On February 28, 2024, the Board of Directors of Origin Materials, Inc. appointed John Hickox to serve as a director of the Company. Mr. Hickox will serve as a Class III director, whose initial term will begin on March 1, 2024 and continue until the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders. The Board appointed Mr. Hickox to the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Mr. Hickox, 67, joins the Company's Board following a distinguished career spanning 40 years in auditing, accounting, FP&A, corporate governance, and executive leadership. Most recently, he assisted Kaizen Analytics, LLC in a contract COO capacity from June 2021 to April 2022. Mr. Hickox was a senior advisory partner at KPMG from May 2004 until he retired in September 2017, where he serviced a range of publicly listed clients (mid range to Fortune 10), including chemical and packaging industry clients - in the areas of Sarbanes-Oxley, regulatory compliance, and internal audit and risk management, as well as spearheading KPMG America's Sustainability Practice, focusing on impactful corporate stewardship, strategy, reporting, and profit maximization.

From December 1997 to October 2002, Mr. Hickox served as an advisory partner at Ernst & Young where he served clients with their Internal Audit functions with a strong focus on operational improvement, as well as the lead partner on key accounts. On February 27, 2024, Karen Richardson informed the Board of her resignation as Chair of the Board of Directors and as a director, effective March 1, 2024. Ms. Richardson?s resignation was not due to any disagreement with the Company, the Board, or any committees of the Board, or on any matter relating to the Company?s operations, policies or practices.

R. Tony Tripeny, the current Chair of the Audit Committee, will succeed Ms. Richardson as Chair of the Board, and Mr. Hickox will succeed Mr. Tripeny as Chair of the Audit Committee.