---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001655210-26-000049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BYND"
cik: "0001655210"
company_name: "BEYOND MEAT, INC."
filed_at: "2026-07-30T20:42:33+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-30T20:44:07.932212+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Beyond Meat appoints Brijesh Krishnaswamy as COO; founder Ethan Brown rejoins board

## Summary
- Brijesh Krishnaswamy named COO; starts part-time Aug 24, 2026, full-time Sept 30, 2026.
- Base salary: $110K/yr part-time, $550K/yr full-time; eligible for 60% target bonus and $1.2M equity award.
- Relocation allowance up to $100K plus tax gross-up for move to El Segundo by Dec 1, 2026.
- Founder/CEO Ethan Brown appointed to board as Class III director, filling vacancy from May 2026.
- John Boken will cease interim COO duties upon Krishnaswamy's full-time start.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001655210-26-000049
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BYND
- cik: 0001655210
- company_name: BEYOND MEAT, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-07-30T20:42:33+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521026000049/0001655210-26-000049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521026000049/bynd-20260726.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brijesh Krishnaswamy was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at BEYOND MEAT, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On July 26, 2026, Beyond Meat, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an offer letter with Brijesh Krishnaswamy to serve as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521026000049/0001655210-26-000049-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Boken changed role as Chief Operations Officer at BEYOND MEAT, INC..
  - Action: will no longer perform the duties of
  - Role: Chief Operations Officer
  source text: Upon the Commencement Date of Mr. Krishnaswamy’s full-time employment, John Boken, the Company’s interim Chief Transformation Officer who assumed the duties of Chief Operations Officer on an interim basis effective May 17, 2026, will no longer perform the duties of Chief Operations Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521026000049/0001655210-26-000049-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ethan Brown was appointed as Class III Director at BEYOND MEAT, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: On July 28, 2026, the board of directors of the Company appointed Ethan Brown to serve as a Class III director (with a term expiring in 2028), filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Raphael Thomas Wallander on May 28, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521026000049/0001655210-26-000049-index.htm

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