Company: TMCWW
Filing Date: 2025-07-08
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-066460
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Company: TMC the metals Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-08
Form: PRE 14A
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<div align='center'>**PROXY STATEMENT FOR THE TMC THE METALS COMPANY INC. 
 SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 28, 2025**</div>

This proxy statement, along with the accompanying notice of special meeting of shareholders, contains information about a special meeting of shareholders of TMC the metals company Inc. (the “Special Meeting”), including any adjournments or postponements of the Special Meeting. We are holding the Special Meeting at 10:00 a.m. EDT, on Thursday, August 28, 2025. You will not be able to physically attend the Special Meeting.

The Special Meeting will be a virtual meeting via live audio webcast on the Internet. You will be able to attend the Special Meeting, vote, and submit your questions during the meeting by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/metals/sm2025 and entering the 12-digit control number included in the Notice of Internet Availability that you receive. For further information about the virtual Special Meeting, please see the questions and answers about the Special Meeting under the heading “ Important Information About the Special Meeting and Voting ” beginning on page 3.

In this proxy statement, we refer to TMC the metals company Inc. as “TMC,” the “Company,” “we” and “us.”

This proxy statement relates to the solicitation of proxies by our board of directors for use at the Special Meeting.

On or about July 18, 2025, we intend to begin sending to our shareholders the Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials containing instructions on how to access our proxy statement for the Special Meeting.

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### IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR

#### THE SPECIAL MEETING TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 28, 2025
**This proxy statement, the Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders and our form of proxy card are available for viewing, printing and downloading at**

#### https://www.cstproxy.com/metals/sm2025
**. To view these materials please have your 12-digit control number(s) available that appears on your Internet Availability Notice or proxy card. On this website, you can also elect to receive future distributions of our proxy statements and annual reports to shareholders by electronic delivery.

Additionally, you can find a copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, which includes our financial statements for the year