Company: TMCWW
Filing Date: 2025-07-08
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-066460
Chunk: 12

Company: TMC the metals Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-08
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 12
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 may be sending you, a single set of our proxy materials if multiple of the Company’s shareholders live in your household. This practice, which has been approved by the SEC, is called “householding.” Once you receive notice from your broker or other nominee record holder that it will be “householding” our proxy materials, the practice will continue until you are otherwise notified or until you notify them that you no longer want to participate in the practice. Shareholders who participate in householding will continue to have access to and utilize separate proxy voting instructions.

We will promptly deliver a separate copy of our Notice or if applicable, our proxy materials to you if you write to our corporate secretary at: 1111 West Hastings Street, 15 th Floor, Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 2J3. If you want to receive your own set of our proxy materials in the future or, if you share an address with another shareholder and together both of you would like to receive only a single set of proxy materials, you should contact your broker or other nominee record holder directly or you may contact us at the above address and phone number.

**Electronic Delivery of Company Shareholder Communications**

Most shareholders can elect to view or receive copies of future proxy materials over the Internet instead of receiving paper copies in the mail.

You can choose this option and save us the cost of producing and mailing these documents by:

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following the instructions provided on your Notice or proxy card;

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following the instructions provided when you vote over the Internet; or

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going to https://www.cstproxy.com/metals/sm2025 and following the instructions provided.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT The following table sets forth information known to the Company regarding the beneficial ownership of the Common shares as of June 30, 2025 by: • each person known to the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of outstanding common shares; • each of the Company’s named executive officers and directors; and • all of the Company’s executive officers and directors as a group. Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if he, she or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including options and warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days. Common shares issuable upon exercise of options and warrants currently exercisable within 60 days