rules, regulations, listing agreements or similar
requirements governing the holding of a meeting or the solicitation of proxies for use at such a
meeting, the Managing General Partner shall send a notice of the meeting to the Partners either
directly or indirectly through the Transfer Agent. A meeting shall be held at a time and place
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not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days
after the mailing of notice of the meeting. Limited Partners shall not vote on matters that would
cause the Limited Partners to be deemed to be taking part in the management and control of the
business and affairs of the Partnership so as to jeopardize the Limited Partners’ limited liability
under the Delaware Act or the law of any other state in which the Partnership is qualified to do
business.

     Section 13.5 Notice of a Meeting. Notice of a meeting called pursuant to Section 13.4 shall be given to the Record Holders of
the class or classes of Units for which a meeting is proposed in writing by mail or other means of
written communication in accordance with Section 16.1. The notice shall be deemed to have been
given at the time when deposited in the mail or sent by other means of written communication.

     Section 13.6 Record Date. For purposes of determining the Partners entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of
the Partners or to give approvals without a meeting as provided in Section 13.11 the Managing
General Partner may set a Record Date, which shall not be less than 10 nor more than 60 days before
(a) the date of the meeting (unless such requirement conflicts with any rule, regulation, guideline
or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which the Partnership Interests are listed or
admitted to trading or U.S. federal securities laws, in which case the rule, regulation, guideline
or requirement of such National Securities Exchange or U.S. federal securities law shall govern) or
(b) in the event that approvals are sought without a meeting, the date by which Partners are
requested in writing by the Managing General Partner to give such approvals. If the
Managing General Partner does not set a Record Date, then (a) the Record Date for determining
the Partners entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the Partners shall be the close of
business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, and (b) the Record Date for
determining the Partners entitled to give approvals without a meeting shall be the date the first
written approval is deposited with the Partnership in care of the Managing General Partner in
accordance with Section 13.11.

     Section 13.7 Adjournment. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the
adjourned meeting and a new Record Date need not be fixed, if the time and place thereof are
announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, unless such adjournment shall be for
more than 45 days. At the adjourned meeting, the Partnership may transact any business which might
have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 45 days or if a
new Record Date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be
given in accordance with this Article XIII.

     Section 13.8 Waiver of Notice; Approval of Meeting; Approval of Minutes. The transactions of any meeting of Partners, however called and noticed, and whenever held,
shall be as valid as if it had occurred at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a
quorum is present either in person or by proxy. Attendance of a Partner at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except (i) when the Partner attends the meeting for
the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any
business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened and (ii) that attendance at a
meeting is not a waiver of any right to disapprove the consideration of matters required to be
included in the notice of the meeting, but not so included, if the disapproval is expressly made at
the meeting.

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     Section 13.9 Quorum and Voting. The holders of a majority of the Outstanding Units of
the class or classes for which a meeting has been called (including Outstanding Units deemed owned
by any General Partner) represented in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of
Partners of such class or classes unless any such action by the Partners requires approval by
holders of a greater percentage of such Units, in which case the quorum shall be such greater
percentage. At any meeting of the Partners duly called and held in accordance with this Agreement
at which a quorum is present, the act of Partners holding Outstanding Units that in the aggregate
represent a majority of the Outstanding Units entitled to vote and be present in person or by proxy
at such meeting shall be deemed to constitute the act of all Partners, unless a greater or
different percentage is required with respect to such action under the provisions of this
Agreement, in which case the act of the Partners holding Outstanding Units that in the aggregate
represent at least such greater or different percentage shall be required. The Partners present at
a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until
adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough Partners to leave less than a quorum, if any
action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by the required percentage of Outstanding Units
specified in this Agreement (including Outstanding Units deemed owned by any General Partner). In
the absence of a quorum any meeting of Partners may be adjourned from time to time by the
affirmative vote of holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Units entitled to vote at
such meeting (including Outstanding Units deemed owned by any General Partner) represented either
in person or by proxy, but no other business may be transacted, except as provided in Section 13.7.

     Section 13.10 Conduct of a Meeting. The Managing General Partner shall have full power and
authority concerning the manner of conducting any meeting of the Partners or solicitation of
approvals in writing, including the determination of Persons entitled to vote, the existence of a
quorum, the satisfaction of the requirements of Section 13.4, the conduct of voting, the validity
and effect of any proxies and the determination of any controversies, votes or challenges arising
in connection with or during the meeting or voting. The Managing General Partner shall designate a
Person to serve as chairman of any meeting and shall further designate a Person to take the minutes
of any meeting. All minutes shall be kept with the records of the Partnership maintained by the
Managing General Partner. The Managing General Partner may make such other regulations consistent
with applicable law and this Agreement as it may deem advisable concerning the conduct of any
meeting of the Partners or solicitation of approvals in writing, including regulations in regard to
the appointment of proxies, the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes and approvals, the
submission and examination of proxies and other evidence of the right to vote, and the revocation
of approvals in writing.

     Section 13.11 Action Without a Meeting. If authorized by the Managing General Partner, any
action that may be taken at a meeting of the Partners may be taken without a meeting, without a
vote and without prior notice, if an approval in writing setting forth the action so taken is
signed by Partners owning not less than the minimum percentage of the Outstanding Units (including
Units deemed owned by any General Partner) that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at
which all the Partners were present and voted (unless such provision conflicts with any rule,
regulation, guideline or requirement of any National Securities Exchange on which Partnership
Interests are listed or admitted to trading, in which case the rule, regulation, guideline or
requirement of such National Securities Exchange shall govern). Prompt notice of the taking of
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Partners who have not approved in writing. The
Managing General Partner may specify that any written ballot submitted to Partners for the purpose
of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Partnership within the time period,
which shall be not less than 20 days, specified by the Managing General Partner. If a ballot
returned to the Partnership does not vote all of the Units held by the Partners, the Partnership
shall be deemed to have failed to receive a ballot for the Units that were not voted. If approval
of the taking of any action by the Partners is solicited by any Person other than by or on behalf
of the Managing General Partner, the written approvals shall have no force and effect unless and
until (a) they are deposited with the Partnership in care of the Managing General Partner, (b)
approvals sufficient to take the action proposed are dated as of a date not more than 90 days prior
to the date sufficient approvals are deposited with the Partnership and (c) an Opinion of Counsel
is delivered to the Managing General Partner to the effect that the exercise of such right and the
action proposed to be taken with respect to any particular matter (i) will not cause the Limited
Partners to be deemed to be taking part in the management and control of the business and affairs
of the Partnership so as to jeopardize the Limited Partners’ limited liability, and (ii) is
otherwise permissible under the state statutes then governing the rights, duties and liabilities of
the Partnership and the Partners. Nothing contained in this Section 13.11 shall be deemed to
require the Managing General Partner to solicit all holders of Units in connection with a matter
approved by the requisite percentage of Units or other holders of Outstanding Units acting by
written consent without a meeting

     Section 13.12 Right to Vote and Related Matters.

     (a) Only those Record Holders of the Units on the Record Date set pursuant to Section 13.6
(and also subject to the limitations contained in the definition of “Outstanding”) shall be
entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of Partners or to act with respect to matters as
to which the holders of the Outstanding Units have the right to vote or to act. All references in
this Agreement to votes of, or other acts that may be taken by, the Outstanding Units shall be
deemed to be references to the votes or acts of the Record Holders of such Outstanding Units.

