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BEYOND MEAT, INC.

For the period ended Sep 27, 2025. Filed Nov 12, 2025.

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Sep 27, 2025 · Filed Nov 12, 2025

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Part II. Other Information

Note 3. Leases

See Note 2 and Note 10.

Leases are classified as either finance leases or operating leases based on criteria in ASC 842. The Company has finance leases for its Campus Headquarters and for certain equipment used for research and development and operations. The Company has operating leases for its corporate offices, other than the Campus Headquarters, its manufacturing facilities, warehouses and vehicles, and to a lesser extent, certain equipment. Such leases generally have original lease terms between 2 years and 12 years, and often include one or more options to extend. Some leases also include early termination options, that can be exercised under specific conditions. The Company includes options to extend the lease term if the options are reasonably certain of being exercised. The Company does not have residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants associated with its leases.

On January 14, 2021, the Company entered into the Original Lease, a 12-year lease withtwo 5-year extension options to house its corporate headquarters, lab and innovation space (“Campus Headquarters”) in El Segundo, California. Although the Company is involved in the design of the tenant improvements of the Campus Headquarters, the Company does not have title or possession of the assets during construction. In addition, the Company does not obtain control of the leased space at the Campus Headquarters until the tenant improvements for the applicable phase in which the leased space is located have been completed and that phase has been delivered to the Company. The Original Lease was initially classified as an operating lease.

The Company paid $5.1 million and $6.5 million in rent prepayments and payments towards construction costs of the Campus Headquarters in the nine months ended September 27, 2025 and the year ended December 31, 2024, respectively. The rent prepayments and payments made towards construction costs are initially recorded in Prepaid lease costs, non-current in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets and will ultimately be reclassified as a component of a right-of-use asset upon lease commencement for each phase of the lease.

In the three months ended September 27, 2025, the Company tested its long-lived assets for recoverability and recognized a loss from impairment of prepaid lease costs in the amount of $17.8 million as the results of those tests indicated that prepaid lease costs were not recoverable. See Note 6.

On September 17, 2024, the Company entered into the First Amendment to Lease, which amendment: (i) revised the square footage of the premises, building and project resulting in: (a) an increase in the Company’s base rent by approximately $851,000 over the initial lease term; (b) an adjustment to the Company’s percentage share of direct expenses; and (c) an increase in the tenant improvement allowance for use in Phase III of the Campus Headquarters; (ii) increased the tenant improvement allowance reflecting a reduction in the scope of the Landlord’s work under the Original Lease; (iii) specified the tenant improvements that must be removed by the Company from the premises if the premises are not occupied in their entirety throughout the initial lease term and first extension term; and (iv) addressed other ministerial matters concerning the Campus Headquarters. Costs associated with this amendment are included in operating lease costs related to research and development expenses and SG&A expenses and are reflected in the tables below.

On May 9, 2025, the Company entered into the Second Amendment, which provided for, among other things, (i) the surrender by the Company to the Landlord of the Surrendered Premises; (ii) a release of all claims arising out of, or based upon, any act, matter, or thing regarding the Surrendered Premises; (iii) the continued leasing of approximately 220,519 rentable square feet of the existing premises (the “Remaining Premises”) by the Company, including parking; (iv) payment by the Company of a one-time termination fee of $1.0 million for the benefit of the Landlord; (v) transfer of ownership to certain equipment from the Company to the Landlord; (vi) construction of modifications to the Surrendered Premises by the Company to be completed by June 30, 2025; (vii) payment by the Company of rent for the Surrendered Premises under the Campus Lease until at latest December 14, 2025; (viii) payment by the Company of the difference between (A) the Company’s base rent and parking charges under the Campus Lease for the Surrendered Premises and (B) the base rent and parking charges payable by a new tenant under its new lease for the Surrendered Premises, beginning on the earlier of when the new tenant commences normal business operations in the Surrendered Premises and December 15, 2025, and ending on the last day of the Initial Term (as defined in the Campus Lease); and (ix) payment by the Company of customary brokers’ fees in connection with the Second Amendment.

Termination costs related to the Surrendered Premises in the nine months ended September 27, 2025 were $32.6 million, consisting of $31.1 million in prepaid rent related to the Surrendered Premises, a $1.0 million one-time termination fee and $0.5 million in brokers’ fees. The termination costs are being recognized over the remaining initial term and first extension term of the Campus Lease. These costs are reflected in the tables below. As a result of these lease modifications under the Second Amendment, the Company remeasured the remaining lease liability and the corresponding right-of-use (“ROU”) asset associated with the continuing portion of the lease. Based on the revised terms, including updated lease payments and term, the Company concluded that the classification of the remaining portion of the lease had changed from an operating lease to a finance lease. As such, $115.6 million previously classified as an operating lease right-of-use asset was reclassified as finance lease right-of-use asset. In addition, the right-of-use assets for the continuing portion of the lease increased by $19.9 million, due to the reclassification of amounts previously recorded as prepaid rent, and by $10.2 million related to increases in the present value of the lease liability following the modification. The remeasurement was performed using the Company’s incremental borrowing rate as of the modification date.

