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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 the Company’s accounting principles and such other matters as are required to be discussed with the Committee under generally accepted auditing standards. In addition, the Committee has discussed with Marcum LLP the matters required to be discussed by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The Audit Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from Marcum LLP required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding Marcum LLP’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and has discussed with Marcum LLP their independence. The Audit Committee also considered the compatibility of non-audit services with Marcum LLP’s independence.

The Audit Committee discussed with Marcum LLP the overall scope and plans for their audit. The Audit Committee regularly meets with Marcum LLP, with and without management present, to discuss the results of their examination, the Company’s internal controls, and the overall quality of the Company’s financial reporting.

In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that the audited financial statements be included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for filing with the SEC.

Submitted by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors

Cary Grossman, Chair of the Committee

Robert Flatley

Wesley Williams

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PROPOSAL NO. 3 ADVISORY VOTE ON THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS</div>

### Overview
This stockholder advisory vote, commonly known as “Say-on-Pay,” is required pursuant to Section 14A of the Exchange Act and gives our stockholders the opportunity to approve or not approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to our named executive officers for our 2024 fiscal year.

The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR the following resolution:

“Resolved, that the stockholders of Cipher Mining Inc. hereby approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in this proxy statement, including in the Executive and Director Compensation section, compensation tables and narrative disclosures.”

We encourage our stockholders to review the “Executive Compensation” section and the Summary Compensation Table and related compensation tables and narrative disclosure set forth in this Proxy Statement for more information. As described therein, we seek to closely align the interests of our named executive officers with the interests of our stockholders. Our compensation programs are designed to enable us to retain key management whose skill sets are uniquely tailored to our