Ethan Brown - Feb 28, 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for BEYOND MEAT, INC. (BYND)

Role: President, Chief Exec. Officer, Director
Signature: /s/ Teri L. Witteman, as Attorney-In-Fact for Ethan Brown
Stock symbol: BYND
Transactions as of: Feb 28, 2023
Transactions value $: -$100,350
Form type: 4
Date filed: 3/2/2023, 06:50 PM
Previous filing: Feb 3, 2023
Next filing: Mar 6, 2023

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	BYND	Common Stock	Award	$0	+165K	+36.99%	$0.00	612K	Feb 28, 2023	Direct	F1
transaction	BYND	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$100K	-5.63K	-0.92%	$17.84	607K	Feb 28, 2023	Direct	F2
holding	BYND	Common Stock						1.1M	Feb 28, 2023	Owned by the Brown Asset Holding LLC, which is wholly owned by the Ethan Brown 2022 GRAT.

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	BYND	Stock Option (right to buy)	Award	$0	+275K		$0.00	275K	Feb 28, 2023	Common Stock	275K	$17.84	Direct	F3

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Restricted stock units ("RSU") granted under the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan ("Plan") on February 28, 2023; 1/4th of the total number of shares subject to the RSU award vests on February 28, 2024 and 1/16th of the total number of shares subject to the RSU award vests each quarter thereafter, until the award is fully vested on February 28, 2027, subject to the acceleration provisions of an Executive Change in Control Severance Agreement by and between the Reporting Person and the Issuer and continued service by the Reporting Person.
F2	Shares withheld to pay taxes applicable to vesting of restricted stock units previously awarded pursuant to the Plan.
F3	Stock option granted under the Plan on February 28, 2023; 1/4th of the total number of shares subject to the option award vests and becomes exercisable on February 28, 2024, and 1/48th of the total number of shares subject to the option award vests and becomes exercisable monthly thereafter, such that the option is fully vested and exercisable on February 28, 2027, subject to the acceleration provisions of an Executive Change in Control Severance Agreement by and between the Reporting Person and the Issuer, and continued service by the Reporting Person.