On July 16, 2025, the Company and the Landlord entered into the Third Amendment resolving a dispute between the Company and the Landlord regarding the provision and disbursement of the tenant improvement allowance under the Campus Lease. Under the terms of the Third Amendment, in exchange for a release of certain claims, the Landlord agreed to provide to the Company a rent credit of up to $700,000 for certain tenant improvements, a tenant improvement allowance of up to $150,000 to construct certain improvements, and an extension to the end of the initial term of the Campus Lease for a Landlord-approved subtenant, assignee or transferee to use the tenant improvement allowance to construct improvements for its intended use. The impact of the Third Amendment is not reflected in the tables below because the rent credit and tenant improvement allowance were not estimable as of September 27, 2025.

Effective as of July 22, 2025, the Company entered into the Varda Sublease with the Subtenant, pursuant to which the Company will sublease to the Subtenant approximately 54,749 rentable square feet of the Remaining Premises, consisting of approximately 16,967 rentable square feet of improved space (the “Improved Space”) and approximately 37,782 rentable square feet of unimproved space (the “Unimproved Space” and, collectively with the Improved Space, the “Subleased Premises”).

The Varda Sublease is subject to the applicable terms and conditions of the Campus Lease. The commencement date for the Improved Space is 30 days after receiving Landlord’s consent to the Varda Sublease (the “Improved Space Commencement Date”). The commencement date for the Unimproved Space is the earlier to occur of (i) the date Subtenant achieves substantial completion of its improvements within the Unimproved Space and receives a temporary certificate of occupancy or its equivalent, or (ii)13 months following the Landlord’s consent to the Varda Sublease (the “Unimproved Space Commencement Date”). The Varda Sublease expires on October 31, 2033, unless extended or sooner terminated pursuant to its terms.

Under the Varda Sublease, Subtenant will pay the Company monthly rent as follows:

(a)For the Improved Space, beginning on the Improved Space Commencement Date: (i) base rent for months one through 12 of approximately $50,901 per month, with annual increases of 3.0%, culminating with a monthly base rent of approximately $64,480 in the final 12 months of the initial Varda Sublease term; and (ii) Subtenant’s allocable share of certain operating expenses, personal property taxes and insurance costs. On condition that no Subtenant default has occurred, Subtenant will receive a rent abatement equal to one-half of the base rent during the second through fifteenth months of the Varda Sublease term.

(b)For the Unimproved Space, beginning on the Unimproved Space Commencement Date: (i) base rent for months one through 12 of approximately $113,346 per month, with annual increases of 3.0%, culminating with a monthly base rent of approximately $143,583 in the final 12 months of the initial Varda Sublease term; and (ii) Subtenant’s allocable share of certain operating expenses, personal property taxes and insurance costs. On condition that no Subtenant default has occurred, Subtenant will receive a rent abatement equal to one-half of the base rent during the second through fifteenth months of the Varda Sublease term.

(c)Beginning on the Improved Space Commencement Date: (i) rent (in an amount equal to parking rent then charged by the Landlord to the Company) for one parking pass per 1,000 rentable square feet of the Subleased Premises for months one through 24 of the Varda Sublease term; and (ii) rent (in an amount equal to parking rent then charged by the Landlord to the Company) for two parking passes per 1,000 rentable square feet of the Subleased Premises for month 25 and for each subsequent month during the Varda Sublease term. On condition that no Subtenant default has occurred, Subtenant will receive a rent abatement equal to one-half of the parking rent for months two through fifteen measured from the Unimproved Space Commencement Date.

Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of a work letter, Subtenant will receive an improvement allowance from the Landlord equal to $3,350,600 to use in constructing improvements within the Unimproved Space and the Company will pay to Subtenant up to $80,000 to construct a demising wall at the Subleased Premises. Subtenant will deliver to the Company a letter of credit in the amount of $1,564,527 as security for the performance of its obligations under the Varda Sublease, which amount is subject to decrease in the future on condition that Subtenant is not then in default of its obligations under the Varda Sublease.

Subsequent to the quarter ended September 27, 2025, the Company entered into a letter agreement, dated as of October 7, 2025, with the Landlord and the Subtenant, pursuant to which, among other things, the Landlord provided its consent to the Varda Sublease.

The lease for the Company’s Manhattan Beach Project Innovation Center expired on January 31, 2024. Costs associated with this lease through its expiration date are included in operating lease costs related to research and development expenses and are reflected in the tables below.

