Company: CIFRW
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001819989-25-000027
Chunk: 10

Company: Cipher Mining Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 10
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 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 2, 2025;

• submitting a properly signed proxy card with a later date that is received no later than June 2, 2025; or

• attending and voting at the Annual Meeting, which will revoke your prior proxy.

If your shares are held in street name, you may change or revoke your voting instructions by following the specific directions provided to you by contacting your bank or broker, or you may vote electronically during the Annual Meeting by obtaining your 16-digit control number from your bank or broker or otherwise voting through your bank or broker.

Your most recent proxy card or telephone or Internet proxy is the one that is counted. Your attendance at the Annual Meeting by itself will not revoke your proxy unless you give written notice of revocation to the Company before your proxy is voted or you vote online at the Annual Meeting.

Who will pay for the cost of this proxy solicitation?

We will pay the cost of soliciting proxies. Proxies may be solicited on our behalf by directors, officers or employees (for no additional compensation) in person or by telephone, electronic transmission and facsimile transmission. Brokers and other nominees will be requested to solicit proxies or authorizations from beneficial owners and will be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses.

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#### PROPOSAL NO. 1 ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

#### Board Size and Structure
Our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as currently in effect (“Certificate of Incorporation”) provides that the number of directors shall be established from time to time by our Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors has fixed the number of directors at eight, and we currently have eight directors serving on the Board. Mr. Robert Dykes is not standing for re-election at the Annual Meeting and his term as a director will end at the Annual Meeting. The Board expresses appreciation to Mr. Dykes for his years of service to the Board. The Board has also authorized the size of the Board to be reduced to seven members effective immediately at the Annual Meeting. Proxies cannot be voted for a greater number of persons than the number of nominees named in this proposal.

Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Board be divided into three classes, designated as Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class of directors must stand for re-election no later than the third annual meeting of stockholders subsequent to their initial appointment or election to the Board, provided that the term of each director will continue until the election and qualification