Beyond Meat, Inc. filings document a plant protein company’s operating results, product-channel economics and public-company governance. Form 8-K reports furnish quarterly and annual earnings releases, amendments to reported results, Regulation FD updates, Nasdaq filing-compliance matters, material definitive agreements and executive officer changes.
Proxy materials cover board elections, compensation and stockholder voting. Recent disclosures also address a pea protein supply agreement, an employment inducement equity incentive plan, internal-control matters related to inventory accounting, the annual report filing process, common stock listing compliance and financial-statement topics tied to Beyond Meat’s plant-based product portfolio.
Beyond Meat, Inc. granted Chief Accounting Officer Tony T. Kalajian a substantial equity package made up of restricted stock units (RSUs) and stock options as part of a 2026 employment inducement plan. He received 180,051 shares of common stock as RSUs and options on 237,718 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.8331 per share.
The RSUs were granted under the 2026 Employment Inducement Equity Incentive Plan and vest over time: one quarter of the award vests on January 12, 2027, with additional portions vesting quarterly until fully vested on January 12, 2030, subject to continued service and potential acceleration under an Executive Change in Control Severance Agreement. The stock options follow a similar schedule, with one quarter vesting and becoming exercisable on January 12, 2027 and the remainder vesting monthly so that the entire option becomes fully vested and exercisable on January 12, 2030.
Beyond Meat reported first-quarter 2026 net revenues of $58.2 million, down from $68.7 million a year earlier as both U.S. retail and foodservice sales declined. Despite lower sales, gross margin improved to a $2.0 million gross profit versus a gross loss in 2025, helped by lower cost of goods sold.
The company cut operating expenses to $43.1 million from $57.4 million, shrinking the operating loss to $41.1 million. Net loss narrowed to $28.5 million, aided by an $11.9 million gain from remeasuring an embedded derivative, a $6.1 million gain on debt extinguishment and a $1.3 million warrant fair-value gain.
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash totaled $205.8 million at quarter end after $5.0 million of operating cash outflow, while inventory fell to $68.9 million. The balance sheet shows $411.6 million of total debt, including $29.5 million of 2027 convertible notes and sizeable 2030 convertible notes, and a stockholders’ deficit of $21.1 million. The company also prospectively corrected prior Q1 2025 interim financials for inventory valuation and debt issuance cost errors.
Beyond Meat reported first quarter 2026 net revenues of $58.2 million, down 15.3% year over year as overall product volume fell 19.5%, mainly from weaker U.S. and international foodservice demand. International retail grew modestly, but U.S. retail and foodservice declined.
Profitability metrics improved. The company generated a $2.0 million gross profit with a 3.4% margin, versus a $6.9 million gross loss and -10.1% margin a year ago, helped by lower cost of goods sold per pound. Loss from operations narrowed to $41.1 million from $64.4 million, and net loss shrank to $28.5 million (or $0.06 per share) from $61.1 million (or $0.80 per share).
Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $27.8 million, or -47.7% of net revenues, versus a $50.5 million loss, or -73.5%, a year earlier, reflecting lower operating expenses and higher gross profit. Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash totaled $205.8 million with total debt carrying value of $411.6 million as of March 28, 2026. Net cash used in operating activities improved to $5.0 million from $26.1 million.
The company expects second quarter 2026 net revenues of approximately $60 million to $65 million. It also prospectively corrected immaterial errors in prior Q1 2025 interim financial statements related to inventory valuation and debt issuance costs.
Beyond Meat, Inc. announced that Chief Operations Officer Jonathan Nelson has resigned effective May 17, 2026 to pursue another opportunity. The company states his resignation is not due to any disagreement over operations, policies, or practices.
The board has appointed John Boken, 63, currently interim Chief Transformation Officer, to assume COO duties on an interim basis starting May 17, 2026. Boken provides services under an existing engagement letter between Beyond Meat and AP Services, LLC, an affiliate of AlixPartners, and his fees under that arrangement will remain unchanged.
BEYOND MEAT, INC. Chief Legal Officer and Secretary Teri L. Witteman sold 29,978 shares of common stock at $1.00 per share in an open-market transaction on April 20, 2026. The sale was made under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on December 12, 2025, and she held 4,178,194 shares directly after the transaction.
Merrill Lynch reported amended Form 144 filings to sell various vested restricted shares of Beyond Meat Inc. The submission lists multiple lots and trade dates covering grants from 02/20/2021 through 03/01/2026, including specific lot examples such as 1,314 shares and 4,134 shares.
Transactions are shown as cash sales of vested restricted shares and list individual lot sizes and original grant/vesting dates; timing and aggregate proceeds are not stated in the excerpt.
Beyond Meat Inc. submitted a Form 144 notifying the proposed sale of vested restricted common shares. The notice lists 27,978, 772, and 1,230 shares with trade dates shown as 04/21/2026, and indicates sales will be for cash.
BEYOND MEAT, INC. Chief Operations Officer Jonathan P. Nelson had 434 shares of common stock withheld at $0.66 per share to cover taxes on vesting restricted stock units under the Amended and Restated 2018 Equity Incentive Plan. After this tax-withholding disposition, he directly holds 560,703 shares, which include 4,464 RSUs and/or shares awarded under antidilution provisions tied to RSU grants from December 11, 2025.
BEYOND MEAT, INC. CFO and Treasurer Lubi Kutua reported share disposals tied to restricted stock unit vesting and a pre-planned sale. On April 13, 2026, 1,208 shares of common stock were withheld at $0.66 per share to cover taxes on RSUs vesting under the Amended and Restated 2018 Equity Incentive Plan.
On the same date, Kutua sold 419,042 shares of common stock in open-market transactions at a weighted average price of $0.6045 per share, executed under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on December 12, 2025. After these transactions, Kutua directly holds 5,749,967 shares, which include 57,366 RSUs and/or shares awarded under antidilution provisions.
Beyond Meat, Inc. Senior Vice President of Sales Paul Andrew Lufkin had 1,107 shares of common stock withheld on April 10, 2026 to cover taxes on vesting restricted stock units granted under the Amended and Restated 2018 Equity Incentive Plan. After this tax-withholding disposition, he directly owns 521,534 shares of Beyond Meat common stock.