Company: CIFRW
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form Type: S-3ASR
Source: 0001193125-25-044253
Chunk: 25

Company: Cipher Mining Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form: S-3ASR
Chunk 25
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 may include liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

As permitted by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation contains provisions that eliminate the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for any
breach of fiduciary duties as a director, except liability for the following (i) any breach of a director’s duty of loyalty to Cipher or its stockholders; (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law; (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL (regarding unlawful dividends and stock purchases); or (iv) any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. As permitted by the DGCL, the
Bylaws provide that: (i) Cipher is required to indemnify its directors and executive officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, subject to very limited exceptions; (ii) Cipher may indemnify its other employees and agents as set
forth in the DGCL; (iii) Cipher is required to advance expenses, as incurred, to its directors and executive officers in connection with a legal proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, subject to very limited exceptions; and
(iv) the rights conferred in the Bylaws are not exclusive.

We entered into indemnification agreements with each director and executive officer to
provide these individuals additional contractual assurances regarding the scope of the indemnification set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and to provide additional procedural protections. There is no pending litigation or
proceeding involving a director or executive officer of Cipher for which indemnification is sought. The indemnification provisions in the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, and the indemnification agreements entered into or to be entered into
between us and each of our directors and executive officers may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of our directors and executive officers for liabilities arising under the Securities Act. We currently carry liability insurance for our
directors and officers.

We also have directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for securities matters.

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| Item 16. | Exhibits |

| Exhibit 
 Number  
 3.1*    
 3.2*    |     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                               
 Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cipher Mining Inc. (filed as Exhibit                                                                                                          
 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on August 31, 2021, and incorporated herein by this reference).