** Shares of CVR Energy rise 3% to $17.04 premarket
** Carl Icahn's investment company Icahn Enterprises
proposes to acquire additional shares of CVI common stock in a tender offer
** The Wall Street Journal first reported the news on Thursday
** IEP offers to acquire 15 million additional shares at purchase price of $17.50 per share; ~6% premium to stock's last close
** IEP currently owns 66.3% of CVI's outstanding shares and if offer were to be fully or over-subscribed, IEP would own 81.3% of CVI's outstanding shares
** As of last close, CVI stock was down 45% YTD
(Reporting by Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru)
((Srivastava.Vallari@thomsonreuters.com;))
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