secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BEYOND MEAT, INC. (BYND)
CIK:        0001655210
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-30T20:42:33+00:00
Accession:  0001655210-26-000049
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521026000049/0001655210-26-000049-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521026000049/bynd-20260726.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001655210-26-000049

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