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
Chunk 24
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 regarding the frequency of future advisory votes to approve executive compensation. The frequency that receives the required vote at the Annual Meeting will be the frequency recommended by stockholders. If no frequency receives the required vote, then we will consider the option of ONE YEAR, TWO YEARS, or THREE YEARS that receives the highest number of votes cast to be the frequency recommended by stockholders.

#### Board Recommendation
The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote to hold future advisory votes to approve the compensation of our named executive officers every “ONE YEAR.”

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### EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The table below identifies and sets forth certain biographical and other information regarding our executive officers as of the date of this filing. There are no family relationships among any of our executive officers or directors.

| Executive Officer |     | Age |     | Position                                                  |     |     In Current 
 Position Since |
| Tyler Page        |     |  49 |     | Chief Executive Officer and Director                      |     |           2021 |
| Edward Farrell    |     |  64 |     | Chief Financial Officer                                   |     |           2021 |
| Patrick Kelly     |     |  46 |     | Co-President and Chief Operating Officer                  |     |           2021 |
| William Iwaschuk  |     |  49 |     | Co-President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary |     |           2021 |

See page 9 of this Proxy Statement for the biography of Tyler Page.

Edward Farrell has served as Cipher’s Chief Financial Officer since August 2021. Prior to Cipher, from 2003 to 2018, Mr. Farrell held several senior positions at AllianceBernstein, L.P., including Controller, Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Farrell brings more than 35 years of financial administration and leadership experience in the financial services industry, including his prior positions at Nomura Securities International and Salomon Brothers. Mr. Farrell started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Farrell currently serves on the board of directors Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. where he is a member to both their Audit and Compensation Committees. He received his B.B.A. in Business Administration from St. Bonaventure University.

Patrick Kelly has served as Cipher’s Chief Operating Officer since August 2021, and as Co-President since March 2023. Prior to Cipher, from 2012 to 2019, Mr. Kelly served as Chief Operating Officer at Stone