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Beyond Meat, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 3/19/20, at 5:16pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  1628280-20-3841   ·   File #:  1-38879

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/19/20  Beyond Meat, Inc.                 10-K       12/31/19   82:14M                                    Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.84M 
 2: EX-4.3      Exhibit 4.3 Description of Securities               HTML     42K 
 3: EX-10.3     Exhibit 10.3 Lease Extension Amend2                 HTML     41K 
 5: EX-10.31    Exhibit 10.31 Goldman Letter Agreement              HTML     29K 
 6: EX-10.32    Exhibit 10.32 Fss Letter Agreement                  HTML     28K 
 4: EX-10.4     Exhibit 10.4 Lease Extension Amend3                 HTML     34K 
 7: EX-21.1     Exhibit 21.1Subsidiaries                            HTML     24K 
 8: EX-23.1     Exhibit 23.1 Consent Letter                         HTML     24K 
 9: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
10: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
11: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
12: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
30: R1          Cover Page Document                                 HTML     89K 
53: R2          Balance Sheets                                      HTML    137K 
79: R3          Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)                      HTML     78K 
38: R4          Statements of Operations                            HTML     76K 
29: R5          Statements of Convertible Preferred Stock and       HTML    139K 
                Stockholders? Equity (Deficit)                                   
52: R6          Statements of Convertible Preferred Stock and       HTML     31K 
                Stockholders? Equity (Deficit) (Parenthetical)                   
78: R7          Statements of Cash Flows                            HTML    171K 
36: R8          Introduction                                        HTML     36K 
31: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    183K 
43: R10         Restructuring                                       HTML     31K 
20: R11         Inventories                                         HTML     35K 
63: R12         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     51K 
71: R13         Debt                                                HTML     66K 
44: R14         Stockholders? Equity (Deficit) and Convertible      HTML     32K 
                Preferred Stock                                                  
21: R15         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML    151K 
64: R16         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     78K 
72: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML    126K 
42: R18         Net Loss Per Share Available to Common              HTML     63K 
                Stockholders                                                     
22: R19         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     31K 
48: R20         Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited)         HTML    146K 
76: R21         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    165K 
                (Policies)                                                       
32: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    130K 
                (Tables)                                                         
25: R23         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     35K 
49: R24         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     52K 
77: R25         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     43K 
33: R26         Share-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    117K 
26: R27         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     53K 
50: R28         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    123K 
75: R29         Net Loss Per Share Available to Common              HTML     62K 
                Stockholders (Tables)                                            
69: R30         Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited)         HTML    146K 
                (Tables)                                                         
62: R31         Introduction (Details)                              HTML     67K 
24: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML    205K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
46: R33         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     40K 
                Schedule of property, plant, and equipment                       
                (Details)                                                        
68: R34         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     49K 
                Schedule of financial instruments measured at fair               
                value (Details)                                                  
61: R35         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     38K 
                Schedule of fair value valuation (Details)                       
23: R36         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     38K 
                Summary of changes in fair value (Details)                       
45: R37         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     45K 
                Schedule of net revenues by platform and channel                 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R38         Restructuring (Details)                             HTML     44K 
60: R39         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     41K 
81: R40         Property, Plant and Equipment - Summary of          HTML     51K 
                property, plant, and equipment (Details)                         
56: R41         Property, Plant and Equipment - Narrative           HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
28: R42         Debt - Schedule of debt balances (Details)          HTML     46K 
35: R43         Debt - Narrative (Details)                          HTML    215K 
80: R44         Stockholders? Equity (Deficit) and Convertible      HTML     99K 
                Preferred Stock (Details)                                        
55: R45         Share-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML    219K 
27: R46         Share-Based Compensation - Schedule of fair value   HTML     35K 
                assumptions (Details)                                            
34: R47         Share-Based Compensation - Schedule of stock        HTML     83K 
                option activity (Details)                                        
82: R48         Share-Based Compensation - Schedule of restricted   HTML     66K 
                stock and RSU activity (Details)                                 
54: R49         Commitments and Contingencies - Leases and          HTML    101K 
                Purchase Commitments (Details)                                   
57: R50         Commitments and Contingencies - Litigation          HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R51         Income Taxes - Schedule of components of income     HTML     53K 
                tax expense (Details)                                            
39: R52         Income Taxes - Schedule of effective income tax     HTML     58K 
                rate reconciliation (Details)                                    
18: R53         Income Taxes - Schedule of deferred tax assets and  HTML     57K 
                liabilities (Details)                                            
58: R54         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     46K 
67: R55         Income Taxes - Schedule of unrecognized tax         HTML     32K 
                benefits (Details)                                               
40: R56         Net Loss Per Share Available to Common              HTML     32K 
                Stockholders - Narrative (Details)                               
19: R57         Net Loss Per Share Available to Common              HTML     46K 
                Stockholders - Schedule of basic and diluted net                 
                loss per common share (Details)                                  
59: R58         Net Loss Per Share Available to Common              HTML     38K 
                Stockholders - Schedule of antidilutive securities               
                excluded from computation of earnings per share                  
                (Details)                                                        
65: R59         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     32K 
37: R60         Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited)         HTML     93K 
                (Details)                                                        
51: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    139K 
41: XML         XBRL Instance -- bynd201910k_htm                     XML   2.65M 
74: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    102K 
14: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- bynd-20191231_cal               XML    248K 
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16: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- bynd-20191231_lab                     XML   1.99M 
17: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- bynd-20191231_pre              XML   1.26M 
13: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- bynd-20191231                         XSD    153K 
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