As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2025
Registration No. 333 –
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TMC the metals company Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
British Columbia, Canada | Not Applicable | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1111 West Hastings Street, 15th Floor
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6E 2J3
(888) 458-3420
(Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
2021 Incentive Equity Plan, as amended
(Full Title of the Plans)
Cogency Global Inc.
122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor
New York, New York 10168
Telephone: (800) 221-0102
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Michael L. Fantozzi, Esq.
Daniel T. Kajunski, Esq.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
One Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111
Telephone: (617) 542-6000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ¨ | Accelerated filer | ¨ | |
Non-accelerated filer | x | Smaller reporting company | x | |
Emerging growth company | x |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ¨
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which the registration statements filed on Form S-8 (SEC File Nos. 333-261221, 333-265319, 333-270875 and 333-278222) of TMC the metals company Inc. (the “Registrant”) are effective. The additional securities are 13,628,338 additional Common Shares of the Registrant reserved for issuance under the 2021 Incentive Equity Plan, as amended, as a result of the automatic increase in the number of shares reserved under this plan on January 1, 2025. The information contained in the Registrant’s registration statements on Form S-8 (SEC File Nos. 333-261221, 333-265319, 333-270875, and 333-278222) is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. | Exhibits. |
+ Denotes management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in New York, New York on March 27, 2025.
TMC THE METALS COMPANY INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Craig Shesky | |
Craig Shesky | ||
Chief Financial Officer |
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Gerard Barron and Craig Shesky, acting alone or together with another attorney-in-fact, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all further amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement (and any additional registration statement related hereto permitted by Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act (and all further amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto)), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dated indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Gerard Barron | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman | March 27, 2025 | ||
Gerard Barron | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
/s/ Craig Shesky | Chief Financial Officer | March 27, 2025 | ||
Craig Shesky | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | |||
/s/ Andrew C. Greig | Director | March 27, 2025 | ||
Andrew C. Greig | ||||
/s/ Andrew Hall | Director | March 27, 2025 | ||
Andrew Hall | ||||
/s/ Stephen Jurvetson | Director | March 27, 2025 | ||
Stephen Jurvetson | ||||
/s/ Andrei Karkar | Director | March 27, 2025 | ||
Andrei Karkar | ||||
/s/ Sheila Khama | Director | March 27, 2025 | ||
Sheila Khama | ||||
/s/ Christian Madsbjerg | Director | March 27, 2025 | ||
Christian Madsbjerg | ||||
/s/ Amelia Kinahoi Siamomua | Director | March 27, 2025 | ||
Amelia Kinahoi Siamomua | ||||
/s/ Brendan May | Director | March 27, 2025 | ||
Brendan May |