Company: CIFRW
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001819989-25-000027
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Company: Cipher Mining Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form: DEF 14A
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Annual Meeting”). The Notice of Annual Meeting and this Proxy Statement are first being distributed or made available, as the case may be, on or about April 21, 2025.

### GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTING

#### When and where will the Annual Meeting be held?
The Annual Meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 8:00 a.m., Eastern Time. The Annual Meeting will be a completely virtual meeting, which will be conducted via live webcast. You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting online and submit your questions during the meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CIFR2025 and entering your 16-digit control number included in your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, on your proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials. If you lose your 16-digit control number, you may join the Annual Meeting as a “Guest” but you will not be able to vote, ask questions or access the list of stockholders as of the close of business on April 8, 2025 (the “Record Date”).

#### What are the purposes of the Annual Meeting?
The purpose of the Annual Meeting is to vote on the following items described in this Proxy Statement:

• Proposal No. 1: Election of the director nominees listed in this Proxy Statement.

• Proposal No. 2: Ratification of the appointment of CBIZ CPAs P.C. as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2025.

• Proposal No. 3: Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers;

• Proposal No. 4: Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory resolutions to approve the compensation of our named executive officers.

Are there any matters to be voted on at the Annual Meeting that are not included in this Proxy Statement?

At the date of this Proxy Statement, we did not know of any matters to be properly presented at the Annual Meeting other than those referred to in this Proxy Statement. If other matters are properly presented at the meeting or any adjournment, continuation or postponement thereof for consideration, and you are a stockholder of record and have submitted a proxy card, the persons named as proxies on your proxy card will have the discretion to vote on those matters for you.

What does it mean if I receive more than one Notice and Access Card or more than one set of proxy materials?

It means that your shares are held