---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001802457-26-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ORGN"
cik: "0001802457"
company_name: "Origin Materials, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-10T20:38:37+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-10T20:40:04.313759+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Origin Materials proceeds with dissolution; issues preferred stock to facilitate vote, directors resign

## Summary
- Issued one share of Series A Junior Preferred Stock to General Counsel Joshua Lee for $0.01 to control dissolution vote.
- Five directors (Bissell, Fish, Hickox, Rogerson, Stephanou) to resign effective July 31, 2026.
- Bylaws amended to reduce quorum to 1/3 of voting power for stockholder meetings.
- Common stock delisted from Nasdaq effective July 2, 2026; Form 15 to be filed by July 16 to terminate SEC registration.
- Dissolution plan previously approved by board, subject to shareholder approval; preferred stock ensures voting outcome.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001802457-26-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ORGN
- cik: 0001802457
- company_name: Origin Materials, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-10T20:38:37+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.02, 3.03, 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802457/000180245726000048/0001802457-26-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802457/000180245726000048/orgn-20260706.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kathy Fish departed as Director at Origin Materials, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Director
  source text: John Bissell, Kathy Fish, John Hickox, Craig Rogerson, and Jim Stephanou informed the Company on July 9, 2026 that they will step down from the Board of the Company, effective July 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802457/000180245726000048/0001802457-26-000048-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Hickox departed as Director at Origin Materials, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Director
  source text: John Bissell, Kathy Fish, John Hickox, Craig Rogerson, and Jim Stephanou informed the Company on July 9, 2026 that they will step down from the Board of the Company, effective July 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802457/000180245726000048/0001802457-26-000048-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jim Stephanou departed as Director at Origin Materials, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Director
  source text: John Bissell, Kathy Fish, John Hickox, Craig Rogerson, and Jim Stephanou informed the Company on July 9, 2026 that they will step down from the Board of the Company, effective July 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802457/000180245726000048/0001802457-26-000048-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Bissell departed as Director at Origin Materials, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Director
  source text: John Bissell, Kathy Fish, John Hickox, Craig Rogerson, and Jim Stephanou informed the Company on July 9, 2026 that they will step down from the Board of the Company, effective July 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802457/000180245726000048/0001802457-26-000048-index.htm
- Executive change
  Craig Rogerson departed as Director at Origin Materials, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Director
  source text: John Bissell, Kathy Fish, John Hickox, Craig Rogerson, and Jim Stephanou informed the Company on July 9, 2026 that they will step down from the Board of the Company, effective July 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802457/000180245726000048/0001802457-26-000048-index.htm

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