---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001655210-26-000080"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BYND"
cik: "0001655210"
company_name: "BEYOND MEAT, INC."
filed_at: "2026-11-10T21:33:27+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-11-10T21:35:08.853074+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Beyond Meat SVP of Sales Drew Lufkin resigns effective Nov 20, 2026

## Summary
- Drew Lufkin notified Beyond Meat (BYND) on November 6, 2026 that he is resigning as Senior Vice President, Sales, effective November 20, 2026.
- Lufkin is leaving "to pursue another opportunity"; the filing states the resignation was not the result of any disagreement with the Company on operations, policies or practices.
- No successor or interim head of sales was named in the filing; the 8-K was signed by CFO and Treasurer Lubi Kutua on November 10, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001655210-26-000080
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BYND
- cik: 0001655210
- company_name: BEYOND MEAT, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-11-10T21:33:27+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521026000080/0001655210-26-000080-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521026000080/bynd-20261106.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001655210-26-000080
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001655210-26-000080.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001655210-26-000080.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Drew Lufkin departed as Senior Vice President, Sales at BEYOND MEAT, INC..
  - Action: resigning
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Sales
  source text: On November 6, 2026, Drew Lufkin notified Beyond Meat, Inc. (the “Company”) that he is resigning as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Sales, effective November 20, 2026, to pursue another opportunity.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521026000080/0001655210-26-000080-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.