SOAC Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corp

On December 22, 2022, TMC the metals company Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an At-The-Market Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Wedbush Securities Inc., as sales agents (the “Agents”), pursuant to which the Company may, from time to time, issue and sell its common shares, without par value, with an aggregate offering price of up to $30 million (the “Shares”) through the Agents.

The offer and sales of the Shares made pursuant to the Agreement, if any, will be made under the Company’s effective “shelf” registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-267479) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 16, 2022, as amended, and declared effective by the SEC on October 14, 2022, the base prospectus contained therein, and a prospectus supplement related to the offering of the Shares dated December 22, 2022.

Under the terms of the Agreement, the Agents may sell the Shares at market prices by any method that is deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, the Agents will use their commercially reasonable efforts to sell the Shares from time to time, based upon the Company’s instructions. The Company has no obligation to sell any of the Shares, and may at any time suspend sales under the Agreement or terminate the Agreement in accordance with its terms. The Company has provided the Agents with customary indemnification rights, and the Agents will be entitled to a fixed commission of up to 3.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds from the Shares sold. The Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, and the Company is required to deliver customary closing documents and certificates in connection with sales of the Shares. The Company has agreed to reimburse the Agents for the fees and disbursements of its counsel, payable upon execution of the Agreement, in an amount not to exceed $75,000 in connection with the establishment of this at-the-market offering program.

The legal opinion of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, counsel to the Company, relating to the Shares is filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.

The foregoing description of the Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. Certain information relating to Part II, Item 14 of the above referenced registration statement under the heading “Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution” with respect to the sale of the Shares under the Agreement is being filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K to be incorporated by reference into such registration statement.

This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy the Shares, nor shall there be an offer, solicitation or sale of the Shares in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state.