Brendan May - 30 May 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for TMC the metals Co Inc. (TMC)

Role: Director
Signature: /s/ Michelle Ancosky, Attorney-In-Fact
Issuer symbol: TMC
Transactions as of: 30 May 2025
Net transactions value: $0
Form type: 4
Filing time: 03 Jun 2025, 08:49:41 UTC
Previous filing: 06 Mar 2025
Next filing: 27 Jun 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
May Brendan	Director	C/O TMC THE METALS COMPANY INC.,, 1111 WEST HASTINGS STREET, 15TH FLOOR, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA	/s/ Michelle Ancosky, Attorney-In-Fact	03 Jun 2025	0002025228

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	TMC	Common Shares	Award	$0	+22,371	+9.2%	$0.000000	266,790	30 May 2025	Direct	F1, F2

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Pursuant to the Issuer's Nonemployee Director Compensation Policy, the Reporting Person was granted restricted stock units ("RSUs") under the Issuer's 2021 Equity Incentive Plan. Each RSU represents the right to receive one common share upon vesting. The RSUs vest on the date of the Issuer's 2026 annual meeting of shareholders, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service through the vesting date.
F2	This number updates information included in the Form 4 filed for the reporting person on December 27, 2024 to reflect the amount of securities beneficially owned following the reported transaction as 253,335 (as opposed to 100,040), and in the Form 4 filed for the reporting person on March 6, 2025 to reflect the amount of securities beneficially owned following the reported transaction as 244,419 (as opposed to 108,365).

Content

Pursuant to the Issuer's Nonemployee Director Compensation Policy, the Reporting Person was granted restricted stock units ("RSUs") under the Issuer's 2021 Equity Incentive Plan. Each RSU represents the right to receive one common share upon vesting. The RSUs vest on the date of the Issuer's 2026 annual meeting of shareholders, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service through the vesting date.

This number updates information included in the Form 4 filed for the reporting person on December 27, 2024 to reflect the amount of securities beneficially owned following the reported transaction as 253,335 (as opposed to 100,040), and in the Form 4 filed for the reporting person on March 6, 2025 to reflect the amount of securities beneficially owned following the reported transaction as 244,419 (as opposed to 108,365).

Remarks:

Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney