TRCH Torchlight Energy Resources Inc

CUSIP No. 59134N104

CUSIP No. 59134N104

Item 1. Security and Issuer.

This Schedule relates to the shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), of Meta Materials Inc. (the “Issuer”). The principal executive offices of the Issuer are located at 1 Research Drive, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada B2Y 4M9. The Issuer’s Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “MMAT”.

Item 2. Identity and Background.

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

On December 14, 2020, Meta Materials Inc. (formerly known as Torchlight Energy Resources, Inc.) (the “Issuer”) and its subsidiaries, Metamaterial Exchangeco Inc. (formerly named 2798832 Ontario Inc., “Canco”) and 2798831 Ontario Inc. (“Callco”), both Ontario corporations, entered into an Arrangement Agreement (as amended, the “Arrangement Agreement”) with Metamaterial Inc., an Ontario corporation headquartered in Nova Scotia, Canada (“Meta” and, together with the Company, Callco and Canco, the “Parties”), to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Meta by way of a statutory plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), on and subject to the terms and conditions of the Arrangement Agreement. All of the shares of Common Stock reported herein as beneficially owned by the Reporting Person were acquired pursuant to the Arrangement Agreement. On February 3, 2021, the Parties agreed to amend the Arrangement Agreement pursuant to an Amendment to Arrangement Agreement (the “First Amendment”) as disclosed on the Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 4, 2021, on March 11, 2021, the Parties agreed to further amend the Arrangement Agreement pursuant to a Second Amendment to Arrangement Agreement

(the “Second Amendment”) as disclosed on the Form 8-K filed by the Company with the SEC on March 15, 2021, on March 31, 2021, the Parties agreed to further amend the Arrangement Agreement pursuant to a Third Amendment to Arrangement Agreement (the “Third Amendment”) as disclosed on the Form 8-K filed by the Company with the SEC on April 1, 2021, on April 15, 2021, the Parties agreed to further amend the Arrangement Agreement pursuant to a Fourth Amendment to Arrangement Agreement (the “Fourth Amendment”) as disclosed on the Form 8-K filed by the Company with the SEC on April 15, 2021, on May 2, 2021, the Parties agreed to further amend the Arrangement Agreement pursuant to a Fifth Amendment to Arrangement Agreement (the “Fifth Amendment”) as disclosed on the Form 8-K filed by the Company with the SEC on May 4, 2021, and on June 18, 2021, the Parties agreed to further amend the Arrangement Agreement pursuant to a Sixth Amendment to Arrangement Agreement (the “Sixth Amendment” and, together with the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Third Amendment, the Fourth Amendment and the Fifth Amendment, the “Arrangement Amendments”) as disclosed on the Form 8-K filed by the Company with the SEC on June 21, 2021. On June 28, 2021, following the satisfaction of the closing conditions set forth in the Arrangement Agreement, the Arrangement was completed.

On June 28, 2021, the Company completed the Arrangement pursuant to the terms of the Arrangement Agreement. Under the terms of the Arrangement Agreement, at the effective time of the Arrangement (the “Effective Time”), each common share of Meta (each a “Meta Share”), that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted into the right to receive 1.845 (the “Exchange Ratio”) newly issued shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share of the Company (“Company Common Stock”) or shares of Canco, which are exchangeable for shares of Company Common Stock (“Exchangeable Shares”), at the election of each former Meta stockholder. In addition, upon completion of the Arrangement, (i) each outstanding option to purchase Meta Shares (each, a “Meta Option”) was exchanged for an option, on the same terms and conditions applicable to such Meta Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, to purchase a specified number of shares of Company Common Stock with an adjusted exercise price, each calculated pursuant to the terms of the Arrangement Agreement; (ii) each outstanding deferred stock unit award of Meta (each, a “Meta DSU”) became an award to acquire a number of shares of Company Common Stock equal to (a) the number of Meta Shares issuable pursuant to the Meta DSUs immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (b) the Exchange Ratio (rounded down to the nearest whole number); and (iii) each outstanding warrant to purchase Meta Shares (each, a “Meta Warrant”) became exercisable to purchase a specified number of shares of Company Common Stock with an adjusted exercise price, each calculated pursuant to the terms of the Arrangement Agreement.

The foregoing description of the Arrangement Agreement is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Arrangement Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to the Form 8-K filed by the Issuer with the SEC on December 14, 2020, as amended by the Arrangement Amendments.

The information set forth in or incorporated by reference into Items 4, 5 and 6 of this Schedule 13D is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 3.

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.

Pursuant to the terms of the Arrangement Agreement, (i) Mr. Welch tendered 12,744,883 Meta Shares and warrants to purchase 101,104 Meta Shares in exchange for 23,514,309 shares of Company Common Stock and warrants to purchase 186,536 shares of Company Common Stock, respectively, and (ii) Ms. Lambert tendered 12,542,377 Meta Shares in exchange for 23,141,239 shares of Company Common Stock.

Except as described herein, the Reporting Persons do not have any present plans or proposals that relate to or would result in any of the transactions described in subparagraphs (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. However, the Reporting Persons reserve the right to formulate in the future plans or proposals which may relate to or result in the transactions described in subparagraphs (a) through (j) of this Item 4.

The Reporting Person may, from time to time, purchase, or have vest, additional securities of the Issuer either in the open market or in privately-negotiated transactions, depending upon the Reporting Person’s evaluation of the Issuer’s business, prospects and financial condition, the market for such securities, other opportunities available to the Reporting Person, general economic conditions, stock market conditions and other factors. Depending upon the factors noted above, the Reporting Person may also decide to hold or dispose of all or part of his investments in securities of the Issuer and/or enter into derivative transactions with institutional counterparties with respect to the Issuer’s securities.

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

(a) As of the date of this Schedule 13D, Mr. Welch and Ms. Lambert each beneficially own an aggregate of 46,842,084 shares of Common Stock, or 16.7% of the Issuer’s outstanding shares of Common Stock. The beneficial ownership percentages used in this Schedule are calculated based on a total of (i) 279,782,854 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock outstanding as of June 28, 2021, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2021 and (ii) 186,536 Shares of the Company’s Common Stock that Mr. Welch has the right to acquire from the Company within 60 days of June 28, 2021 pursuant to the exercise of warrants.

(b) Mr. Welch and Ms. Lambert have shared voting and dispositive power with respect to 23,514,309 shares of Common Stock directly owned by Thomas Welch, 23,141,239 shares of Common Stock directly owned by Mr. Welch spouse, Anne Lambert and 186,536 shares of Common Stock that Mr. Welch has the right to acquire from the Company within 60 days of June 28, 2021 pursuant to the exercise of warrants.

(c) Except as described in Items 3 and 4 of this Schedule, which descriptions are incorporated herein by reference, the Reporting Person has not effected any transactions in the Common Stock during the past 60 days.

(d) To the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, other than as described in this Schedule 13D, no other person is known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of the shares owned by it.

(e) Not Applicable.

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with respect to Securities of the Issuer.

None.

Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: October 21, 2021