secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BEYOND MEAT, INC. (BYND)
CIK:        0001655210
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-12-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001655210-21-000244
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Beyond Meat hires Tyson veterans Doug Ramsey (COO) and Bernie Adcock (Chief Supply Chain Officer)
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- Doug Ramsey (Tyson 30 yrs) appointed COO; base salary $475k, sign-on bonuses $725k, equity grants ~$17M, deferred comp $1M.
- Bernie Adcock (Tyson 31 yrs) appointed Chief Supply Chain Officer, reporting to Ramsey.
- Both join immediately to lead operations and supply chain scaling; partnerships include McDonald's, Yum!, PepsiCo JV.
- Ramsey's equity: options and RSUs vest over 4 years; additional $8.5M RSUs vest over 2 years.
- Adcock role newly created; focus on supply chain expansion in US, EU, China.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521021000244/0001655210-21-000244-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521021000244/bynd-20211208.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001655210-21-000244

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