UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

CIPHER MINING INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 8, 2023, Cipher Mining Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the closing of the transactions contemplated by the previously announced Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “PSA”) with its wholly-owned subsidiary Cipher Black Pearl LLC and Trinity Mining Group, Inc. (“Trinity”), which was entered into on November 6, 2023. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

The information in Item 7.01 of this Report (including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly provided by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

The Company today announced the closing under its previously announced PSA. Pursuant to the terms of the PSA, the purchase price under the PSA is paid by delivery of an aggregate of 2,397,424 of the shares of the Company’s common stock.

The securities offered under the PSA were offered and sold by the Company pursuant to a “shelf” registration statement on Form S-3, which was declared effective on October 6, 2022 (the “Registration Statement”), including all information, documents and exhibits filed with or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, providing for the offering, issuance and sale by the Company from time to time of up to $500.0 million in aggregate of the Company’s common stock, preferred stock, warrants and units. A final prospectus supplement and an accompanying base prospectus relating to this offering have been filed with the SEC and are available on the SEC’s website located at http://www.sec.gov.

A copy of the legal opinion and consent of Latham & Watkins LLP relating to the offering is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.