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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001655210-24-000119
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240510
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240510
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20240510

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BEYOND MEAT, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001655210
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FOOD & KINDRED PRODUCTS [2000]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		IRS NUMBER:				264087597
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-279332
		FILM NUMBER:		24935205

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		888 N. DOUGLAS STREET, SUITE 100
		CITY:			EL SEGUNDO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90245
		BUSINESS PHONE:		866-756-4112

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		888 N. DOUGLAS STREET, SUITE 100
		CITY:			EL SEGUNDO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90245

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Savage River, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20151008
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i37b36bc2599340b78021f2ea35726345_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:120%">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2024</font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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:120%">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:120%">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:120%">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:120%">___________________________________________</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:120%">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:120%">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:120%">____________________________________________</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:120%">(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:120%">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:120%">(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:120%">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%">888 N. Douglas Street, Suite 100</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%">Lubi Kutua</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%">888 N. Douglas Street, Suite 100</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:4.13pt"><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:120%">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="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><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:73.44pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-right:-29.25pt"><font><br></font></div></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="i37b36bc2599340b78021f2ea35726345_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 2,680,651 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), May 15, 2020 (File No. 333-238304), March 3, 2022 (File No. 333-263263) and May 11, 2023 (File No. 333-271824) (collectively, the &#8220;Prior Registration Statements&#8221;) are effective&#58; (i) the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2018 EIP&#8221;), pursuant to an automatic share increase that occurred on January 1, 2024, which added a total of 2,144,521 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 an automatic share increase that occurred on January 1, 2024, which added a total of 536,130 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:120%;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:bottom"><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:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://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:120%;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:bottom"><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:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://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:120%;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 1, 2023)</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:bottom"><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:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit51bynd-opinionforfo.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;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:bottom"><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:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit231beyondmeats-8del.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;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:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><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:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit51bynd-opinionforfo.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;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:bottom"><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:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i37b36bc2599340b78021f2ea35726345_7" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;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:bottom"><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:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://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:120%;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:bottom"><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:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://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:120%;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:bottom"><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:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521023000257/ex101amendedformofrsuagree.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Amended form of 2018 Equity Incentive Plan restricted stock unit 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 November 9, 2023)</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:bottom"><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:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://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:120%;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="a20240510ex107filingfeetab.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="i37b36bc2599340b78021f2ea35726345_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 May 10, 2024.</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:bottom"><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:120%">BEYOND MEAT, INC.</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><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:10pt;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="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-align:right;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:3.37pt;padding-right:3.37pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:3.37pt;padding-right:3.37pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:3.37pt;padding-right:3.37pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:3.37pt;padding-right:3.37pt;text-align:center"><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%">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 Lubi Kutua, 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="height:49.68pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:37.361%"><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="padding:0 1pt"><div><font><br></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></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="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%">May 10, 2024</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; Lubi Kutua</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)</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%">May 10, 2024</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%">Lubi Kutua</font></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; Yi (Jevy) Luo</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%">Vice President and Corporate Controller     (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%">May 10, 2024</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%">Yi (Jevy) Luo</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:14pt"><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; Seth Goldman</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%">Chair of the Board</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%">May 10, 2024</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;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%">Seth Goldman</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:14pt"><td colspan="3" 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%">&#47;s&#47; Sally Grimes</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%">Director</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%">May 10, 2024</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;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%">Sally Grimes</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 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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i84ce7ee01aa142c4ad1eb0cb35e80e37_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Exhibit 107</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:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Calculation of Filing Fee Tables</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:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Form S-8</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Form Type)</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:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Beyond Meat, Inc.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</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:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Table 1&#58; Newly Registered Securities</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></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:8.194%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.560%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.079%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:12.842%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.278%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.483%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.758%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.006%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:2pt double #000000;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:125%">Security Type</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:2pt double #000000;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:125%">Security <br>Class Title</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:2pt double #000000;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:125%">Fee Calculation Rule</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:2pt double #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">Amount Registered</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%;position:relative;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">(1)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:2pt double #000000;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:125%">Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:2pt double #000000;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:125%">Maximum Aggregate Offering Price</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:2pt double #000000;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:125%">Fee Rate</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-right:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:2pt double #000000;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:125%">Amount of Registration Fee</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;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:125%">Equity</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;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:125%">Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;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:125%">Other</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">2,144,521</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;position:relative;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">(2)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">$8.16</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;position:relative;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">(3)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;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:125%">$17,499,291.40</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;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:125%">$0.0001476</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-right:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;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:125%">$2,582.90</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;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:125%">Equity</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;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:125%">Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;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:125%">Other</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">536,130</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;position:relative;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">(4)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">$6.936</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%;position:relative;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">(5)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;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:125%">$3,718,597.68</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;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:125%">$0.0001476</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-right:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;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:125%">$548.87</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">Total Offering Amounts</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;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:125%">$21,217,889.10</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-right:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;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:125%">$3,131.77</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;border-left:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font 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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="id038213df56d49bf8fd6547f88304367_1"></div><div style="min-height:121.68pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:33.974%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></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:3pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Orrick, Herrington &#38; Sutcliffe LLP</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1000 Marsh Road</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Menlo Park, CA 94105-2669</font></div><div style="margin-top:4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">+1-650-614-7400</font></div><div style="margin-top:4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">orrick.com</font></div></td></tr></table><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:33.974%"><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="padding:0 1pt"><div><font><br></font></div></td></tr></table><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#160;</font><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:21.314%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#91;LOGO&#93;</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Exhibit 5.1</font></div></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Garamond',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">May 10, 2024</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Garamond',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Beyond Meat, Inc.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Garamond',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">888 N. Douglas Street, Suite 100</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Garamond',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">El Segundo, CA 90245</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Garamond',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Re&#58;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Registration Statement on Form S-8</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Garamond',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Garamond',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ladies and Gentlemen&#58; </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Garamond',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We have acted as counsel for Beyond Meat, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) of the Company&#8217;s registration statement on Form S-8 (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), relating to the registration of the following (collectively, the &#8220;Plan Shares&#8221;)&#58; (i) an additional 2,144,521 shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock (&#8220;Shares&#8221;), $0.0001 par value per Share, available for issuance pursuant to future awards under the Company&#8217;s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2018 Plan&#8221;), and (ii) an additional 536,130 Shares available for issuance pursuant to future awards under the Company&#8217;s 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#8220;ESPP&#8221;, together with the 2018 Plan, the &#8220;Plans&#8221;). As your legal counsel, we have reviewed the actions proposed to be taken by you in connection with the issuance and sale of the Plan Shares.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Garamond',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Garamond',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Registration Statement, (ii) the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, each as currently in effect, (iii) the Plans, and (iv) such corporate records, agreements, documents and other instruments, and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company, and have made such inquiries of such officers and representatives, as we have deemed relevant and necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinion set forth below.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Garamond',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. In making our examination of documents executed or to be executed, we have assumed that the parties thereto, other than the Company, had or will have the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and the execution </font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:43.108%"><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="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"><div><font><br></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:121.68pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-top:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Garamond',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">May 10, 2024</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Garamond',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Page 2</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#160;</font></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Garamond',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof on such parties. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others and of public officials. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Garamond',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Based on the foregoing and subject to the limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Plan Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Plans, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Garamond',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The opinion expressed herein is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and we express no opinion as to the effect on the matters covered by this letter of the laws of any other jurisdictions.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Garamond',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.  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