Board size reduction
Company: Cipher Mining
What the later record shows
Delivered on time · happened June 2, 2026
The reduction was set to take effect at the Annual Meeting, which was held on June 2, 2026, and Evans was not re-elected. No passage explicitly confirms the seven-member board size.
“On June 2, 2026, the Company held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders”
2026-06-07 · Cipher Mining 8-K filed 2026-06-08 View cached copy (2026-08-30)Live source ↗
“the Company’s stockholders elected the persons listed below as directors for a term of office expiring on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders in 2029”
2026-06-07 · Cipher Mining 8-K filed 2026-06-08 View cached copy (2026-08-30)Live source ↗
Checked October 10, 2026 against filings, releases and reporting published after the claim was made. Quotes are verbatim from the linked documents.
The claim, verbatim
Board size will be reduced from eight to seven members effective at the Annual Meeting
Source (primary)
Cipher Mining DEF 14A filed 2026-04-20 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
View cached copy (2026-08-31)Live source ↗
Quote: “We currently have eight directors serving on the Board. ... The size of the Board will be reduced to seven members effective immediately at the Annual Meeting.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The proxy statement says the company currently has eight directors and that the Board will shrink to seven members effective immediately at the Annual Meeting; both sentences appear in the document, separated by intervening text.
Confirmed in the source:
- Cipher Digital currently has eight directors serving on the Board
- The size of the Board will be reduced to seven members
- The reduction takes effect immediately at the Annual Meeting
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819989/000181998926000016/cifr-20260420.htm) in full (194,511 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Cipher Mining DEF 14A filed 2026-04-20
Quote: “We currently have eight directors serving on the Board. ... The size of the Board will be reduced to seven members effective immediately at the Annual Meeting.”
confirms Cipher Mining 8-K filed 2026-06-08
Quote: “On June 2, 2026, the Company held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders”