As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 2008

Registration No. 333-121279

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

ORIGEN FINANCIAL, INC.

Delaware		20-0145649
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization)		Identification No.)

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Large accelerated filer o		Accelerated filer þ		Non-accelerated filer o		Smaller reporting company o
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

     Origen Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”) previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and the Commission declared effective, a registration statement on Form S-8 on December 15, 2004, Registration No. 333-121279 (the “Registration Statement”).

     This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement is being filed to terminate the Registration Statement, and deregister the shares of the Registrant’s common stock that were registered under the Registration Statement, which remain unsold as of the date hereof. No shares of common stock remain available for sale pursuant to the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement is hereby amended to reflect the deregistration of all such securities.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant, Origen Financial, Inc., certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Southfield, State of Michigan, on this 30^th day of December, 2008.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Ronald A. Klein   Ronald A. Klein		Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)		December 30, 2008
/s/ W. Anderson Geater, Jr.   W. Anderson Geater, Jr.		Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)		December 30, 2008
/s/ Paul A. Halpern   Paul A. Halpern		Director		December 30, 2008
/s/ Gary A. Shiffman   Gary A. Shiffman		Director		December 30, 2008
/s/ Richard Rogel   Richard Rogel		Director		December 30, 2008
/s/ Robert S. Sher   Robert S. Sher		Director		December 30, 2008
/s/ Michael J. Wechsler   Michael J. Wechsler		Director		December 30, 2008
/s/ Jonathan S. Aaron   Jonathan S. Aaron		Director		December 30, 2008