0001104659-24-068375.txt : 20240604 0001104659-24-068375.hdr.sgml : 20240604 20240604192130 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-24-068375 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20240530 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240604 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240604 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: May Brendan CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0002025228 ORGANIZATION NAME: FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-39281 FILM NUMBER: 241020186 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 595 HOWE STREET, 10TH FLOOR CITY: VANCOUVER STATE: A1 ZIP: V6C 2T5 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TMC the metals Co Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001798562 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: METAL MINING [1000] ORGANIZATION NAME: 01 Energy & Transportation IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: A1 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 595 HOWE STREET STREET 2: 10TH FLOOR CITY: VANCOUVER STATE: A1 ZIP: V6C 2T5 BUSINESS PHONE: (604) 631-3115 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 595 HOWE STREET STREET 2: 10TH FLOOR CITY: VANCOUVER STATE: A1 ZIP: V6C 2T5 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corp. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20200102 3 1 tm2416353-9_3seq1.xml OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT X0206 3 2024-05-30 0 0001798562 TMC the metals Co Inc. TMC 0002025228 May Brendan C/O TMC THE METALS COMPANY INC. 595 HOWE STREET, 10TH FLOOR VANCOUVER A1 V6C 2T5 BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA 1 0 0 0 Common Shares 92281 D 17,241 common shares are held by the Reporting Person in the form of restricted stock units that will vest on March 1, 2025. Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney /s/ Ryan Coombes, General Counsel 2024-06-04 EX-24.1 2 tm2416353d9_ex24-1.htm EXHIBIT 24.1

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Brenda Meyette, Anne Leland, Daniel Kajunski, Nadia Do Canto and Jeffrey Cohan of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. and Craig Shesky, Claude Plourde and Ryan Coombes of TMC the metals company Inc. (the “Company”), signing singly, with full power of substitution, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)       execute for and on behalf of the undersigned forms and authentication documents for EDGAR Filing Access;

(2)       do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such forms and authentication documents;

(3)       execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director and/or 10% shareholder of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(4)       do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(5)       take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interests of, or legally required by the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of May 22, 2024.

	/s/ Brendan May
	Brendan May