     (b) With respect to Units that are held for a Person’s account by another Person (such as a
broker, dealer, bank, trust company or clearing corporation, or an agent of any of the foregoing),
in whose name such Units are registered, such other Person shall, in exercising the voting rights
in respect of such Units on any matter, and unless the arrangement between such Persons provides
otherwise, vote such Units in favor of, and at the direction of, the Person who is the beneficial
owner, and the Partnership shall be entitled to assume it is so acting without further inquiry. The
provisions of this Section 13.12(b) (as well as all other provisions of this Agreement) are subject
to the provisions of Section 4.3.

ARTICLE XIV

MERGER

     Section 14.1 Authority. The Partnership may merge or consolidate with or into one or more
corporations, limited liability companies, business trusts or associations, real estate investment
trusts, common law trusts or unincorporated businesses, including a general partnership or limited
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state of the United States
of America, pursuant to a written agreement of merger or consolidation (“Merger Agreement”)
in accordance with this Article XIV.

     Section 14.2 Procedure for Merger or Consolidation. Merger or consolidation of the
Partnership pursuant to this Article XIV requires the prior consent of the Managing General
Partner, provided, however, that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Managing General
Partner shall have no duty or obligation to consent to any merger or consolidation of the
Partnership and may decline to do so free of any fiduciary duty or obligation whatsoever to the
Partnership or any Partner and, in declining to consent to a merger or consolidation, shall not be
required to act in good faith or pursuant to any other standard imposed by this Agreement, any
Group Member Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Delaware Act or any
other law, rule or regulation or at equity. If the Managing General Partner shall determine to
consent to the merger or consolidation, the Managing General Partner shall approve the Merger
Agreement, which shall set forth:

     (a) the names and jurisdictions of formation or organization of each of the business entities
proposing to merge or consolidate;

     (b) the name and jurisdiction of formation or organization of the business entity that is to
survive the proposed merger or consolidation (the “Surviving Business Entity”);

     (c) the terms and conditions of the proposed merger or consolidation;

     (d) the manner and basis of exchanging or converting the equity interests of each constituent
business entity for, or into, cash, property or general or limited partner interests, rights,
securities or obligations of the Surviving Business Entity; and (i) if any general or limited
partner interests, securities or rights of any constituent business entity are not to be exchanged
or converted solely for, or into, cash, property or general or limited partner interests, rights,
securities or obligations of the Surviving Business Entity, the cash, property or general or
limited partner interests, rights, securities or obligations of any limited partnership,
corporation, trust or other entity (other than the Surviving Business Entity) which the holders of
such general or limited partner interests, securities or rights are to receive in exchange for, or
upon conversion of their general or limited partner interests, securities or rights, and (ii) in
the case of equity interests represented by certificates, upon the surrender of such certificates,
which cash, property or general or limited partner interests, rights, securities or obligations of
the Surviving Business Entity or any general or limited partnership, corporation, trust or other
entity (other than the Surviving Business Entity), or evidences thereof, are to be delivered;

     (e) a statement of any changes in the constituent documents or the adoption of new constituent
documents (the articles or certificate of incorporation, articles of trust, declaration of trust,
certificate or agreement of limited partnership or other similar charter or governing document) of
the Surviving Business Entity to be effected by such merger or consolidation;

     (f) the effective time of the merger, which may be the date of the filing of the certificate
of merger pursuant to Section 14.4 or a later date specified in or determinable in accordance with
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later than the
date of the filing of the certificate of merger, the effective time shall be fixed no later than
the time of the filing of the certificate of merger and stated therein); and

     (g) such other provisions with respect to the proposed merger or consolidation that the
Managing General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate.

     Section 14.3 Approval by Partners of Merger or Consolidation.

     (a) Except as provided in Section 14.3(d) or 14.3(e), the Managing General Partner, upon its
approval of the Merger Agreement, shall direct that the Merger Agreement be submitted to a vote of
Partners, whether at a special meeting or by written consent, in either case in accordance with the
requirements of Article XIII. A copy or a summary of the Merger Agreement shall be included in or
enclosed with the notice of a special meeting or the written consent.

     (b) Except as provided in Section 14.3(d) or 14.3(e) and subject to any applicable management
rights of the Special General Partner expressly provided in Section 7.3, the Merger Agreement shall
be approved upon receiving the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of a Unit Majority unless
the Merger Agreement contains any provision that, if contained in an amendment to this Agreement,
the provisions of this Agreement or the Delaware Act would require for its approval the vote or
consent of a greater percentage of the Outstanding Units or of any class of Partners, in which case
such greater percentage vote or consent shall be required for approval of the Merger Agreement.

     (c) Except as provided in Section 14.3(d) and 14.3(e), after such approval by vote or consent
of the Partners, and at any time prior to the filing of the certificate of merger pursuant to
Section 14.4, the merger or consolidation may be abandoned pursuant to provisions therefor, if any,
set forth in the Merger Agreement.

     (d) Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Article XIV or in this Agreement, the
Managing General Partner is permitted, without Partner approval, to convert the Partnership or any
Group Member into a new limited liability entity, to merge the Partnership or any Group Member
into, or convey all of the Partnership’s assets to, another limited liability entity that shall be
newly formed and shall have no assets, liabilities or operations at the time of such conversion,
merger or conveyance other than those it receives from the Partnership or other Group Member if (i)
the Managing General Partner has received an Opinion of Counsel that the conversion, merger or
conveyance, as the case may be, would not result in the loss of the limited liability of any
Limited Partner or any Group Member or cause the Partnership or any Group Member to be
treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise to be taxed as an entity for
federal income tax purposes (to the extent not previously treated as such), (ii) the sole purpose
of such conversion, merger or conveyance is to effect a mere change in the legal form of the
Partnership into another limited liability entity and (iii) the governing instruments of the new
entity provide the Partners with the same rights and obligations as are herein contained.

     (e) Additionally, notwithstanding anything else contained in this Article XIV or in this
Agreement, the Managing General Partner is permitted, without Partner approval, to merge or
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has
received an Opinion of Counsel that the merger or consolidation, as the case may be, would not
result in the loss of the limited liability of any Limited Partner or cause the Partnership to be
treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise to be taxed as an entity for
federal income tax purposes (to the extent not previously treated as such), (B) the merger or
consolidation would not result in an amendment to the Partnership Agreement, other than any
amendments that could be adopted pursuant to Section 13.1, (C) the Partnership is the Surviving
Business Entity in such merger or consolidation, (D) each Unit outstanding immediately prior to the
effective date of the merger or consolidation is to be an identical Unit of the Partnership after
the effective date of the merger or consolidation, and (E) the number of Partnership Interests to
be issued by the Partnership in such merger or consolidation does not exceed 20% of the Partnership
Interests Outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of such merger or consolidation.

     Section 14.4 Certificate of Merger. Upon the required approval by the Managing General
Partner and the Unitholders of a Merger Agreement, a certificate of merger shall be executed and
filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in conformity with the requirements of
the Delaware Act.

     Section 14.5 Amendment of Partnership Agreement. Pursuant to Section 17-211(g) of the
Delaware Act, an agreement of merger or consolidation approved in accordance with this Article XIV
may (a) effect any amendment to this Agreement or (b) effect the adoption of a new partnership
agreement for the Partnership if it is the Surviving Business Entity. Any such amendment or
adoption made pursuant to this Section 14.5 shall be effective at the effective time or date of the
merger or consolidation.

     Section 14.6 Effect of Merger.

