---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-018674"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TMC"
cik: "0001798562"
company_name: "TMC the metals Co Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T09:17:09.610675+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TMC appoints Kathleen McAllister to board, achieving 50% gender parity

## Summary
- Kathleen McAllister appointed as independent director; expected to become Audit Committee Chair on April 1, 2022.
- Former CEO/CFO of Transocean Partners and board member at Black Hills Corp (BKH) and Höegh LNG Partners (HMLP).
- Appointment brings board to 50-50 gender parity; only 3% of S&P 500 boards have 50%+ women.
- McAllister will receive $100,000 in RSUs vesting over three years under company's 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-018674
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TMC
- cik: 0001798562
- company_name: TMC the metals Co Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465922018674/0001104659-22-018674-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465922018674/tm226092d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-018674.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kathleen McAllister was appointed as Director at TMC the metals Co Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 9, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of TMC the metals company Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Kathleen McAllister to the Board as an independent director, for a term to continue until the 2022 annual meeting of the Company’s shareholders or until her earlier death, resignation or removal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465922018674/0001104659-22-018674-index.htm

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