Beyond Meat, Inc. filings document a plant protein company’s operating results, product-channel economics and public-company governance. Form 8-K reports furnish quarterly and annual earnings releases, amendments to reported results, Regulation FD updates, Nasdaq filing-compliance matters, material definitive agreements and executive officer changes.
Proxy materials cover board elections, compensation and stockholder voting. Recent disclosures also address a pea protein supply agreement, an employment inducement equity incentive plan, internal-control matters related to inventory accounting, the annual report filing process, common stock listing compliance and financial-statement topics tied to Beyond Meat’s plant-based product portfolio.
Beyond Meat filed a Form 144 reporting proposed sales of vested restricted shares, including a block of 338,420 shares listed for sale with a sale date of 04/14/2026. The filing lists multiple smaller vested‑RSU lots (for example, 4,108; 2,252; 2,162 shares) all tied to the same sale date.
The filing is a notice of intended sales by an affiliate and lists the security as Common Stock to be sold on NASDAQ. The filing records settlement as cash transactions for vested restricted shares.
Beyond Meat, Inc. is asking stockholders to vote at its virtual 2026 annual meeting on May 20, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Stockholders will elect three Class I directors, ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditor for 2026, and cast an advisory vote on executive compensation.
The record date is March 24, 2026, with 463,190,005 common shares entitled to one vote each. The board, which is fully independent and divided into three staggered classes, unanimously recommends voting FOR all director nominees and FOR each proposal.
Beyond Meat, Inc. reported Q4 and full-year 2025 results with sharply weaker sales and operating performance but a headline accounting profit driven by debt restructuring. Q4 2025 net revenues were $61.6 million, down 19.7% year-over-year, with gross margin falling to 2.3% as volumes dropped across all channels.
Loss from operations widened to $133.6 million in Q4 and $333.6 million for 2025 due to inventory write-downs, China exit costs, asset write-downs and a $38.9 million litigation accrual. However, a $548.7 million non-cash gain on debt restructuring lifted Q4 net income to $409.0 million and full-year net income to $219.0 million, while Adjusted EBITDA losses deepened to $69.9 million for Q4 and $179.3 million for 2025.
The company ended 2025 with $217.5 million in cash and equivalents and $415.7 million of debt, citing reduced leverage, extended maturities and added liquidity. It expects Q1 2026 net revenues of approximately $57 million to $59 million. Beyond Meat also disclosed material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting, corrections to interim 2025 financials, and noted that a late Form 10-K filing makes it ineligible to use Form S-3 registration statements for at least twelve months.
Beyond Meat, Inc. received an expected Nasdaq deficiency notice on April 6, 2026 for not timely filing its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, as required by Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1). The notice initially gave the company until June 5, 2026 to submit a compliance plan.
Beyond Meat filed the delayed 2025 Form 10-K with the SEC on April 9, 2026 and thereby regained compliance, eliminating the need to submit a formal plan. The company also set its 2026 virtual annual meeting of stockholders for May 20, 2026, with a record date of March 24, 2026.
Beyond Meat, Inc. describes how it is reshaping its plant-based meat business amid prolonged category weakness, high leverage and liquidity pressures. The company is focusing on cost reduction, margin recovery and cash generation through its Global Operations Review and a Transformation Office.
In 2025 it exited or discontinued select product lines, ceased operational activities in China, and carried out several workforce reductions across North America, the EU and China. These moves triggered non-cash charges, including a $2.4 million provision for excess and obsolete inventory and $49.0 million in loss on write-down of assets held for sale.
As of December 31, 2025, Beyond Meat held $9.4 million of assets classified as held for sale and expected to dispose of them within a year. The company is also managing significant obligations under a Loan and Security Agreement and its 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2027 and 7.00% Convertible Senior Secured Second Lien PIK Toggle Notes due 2030, while pursuing new products, direct-to-consumer offerings and long-term growth initiatives.
Beyond Meat, Inc. entered into a multi-year Sales Agreement with Roquette Frères under which Roquette will supply pea protein through December 31, 2027. The agreement is based on minimum annual purchase quantities, totaling about $23.5 million over the term, subject to inflation and exchange rate adjustments.
If Beyond Meat does not meet the minimum annual quantities, it must pay Roquette liquidated damages based on the value of unpurchased volumes, with some ability to roll volumes between years. The company must also provide a $1.0 million standby letter of credit to secure payment obligations.
The board approved the 2026 Employment Inducement Equity Incentive Plan, reserving 10,000,000 shares of common stock for awards. Adopted under Nasdaq Rule 5635(c)(4), the plan allows equity grants only to new or returning employees as a material inducement to join Beyond Meat.
Beyond Meat reported steep revenue declines and heavy operating losses for Q4 and full-year 2025, offset by a large accounting gain from debt restructuring. Q4 net revenues fell 19.7% to $61.6 million and full-year 2025 net revenues declined 15.6% to $275.5 million as volumes dropped across U.S. and international channels.
Loss from operations widened to $132.7 million in Q4 and $332.7 million for 2025, driven by impairment charges, asset write-downs, litigation accruals and costs tied to exiting China. A $548.7 million non-cash gain on debt restructuring produced reported net income of $409.9 million for Q4 and $219.9 million for 2025, while Adjusted EBITDA remained deeply negative. The company disclosed new material weaknesses in internal control, immaterial errors in prior 2025 quarters, a delayed 2025 Form 10-K filing, loss of Form S-3 eligibility, and guided Q1 2026 net revenues to about $57–$59 million.
The Vanguard Group filed Amendment No. 7 to a Schedule 13G/A reporting that it beneficially owns 0 shares (0%) of Beyond Meat Inc. common stock as shown in the filing. The amendment explains an internal realignment effective January 12, 2026, and states certain Vanguard subsidiaries will report holdings separately.
The filing is signed by Ashley Grim as Head of Global Fund Administration and documents Vanguard's disaggregated reporting posture under SEC Release No. 34-39538.
Beyond Meat, Inc. is delaying the release of its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 financial results until March 31, 2026, when it also expects to file its Form 10-K and host a conference call after market close.
The company identified a new material weakness in internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025, related to accounting for its inventory provision, including excess and obsolete inventory. During its year-end close, it found errors in previously issued 2025 quarterly financial statements that understated cost of goods sold and certain selling, general and administrative expenses, and overstated loss from impairment in the third quarter.
Management currently believes these errors are immaterial to the earlier quarterly reports and plans to correct them prospectively in fiscal 2026 quarterly filings, with further details expected in Item 9B of the upcoming Form 10-K. The company also warns that its ongoing inventory review could materially affect its financial statements and might lead its audit committee to determine that some prior financials can no longer be relied upon.