     (a) At the effective time of the certificate of merger:

     (i) all of the rights, privileges and powers of each of the business entities that has
merged or consolidated, and all property, real, personal and mixed, and all debts due to any
of those business entities and all other things and causes of action belonging to each of
those business entities, shall be vested in the Surviving Business Entity and after the
merger or consolidation shall be the property of the Surviving Business Entity to the extent
they were of each constituent business entity;

     (ii) the title to any real property vested by deed or otherwise in any of those
constituent business entities shall not revert and is not in any way impaired because of the
merger or consolidation;

     (iii) all rights of creditors and all liens on or security interests in property of any
of those constituent business entities shall be preserved unimpaired; and

     (iv) all debts, liabilities and duties of those constituent business entities shall
attach to the Surviving Business Entity and may be enforced against it to the same extent as
if the debts, liabilities and duties had been incurred or contracted by it.

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     (b) A merger or consolidation effected pursuant to this Article shall not be deemed to result
in a transfer or assignment of assets or liabilities from one entity to another.

ARTICLE XV

RIGHT TO ACQUIRE LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS

     Section 15.1 Right to Acquire Limited Partner Interests.

     (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if at any time the Managing General
Partner and its Affiliates hold more than 80% of the total Limited Partner Interests of any class
then Outstanding, the Managing General Partner shall then have the right, which right it may assign
and transfer in whole or in part to the Partnership or any Affiliate of the Managing General
Partner, exercisable in its sole discretion, to purchase all, but not less than all, of such
Limited Partner Interests of such class then Outstanding held by Persons other than the Managing
General Partner and its Affiliates, at the greater of (x) the Current Market Price as of the date
three days prior to the date that the notice described in Section 15.1(b) is mailed and (y) the
highest price paid by the Managing General Partner or any of its Affiliates for any such Limited
Partner Interest of such class purchased during the 90-day period preceding the date that the
notice described in Section 15.1(b) is mailed.

     (b) If the Managing General Partner, any Affiliate of the Managing General Partner or the
Partnership elects to exercise the right to purchase Limited Partner Interests granted pursuant to
Section 15.1(a), the Managing General Partner shall deliver to the Transfer Agent notice of such
election to purchase (the “Notice of Election to Purchase”) and shall cause the Transfer
Agent to mail a copy of such Notice of Election to Purchase to the Record Holders of Limited
Partner Interests of such class (as of a Record Date selected by the Managing General Partner) at
least 10, but not more than 60, days prior to the Purchase Date. Such Notice of Election to
Purchase shall also be published for a period of at least three consecutive days in at least two
daily newspapers of general circulation printed in the English language and circulated in the
Borough of Manhattan, New York. The Notice of Election to Purchase shall specify the Purchase Date
and the price (determined in accordance with Section 15.1(a)) at which Limited Partner Interests
will be purchased and state that the Managing General Partner, its Affiliate or the Partnership, as
the case may be, elects to purchase such Limited Partner Interests (in the case of Limited Partner
Interests evidenced by Certificates), upon surrender of Certificates representing such Limited
Partner Interests in exchange for payment, at such office or offices of
the Transfer Agent as the Transfer Agent may specify, or as may be required by any National
Securities Exchange on which such Limited Partner Interests are listed or admitted to trading. Any
such Notice of Election to Purchase mailed to a Record Holder of Limited Partner Interests at his
address as reflected in the records of the Transfer Agent shall be conclusively presumed to have
been given regardless of whether the owner receives such notice. On or prior to the Purchase Date,
the Managing General Partner, its Affiliate or the Partnership, as the case may be, shall deposit
with the Transfer Agent cash in an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate purchase price of all of
such Limited Partner Interests to be purchased in accordance with this Section 15.1. If the Notice
of Election to Purchase shall have been duly given as aforesaid at least 10 days prior to the
Purchase Date, and if on or prior to the Purchase Date the deposit described in the preceding
sentence has been made for the benefit of the holders of Limited Partner Interests subject to
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that any
Certificate shall not have been surrendered for purchase, all rights of the holders of such Limited
Partner Interests (including any rights pursuant to Articles IV, V, VI, and XII) shall thereupon
cease, except the right to receive the purchase price (determined in accordance with Section
15.1(a)) for Limited Partner Interests therefor, without interest (in the case of Limited Partner
Interests evidenced by Certificates), upon surrender to the Transfer Agent of the Certificates
representing such Limited Partner Interests, and such Limited Partner Interests shall thereupon be
deemed to be transferred to the Managing General Partner, its Affiliate or the Partnership, as the
case may be, on the record books of the Transfer Agent and the Partnership, and the Managing
General Partner or any Affiliate of the Managing General Partner, or the Partnership, as the case
may be, shall be deemed to be the owner of all such Limited Partner Interests from and after the
Purchase Date and shall have all rights as the owner of such Limited Partner Interests (including
all rights as owner of such Limited Partner Interests pursuant to Articles IV, V, VI and XII).

     (c) If, following the Initial Offering, the Special General Partner owns less than 20% of all
Outstanding Units, the Common GP Units will be deemed to be of the same class of Limited Partner
Interests as Common LP Units for purposes of this Article XV.

ARTICLE XVI

GENERAL PROVISIONS

     Section 16.1 Addresses and Notices. Any notice, demand, request, report or proxy materials
required or permitted to be given or made to a Partner under this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be deemed given or made when delivered in person or when sent by first class United States
mail or by other means of written communication to the Partner at the address described below.

     Any notice, payment or report to be given or made to a Partner hereunder shall be deemed
conclusively to have been given or made, and the obligation to give such notice or report or to
make such payment shall be deemed conclusively to have been fully satisfied, upon sending of such
notice, payment or report to the Record Holder of such Partnership Interests at such Record
Holder’s address as shown on the records of the Transfer Agent or as otherwise shown on the records
of the Partnership, regardless of any claim of any Person who may have an interest in such
Partnership Interests by reason of any assignment or otherwise.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) a Partner shall consent to receiving notices, demands,
requests, reports or proxy materials via electronic mail or by the Internet or (ii) the rules of
the Commission shall permit any report or proxy materials to be delivered electronically or made
available via the Internet, any such notice, demand, request, report or proxy materials shall be
deemed given or made when delivered or made available via such mode of delivery.

     An affidavit or certificate of making of any notice, payment or report in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 16.1 executed by the Managing General Partner, the Transfer Agent or the
mailing organization shall be prima facie evidence of the giving or making of such notice, payment
or report. If any notice, payment or report given or made in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 16.1 is returned marked to indicate that such notice, payment or report was unable to be
delivered, such notice, payment or report and, in the case of notices, payments

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or reports returned
by the United States Postal Service (or other physical mail delivery mail service outside the
United States of America), any subsequent notices, payments and reports shall be deemed to have
been duly given or made without further mailing (until such time as such Record Holder or another
Person notifies the Transfer Agent or the Partnership of a change in the address of such Record
Holder) or other delivery if they are available for the Partner at the principal office of the
Partnership for a period of one year from the date of the giving or making of such notice, payment
or report to the other Partners. Any notice to the Partnership shall be deemed given if received by
the Managing General Partner at the principal office of the Partnership designated pursuant to
Section 2.3. The Managing General Partner may rely and shall be protected in relying on any notice
or other document from a Partner or other Person if believed by it to be genuine.

     Section 16.2 Further Action. The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all
information and take or refrain from taking action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve
the purposes of this Agreement.

     Section 16.3 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives
and permitted assigns.

     Section 16.4 Integration. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties
hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings pertaining thereto.

     Section 16.5 Creditors. None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of,
or shall be enforceable by, any creditor of the Partnership.

     Section 16.6 Waiver. No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any
covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy
consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute waiver of any such breach of any other covenant,
duty, agreement or condition.

