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Issuer:     BEYOND MEAT, INC. (BYND)
CIK:        0001655210
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001655210-26-000018
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Beyond Meat signs $23.5M pea protein supply deal with Roquette; adopts 10M-share inducement plan
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- Entered multi-year pea protein supply agreement with Roquette; minimum aggregate purchase commitment approx. $23.5M over 2026-2027.
- If Beyond Meat fails to buy annual minimums, must pay liquidated damages; also required to provide $1M standby letter of credit.
- Board adopted 2026 Employment Inducement Equity Incentive Plan, initially reserving 10,000,000 shares for inducement grants to new hires.
- The inducement plan allows option & RSU grants to new employees without stockholder approval under Nasdaq Rule 5635(c)(4).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521026000018/0001655210-26-000018-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521026000018/bynd-20260328.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001655210-26-000018

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