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accession: "0001655210-26-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BYND"
cik: "0001655210"
company_name: "BEYOND MEAT, INC."
filed_at: "2026-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:40:33.277036+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Beyond Meat appoints Tony Kalajian as Chief Accounting Officer effective Jan 12, 2026

## Summary
- Tony Kalajian appointed CAO and principal accounting officer effective Jan 12, 2026; succeeds interim CAO Lubi Kutua who remains CFO.
- Annual base salary of $325,000; target bonus of 35% of base; one-time sign-on cash bonus of $35,000 with clawback provision.
- Equity awards: option to purchase shares valued at $150,000 and RSUs valued at $150,000, both vesting over four years.
- Kalajian previously served as Consulting CFO of ContinuEM and CAO of Calidi Biotherapeutics, Oncocyte, and Lineage Cell Therapeutics.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001655210-26-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BYND
- cik: 0001655210
- company_name: BEYOND MEAT, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521026000003/0001655210-26-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521026000003/bynd-20251229.htm

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