Company: TMCWW
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-032724
Chunk: 72

Company: TMC the metals Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 72
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 on at the next meeting of the audit committee.

A plurality of the shares cast for this proposal is required to appoint the independent registered public accounting firm. In the event the shareholders do not appoint EY as our independent registered public accounting firm, the audit committee will reconsider its appointment.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE TO APPOINT ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM, AND PROXIES SOLICITED BY OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOR OF SUCH APPOINTMENT UNLESS A SHAREHOLDER INDICATES OTHERWISE ON THE PROXY.**

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#### PROPOSAL NO. 4

### AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF THE COMPANY
<div align='center'>**(Notice Item 4)**</div>

The Board of Directors proposes that the Articles of the Company be amended to remove from Article 15.8 of the Articles the outdated address of the registered office of the Company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which recently changed from 595 Howe Street, 10th Floor, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 2T5 Canada to 1111 West Hastings Street, 15th Floor, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 2J3 Canada. Part 15 of the Articles sets out the “advance notice requirements” for shareholders to nominate persons for election as directors at a meeting of our shareholders and Article 15.8 stipulates the requirements for giving notices required by Part 15. The proposed amendment to the Articles of the Company in respect of this Proposal No. 4 is set out below, marked to show the proposed changes, which removes the reference to a specific address in the Articles to avoid needing to amend the Articles in the future if the registered address changes again.

#### “15.8 Delivery of Notice.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Part 15, notice given to the Corporate Secretary of the Company pursuant to this Part 15 may only be given by personal delivery, facsimile transmission or email (provided that the Corporate Secretary has stipulated an e-mail address for purposes of this Part 15), and shall be deemed to have been given and received only at the time it is served by personal delivery or sent by facsimile

#### transaction

#### transmission
(provided that receipt of confirmation of such transmission has been received) or by e-mail (at the address as

#### foresaid