SEC FORM 4

SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Whaley Nathan S.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O ORIGIN MATERIALS, INC.

930 RIVERSIDE PARKWAY, SUITE 10

(Street)

WEST SACRAMENTO

95605

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Origin Materials, Inc. [ ORGN ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Financial Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/25/2021

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock								0⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$0.14	06/25/2021		A⁽¹⁾		529,119		09/01/2020⁽³⁾	08/31/2030	Common Stock	529,119	⁽⁴⁾	529,119	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Received pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of February 16, 2021, as amended, by and among Artius Acquisition Inc. ("Artius"), Zero Carbon Merger Sub Inc., a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Artius ("Merger Sub") and Micromidas, Inc., doing business as Origin Materials ("Legacy Origin") (the "BCA"), pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy Origin, with Legacy Origin surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Artius (which subsequently changed its name to Origin Materials, Inc., the "Issuer").

2. The BCA provides that the former stockholders and option holders of Legacy Origin will receive additional shares of the Issuer's Common Stock if the dollar volume-weighted average price of the Issuer's Common Stock equals or exceeds $15.00, $20.00 and $25.00 for 10 consecutive trading days during the 3-year, 4-year or 5-year period, respectfully, following June 25, 2021. The reporting person's right to receive up to 69,486 additional shares pursuant to this earn-out became fixed and irrevocable on June 25, 2021, the effective date of the merger.

3. 25% of the Shares subject to the Stock Option shall vest six (6) months after September 1, 2020 (the "Vesting Commencement Date"), and 1/48 of the Shares subject to the Stock Option shall vest on each monthly anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date thereafter.

4. Received in exchange for a Stock Option to purchase 250,000 shares of Legacy Origin Common Stock.

Remarks:

	Nathan S. Whaley, by /s/ Ron A. Metzger, Attorney-in-Fact	06/29/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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SEC Form 4 filed by Whaley Nathan S.