---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001802457-23-000097"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ORGN"
cik: "0001802457"
company_name: "Origin Materials, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T06:28:32.833816+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Origin Materials appoints Matthew Plavan as CFO effective Oct 30, 2023

## Summary
- Matt Plavan named CFO; succeeds Pam Haley who returns to VP Finance & Accounting.
- Plavan receives $350k base salary and initial RSU grant with $1.1M fair value vesting over 3 years.
- Plavan was previously CEO of IngredientWerks and CFO of Arcadia Biosciences and Cesca Therapeutics.
- Haley served as interim CFO since Sept 1, 2023; transition is planned and orderly.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001802457-23-000097
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ORGN
- cik: 0001802457
- company_name: Origin Materials, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802457/000180245723000097/0001802457-23-000097-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802457/000180245723000097/orgn-20231001.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew Plavan was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Origin Materials, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: After an extensive search process, on October 1, 2023, the Board appointed Matthew Plavan to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802457/000180245723000097/0001802457-23-000097-index.htm
- Executive change
  Pam Haley changed role as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Origin Materials, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On October 30, 2023 (the "Effective Date"), Ms. Haley will step down from her position as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company and resume her previous role as the Company's Vice President, Finance & Accounting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802457/000180245723000097/0001802457-23-000097-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.