Company: CIFRW
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001819989-25-000027
Chunk: 17

Company: Cipher Mining Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 17
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Nasdaq: INXI) from 2004 until 2011. Mr. Grossman is a Certified Public Accountant and earned a B.B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Texas. We believe that Mr. Grossman is well qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his extensive corporate finance and management experience and his overall public company experience.

#### Board Recommendation
The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR the election of each of Robert Flatley and Caitlin Long as a Class I director to hold office until the 2028 Annual Meeting and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.

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PROPOSAL NO. 2 RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT</div>

### REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Audit Committee appoints our independent registered public accounting firm. In this regard, the Audit Committee evaluates the qualifications, performance and independence of our independent registered public accounting firm and determines whether to re-engage our current firm. As part of its evaluation, the Audit Committee considers, among other factors, the quality and efficiency of the services provided by the firm, including the performance, technical expertise, industry knowledge and experience of the lead audit partner and the audit team assigned to our account; the overall strength and reputation of the firm; the firm’s global capabilities relative to our business; and the firm’s knowledge of our operations.

In deciding to appoint CBIZ CPAs P.C. ("CBIZ"), the Audit Committee reviewed auditor independence issues and existing commercial relationships with CBIZ and concluded that neither CBIZ nor any of its members has any direct or indirect financial interest in or any connection with us in any capacity other than as our auditors and providing audit and permissible non-audit related services. Upon consideration of these and other factors, the Audit Committee has appointed CBIZ to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

Although ratification is not required by our amended and restated bylaws (“Bylaws”) or otherwise, the Board is submitting the selection of CBIZ to our stockholders for ratification because we value our stockholders’ views on the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and believe stockholder ratification is a good corporate governance practice. If our stockholders do not ratify the selection, the Board and the Audit Committee will take this fact into consideration in determining whether it is appropriate