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
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 you participate in and vote your shares at the Meeting, your proxy will not be used.

You will be provided instructions and prompted to vote during the Meeting. Shareholders may submit questions for the Meeting after logging in. If you wish to submit a question, you may do so by logging into the virtual Meeting platform at https://www.cstproxy.com/metals/2025, typing your question into the “Ask a Question” field, and clicking “Submit.” Please submit any questions before the start time of the Meeting. In addition, we have made available a separate conference line to allow attendees to communicate with each other during the Meeting. Attendees who wish to utilize this facility may do so by dialing the attendee conference line number shown on the right-hand side of the Meeting website under the heading “Attendee conference line.” Please note, however, that the attendee conference line is to allow attendees to communicate with each other during the Meeting only and cannot be used to listen to the Meeting or for asking questions to the Company.

BY ORDER OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Gerard Barron 
 Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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| IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE ANNUAL AND SPECIAL MEETING ANDVOTING              | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ |  3 | ​ | ​ |
| SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT                    | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ |  9 | ​ | ​ |
| MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE                                               | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ | 12 | ​ | ​ |
| EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION                                       | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ | 22 | ​ | ​ |
| EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION                                              | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ | 37 | ​ | ​ |
| REPORT OF AUDIT COMMITTEE                                                         | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ | 38 | ​ | ​ |
| CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS                             | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ | 39 | ​ | ​ |
| PROPOSAL NOS. 1 AND 2 — ELECTION OF DIRECTORS                                     | ​ | ​ | ​    | ​ | 44 | ​ | ​ |
| PROPOSAL NO. 3