Company: CIFRW
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001819989-25-000027
Chunk: 23

Company: Cipher Mining Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 23
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Because your vote is advisory, it will not be binding upon the Company, the Board or the Compensation Committee. However, we value the opinions of our stockholders, and the Compensation Committee will take into account the outcome of this vote when considering future compensation decisions.

#### Board Recommendation
The Board believes that the compensation of our named executive officers, as described in Executive and Director Compensation, compensation tables and narrative disclosures, is appropriate for the reasons discussed herein.

The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR the resolution to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers for fiscal year 2024.

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PROPOSAL NO. 4 ADVISORY VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF FUTURE ADVISORY RESOLUTIONS TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS</div>

### Overview
Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or the Dodd-Frank Act, this proposal, commonly known as a “say on frequency” proposal, enables our stockholders to vote, on an advisory or non-binding basis, on how frequently they would like to vote on future advisory resolutions to approve the compensation of our named executive officers. By voting on this proposal, stockholders may indicate whether they would prefer an advisory vote on named executive officer compensation every one, two or three years. Alternatively, stockholders may abstain from voting on this proposal. SEC rules require that stockholders must be given the opportunity to vote on their preference as to how frequently we should seek future non-binding, advisory votes to approve the compensation of our named executive officers no less frequently than every six years.

The Board has determined that holding an advisory say-on-pay vote on compensation of our named executive officers every year is the most appropriate alternative for us, and therefore the Board recommends that you vote for a one-year interval for future advisory say-on-pay votes.

We ask our stockholders to vote for, on a non-binding, advisory basis, a one-year interval for future advisory resolutions to approve the compensation of our named executive officers. Although this vote will not be binding on Cipher or the Board, the Board will take into account the outcome of this vote in making a determination on the frequency at which we will include future advisory resolutions to approve the compensation of our named executive officers in future proxy statements.

Stockholders are not voting to approve or disapprove the Board’s recommendation. Rather, stockholders are being asked to express their preference