Dec 6 (Reuters) - Billionaire activist Carl Icahn's investment firm Icahn Enterprises unveiled a slightly sweetened public bid on Friday to boost its stake in refiner CVR Energy to 84%.
CVR Energy shares rose nearly 4% in early morning trade.
Icahn Enterprises, which currently owns 66.3% of CVR shares, said it has commenced a cash tender offer to buy roughly 17.8 million additional shares in the refining firm at $18.25 per share.
The purchase price represents a slight discount to CVR's last close but is more than the offer Icahn Enterprises made last month to buy 15 million additional shares in the Texas-based refiner for $17.50 to increase its stake to 81.3%.
CVR Energy did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The mildly enhanced offer comes at a time when refining margins have slumped, driven by sluggish demand and an expansion in global refining capacity.
CVR Energy operates a 115,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Coffeyville refinery in Kansas and a 75,000-bpd Wynnewood facility in Oklahoma.
(Reporting by Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru; Editing by Vijay Kishore)
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