POS AM 1 ea029701702-posam1_origin.htm POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2026

Registration No. 333-289615

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-289615

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Origin Materials, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

87-1388928

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

930 Riverside Parkway, Suite 10

West Sacramento, CA 95605

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

Matt Plavan

Interim Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and

Chief Operating Officer

Origin Materials, Inc.

930 Riverside Parkway, Suite 10

West Sacramento, CA 95605

(916) 231-9329

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

John T. McKenna

Cooley LLP

3175 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, California 94304

(650) 843-5000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not Applicable. The registrant is filing this post-effective amendment to remove from registration any securities registered hereunder that remain unsold.

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TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this “Post-Effective Amendment”), relates to the registration statement on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-289615 (the “Registration Statement”), filed by Origin Materials, Inc. (the “Company”) on August 14, 2025, with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register the sale from time to time of up to $100,000,000 in total of the following securities: (i) debt securities; (ii) the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001; (iii) the Company’s preferred stock, par value $0.0001; and (iv) warrants for any of the foregoing securities (collectively, the “Registered Securities”). The Registration Statement was declared effective on August 26, 2025.

On May 1, 2026, the Company announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) unanimously approved the dissolution and liquidation of the Company pursuant to a plan of complete liquidation and dissolution (the “Plan of Dissolution”), subject to stockholder approval. Therefore, the Company has determined to terminate the offerings of Registered Securities under the Registration Statement. Accordingly, the Company is filing this Post-Effective Amendment to terminate the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and, in accordance with the undertakings made by the Company in the Registration Statement, to remove from registration any and all of the Registered Securities that remain unsold as of the date hereof. The Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of all such securities.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of West Sacramento, California, on July 6, 2026.

	ORIGIN MATERIALS, INC.

	By:	/s/ Matt Plavan
		Matt Plavan
		Interim Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer

Pursuant to Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, no other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement.