Beyond Meat (BYND) SVP Paul Lufkin Withholds 1,107 Shares for Taxes

What Happened Paul Lufkin, Senior Vice President, Sales at Beyond Meat (BYND), had 1,107 shares withheld on April 10, 2026 to satisfy tax withholding obligations tied to the vesting of restricted stock units (RSUs). The withheld shares were disposed at $0.60 per share for a total value of $660. This was a tax-withholding transaction (code F), not an open-market sale or purchase.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-04-10; Form 4 filed: 2026-04-14.
• Transaction type: F (shares withheld to pay tax liabilities on RSU vesting).
• Shares withheld/disposed: 1,107 at $0.60 each = $660.
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided filing.
• Footnotes: F1 confirms shares were withheld to pay taxes on vested RSUs under the Amended and Restated 2018 Equity Incentive Plan. F2 notes inclusion of 4,516 RSUs/shares awarded to the reporting person pursuant to antidilution provisions from RSU awards granted Dec 11, 2025.
• Timeliness: Filing appears timely (filed four days after the reported transaction); no late-filing flag indicated.

Context Tax-withholding transactions like this are routine when RSUs vest; companies often withhold or sell a portion of shares to cover required taxes. Such withholdings generally do not signal bullish or bearish insider sentiment because they are administrative rather than discretionary trades.