     Section 16.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which
together shall constitute an agreement binding on all the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all
such parties are not signatories to the original or the same counterpart. Each party shall become
bound by this Agreement immediately upon affixing its signature hereto or, in the case of a Person
acquiring a Unit, pursuant to Section 10.1(a) without execution hereof.

     Section 16.8 Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of
law.

     Section 16.9 Invalidity of Provisions. If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.

     Section 16.10 Consent of Partners. Each Partner hereby expressly consents and agrees that,
whenever in this Agreement it is specified that an action may be taken upon the affirmative

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vote or
consent of less than all of the Partners, such action may be so taken upon the concurrence of less
than all of the Partners and each Partner shall be bound by the results of such action.

     Section 16.11 Facsimile Signatures. The use of facsimile signatures affixed in the name and
on behalf of the transfer agent and registrar of the Partnership on Certificates representing Units
is expressly permitted by this Agreement.

     Section 16.12 Third Party Beneficiaries. Each Partner agrees that (a) any Indemnitee shall be
entitled to assert rights and remedies hereunder as a third-party beneficiary hereto with respect
to those provisions of this Agreement affording a right, benefit or privilege to such Indemnitee,
(b) any Unrestricted Person shall be entitled to assert rights and remedies hereunder as a
third-party beneficiary hereto with respect to those provisions of this Agreement affording a
right, benefit or privilege to such Unrestricted Person and (c) Goldman, Sachs & Co., Kelso &
Company, L.P. and their respective Affiliates and successors and assigns as owners of interests in
either of the General Partners shall be entitled to assert rights and remedies hereunder as a
third-party beneficiary hereto with respect to Section 7.5(g).

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first
written above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	MANAGING GENERAL PARTNER:

CVR GP, LLC
 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	James T. Rens 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	SPECIAL GENERAL PARTNER:

CVR Special GP, LLC
 

	 	By:	
Coffeyville Resources, LLC,
its sole member

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	James T. Rens 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	ORGANIZATIONAL LIMITED PARTNER:

Coffeyville Resources, LLC

	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	James T. Rens 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 	 
	 

[Signature Page to Partnership Agreement]

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	FUTURE LIMITED PARTNERS AND SPECIAL GENERAL
PARTNERS

All Limited Partners and Special General Partners now
and hereafter admitted as Partners of the
Partnership, pursuant to powers of attorney now and
hereafter executed in favor of, and granted and
delivered to the Managing General Partner.

CVR GP, LLC

 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	James T. Rens 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 	 
	 

[Signature Page to Partnership Agreement]EX-10.30

 

Exhibit 10.30

SERVICES AGREEMENT

     This
Services Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of the
___ day of ___, 2007
(the “Effective Date”), among CVR Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“MLP”), CVR GP,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Managing GP”), CVR Special GP, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“Special GP”), and CVR Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“CVR”, and
collectively with MLP and Managing GP, the “Parties” and each, a “Party”).

RECITALS

     WHEREAS, MLP is the owner, directly or indirectly, of Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen
Fertilizers LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Fertilizer”);

     WHEREAS, CVR is the owner, directly or indirectly, of Coffeyville Resources Refining &
Marketing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Refinery”);

     WHEREAS, Managing GP, in its capacity as the managing general partner of MLP, desires to
engage CVR, on its own behalf and for the benefit of Fertilizer and MLP, to provide certain
services necessary to operate the business conducted by Fertilizer, MLP and Managing GP (the
“Services Recipients”);

     WHEREAS, Special GP, in its capacity as the special general partner of MLP, has the right to
participate in the management of MLP, including through the co-appointment (with Managing GP) of
the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of MLP (whether directly or as chief
executive officer and chief financial officer of Managing GP) as specified in the agreement of
limited partnership of MLP, and CVR (the parent of Special GP) desires to make available Mr. John
J. Lipinski, its current chief executive officer, and Mr. James T. Rens, its current chief
financial officer, or such of its other executive officers as it may designate in writing to the
other Parties, to serve in such capacities for MLP, on the terms and conditions of this Agreement;
and

     WHEREAS, CVR is willing to undertake such engagement, subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, MLP, Managing GP (for itself and in its capacity as the general partner of
MLP), Special GP, and CVR agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

     Section 1.01 Terms. The following defined terms will have the meanings given below:

     “Administrative Personnel” means individuals who are employed by CVR or any of its Affiliates
and assist in providing, as part of the Services, any of the administrative services referred to in
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     “Affiliate” shall mean with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” when used with
respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person,
directly or indirectly, through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise
(provided that, solely for purposes of this Agreement, the Services Recipients shall not be deemed
Affiliates of CVR).

     “Bankrupt” with respect to any Person shall mean such Person shall generally be unable to pay
its debts as such debts become due, or shall so admit in writing or shall make a general assignment
for the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding shall be instituted by or against such Person
seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of it or its debts
under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking
the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, or other similar
official for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such proceeding
instituted against it (but not instituted by it), shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period
of 30 days; or such Person shall take any action to authorize any of the actions set forth above.

     “CVR Representative” means such person as is designated in writing by CVR to serve in such
capacity.

     “Default Rate” shall mean an interest rate (which shall in no event be higher than the rate
permitted by applicable law) equal to 300 basis points over LIBOR.

     “Fertilizer” has the meaning set forth in the first Recital hereinabove.

     “Fertilizer Payroll Percentage” means, for any applicable period, the percentage represented
by a fraction, the numerator of which is the total payroll amount of Fertilizer for such period,
and the denominator of which is the total payroll amount of Fertilizer plus the total payroll
amount of Refinery for such period, as such payroll amounts are calculated on a consistent basis
for purposes of determining the Fertilizer Payroll Percentage.

     “Governmental Approval” shall mean any material consent, authorization, certificate, permit,
right of way grant or approval of any Governmental Authority that is necessary for the
construction, ownership and operation of the assets used in the business of the Services Recipients
in accordance with applicable Laws.

     “Governmental Authority” shall mean any court or tribunal in any jurisdiction or any federal,
state, tribal, municipal or local government or other governmental body, agency, authority,
department, commission, board, bureau, instrumentality, arbitrator or arbitral body or any
quasi-governmental or private body lawfully exercising any regulatory or taxing authority.

     “GP/MLP Representative” means such person as is designated in writing by Managing GP to serve
in such capacity.

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     “Laws” shall mean any applicable statute, environmental law, common law, rule, regulation,
judgment, order, ordinance, writ, injunction or decree issued or promulgated by any Governmental
Authority.

     “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited
liability company, unincorporated organization or other entity.

     “Personnel Costs” means all costs incurred by an employer in connection with the employment by
such employer of applicable personnel, including all payroll and benefits but excluding any
Share-Based Compensation.

     “Refinery” has the meaning set forth in the second Recital hereinabove.

     “Seconded Personnel” means individuals, other than Administrative Personnel, who are employed
by CVR or any of its Affiliates and provided on a full-time basis to the Services Recipients in
connection with provision of the Services.

     “Services” shall consist of those services performed for the Services Recipients as described
on Exhibit 1 hereto.

     “Services Recipients” has the meaning set forth in the third Recital hereinabove.

     “Share-Based Compensation” means any compensation accruing or payable under any incentive or
other compensation plan or program of an employer based upon changes in the equity value of such
employer or any of its Affiliates.

     “Shared Personnel” means individuals, other than Administrative Personnel, who are employed by
CVR or any of its Affiliates and provided on a part-time basis to the Services Recipients in
connection with provision of the Services.

ARTICLE II

RETENTION OF CVR; SCOPE OF SERVICES

     Section 2.01 Retention of CVR. Managing GP, on its own behalf and for the benefit of
the Services Recipients, hereby engages CVR to perform the Services and CVR hereby accepts such
engagement and agrees to perform the Services and to provide all Administrative Personnel, Seconded
Personnel, and Shared Personnel necessary to perform the Services.

