SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
GROSSMAN CARY M

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O CIPHER MINING INC.
222 PURCHASE STREET, SUITE #290

(Street)
RYE NY 10580

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Cipher Mining Inc. [ CIFR ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/17/2021
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 11/17/2021 A 12,269 A $0.00 207,269 D
Common Stock 562,500 I See Footnote(1)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Held by GW Sponsor 2, LLC, an entity for which Mr. Grossman has voting and dispositive control.
Remarks:
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney.
/s/ Cary M. Grossman 11/19/2021
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

       With respect to holdings of and transactions in securities issued
by Cipher Mining Inc. (the "Company"), the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints the individuals named on Schedule A attached hereto and as may be
amended from time to time, or any of them signing singly, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to act as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

       1.    prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
             undersigned's behalf, and submit to the United States Securities
             and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments
             thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain
             and/or regenerate codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to
             make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section
             16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
             rule or regulation of the SEC;

       2.    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, Forms 3, 4, and 5
             in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
             1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

       3.    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
             the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
             execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any
             amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the
             SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

       4.    take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
             the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may
             be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by,
             the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by
             such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
             Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
             terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
             attorney-in-fact's discretion.

       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorneys-in-fact substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of
Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

       The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 19th day of November, 2021.

                                  Signature:       /s/ Cary M. Grossman
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                                  Print Name:      Cary M. Grossman


                                   Schedule A
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Individuals Appointed as Attorney-in-Fact with Full Power of Substitution
and Resubstitution


1. Tyler Page
2. Edward Farrell
3. William Iwaschuk