Company: TMCWW
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-032724
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Company: TMC the metals Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 11
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 vote? If your shares are registered in your name or if you have stock certificates, they will not be counted if you do not vote as described above under “How do I vote?” If your shares are held in street name and you do not provide voting instructions to the bank, broker or other nominee that holds your shares as described above, the bank, broker or other nominee that holds your shares has the authority to vote your unvoted shares to set the number of directors at eight (Proposal No. 1 of this proxy statement), on the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm (Proposal No. 3 of this proxy statement) and on the approval of the Amendment to our Articles (Proposal No. 4 of this proxy statement) without receiving instructions from you. Therefore, we encourage you to provide voting instructions to your bank, broker or other nominee. This ensures your shares will be voted at the Annual Meeting and in the manner you desire. A “broker non-vote” will occur if your broker cannot vote your shares on a particular matter because it has not received instructions from you and does not have discretionary voting authority on that matter or because your broker chooses not to vote on a matter for which it does have discretionary voting authority. What vote is required to approve each proposal and how are votes counted?

| ​ | Proposal No. 1:   Set Number of Directors at Eight | ​ | ​ | The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares cast for this proposal is required to set the number of directors at eight.You may either vote FOR, AGAINST or ABSTAIN on this proposal. Abstentions, if any, will have no effect on the results of this vote. Brokerage firms have authority to vote customers’ unvoted shares held by the firms in street name on this proposal. If a broker does not exercise this authority, such broker non-votes will have no effect on the results of this vote.                                                                                                                                                                               | ​ |
| ​ | Proposal No. 2:   Elect Directors                  | ​ | ​ | The nominees for director who receive the most votes (also known as a “plurality” of the votes cast) will be elected. You may vote either FOR all of the nominees, WITHHOLD your vote from all of the nominees or WITHHOLD your vote from any one or more of the nominees. Votes that are withheld will not be included in the vote tally for the election of the directors. Brokerage firms do not have authority to vote customers’ unvoted shares held