Company: TMCWW
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-032724
Chunk: 2

Company: TMC the metals Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 2
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 OF SHAREHOLDERS**</div>

#### April 18, 2025​
TIME: 10:00 a.m. EDT

DATE: Thursday, May 29, 2025

ACCESS: https://www.cstproxy.com/metals/2025

Notice is hereby given that this year’s annual and special meeting of shareholders of TMC the metals company Inc. (the “Meeting”) will be heId virtually via live webcast on the Internet at the above noted link at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, May 29, 2025. You will be able to attend the Meeting, vote and submit your questions during the Meeting by visiting https://www.cstproxy.com/metals/2025 at the date and time of the Meeting and entering the 12-digit control number included in the Notice of lnternet Availability or proxy card that you receive. For further information about the Meeting, please see the questions and answers about the Meeting under the heading “Important Information About the Annual and Special Meeting and Voting” beginning on page 3 of TMC the metals company lnc.’s 2025 Proxy Statement.

PURPOSES:

We will present the audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 and the auditors’ report thereon and then act on the following proposals:

1.

To set the number of directors at eight;

2.

To elect eight directors to serve a one-year term expiring in 2026;

3.

To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025; and

4.

To adopt an amendment to our articles to update the advance notice provisions with respect to the address of our registered and records office; and

5.

To transact such other business that is properly presented at the Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof.

WHO MAY VOTE:

You may vote if you were the record owner of TMC the metals company Inc. common shares at the close of business on April 3, 2025.

All shareholders are cordially invited to attend the Meeting. Whether you plan to attend the Meeting or not, in order to ensure the presence of a quorum, we urge you to vote and submit your proxy by the Internet or mail by following the instructions in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials that you previously received. You may change or revoke your proxy at any time before it is voted at the Meeting. If