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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i599c3b7ba2b340e580cac01af2004d9b_1"></div><div style="min-height:73.44pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2022</font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Registration No. 333 - __________</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">___________________________________________</font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">FORM S-8</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">____________________________________________</font></div><div style="margin-top:8.75pt;padding-left:3.37pt;padding-right:3.37pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:20pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Beyond Meat, Inc.</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.4pt;padding-left:3.37pt;padding-right:3.37pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.4pt;padding-left:3.37pt;padding-right:3.37pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">______________________</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:96.899%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Delaware</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">26-4087597</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2.65pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(State or other jurisdiction of</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Incorporation or organization)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2.65pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(I.R.S. Employer</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Identification No.)</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">119 Standard Street</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">El Segundo</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">CA 90245</font></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:3.37pt;padding-right:3.37pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Beyond Meat, Inc. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan</font></div><div style="padding-left:3.37pt;padding-right:3.37pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Beyond Meat, Inc. 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</font></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">(Full title of the plans)</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Philip E. Hardin</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Beyond Meat, Inc.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">119 Standard Street</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">El Segundo, CA 90245</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">(866) 756-4112</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">(Name and address and telephone number, </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">including area code, of agent for service)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Copy to&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Christine McCarthy, Esq.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Orrick, Herrington &#38; Sutcliffe LLP </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">1000 Marsh Road</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Menlo Park, CA 94015</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Telephone&#58; (650) 614-7400, Facsimile&#58; (650) 614-7401</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:4.95pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">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 &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</font></div><div style="padding-left:4.12pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:98.466%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:47.091%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:45.643%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.966%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:2.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Large accelerated filer</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%"> &#253;</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Accelerated filer</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:2.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Non-accelerated filer &#9744;</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Smaller reporting company</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Emerging growth company</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9744;</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:4.95pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">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. &#9744;</font></div><div style="height:45.36pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:13.5pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i599c3b7ba2b340e580cac01af2004d9b_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:85.68pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-right:-2.25pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;padding-left:3.37pt;padding-right:3.37pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">PART I</font></div><div style="padding-left:3.37pt;padding-right:3.37pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></div><div style="padding-right:9pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:9pt;text-indent:49.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">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 &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) as required by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;).  Such documents are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) as part of this Registration Statement.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:3.37pt;padding-right:3.37pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">PART II</font></div><div style="padding-left:3.37pt;padding-right:3.37pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Registration of Additional Securities</font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-indent:49.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">This Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 5,361,302 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), of Beyond Meat, Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) 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) and on May 15, 2020 (File No. 333-238304) (collectively, the &#8220;Prior Registration Statements&#8221;) are effective&#58; (i) the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2018 EIP&#8221;), pursuant to automatic share increases that occurred on January 1, 2021 and January 1, 2022, which added a total of 4,289,042 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 &#8220;2018 ESPP,&#8221; and together with the 2018 EIP, the &#8220;Plans&#8221;), pursuant to automatic share increases that occurred on January 1, 2021 and January 1, 2022, which added a total of 1,072,260 shares of Common Stock to the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2018 ESPP.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:9pt;text-indent:49.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">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.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:13.7pt;padding-right:9.35pt;text-indent:49.7pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;padding-left:13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Item 8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Exhibits.</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:97.028%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.390%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.481%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:87.729%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Exhibit number</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:216pt;text-indent:2.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Documents</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000162828019003500/exhibit41-sx1a3.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Form S-1&#47;A, filed with the Commission on March 27, 2019)</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.2</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000162828020003841/byndex43descriptionofs.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Description of Registrant&#8217;s Securities (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Commission on March 19, 2020)</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5.1*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit51opinionoforrickhe.