0001628280-19-005609.txt : 20190501 0001628280-19-005609.hdr.sgml : 20190501 20190501195344 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001628280-19-005609 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190501 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190501 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190501 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: van Lengerich Bernhard CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001758588 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-38879 FILM NUMBER: 19789324 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O BEYOND MEAT, INC. STREET 2: 1325 E. EL SEGUNDO BLVD. CITY: EL SEGUNDO STATE: CA ZIP: 90245 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BEYOND MEAT, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001655210 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FOOD & KINDRED PRODUCTS [2000] IRS NUMBER: 264087597 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 119 STANDARD STREET CITY: EL SEGUNDO STATE: CA ZIP: 90245 BUSINESS PHONE: 866-756-4112 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 119 STANDARD STREET CITY: EL SEGUNDO STATE: CA ZIP: 90245 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Savage River, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20151008 3 1 wf-form3_155675480877366.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2019-05-01 0 0001655210 BEYOND MEAT, INC. BYND 0001758588 van Lengerich Bernhard C/O BEYOND MEAT, INC. 119 STANDARD STREET EL SEGUNDO 90245 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 399443 I By Seeding the Future Foundation Series G Convertible Preferred Stock Common Stock 49133.0 D Stock Option (right to buy) 0.95 2026-05-11 Common Stock 133147.0 D Reporting Person may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the shares held by the Seeding the Future Foundation as its founder, president and board member. Shares of preferred stock are convertible, at the option of the holder, into shares of common stock on a 1-to-1 basis and will automatically convert into shares of common stock on a 1-to-1 basis immediately prior to the closing of the Issuer's initial public offering. The preferred stock has no expiration date. Stock option granted under the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan on May 12, 2016; 1/36th of the total shares vested and became exercisable monthly thereafter such that the option was fully vested and exercisable on February 4, 2019. Ex. 24 Power of Attorney attached. /s/ Mark J. Nelson, as Attorney-In-Fact for Bernhard van Lengerich 2019-05-01 EX-24 2 ex24poa-vanlengerich.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY-VAN LENGERICH, BERNHARD

POWER OF ATTORNEY
      The undersigned as a Section 16 reporting person of Beyond Meat, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Mark J. Nelson and Sowmya Rajan, and each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute, deliver and file for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section16(a) of the Exchange Act;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority;
(3) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section16 of the Exchange Act.  The undersigned further acknowledges and agrees that the attorney-in-fact and the Company are relying on written and oral information provided by the undersigned to complete such forms and the undersigned is responsible for reviewing the completed forms prior to their filing.  The attorney-in-fact and the Company are not responsible for any errors or omissions in such filings.  The attorney-in-fact and the Company are not responsible for determining whether or not the transactions reported could be matched with any other transactions for the purpose of determining liability for short-swing profits under Section16(b).
      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 15th day of November, 2018.

/s/ Bernhard van Lengerich

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BERNHARD VAN LENGERICH
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