Ethan Brown - Mar 1, 2024 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: Mar 1, 2024
Transactions value $: -$4,519
Form type: 4
Date filed: 3/5/2024, 09:43 PM
Previous filing: Mar 4, 2024
Next filing: Mar 14, 2024

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	BYND	Common Stock	Award	$0	+230K	+22.94%	$0.00	1.23M	Mar 1, 2024	Direct	F1
transaction	BYND	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$4.52K	-531	-0.04%	$8.51	1.23M	Mar 4, 2024	Direct	F2
holding	BYND	Common Stock						640K	Mar 1, 2024	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	Performance Stock Unit	Award	$0	+111K		$0.00	55.6K	Mar 1, 2024	Common Stock	111K		Direct	F3
transaction	BYND	Performance Stock Unit	Award	$0	+103K		$0.00	51.7K	Mar 1, 2024	Common Stock	103K		Direct	F3
transaction	BYND	Performance Stock Unit	Award	$0	+98.2K		$0.00	49.1K	Mar 1, 2024	Common Stock	98.2K		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 March 1, 2024; 1/4th of the total number of shares subject to the RSU award will vest on March 1, 2025, and 1/16th of the total number of shares subject to the RSU award will vest each quarter thereafter, until the award is fully vested on March 1, 2028 subject to the Reporting Person's continued service through each vest date and provided that vesting shall be subject to the acceleration provisions of an Executive Change in Control Severance Agreement by and between the Reporting Person and the Issuer.
F2	Shares withheld to pay taxes applicable to vesting of restricted stock units previously awarded pursuant to the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan.
F3	Each performance stock unit ("PSU") represents a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock issued under the Plan. This PSU award will vest at the end of a one-year performance period based on the Company's total shareholder return ("TSR") for the performance period as compared to a peer group, with vesting at target equal to 50% of the total units subject to the PSU award, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service through the end of the applicable performance period and provided that vesting shall be subject to the acceleration provisions of an Executive Change in Control Severance Agreement by and between the Reporting Person and the Issuer.