Company: CIFRW
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001819989-25-000027
Chunk: 29

Company: Cipher Mining Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 29
---
 officers;

• reviewing and making recommendations to our board of directors regarding director compensation;

• reviewing and approving or making recommendations to our board of directors regarding our incentive award plan, including to make grants of cash-based and equity-based awards under the incentive award plan;

• appointing and overseeing any compensation consultants, legal counsel or other advisors;

• reviewing and discussing annually with management our “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” to the extent required; and

• preparing the annual Compensation Committee report required by SEC rules, to the extent required.

Our Compensation Committee currently consists of Robert Flatley, Holly Morrow Evans and Caitlin Long, with Mr. Flatley serving as chair. Our Board of Directors has determined that each member of our Compensation Committee qualifies as “independent” under Nasdaq’s additional standards applicable to compensation committee members and is a “non-employee director” as defined in Section 16b-3 of the Exchange Act.

Pursuant to the Compensation Committee’s charter, the Compensation Committee has the authority to retain or obtain the advice of compensation consultants, legal counsel and other advisors to assist in carrying out its responsibilities. Before selecting any such consultant, counsel or advisor, the Compensation Committee reviews and considers the independence of such consultant, counsel or advisor in accordance with applicable Nasdaq rules. We must provide appropriate funding for payment of reasonable compensation to any advisor retained by the Compensation Committee.

#### Compensation Consultants
As mentioned above, the Compensation Committee has the authority under its charter to retain outside consultants or advisors, as it deems necessary or advisable. In 2024, the Compensation Committee engaged each of Pay Governance LLC ("Pay Governance") and Semler Brossy Consulting Group, LLC ("Semler Brossy") as a consultant and advisor to provide information on competitive market pay practices for senior executives, as described in further detail under “ Executive and Director Compensation, Equity Awards – Elements of Our Executive Compensation Program. ” Neither Pay Governance nor Semler Brossy maintained any other direct or indirect business relationships with the Company or any of its affiliates. The Compensation Committee reviewed the independence of Pay Governance and Semler Brossy, including the factors required by Nasdaq and the SEC, and determined that the services provided by Pay Governance and Semler Brossy did not raise any conflicts of interest.

<div align='center'>19</div>

#### Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for, among other things:

• identifying individuals qualified to become members of our Board and ensure the Board has the requisite expertise and