Company: TMCWW
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: 8-K12B
Source: 0001104659-25-084948
Chunk: 2

Company: TMC the metals Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: 8-K12B
Chunk 2
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 to vote as of the record date of July 9, 2025, a quorum of more than two shareholders representing 164,666,977
shares, or approximately 41% of the shares eligible to vote at the Special Meeting, was present or represented by proxy at the Special
Meeting. The matter before the Special Meeting set forth below is described in detail in the Proxy Statement.

Approval of an ordinary resolution
approving an amendment to our 2021 Incentive Equity Plan (the “Plan”) to increase the share pool for equity incentive grants
under the Plan.

| Votes For  | Votes Against | Votes Abstained |
| 98,258,296 |    10,830,644 |      55,578,037 |

| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |

(d) Exhibits.

| Exhibit No. | Description                                                                 |
| 10.1+       | TMC the metals company Inc. 2021 Incentive Equity Plan, as amended          |
| 104         | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

+ Denotes management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

<div align='center'>SIGNATURES</div>

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.

| Date: August 28, 2025 | TMC THE METALS COMPANY INC. 
 By:                         | /s/ Craig Shesky        |
|:----------------------|:----------------------------|:------------------------|
|                       | Name:                       | Craig Shesky            |
|                       | Title:                      | Chief Financial Officer |