Origin Materials, Inc.ORGN
Origin Materials, Inc. Debt Disclosure
Notes Payable
Legacy Origin received a $5.0 million prepayment from a legacy stockholder for product from Origin 1 pursuant to one of these Offtake Agreements, which Legacy Origin entered into in November 2016. The prepayment was to be credited against the purchase of products over the term of the Offtake Agreement. The prepayment was secured by a promissory note (the “Promissory Note”) to be repaid in cash in the event that the prepayment could not be credited against the purchase of product, for example, if Origin 1 was never constructed. The Promissory Note was collateralized substantially by Origin 1 and other assets of Origin Materials Canada Pioneer Limited. In May 2019, Legacy Origin and the legacy stockholder amended the Offtake Agreement and Promissory Note. The amendment added accrued interest of $0.2 million to the principal balance of the prepayment and provided for the prepayment amount to be repaid in three annual installments rather than being applied against the purchase of product from Origin 1. On August 1, 2022, the Company and the legacy stockholder further amended and restated the Promissory Note with an aggregate principal amount of $5.2 million, which is the sum of the original principal with accrued interest prior to the amendment. As a result of the amendment, the repayment dates were revised and to allow the legacy stockholder to offset amounts owed for the purchase of product from the Company’s Origin 1 facility against amounts due under the Promissory Note. A repayment of $2.7 million was paid during 2024, $1.9 million is due on September 1, 2025, and $1.8 million is due on September 1, 2026 (inclusive of accrued but unpaid interest of 3.5% per annum). At December 31, 2024, the outstanding note principal balance was $3.5 million, of which $1.7 million was included in notes payable, long-term, and $1.8 million in notes payable, short-term, and unpaid accrued interest of less than $0.1 million was recorded in other liabilities, current. At December 31, 2023, the total note principal outstanding was $5.2 million, of which $3.5 million was included in notes payable, long-term, and $1.7 million in notes payable, short-term, and unpaid accrued interest of $0.8 million was recorded in other liabilities, current. In addition, the amendment reflected the legacy stockholder’s exercise of its option to enter into a new Offtake Agreement to buy a specified annual amount of product from Origin 2 for an initial term of up to 10 years.
Legacy Origin received a $5.0 million prepayment from a legacy stockholder for product from Origin 1 pursuant to an Offtake Agreement entered into in November 2016. The agreement was amended in 2019 and added the accrued interest of $0.1 million to the principal balance. As a result, the aggregate principal amount became $5.1 million. The prepayment was to be credited against the purchase of products from Origin 1 over the term of the Offtake Agreement, specifically, by applying a credit to product purchases each month over the first five years of operation of Origin 1 up to $7.5 million, which is equal to 150% of the prepayment amount. If product purchases are not sufficient to recover the advances, the application of the credit to purchases as payment of the advances would continue until fully repaid. The prepayment is secured by an agreement that was to be repaid in cash in the event the prepayment cannot be credited against the purchase of product, for example, if Origin 1 were never constructed. The agreement is collateralized substantially by Origin 1 and other assets of Origin Material Canada Pioneer Limited. If repaid in cash, the agreement bears an annual interest rate of the three-month Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus 0.25% (4.94% at December 31, 2024) and matures five years from the commercial operation date of Origin 1, which is defined by the plant's actual production of a certain volume of product as well as its capacity to produce a certain annual volume of product. In February 2024, the Company and the legacy stockholder amended the agreement to provide for repayment with interest accrual in three installments consisting of approximately $2.2 million on March 1, 2024, $1.6 million on September 1, 2024, and $2.1 million on March 1, 2025 instead of applying a credit to product purchases under the Offtake Agreement. As a result, the principal amounts outstanding under the agreement were reclassified from other liabilities, long-term to notes payable, short-term and the accrued interest was reclassified from other liabilities, long-term to other liabilities, current during the year ended December 31, 2024. The outstanding principal of $2.0 million at December 31, 2024 was recorded in notes payable, short-term and less than $0.1 million accrued interest outstanding was recorded in other liabilities, current. The remaining outstanding balance, with interest, was paid in March 2025. At December 31, 2023, the total amount outstanding of $5.1 million and accrued interest outstanding of $0.6 million was recorded in other liabilities, long-term.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mar 13, 2025 | Showing above |
| 2023 | Mar 5, 2024 | |
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