Company: TMCWW
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-032724
Chunk: 57

Company: TMC the metals Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 57
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| Brendan May             | ​ | ​ | ​                                                       | ​ |       ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                                       | ​ | 153,295(3) | ​ | ​ |

(1) Consists of STIP options granted under the DeepGreen Plan which are fully vested, and have an exercise price ranging from $0.52 to $2.60 and expiration date between January 27, 2026 to June 30, 2028 and LTIP options granted under the DeepGreen Plan which vest as follows, subject to continued service through each vesting threshold: (i) 25% if our market capitalization equals or exceeds $3.0 billion; (ii) 35% if our market capitalization equals or exceeds $6.0 billion; (iii) 20% if the International Seabed Authority grants us an exploitation contract; and (iv) 20% upon the commencement of the first commercial production following the grant of the exploitation contract. LTIP options have an exercise period of $0.65 and expiration date of June 1, 2028. (2) Consists of RSUs for Initial Grants, which vests in thirds on each anniversary of the grant date, and RSUs for Annual Grants which vest on the date of TMC’s annual general meeting following the grant date. (3) Does not include 17,241 RSUs granted to Mr. May pursuant to his previous consulting agreement with us that vested on March 1, 2025. See “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions — Robertsbridge and Brendan May Consulting Agreements” below.

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EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION The following table provides certain aggregate information with respect to all of our equity compensation plans in effect as of December 31, 2024.

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 Number of securitiesto be issued upon exerciseof outstanding options,warrants and rights |   |               |   | ​ 
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 Weighted-averageexercise price ofoutstanding options,warrants and rights |   |         |   | ​ 
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 Number of securitiesremaining available forfuture issuance underequity compensationplans (excluding securitiesreflected in column (a)) |   |               |   | ​ 
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