{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001104659-21-154779","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"TMC","cik":"0001798562","company_name":"TMC the metals Co Inc.","filed_at":"2021-12-30T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:04:14.186480+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-27T21:43:26.137188+00:00","sec_items":["3.01","5.02"],"event_type":"regulatory","sentiment":"negative","materiality_score":0.55,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.55,"confidence":"high","headline":"TMC the metals company loses Nasdaq audit committee compliance after director resignation; cure period through 2022","bullets":["Scott E. Leonard resigned from Board effective Dec 24, 2021; Andrew Hall appointed Chair of Audit Committee.","Audit Committee now has fewer than 3 independent directors, violating Nasdaq Rule 5605(c)(2)(A).","Cure period expires at earlier of 2022 annual meeting or Dec 24, 2022; company will search for new director.","Company notified Nasdaq on Dec 29, 2021; expects formal letter confirming noncompliance and cure period."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-154779","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-154779.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-154779.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-154779.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465921154779/0001104659-21-154779-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465921154779/tm2136528d2_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-27T21:43:26.137188+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"ec4c820644","claim":"Scott E. Leonard resigned as Director at TMC the metals Co Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"On December 24, 2021, Scott E. Leonard resigned, effective immediately, from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company to focus on other endeavors.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465921154779/0001104659-21-154779-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"resigned"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}