Company: TMCWW
Filing Date: 2025-07-18
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-068870
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Company: TMC the metals Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-18
Form: DEF 14A
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 Meeting and Voting ” beginning on page 3 of the accompanying proxy statement. PURPOSES: We will act on the following proposals: 1. To approve an amendment to our 2021 Incentive Equity Plan to increase the share pool for equity incentive grants under the plan; and 2. To transact such other business that is properly presented at the Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof. WHO MAY VOTE: You may vote if you were the record owner of TMC the metals company Inc. common shares at the close of business on July 9, 2025. All shareholders are cordially invited to attend the Meeting. Whether you plan to attend the Meeting or not, in order to ensure the presence of a quorum, we urge you to vote and submit your proxy by the Internet or mail by following the instructions in the “Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials” that you previously received. You may change or revoke your proxy at any time before it is voted at the Meeting. If you participate in and vote your shares at the Meeting, your proxy will not be used. You will be provided instructions and prompted to vote during the Meeting. Shareholders may submit questions for the Meeting after logging in. If you wish to submit a question, you may do so by logging into the virtual Meeting platform at https://www.cstproxy.com/metals/sm2025 , typing your question into the “Ask a Question” field, and clicking “Submit.” Please submit any questions before the start time of the Meeting. In addition, we have made available a separate conference line to allow attendees to communicate with each other during the Meeting. Attendees who wish to utilize this facility may do so by dialing the attendee conference line number shown on the right-hand side of the Meeting website under the heading “Attendee conference line.” Please note, however, that the attendee conference line is to allow attendees to communicate with each other during the Meeting only and cannot be used to listen to the Meeting or for asking questions to the Company. A complete copy of the 2021 Incentive Equity Plan, as it is proposed to be amended, is attached as Appendix A to the proxy statement and is available for inspection by shareholders at our registered and records office during statutory business hours until the date of the Meeting at: 1111 West Hastings Street, 15th Floor, Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 2J3. BY ORDER OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gerard Barron
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

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