May 26, 2021
VIA EDGAR
Office of Financial Services
Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Attn: | Dillon Hagius | |||
| Laura Crotty | ||||
| David Burton | ||||
| Kate Tillan | ||||
| Re: | Artius Acquisition Inc. | |||
| Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended | ||||
| File No. 333-254012 | ||||
Dear Mr. Hagius, Ms. Crotty, Mr. Burton and Ms. Tillan:
Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Artius Acquisition Inc. (the “Company”), hereby requests that the effective date of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-254012) (the “Registration Statement”) be accelerated by the Securities and Exchange Commission so that the Registration Statement will become effective at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on May 27, 2021, or as soon as practicable thereafter. The Company hereby authorizes Paul J. Shim of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, counsel to the Company, to modify or withdraw this request for acceleration orally.
The Company requests that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Mr. Shim at +1 212 225-2930 and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.
| Very truly yours, | ||||
| Artius Acquisition Inc. | ||||
| By: |
/s/ Boon Sim | |||
| Name: |
Boon Sim | |||
| Title: |
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer | |||
| cc: | Charles Drucker |
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