As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2024
Registration No. 333 - __________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Beyond Meat, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Delaware | 26-4087597 | ||||
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||
888 N. Douglas Street, Suite 100
El Segundo
CA 90245
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)
Beyond Meat, Inc. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan
Beyond Meat, Inc. 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Lubi Kutua
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Beyond Meat, Inc.
888 N. Douglas Street, Suite 100
El Segundo, CA 90245
(866) 756-4112
(Name and address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Christine McCarthy, Esq.
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
1000 Marsh Road
Menlo Park, CA 94015
Telephone: (650) 614-7400, Facsimile: (650) 614-7401
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ý | Accelerated filer | ☐ | ||||||
Non-accelerated filer ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | ||||||
| Emerging growth company | ☐ | |||||||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in this Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plans (defined below) covered by this registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) as required by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Such documents are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) as part of this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Registration of Additional Securities
This Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 2,680,651 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 (“Common Stock”), of Beyond Meat, Inc. (the “Registrant”) issuable under the following employee benefit plans for which registration statements on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on May 3, 2019 (File No. 333-231186), May 15, 2020 (File No. 333-238304), March 3, 2022 (File No. 333-263263) and May 11, 2023 (File No. 333-271824) (collectively, the “Prior Registration Statements”) are effective: (i) the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2018 EIP”), pursuant to an automatic share increase that occurred on January 1, 2024, which added a total of 2,144,521 shares of Common Stock to the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2018 EIP, and (ii) the 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2018 ESPP,” and together with the 2018 EIP, the “Plans”), pursuant to an automatic share increase that occurred on January 1, 2024, which added a total of 536,130 shares of Common Stock to the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2018 ESPP.
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement to the extent not modified or superseded hereby or by any subsequently filed document which is incorporated by reference herein or therein.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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* Filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of El Segundo, State of California, on May 10, 2024.
BEYOND MEAT, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Ethan Brown | ||||
| Name: | Ethan Brown | ||||
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Ethan Brown and Lubi Kutua, each of them with power to act alone, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments of this Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, together with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises hereof, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might do or could do in person, thereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact or his or her substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
| Signature | Title | Date | ||||||||||||
| /s/ Ethan Brown | President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | May 10, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Ethan Brown | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Lubi Kutua | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) | May 10, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Lubi Kutua | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Yi (Jevy) Luo | Vice President and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) | May 10, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Yi (Jevy) Luo | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Seth Goldman | Chair of the Board | May 10, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Seth Goldman | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Sally Grimes | Director | May 10, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Sally Grimes | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Colleen Jay | Director | May 10, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Colleen Jay | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ C. James Koch | Director | May 10, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| C. James Koch | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Raymond J. Lane | Director | May 10, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Raymond J. Lane | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Muktesh Pant | Director | May 10, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Muktesh Pant | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Ned Segal | Director | May 10, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Ned Segal | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Kathy N. Waller | Director | May 10, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Kathy N. Waller | ||||||||||||||