     Section 2.02 Scope of Services. The Services shall be provided in accordance with (i)
applicable material Governmental Approvals and Laws, and (ii) applicable industry standards.

     Section 2.03 Exclusion of Services. At any time, Managing GP or CVR may temporarily
or permanently exclude any particular service from the scope of the Services upon 90 days notice.

     Section 2.04 Performance of Services by Affiliates or Other Persons. The Parties
hereby agree that in discharging its obligations hereunder, CVR may engage any of its Affiliates

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or other Persons to perform the Services (or any part of the Services) on its behalf and that
the performance of the Services (or any part of the Services) by any such Affiliate or Person shall
be treated as if CVR performed such Services itself. No such delegation by CVR to Affiliates or
other Persons shall relieve CVR of its obligations hereunder.

ARTICLE III

PAYMENT AMOUNT

     Section 3.01 Payment Amount. Managing GP shall pay or cause MLP or Fertilizer to pay,
to CVR (or its Affiliates as CVR may direct) the amount of any direct or indirect expenses incurred
by CVR or its Affiliates in connection with the provision of Services by CVR or its Affiliates (the
“Payment Amount”), in accordance with the following:

     (a) Seconded Personnel. The Payment Amount will include all Personnel Costs of
Seconded Personnel, to the extent attributable to the periods during which such Seconded
Personnel are provided to the Services Recipients.

     (b) Shared Personnel. The Payment Amount will include a prorata share of all
Personnel Costs of Shared Personnel, as determined by CVR on a commercially reasonable
basis, based on the percent of total working time that such Shared Personnel are engaged in
performing any of the Services.

     (c) Administrative Costs. The Payment Amount will include following:

     (i) Payroll. A prorata share of all Personnel Costs of Administrative
Personnel engaged in performing payroll services as part of the Services, based on
the Fertilizer Payroll Percentage, will be included in the Payment Amount.

     (ii) Travel. Travel expenses by Seconded Personnel, Shared Personnel
or Administrative Personnel will be direct charged if applicable and a prorata share
of all other travel expenses by Seconded Personnel, Shared Personnel or
Administrative Personnel, based on the Fertilizer Payroll Percentage, will be
included in the Payment Amount.

     (iii) Office Costs. A prorata share of all office costs (including,
without limitation, all costs relating to office leases, equipment leases, supplies,
property taxes and utilities) for all locations of Administrative Personnel, based
on the Fertilizer Payroll Percentage, will be included in the Payment Amount.

     (iv) Insurance. Insurance premiums will be direct charged to the
applicable insured, provided, however, all insurance premiums for adequate directors
and officers (or equivalent) insurance for any Seconded Personnel or Shared
Personnel, with liability coverage of no less than $15 million, will be included in
the Payment Amount.

     (v) Outside Services. Services provided by outside vendors (including
audit services, legal services, and other services) will first be direct charged
where

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applicable, and a prorata share of charges for all services that are provided
by outside vendors and not direct charged will be included in the Payment Amount
based upon the following percentages of such charges: audit services — 25%; legal
services — 20%; and all other services – Fertilizer Payroll Percentage.

     (vi) Other SGA Costs. A prorata share of all other sales, general and
administrative costs relating to the Services Recipients, based on the Fertilizer
Payroll Percentage, will be included in the Payment Amount.

     (vii) Depreciation and Amortization. A prorata share of depreciation
and amortization relating to all locations of Administrative Personnel, based on the
Fertilizer Payroll Percentage, will be included in the Payment Amount following
recognition of such depreciation or amortization as an expense on the books and
records of CVR or its Affiliates.

     (viii) Government and Public Relations. A monthly retainer of $1,000
will be included in the Payment Amount to cover routine ordinary activities of
Administrative Personnel in furtherance of government and public relations for the
benefit of the Services Recipients, with related activities of Administrative
Personnel being charged against such retainer at the rate of $100 per hour.

     (ix) Bank Charges and Interest Expense. Bank charges and interest
expense will be direct charged as applicable.

     (x) Other Costs. Other costs as reasonably incurred by CVR or its
Affiliates in the provision of Services will be direct charged as applicable.

     Section 3.02 Payment of Payment Amount. CVR shall submit monthly invoices to Managing
GP for the Services, which invoices shall be due and payable net 15 days. Managing GP shall pay or
cause MLP or Fertilizer to pay, to CVR in immediately available funds, the full Payment Amount due
under Section 3.01. Past due amounts shall bear interest at the Default Rate. Allocation
percentages referred to in this Article III will be calculated and determined for calendar year or
calendar quarter periods, as CVR may determine, based upon CVR’s annual audited financials, or
quarterly unaudited financials, for the immediately preceding calendar year or calendar quarter, as
applicable.

     Section 3.03 Disputed Charges. MANAGING GP MAY, WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF A
CHARGE FROM CVR, TAKE WRITTEN EXCEPTION TO SUCH CHARGE, ON THE GROUND THAT THE SAME WAS NOT A
REASONABLE COST INCURRED BY CVR OR ITS AFFILIATES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES. MANAGING GP
SHALL NEVERTHELESS PAY OR CAUSE MLP OR FERTILIZER TO PAY IN FULL WHEN DUE THE FULL PAYMENT AMOUNT
OWED TO CVR. SUCH PAYMENT SHALL NOT BE DEEMED A WAIVER OF THE RIGHT OF THE SERVICES RECIPIENT TO
RECOUP ANY CONTESTED PORTION OF ANY AMOUNT SO PAID. HOWEVER, IF THE AMOUNT AS TO WHICH SUCH WRITTEN
EXCEPTION IS TAKEN, OR ANY PART THEREOF, IS ULTIMATELY DETERMINED NOT TO BE A REASONABLE COST
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ITS PROVIDING THE SERVICES HEREUNDER, SUCH AMOUNT OR PORTION THEREOF (AS THE CASE MAY BE)
SHALL BE REFUNDED BY CVR TO THE SERVICES RECIPIENTS TOGETHER WITH INTEREST THEREON AT THE DEFAULT
RATE DURING THE PERIOD FROM THE DATE OF PAYMENT BY THE SERVICES RECIPIENTS TO THE DATE OF REFUND BY
CVR.

     Section 3.04 CVR’s Employees. The Services Recipients shall not be obligated to pay
directly to Seconded Personnel or Shared Personnel any compensation, salaries, wages, bonuses,
benefits, social security taxes, workers’ compensation insurance, retirement and insurance
benefits, training or other expenses; provided, however, that if CVR fails to pay any employee
within 30 days of the date such employee’s payment is due:

     (a) The Services Recipients may (i) pay such employee directly, (ii) employ such
employee directly, or (iii) notify CVR that this Agreement is terminated and employ such
employees directly; and

     (b) CVR shall reimburse Managing GP, MLP or Fertilizer, as the case may be, for the
amount Managing GP, MLP or Fertilizer, as applicable, paid to CVR with respect to employee
services for which CVR did not pay any such employee.

ARTICLE IV

BOOKS, RECORDS AND REPORTING

     Section 4.01 Books and Records. CVR and its Affiliates and the Services Recipients
shall each maintain accurate books and records regarding the performance of the Services and
calculation of the Payment Amount, and shall maintain such books and records for the period
required by applicable accounting practices or law, or five (5) years, whichever is longer.