Concurrent with the Company’s execution of the Original Lease, the Company delivered to the Landlord a letter of credit in the amount of $12.5 million as security for the performance of its obligations under the Campus Lease. Subsequent to the quarter ended September 27, 2025 and in connection with the Varda Sublease, the Company and the Landlord entered into the Fourth Amendment to Lease whereby the parties agreed to amend the schedule for reduction of the Company’s letter of credit to: (i) $8.25 million on November 9, 2026; (ii) $6.25 million on November 9, 2027; and (iii) $3,125,000 on November 9, 2028; provided the Company is not then in default of its obligations under the Campus Lease. The letter of credit is secured by a $12.6 million deposit included in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as “Restricted cash, non-current” as of September 27, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

Given the Company’s intention to reduce its overall operating expenses and cash expenditures, on February 2, 2024, the Company terminated the agreement to purchase a property in Enschede, the Netherlands (the “Enschede Property”) and the security deposit was returned to the Company, which was subsequently paid to the purchaser of the property to be applied towards the deposit and future lease payments. The Company entered into a lease agreement with the purchaser of the property to lease the approximately 114,000 square foot property for an initial period offive years with an option to extend the initial term for an additional five years at an annual rent of approximately €1.0 million. The lease is classified as a finance lease in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 27, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Costs associated with this lease are included in finance lease costs related to cost of goods sold and are reflected in the tables below.

Lease costs for operating and finance leases were as follows:

Three Months Ended
(in thousands) · Statement of Operations Location · September 27, 2025 · September 28, 2024
Operating lease cost:
Lease costCost of goods sold$493$424
Lease costResearch and development expenses—2,383
Lease costSelling, general and administrative expenses22612
Variable lease cost(1)Cost of goods sold14765
Variable lease cost(1)Research and development expenses——
Variable lease cost(1)Selling, general and administrative expenses—1,099
Operating lease cost$662$4,583
Short- term lease cost:
Short-term lease costCost of goods sold$107$23
Short-term lease costResearch and development expenses426
Short-term lease costSelling, general and administrative expenses166144
Short-term lease cost277193
Finance lease cost:
Amortization of right-of use assetsCost of goods sold$280$267
Amortization of right-of use assetsResearch and development expenses2,1434
Amortization of right-of use assetsSelling, general and administrative expenses542—
Interest on lease liabilitiesInterest expense1,71045
Variable lease cost(1)Cost of goods sold113
Variable lease cost(1)Research and development expenses1—
Variable lease cost(1)Selling, general and administrative expenses1,109—
Finance lease cost$5,796$319
Total lease cost$6,735$5,095

(1) Variable lease cost primarily consists of common area maintenance, such as cleaning and repairs.

Nine Months Ended
(in thousands)Statement of Operations LocationSeptember 27, 2025September 28, 2024
Operating lease cost:
Lease costCost of goods sold$1,319$1,246
Lease costResearch and development expenses2,8727,151
Lease costSelling, general and administrative expenses1,2011,890
Variable lease cost(1)Cost of goods sold249181
Variable lease cost(1)Research and development expenses—6
Variable lease cost(1)Selling, general and administrative expenses1,4683,059
Operating lease cost$7,109$13,533
Short- term lease cost:
Short-term lease costCost of goods sold$302$67
Short-term lease costResearch and development expenses3480
Short-term lease costSelling, general and administrative expenses411252
Short-term lease cost$747399
Finance lease cost:
Amortization of right-of use assetsCost of goods sold$807$733
Amortization of right-of use assetsResearch and development expenses3,70811
Amortization of right-of use assetsSelling, general and administrative expenses542—
Interest on lease liabilitiesInterest expense2,766122
Variable lease cost(1)Cost of goods sold399
Variable lease cost(1)Research and development expenses21
Variable lease cost(1)Selling, general and administrative expenses1,693—
Finance lease cost$9,557$876
Total lease cost$17,413$14,808

(1) Variable lease cost primarily consists of common area maintenance, such as cleaning and repairs.

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases:

(in thousands)Balance Sheet LocationSeptember 27, 2025December 31, 2024
Assets
Operating leasesOperating lease right-of-use assets$5,218$123,975
Finance leases, netProperty, plant and equipment, net107,1423,817
Total lease assets$112,360$127,792
Liabilities
Current:
Operating lease liabilitiesCurrent portion of operating lease liabilities$1,753$4,125
Finance lease liabilitiesAccrued expenses and other current liabilities4,554851
Long-term:
Operating lease liabilitiesOperating lease liabilities, net of current portion4,02373,613
Finance lease liabilitiesFinance lease obligations and other long-term liabilities79,0832,812
Total lease liabilities$89,413$81,401

The following is a schedule by year of the maturities of lease liabilities with original terms in excess of one year, as of September 27, 2025:

(in thousands)Operating LeasesFinance Leases
Remainder of 2025$522$2,960
20261,85310,928
20271,5659,864
202890010,085
20296159,340
Thereafter80095,564
Total undiscounted future minimum lease payments6,255138,741
Less imputed interest(479)(55,323)
Total discounted future minimum lease payments$5,776$83,418

Weighted average remaining lease terms and weighted average discount rates were:

Operating LeasesFinance Leases
Weighted average remaining lease term (years)4.112.9
Weighted average discount rate4.6%8.2%

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases:

Three Months EndedNine Months Ended
(in thousands)September 27, 2025September 28, 2024September 27, 2025September 28, 2024
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities$527$2,160$4,354$6,491
Operating lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities$(205)$366$1,877$1,755

In the three and nine months ended September 27, 2025, the Company recognized an impairment to its operating lease right-of-use lease assets and recorded an impairment loss in the amount of $0.9 million. See Note 6.

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