<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001758614-20-000003.txt : 20200212
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001758614-20-000003
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13G
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200212
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200212

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13G
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-91355
		FILM NUMBER:		20605055

	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

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Brown Ethan
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001758614

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13G

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BEYOND MEAT, INC.
		STREET 2:		1325 E. EL SEGUNDO BLVD.
		CITY:			EL SEGUNDO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90245
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<TYPE>SC 13G
<SEQUENCE>1
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<div><a name="s1BB108AB09E82F19AF12165D13FC1107"></a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">United States</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:20px;text-align:center;font-size:16pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:16pt;font-weight:bold;">Schedule 13G</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">(Rule 13d-102)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;<br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Information to be Included in Statements Filed Pursuant</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">to &#167; 240.13d-1(b), (c) and (d) and Amendments Thereto Filed</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to &#167; 240.13d-2</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </font></div><div 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subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be &#8220;filed&#8221; for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#8220;Act&#8221;) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><a name="s5BCE135206998E453151165D1436C729"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><div 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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 1.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Name of Issuer:</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:114px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Beyond Meat, Inc. (the &#8220;Issuer&#8221;).</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:114px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:66px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">(a)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Address of Issuer&#8217;s Principal Executive Offices:</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:114px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:114px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">119 Standard Street, El Segundo, California 90245.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:66px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 2.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Name of Person Filing:</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:114px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This statement is filed on behalf of Ethan Brown (the &#8220;Reporting Person&#8221;).</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:114px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:66px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">(a)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Address or Principal Business Office:</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:114px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The business address of the Reporting Persons is C/O Beyond Meat, Inc., 119 Standard Street, El Segundo, California 90245. </font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:114px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:66px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">(b)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Citizenship of each Reporting Person is:</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:114px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:114px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Reporting Person is a citizen of the United States.   </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:114px;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:114px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:66px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">(c)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Title of Class of Securities:</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:114px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:114px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Common stock, $0.0001 par value (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;).</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:114px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:66px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">(d)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">CUSIP Number:</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:114px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:114px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">08862E109.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:66px;text-indent:-66px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 3.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:120px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Not applicable.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:66px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 4.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Ownership.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:90px;text-indent:24px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The ownership information below represents beneficial ownership of Common Stock of the Issuer as of December 31, 2019, based upon 61,521,912 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of November 11, 2019.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:72px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">(a) Amount beneficially owned:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:90px;text-indent:24px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of 1,559,027 shares of Common Stock and 1,646,239 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of stock options held by the Reporting Person that are exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days of December 31, 2019.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:72px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">(b) Percent of class: </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">5.1%</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:72px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">(c) Number of shares as to which the person has:</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:126px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(i)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 3,205,266</font></div></td></tr></table><div><br></div><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:99.78632478632478%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:34%;"></td><td style="width:33%;"></td><td style="width:33%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">CUSIP No. 08862E109</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Schedule 13G</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">3</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;of 4</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:126px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(ii)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 0</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:126px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(iii)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 3,205,266</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:126px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(iv)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:66px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 5.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:66px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Not applicable.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:66px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 6.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:66px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Not applicable.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:66px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 7.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:66px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Not applicable.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:66px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 8.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:66px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Not applicable.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:66px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 9.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Notice of Dissolution of Group.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:66px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Not applicable.</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 10.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;Certification.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:66px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Not applicable.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:99.78632478632478%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:34%;"></td><td style="width:33%;"></td><td style="width:33%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">CUSIP No. 08862E109</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Schedule 13G</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Page </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">4</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;of 4</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURE</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Date</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;February 12, 2020</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Ethan Brown</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">/s/ Ethan Brown&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:306px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div></div>	</div></body>
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