Company: TMCWW
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001104659-25-028835
Chunk: 1

Company: TMC the metals Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: S-8
Chunk 1
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 standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.¨

<div align='center'>EXPLANATORY NOTE</div>

This Registration Statement
registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which the registration statements filed on Form S-8 (SEC File
Nos. 333-261221, 333-265319, 333-270875 and 333-278222) of TMC the metals company Inc. (the “Registrant”) are effective. The
additional securities are 13,628,338 additional Common Shares of the Registrant reserved for issuance under the 2021 Incentive Equity
Plan, as amended, as a result of the automatic increase in the number of shares reserved under this plan on January 1, 2025. The information
contained in the Registrant’s registration statements on Form S-8 (SEC File Nos. 333-261221, 333-265319, 333-270875, and 333-278222)
is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.

<div align='center'>PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>

| Item 8. | Exhibits. |

| Exhibit 
 Number  |     | Exhibit Description                                                                                              |     | Filed    
 Herewith |     | Incorporated by       
 Reference herein from 
 Form or Schedule      |     | Filing     
 Date       |     | SEC        
 File/      
 Reg.       
 Number     |
| 4.1     |     | Notice of Articles of TMC the metals company Inc.                                                                |     |          |     | Form 8-K              
 (Exhibit 3.1)         |     | 9/15/2021  |     | 001-39281  |
| 4.2     |     | Articles of TMC the metals company Inc.                                                                          |     |          |     | Form 8-K              
 (Exhibit 3.2)         |     | 9/15/2021  |     | 001-39281  |
| 4.3     |     | TMC the metals company Inc. Common Share Certificate                                                             |     |          |     | Form 8-K              
 (Exhibit 4.1)         |     | 9/15/2021  |     | 001-39281  |
| 5.1     |     | Opinion of Fasken