secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     TMC the metals Co Inc. (TMC)
CIK:        0001798562
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-22-018674
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465922018674/0001104659-22-018674-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465922018674/tm226092d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-018674

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