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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of TMC the metals company Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 30, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. EDT (the “Annual Meeting”). The actions set forth below were taken at the Annual Meeting. Of the Company’s 280,618,285 common shares outstanding and eligible to vote as of the record date of April 3, 2023, a quorum of more than two shareholders representing 148,188,281 shares, or 52.8% of the eligible shares, was present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting. Each of the matters set forth below is described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20, 2023.
| 1. | Set the number of directors at 8. |
| Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | ||
| 146,601,218 | 1,076,980 | 510,083 |
| 2. | Election of the following directors of the Company, to serve until the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors have been elected and qualified. |
| Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| Gerard Barron | 113,191,456 | 342,666 | 34,654,159 | |||
| Andrew Hall | 113,164,662 | 369,460 | 34,654,159 | |||
| Andrew Greig | 113,107,497 | 426,625 | 34,654,159 | |||
| Andrei Karkar | 113,014,513 | 519,609 | 34,654,159 | |||
| Sheila Khama | 112,953,919 | 580,203 | 34,654,159 | |||
| Christian Madsbjerg | 113,003,292 | 530,830 | 34,654,159 | |||
| Kathleen McAllister | 113,162,490 | 371,632 | 34,654,159 | |||
| Amelia Siamomua | 113,062,644 | 471,478 | 34,654,159 |
| 3. | Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year. |
| Votes For | Votes Withheld | |
| 147,462,897 | 725,384 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| TMC THE METALS COMPANY INC. | ||
| Date: May 30, 2023 | By: | /s/ Gerard Barron |
| Name: Gerard Barron | ||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||