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Opinion of Orrick, Herrington &#38; Sutcliffe LLP</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23.1*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit231consentofdeloitt.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of Deloitte &#38; Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23.2*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit51opinionoforrickhe.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of Orrick, Herrington &#38; Sutcliffe LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">24.1*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i599c3b7ba2b340e580cac01af2004d9b_7" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page of this Registration Statement)</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000162828019000200/exhibit1013bynd.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">2018 Equity Incentive Plan and forms of agreement thereunder (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Registrant&#8217;s Form S-1&#47;A, filed with the Commission on January 9, 2019)</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99.2</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521019000066/byndq2201910qex-101.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Amended form of 2018 Equity Incentive Plan stock option award agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on July 29, 2019)</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99.3</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521019000066/byndq2201910qex-102.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Amended form of 2018 Equity Incentive Plan restricted stock unit award agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on July 29, 2019)</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99.4</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000162828019000200/exhibit1014bynd.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Registrant&#8217;s Form S-1&#47;A, filed with the Commission on January 9, 2019)</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">107*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:0.02pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit107filingfeetables.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Filing fee table</a></font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">____________</font></div><div style="padding-left:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">* Filed herewith.</font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:27pt;padding-right:27pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i599c3b7ba2b340e580cac01af2004d9b_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:49.68pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-right:-2.25pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">SIGNATURES</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:63pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">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 March 3, 2022.</font></div><div style="text-indent:63pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:330pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:38.888%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:16.400%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:81.400%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:9pt;text-indent:-6.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">BEYOND MEAT, INC.</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; Ethan Brown</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Name&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Ethan Brown</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Title&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">President and Chief Executive Officer</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:3.37pt;padding-right:3.37pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Ethan Brown and Philip E. Hardin, 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.</font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">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.</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:97.638%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:40.578%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.511%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:40.578%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.511%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:14.122%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Signature</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Title</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Date</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:18pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; Ethan Brown</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">March 3, 2022</font></td></tr><tr style="height:18pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Ethan Brown</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:17pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; Philip E. Hardin</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer     (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">March 3, 2022</font></td></tr><tr style="height:17pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Philip E. 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Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2022
Registration No. 333 - __________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
___________________________________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
____________________________________________
Beyond Meat, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
______________________
Delaware
26-4087597
(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
119 Standard Street
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)
Philip E. Hardin
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Beyond Meat, Inc.
119 Standard Street
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
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer ☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
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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 5,361,302 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) and on May 15, 2020 (File No. 333-238304) (collectively, the "Prior Registration Statements") are effective: (i) the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2018 EIP"), pursuant to automatic share increases that occurred on January 1, 2021 and January 1, 2022, which added a total of 4,289,042 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 automatic share increases that occurred on January 1, 2021 and January 1, 2022, which added a total of 1,072,260 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.
Exhibit number
Documents
4.1
Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Form S-1/A, filed with the Commission on March 27, 2019)
4.2
Description of Registrant's Securities (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Commission on March 19, 2020)
5.1*
Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
23.1*
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2*
Consent of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*
Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
99.1
2018 Equity Incentive Plan and forms of agreement thereunder (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Registrant's Form S-1/A, filed with the Commission on January 9, 2019)
99.2
Amended form of 2018 Equity Incentive Plan stock option award agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on July 29, 2019)
99.3
Amended form of 2018 Equity Incentive Plan restricted stock unit award agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on July 29, 2019)
99.4
2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Registrant's Form S-1/A, filed with the Commission on January 9, 2019)
107*
Filing fee table
____________
* 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 March 3, 2022.
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 Philip E. Hardin, 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)
March 3, 2022
Ethan Brown
/s/ Philip E. Hardin
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer     (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
March 3, 2022
Philip E. Hardin
/s/ Seth Goldman
Chairman of the Board
March 3, 2022
Seth Goldman
/s/ Diane Carhart
Director
March 3, 2022
Diane Carhart
/s/ Sally Grimes
Director
March 3, 2022
Sally Grime
s
/s/ Raymond J. Lane
Director
March 3, 2022
Raymond J. Lane
/s/ Muktesh Pant
Director
March 3, 2022
Muktesh Pant
/s/ Ned Segal
Director
March 3, 2022
Ned Segal
/s/ Christopher Isaac Stone
Director
March 3, 2022
Christopher Isaac Stone
/s/ Kathy N. Waller
Director
March 3, 2022
Kathy N. Waller