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 74
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 otherwise, the Articles and all such other documents and instruments and to do all such other acts and things as in his or her opinion may be necessary or desirable to give full effect to the above resolutions.

A copy of our current Articles prior to the proposed amendment of the Articles set forth in the foregoing resolutions is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended

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**December 31, 2024, as filed with the SEC and available at www.sec.gov, or in the “Investors — SEC Filings” section of our website at https://metals.co.

The proposed amendment to our Articles set forth in the foregoing resolutions is subject to the approval of a majority of the votes cast by shareholders voting shares that carry the right to vote at the Annual Meeting.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THIS PROPOSAL TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF THE COMPANY.**

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### CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS
We have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to all of our directors, officers and employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, which is available on our website at www.metals.co under Investors — Governance — Corporate Governance Overview — Governance Documents. Our code of business conduct is a “code of ethics,” as defined in Item 406(b) of Regulation S-K.

We will make any legally required disclosures regarding amendments to, or waivers of, provisions of our code of ethics in a Current Report on Form 8-K within four business days following the date of the amendment or waiver, unless website posting or the issuance of a press release of such amendment or waiver is then permitted by Nasdaq rules.

#### DELINQUENT SECTION 16(a) REPORTS
Pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, executive officers, directors, and holders of more than 10% of our common shares are required to file reports of their transactions our equity securities with the SEC. Based solely on a review of the copies of such reports received by us, or written representations from certain reporting persons, we believe that all filings required to be made by its reporting persons complied with all applicable Section 16 filing requirements during the year ended December 31, 2024, with the exception of