     Section 4.02 Audits. CVR and its Affiliates and the Services Recipients shall have
the right, upon reasonable notice, and at all reasonable times during usual business hours, to
audit, examine and make copies of the books and records referred to in Section 4.01. Such
right may be exercised through any agent or employee of the Person exercising such right if
designated in writing by such Person or by an independent public accountant, engineer, attorney or
other agent so designated. Each Person exercising such right shall bear all costs and expenses
incurred by it in any inspection, examination or audit. Each Party shall review and respond in a
timely manner to any claims or inquiries made by the other Party regarding matters revealed by any
such inspection, examination or audit.

     Section 4.03 Reports. CVR shall prepare and deliver to Managing GP any reports
provided for in this Agreement and such other reports as Managing GP may reasonably request from
time to time regarding the performance of the Services.

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ARTICLE V

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

     Section 5.01 Ownership by CVR and License to MLP. Any (i) inventions, whether
patentable or not, developed or invented, or (ii) copyrightable material (and the intangible rights
of copyright therein) developed, by CVR, its Affiliates or its or their employees in connection
with the performance of the Services shall be the property of CVR; provided, however, that MLP
shall be granted an irrevocable, royalty-free, non-exclusive and non-transferable right and license
to use such inventions or material; and further provided, however, that MLP shall only be granted
such a right and license to the extent such grant does not conflict with, or result in a breach,
default, or violation of a right or license to use such inventions or material granted to CVR by
any Person other than an Affiliate of CVR. Notwithstanding the foregoing, CVR will use all
commercially reasonable efforts to grant such right and license to MLP.

     Section 5.02 License to CVR and its Affiliates. MLP hereby grants, and will cause its
Affiliates to grant, to CVR and its Affiliates an irrevocable, royalty-free, non-exclusive and
non-transferable right and license to use, during the term of this Agreement, any intellectual
property provided by MLP or its Affiliates to CVR or its Affiliates, but only to the extent such
use is necessary for the performance of the Services. CVR agrees that CVR and its Affiliates will
utilize such intellectual property solely in connection with the performance of the Services.

ARTICLE VI

TERMINATION

     Section 6.01 Termination By Managing GP.

     (a) Upon the occurrence of any of the following events, Managing GP may terminate this
Agreement by giving written notice of such termination to CVR:

     (i) CVR becomes Bankrupt; or

     (ii) CVR dissolves and commences liquidation or winding-up.

Any termination under this Section 6.01(a) shall become effective immediately upon delivery
of the notice first described in this Section 6.01(a), or such later time (not to exceed
the first anniversary of the delivery of such notice) as may be specified by Managing GP.

     (b) In addition to its rights under Section 6.01(b), Managing GP may terminate
this Agreement at any time by giving notice of such termination to CVR. Any termination
under this Section 6.01(b) shall become effective 90 days after delivery of such
notice, or such later time (not to exceed the first anniversary of the delivery of such
notice) as may be specified by Managing GP.

     Section 6.02 Termination By CVR or Special GP. CVR or Special GP may terminate this
Agreement at any time by giving notice of such termination to Managing GP. Any termination under
this Section 6.02 shall become effective 90 days after delivery of such notice,

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or such later time (not to exceed the first anniversary of the delivery of such notice) as may
be specified by CVR or Special GP.

     Section 6.03 Effect of Termination. If this Agreement is terminated in accordance
with Section 6.01 or Section 6.02, all rights and obligations under this Agreement
shall cease except for (a) obligations that expressly survive termination of this Agreement; (b)
liabilities and obligations that have accrued prior to such termination, including the obligation
to pay any amounts that have become due and payable prior to such termination, and (c) the
obligation to pay any portion of any Payment Amount that has accrued prior to such termination,
even if such portion has not become due and payable at that time.

ARTICLE VII

ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     Section 7.01 Representations and Warranties of CVR and Special GP. Each of CVR and
Special GP hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the other Parties that as of the date
hereof:

     (a) Each of CVR and Special GP is duly organized, validly existing, and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; each of CVR and Special GP is duly
qualified and in good standing in the States required in order to perform the Services
except where failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not reasonably be expected
to have a material adverse impact on Managing GP or MLP; and each of CVR and Special GP has
full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its
obligations hereunder

     (b) Each of CVR and Special GP has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and this
Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each such Person,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (except as may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar laws of general application and by the effect of general principles of
equity, regardless of whether considered at law or in equity); and

     (c) The authorization, execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement by each
of CVR and Special GP does not and will not (i) conflict with, or result in a breach,
default or violation of, (A) the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of CVR or
the limited liability company agreement of Special GP, (B) any contract or agreement to
which such Person is a party or is otherwise subject, or (C) any law, order, judgment,
decree, writ, injunction or arbitral award to which such Person is subject; or (ii) require
any consent, approval or authorization from, filing or registration with, or notice to, any
governmental authority or other Person, unless such requirement has already been satisfied,
except, in the case of clauses (i)(B) and (i)(C), for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or
violations that would not have a material adverse effect on CVR or Special GP or on their
ability to perform their obligations hereunder, and except, in the case of clause (ii), for
such consents, approvals, authorizations, filings, registrations or notices, the failure of
which to obtain or make would not have a material adverse effect on CVR or Special GP or on
their ability to perform their obligations hereunder.

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     Section 7.02 Representations and Warranties of Managing GP and MLP. Each of Managing
GP and MLP hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the other Parties that as of the date
hereof:

     (a) Each of Managing GP and MLP is duly organized, validly existing, and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation; each of Managing GP and MLP
has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its
obligations hereunder;

     (b) Each of Managing GP and MLP has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and
this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each such Person
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (except as may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar laws of general application and by the effect of general principles of
equity, regardless of whether considered at law or in equity); and

     (c) The authorization, execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement by each
of Managing GP and MLP does not and will not (i) conflict with, or result in a breach,
default or violation of, (A) the limited liability company agreement of Managing GP or the
partnership agreement of MLP, (B) any contract or agreement to which such Person is a party
or is otherwise subject, or (C) any law, order, judgment, decree, writ, injunction or
arbitral award to which such Person is subject; or (ii) require any consent, approval or
authorization from, filing or registration with, or notice to, any governmental authority or
other Person, unless such requirement has already been satisfied, except, in the case of
clause (i)(B) and (i)(C), for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or violations that would
not have a material adverse effect on Managing GP or MLP or on their ability to perform
their obligations hereunder, and except, in the case of clause (ii), for such consents,
approvals, authorizations, filings, registrations or notices, the failure of which to obtain
or make would not have a material adverse effect on Managing GP or MLP or on their ability
to perform their respective obligations hereunder.

ARTICLE VIII

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

     Section 8.01 Indemnity. The Services Recipients shall indemnify, reimburse, defend
and hold harmless CVR and its Affiliates and their respective successors and permitted assigns,
together with their respective employees, officers, members, managers, directors, agents and
representatives (collectively the “Indemnified Parties”), from and against all losses
(including lost profits), costs, damages, injuries, taxes, penalties, interests, expenses,
obligations, claims and liabilities (joint or severable) of any kind or nature whatsoever
(collectively “Losses”) that are incurred by such Indemnified Parties in connection with,
relating to or arising out of (i) the breach of any term or condition of this Agreement, or (ii)
the performance of any Services hereunder; provided, however, that the Services Recipients shall
not be obligated to indemnify, reimburse, defend or hold harmless any Indemnified Party for any
Losses Incurred, by such Indemnified Party in connection with, relating to or arising out of:

     (a) a breach by such Indemnified Party of this Agreement;

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     (b) the gross negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith or reckless disregard of such
Indemnified Party in the performance of any Services hereunder; or

     (c) fraudulent or dishonest acts of such Indemnified Party with respect to the Services
Recipients.

