SEC Form 4 · accession 0001140361-15-012262
Monster Beverage Corp · MNST
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Thomas J Kelly
Officer — Senior VP - Monster Energy Co.
Period of report
Mar 13, 2015
Accepted (ET)
Mar 17, 2015 · 4:34 pm EDT
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0000865752
Table I — non-derivative securities
No Table I lines on this filing.
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employee Stock Option (right to buy)F6 | $135.48 | Mar 13, 2015 | A | 12,000 | A | — | Mar 13, 2025 | Common Stock | 12,000 | 12,000 | D |
| Employee Stock Option (right to buy)F1 | $15.86 | holding | — | — | — | — | Jun 2, 2018 | Common Stock | 40,000 | 8,000 | D |
| Employee Stock Option (right to buy)F1 | $18.07 | holding | — | — | — | — | Jun 1, 2019 | Common Stock | 20,000 | 8,000 | D |
| Employee Stock Option (right to buy)F1 | $17.82 | holding | — | — | — | — | Dec 1, 2019 | Common Stock | 20,000 | 8,000 | D |
| Employee Stock Option (right to buy)F2 | $26.26 | holding | — | — | — | — | Dec 1, 2020 | Common Stock | 20,000 | 12,000 | D |
| Employee Stock Option (right to buy)F3 | $47.13 | holding | — | — | — | — | Mar 14, 2023 | Common Stock | 15,000 | 15,000 | D |
| Employee Stock Option (right to buy)F4 | $70.06 | holding | — | — | — | — | Mar 14, 2024 | Common Stock | 10,000 | 10,000 | D |
| Employee Stock Option (right to buy)F5 | $111.30 | holding | — | — | — | — | Dec 1, 2024 | Common Stock | 15,000 | 15,000 | D |
| Restricted Stock UnitsF7,F8,F10 | — | holding | — | — | — | — | — | Common Stock | 3,000 | 3,000 | D |
| Restricted Stock UnitsF7,F9,F10 | — | holding | — | — | — | — | — | Common Stock | 1,500 | 1,500 | D |
Explanation of responses
- F1The options are currently vested.
- F10Not applicable.
- F2The options are current vested with respect to 8,000 shares. The remaining options vest on December 1, 2015.
- F3The options are currently vested with respect to 3,750 shares. The remaining options vest in three installments as follows: 3,000 shares on March 14, 2016; 3,750 shares on March 14, 2017; 4,500 shares on March 14, 2018.
- F4The options are currently vested with respect to 1,000 shares. The remaining options vest in four installments as follows: 1,500 shares on March 14, 2016; 2,000 shares on March 14, 2017; 2,500 shares on March 14, 2018; 3,000 shares on March 14, 2019. The options will become exercisable on the one year anniversary from the date on which they vested.
- F5The options vest in five installments as follows: 1,500 shares on December 1, 2015; 2,250 shares on December 1, 2016; 3,000 shares on December 1, 2017; 3,750 shares on December 1, 2018; 4,500 shares on December 1, 2019. The options will become exercisable on the one year anniversary from the date on which they vested.
- F6Granted March 13, 2015 pursuant to the Company's 2011 Stock Option Plan (which is a Rule 16b-3(d)(1) plan) and Equity Grant Procedures. The options vest in five equal installments on March 13, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
- F7The restricted stock units were granted under the Monster Beverage Corporation 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan. Each restricted stock unit represented a contingent right to receive one share of the Company's common stock as of the vesting date.
- F8The restricted stock units vest in two equal installments on June 1, 2016 and 2017.
- F9The restricted stock units vest in three equal installments on December 1, 2015, 2016 and 2017.