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Let \(M\) be a contact manifold with contact form \(\eta\) and characteristic vector field \(\xi\). A Riemannian metric \(g\) is an associated metric if there exists a field of endomorphisms \(\phi\) such that \(g(\xi,X)=\eta(X)\), \(\phi^2=-\text{id}+\eta\otimes\xi\) and \(d\eta(X,Y)=g(X,\phi Y)\); \(M\) with these structure tensors is called a contact metric manifold. Two additional important tensor fields are the following: \(h=\frac{1}{2}{\mathcal L}_\xi\phi\) where \(\mathcal L\) denotes Lie differentiation and \(l=R(.,\xi)\xi\), \(R\) being the curvature tensor of \(g\). If \(\xi\) is a Killing vector field, the contact metric manifold is said to be K-contact and it is known that a contact metric manifold is K-contact if and only if \(h=0\). The author generalizes this fact by proving that if on a contact metric manifold \(h\) is a Codazzi tensor, then \(h=0\). The paper also proves that if \(l\) is parallel, then \(l=0\) (in the K-contact case \(lX=X\) for any vector \(X\) orthogonal to \(\xi\)). It is also shown that for a contact metric 3-manifold the condition that \(\text{div }h=0\) is equivalent to the condition that \(\xi\) is an eigenvector of the Ricci curvature operator.