The rights of any Indemnified Party referred to above shall be in addition to any rights that such
Indemnified Party shall otherwise have at law or in equity. Without the prior written consent of
the Services Recipients, no Indemnified Party shall settle, compromise or consent to the entry of
any judgment in, or otherwise seek to terminate any, claim, action, proceeding or investigation in
respect of which indemnification could be sought hereunder unless (a) such Indemnified Party
indemnifies the Services Recipients from any liabilities arising out of such claim, action,
proceeding or investigation, (b) such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional
release of the Services Recipients and Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such
claim, action, proceeding or investigation and (c) the parties involved agree that the terms of
such settlement, compromise or consent shall remain confidential. In the event that
indemnification is provided for under any other agreements between CVR or any of its Affiliates and
any of the Services Recipients or any of their Affiliates, and such indemnification is for any
particular Losses, then such indemnification (and any limitations thereon) as provided in such
other agreement shall apply as to such particular Losses and shall supersede and be in lieu of any
indemnification that would otherwise apply to such particular Losses under this Agreement.

     Section 8.02 Limitation of Duties and Liability. The relationship of CVR to the
Services Recipients pursuant to this Agreement is as an independent contractor and nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed to impose on CVR, or on any of its Affiliates, or on any of their
respective successors and permitted assigns, or on their respective employees, officers, members,
managers, directors, agents and representatives, an express or implied fiduciary duty. CVR and its
Affiliates and their respective successors and permitted assigns, together with their respective
employees, officers, members, managers, directors, agents and representatives, shall not be liable
for, and the Services Recipients shall not take, or permit to be taken, any action against any of
such Persons to hold such Persons liable for, (a) any error of judgment or mistake of law or for
any liability or loss suffered by the Services Recipients in connection with the performance of any
Services under this Agreement, except for a liability or loss resulting from gross negligence,
willful misconduct, bad faith or reckless disregard in the performance of the Services, or (b) any
fraudulent or dishonest acts with respect to the Services Recipients. In no event, whether based
on contract, indemnity, warranty, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise, shall
CVR or its Affiliates, their respective successors and permitted assigns, or their respective
employees, officers, members, managers, directors, agents and representatives, be liable for loss
of profits or revenue or special, incidental, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

     Section 8.03 Reliance. CVR and its Affiliates and their respective successors and
permitted assigns, together with their respective employees, officers, members, managers,
directors, agents and representatives, may take and may act and rely upon:

     (a) the opinion or advice of legal counsel, which may be in-house counsel to the
Services Recipients or to CVR or its Affiliates, any U.S.-based law firm, or other

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legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Boards of Directors of the Services
Recipients, in relation to the interpretation of this Agreement or any other document
(whether statutory or otherwise) or generally in connection with the Services Recipients;

     (b) advice, opinions, statements or information from bankers, accountants, auditors,
valuation consultants and other consulted Persons who are in each case believed by the
relying Person in good faith to be expert in relation to the matters upon which they are
consulted; or

     (c) any other document provided in connection with the Services Recipients upon which
it is reasonable for the applicable Person to rely.

A Person shall not be liable for anything done, suffered or omitted by it in good faith in reliance
upon such opinion, advice, statement, information or document.

     Section 8.04 Services to Others. While CVR is providing the Services under this
Agreement, CVR shall also be permitted to provide services, including services similar to the
Services covered hereby, to others, including Affiliates of CVR.

     Section 8.05 Transactions With Affiliates. CVR may recommend to the Services
Recipients, and may engage in, transactions with any of CVR’s Affiliates; provided, that any such
transactions shall be subject to the authorization and approval of the Services Recipients’ Boards
of Directors, as applicable.

     Section 8.06 Sharing of Information. CVR, and its Affiliates and other agents or
representatives, shall be permitted to share Services Recipients’ information with its Affiliates
and other Persons as reasonably necessary to perform the Services, subject to appropriate and
reasonable confidentiality arrangements.

     Section 8.07 Disclosure of Remuneration. CVR shall disclose the amount of
remuneration of the Chief Financial Officer and any other officer or employee shared with or
seconded to the Services Recipients, including the Chief Executive Officer, to the Boards of
Directors of the Services Recipients to the extent required for the Services Recipients to comply
with the requirements of applicable law, including applicable Federal securities laws.

     Section 8.08 Additional Seconded Personnel or Shared Personnel. CVR and the Services
Recipients’ Boards of Directors may agree from time to time that CVR shall provide additional
Seconded Personnel or Shared Personnel, upon such terms as CVR and the Services Recipients’ Board
of Directors may mutually agree. Any such individuals shall have such titles and fulfill such
functions as CVR and the Services Recipients may mutually agree but subject to compliance with the
agreement of limited partnership of MLP.

     Section 8.09 Plant Personnel. Personnel performing the actual day-to-day business and
operations of Fertilizer at the plant level will be employed by Fertilizer and Fertilizer will bear
all Personnel Costs or other costs relating to such personnel.

     Section 8.10 Election. The Services Recipients shall cause the election of any
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of the Services Recipients. The Services Recipients’ Board of Directors, after due
consultation with CVR, may at any time request that CVR replace any Seconded Personnel and CVR
shall, as promptly as practicable, replace any individual with respect to whom such Board of
Directors shall have made its request, subject to the requirements for the election of officers
under the organizational documents of the Services Recipients but subject to compliance with the
agreement of limited partnership of MLP.

ARTICLE IX

DISPUTES

     Section 9.01 Resolution of Disputes. The Parties shall in good faith attempt to
resolve promptly and amicably any dispute between the Parties arising out of or relating to this
Agreement (each a “Dispute”) pursuant to this Article IX. The Parties shall first submit
the Dispute to the CVR Representative and the GP/MLP Representative, who shall then meet within
fifteen (15) days to resolve the Dispute. If the Dispute has not been resolved within forty-five
(45) days after the submission of the Dispute to the CVR Representative and the GP/MLP
Representative, the Dispute shall be submitted to a mutually agreed non-binding mediation. The
costs and expenses of the mediator shall be borne equally by the Parties, and the Parties shall pay
their own respective attorneys’ fees and other costs. If the Dispute is not resolved by mediation
within ninety (90) days after the Dispute is first submitted to the CVR Representative and the
GP/MLP Representative as provided above, then the Parties may exercise all available remedies.

     Section 9.02 Multi-Party Disputes. The Parties acknowledge that they or their
respective affiliates contemplate entering or have entered into various additional agreements with
third parties that relate to the subject matter of this Agreement and that, as a consequence,
Disputes may arise hereunder that involve such third parties (each a “Multi-Party
Dispute”). Accordingly, the Parties agree, with the consent of such third parties, that any
such Multi-Party Dispute, to the extent feasible, shall be resolved by and among all the interested
parties consistent with the provisions of this Article IX.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

     Section 10.01 Notices. Except as expressly set forth to the contrary in this
Agreement, all notices, requests or consents provided for or permitted to be given under this
Agreement must be in writing and must be delivered to the recipient in person, by courier or mail
or by facsimile, telegram, telex, cablegram or similar transmission; and a notice, request or
consent given under this Agreement is effective on receipt by the Party to receive it; provided,
however, that a facsimile or other electronic transmission that is transmitted after the normal
business hours of the recipient shall be deemed effective on the next business day. All notices,
requests and consents to be sent to MLP must be sent to Managing GP. All notices, requests and
consents (including copies thereof) to be sent to Managing GP must be sent to or made at the
address given below for Managing GP.

