---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-066190"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TMC"
cik: "0001798562"
company_name: "TMC the metals Co Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T11:51:58.925119+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TMC shareholders elect eight directors and ratify Ernst & Young as auditor at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Quorum of 148,188,281 shares (52.8%) present; board size set at eight directors.
- All eight director nominees elected: Gerard Barron, Andrew Hall, Andrew Greig, Andrei Karkar, Sheila Khama, Christian Madsbjerg, Kathleen McAllister, Amelia Siamomua.
- Ernst & Young LLP appointed as independent auditor for fiscal 2023 with 147,462,897 votes for, 725,384 withheld.
- Broker non-votes of 34,654,159 on director elections; no other shareholder proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-066190
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TMC
- cik: 0001798562
- company_name: TMC the metals Co Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465923066190/0001104659-23-066190-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465923066190/tm2317310d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  TMC the metals Co Inc. shareholders approved Set the number of directors at 8. at the 2023-05-30 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-30
  source text: Set the number of directors at 8. Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained 146,601,218 1,076,980 510,083
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465923066190/0001104659-23-066190-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  TMC the metals Co Inc. shareholders approved Election of directors. at the 2023-05-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-30
  source text: Election of the following directors of the Company, to serve until the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors have been elected and qualified. Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Gerard Barron 113,191,456 342,666 34,654,159 Andrew Hall 113,164,662 369,460 34,654,159 Andrew Greig 113,107,497 426,625 34,654,159 Andrei Karkar 113,014,513 519,609 34,654,159 Sheila Khama 112,953,919 580,203 34,654,159 Christian Madsbjerg 113,003,292 530,830 34,654,159 Kathleen McAllister 113,162,490 371,632 34,654,159 Amelia Siamomua 113,062,644 471,478 34,654,159
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465923066190/0001104659-23-066190-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  TMC the metals Co Inc. shareholders approved Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023. at the 2023-05-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-30
  source text: Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year. Votes For Votes Withheld 147,462,897 725,384
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465923066190/0001104659-23-066190-index.htm

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