---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-046107"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TMC"
cik: "0001798562"
company_name: "TMC the metals Co Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T00:08:27.283631+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TMC appoints Steve Jurvetson as Vice Chair and special advisor; grants options for 3.44M shares

## Summary
- Steve Jurvetson appointed to Board as Vice Chair effective April 9, 2024.
- 5-year consulting agreement as special advisor to CEO; option for 3,440,000 shares at $1.71 (seven-year term, three-year vest).
- Jurvetson is co-founder of Future Ventures, former DFJ, sits on SpaceX board and formerly on Tesla board.
- Company amended 2021 Incentive Plan to exclude consultant compensation from non-employee director pay caps.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-046107
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TMC
- cik: 0001798562
- company_name: TMC the metals Co Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465924046107/0001104659-24-046107-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465924046107/tm2411549d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-046107
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-046107.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-046107.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steve Jurvetson was appointed as Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer at TMC the metals Co Inc..
  - Action: engaged
  - Role: Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Company engaged Mr. Jurvetson as a special advisor to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465924046107/0001104659-24-046107-index.htm
- Executive change
  Steve Jurvetson was appointed as Director and Vice Chair of the Board at TMC the metals Co Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director and Vice Chair of the Board
  source text: appointed Steve Jurvetson as a director and Vice Chair of the Board, effective April 9, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1798562/000110465924046107/0001104659-24-046107-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.