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	     If to Managing GP or MLP:

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	     If to CVR or Special GP:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

     Section 10.02 Effect of Waiver or Consent. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, a waiver or consent, express or implied, to or of any breach or default by any Party in
the performance by that Party of its obligations under this Agreement is not a consent or waiver to
or of any other breach or default in the performance by that Party of the same or any other
obligations of that Party under this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
failure on the part of a Party to complain of any act of another Party or to declare another Party
in default under this Agreement, irrespective of how long that failure continues, does not
constitute a waiver by that Party of its rights with respect to that default until the applicable
statute-of-limitations period has run.

     Section 10.03 Headings; References; Interpretation. All Article and Section headings
in this Agreement are for convenience only and will not be deemed to control or affect the meaning
or construction of any of the provisions hereof. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and
words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, will refer to this Agreement as a whole, and
not to any particular provision of this Agreement. All references herein to Articles and Sections
will, unless the context requires a different construction, be deemed to be references to the
Articles and Sections of this Agreement, respectively. All personal pronouns used in this
Agreement, whether used in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, will include all other
genders, and the singular will include the plural and vice versa. The terms “include,” “includes,”
“including” or words of like import will be deemed to be followed by the words “without
limitation.”

     Section 10.04 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

     Section 10.05 No Third Party Rights. The provisions of this Agreement are intended to
bind the parties signatory hereto 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 10.06 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, all of which together will constitute one agreement binding on the Parties.

     Section 10.07 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT IS GOVERNED BY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS.

     Section 10.08 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. Subject to the
provisions of Article IX, each of the Parties hereby irrevocably acknowledges and consents
that any legal action or proceeding brought with respect to any of the obligations arising under or
relating to

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this Agreement may be brought in the courts of the State of Kansas, or in the United States
District Court for the District of Kansas and each of the Parties hereby irrevocably submits to and
accepts with regard to any such action or proceeding, for itself and in respect of its property,
generally and unconditionally, the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. Each Party
hereby further irrevocably waives any claim that any such courts lack jurisdiction over such Party,
and agrees not to plead or claim, in any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement
or the transactions contemplated hereby brought in any of the aforesaid courts, that any such court
lacks jurisdiction over such Party. Each Party irrevocably consents to the service of process in
any such action or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid, to such party, at its address for notices set forth in this Agreement, such
service to become effective ten (10) days after such mailing. Each Party hereby irrevocably waives
any objection to such service of process and further irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or
claim in any action or proceeding commenced hereunder or under any other documents contemplated
hereby that service of process was in any way invalid or ineffective. The foregoing shall not limit
the rights of any Party to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. The
foregoing consents to jurisdiction shall not constitute general consents to service of process in
the State of Kansas for any purpose except as provided above and shall not be deemed to confer
rights on any Person other than the respective Parties. Each of the Parties hereby waives any
right it may have under the laws of any jurisdiction to commence by publication any legal action or
proceeding with respect this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of
the Parties hereby irrevocably waives the objection which it may now or hereafter have to the
laying of the venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement
in any of the courts referred to in this Section 10.08 and hereby further irrevocably waives and
agrees not to plead or claim that any such court is not a convenient forum for any such suit,
action or proceeding. The Parties agree that any judgment obtained by any Party or its successors
or assigns in any action, suit or proceeding referred to above may, in the discretion of such Party
(or its successors or assigns), be enforced in any jurisdiction, to the extent permitted by
applicable law. The Parties agree that the remedy at law for any breach of this Agreement may be
inadequate and that should any dispute arise concerning any matter hereunder, this Agreement shall
be enforceable in a court of equity by an injunction or a decree of specific performance. Such
remedies shall, however, be cumulative and nonexclusive, and shall be in addition to any other
remedies which the Parties may have. Each Party hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any litigation as between
the Parties directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby or disputes relating hereto. Each Party (i) certifies that no
representative, agent or attorney of any other Party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that
such other Party would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and
(ii) acknowledges that it and the other Parties have been induced to enter into this Agreement by,
among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section 10.08.

     Section 10.09 Remedies to Prevailing Party. If any action at law or equity is
necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be
entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs, and necessary disbursements in addition to any other
relief to which such party may be entitled.

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     Section 10.10 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application
thereof to any Person or any circumstance is held invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the
remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances
shall not be affected thereby and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law.

     Section 10.11 Amendment or Modification. This Agreement may be amended or modified
from time to time only by the written agreement of all the Parties.

     Section 10.12 Integration. This Agreement and the exhibit referenced herein supersede
all previous understandings or agreements among the Parties, whether oral or written, with respect
to its subject matter. This Agreement and such exhibit contain the entire understanding of the
Parties with respect to its subject matter. In the case of any actual conflict or inconsistency
between the terms of this Agreement and the agreement of limited partnership of MLP, the terms of
the agreement of limited partnership of MLP shall control. No understanding, representation,
promise or agreement, whether oral or written, is intended to be or will 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 10.13 Further Assurances. In connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, each Party shall execute and deliver any additional documents and
instruments and perform any additional acts that may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to
effectuate and perform the provisions of this Agreement and those transactions.

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

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	  	CVR PARTNERS, LP

 	 
	  	By:  	CVR GP, LLC

its Managing General Partner

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CVR GP, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CVR SPECIAL GP, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CVR ENERGY, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Service Agreement

Signature Page

 

 

Exhibit 1

The Services shall include the following:

	•	 	services in capacities equivalent to the capacities of corporate executive officers,
except that the persons serving in such capacities shall serve in such capacities as
Shared Personnel on a shared, part-time basis only, unless and to the extent otherwise
agreed by CVR;
	 
	•	 	safety and environmental advice;
	 
	•	 	administrative and professional services, including legal, accounting, human
resources, insurance, tax, credit, finance, government affairs, and regulatory affairs;
	 
	•	 	manage the Services Recipients’ day-to-day business and operations, including
managing its liquidity and capital resources and compliance with applicable law;
	 
	•	 	establishing and maintaining books and records of the Services Recipients in
accordance with customary practice and GAAP;
	 
	•	 	recommend to the Services Recipients’ Board of Directors (x) capital raising
activities, including the issuance of debt or equity securities of the Services
Recipients, the entry into credit facilities or other credit arrangements, structured
financings or other capital market transactions, (y) changes or other modifications in
the capital structure of the Services Recipients, including repurchases;
	 
	•	 	recommend to the Services Recipients’ Board of Directors the engagement of or, if
approval is not otherwise required hereunder, engage agents, consultants or other third
party service providers to the Services Recipients, including accountants, lawyers or
experts, in each case, as may be necessary by the Services Recipients from time to
time;
	 
	•	 	manage the Services Recipients’ property and assets in the ordinary course of
business;
	 
	•	 	manage or oversee litigation, administrative or regulatory proceedings,
investigations or any other reviews of the Services Recipients’ business or operations
that may arise in the ordinary course of business or otherwise, subject to the approval
of the Services Recipients’ Board of Directors to the extent necessary in connection
with the settlement, compromise, consent to the entry of an order or judgment or other
agreement resolving any of the foregoing;
	 
	•	 	establish and maintain appropriate insurance policies with respect to the Services
Recipients’ business and operations;

 

 

	•	 	recommend to the Services Recipients’ Board of Directors the payment of dividends or
other distributions on the equity interests of the Services Recipients;
	 
	•	 	attend to the timely calculation and payment of taxes payable, and the filing of all
taxes return due, by the Services Recipients; and
	 
	•	 	manage or provide advice or recommendations for other projects of the Services
Recipients, as may be agreed to between Managing GP and CVR from time to time.

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