UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): May 24, 2023
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Beyond Meat, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), was held on May 24, 2023. A summary of the proposals voted on at the Annual Meeting by the Company’s stockholders and the final voting results for each proposal are set forth below.
Proposal 1: | The Company’s stockholders elected each of the following directors as Class I directors to serve until the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified by the following votes: | |||||||||||||||||||
NOMINEE | FOR | WITHHELD | BROKER NON-VOTES | |||||||||||||||||
Seth Goldman | 7,625,461 | 4,537,317 | 15,920,102 | |||||||||||||||||
C. James Koch | 11,810,203 | 352,575 | 15,920,102 | |||||||||||||||||
Kathy N. Waller | 11,053,187 | 1,109,591 | 15,920,102 | |||||||||||||||||
Proposal 2: | The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 by the following votes: | |||||||||||||||||||
FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | BROKER NON-VOTES | |||||||||||||||||
27,434,653 | 363,947 | 284,280 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Proposal 3: | The Company’s stockholders voted, on a non-binding advisory basis, to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, by the following votes: | |||||||||||||||||||
FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | BROKER NON-VOTES | |||||||||||||||||
10,548,716 | 1,467,574 | 146,488 | 15,920,102 | |||||||||||||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| BEYOND MEAT, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Teri L. Witteman | ||||
| Teri L. Witteman | |||||
| Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | |||||
Date: May 26, 2023